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Across Canada, there are excellent organizations helping educate and inform the public about the law, Canada’s legal system and your rights. Find one in your province or territory and reach out for more information.

CBA President’s Award
This award recognizes the significant contribution of a Canadian jurist to the legal profession, the Canadian Bar Association or the public life of Canada.

Douglas Miller Rising Star Award
The Douglas Miller Award honours CBA members who demonstrate outstanding dedication and team spirit in their ongoing involvement with the association.

Jack Innes Award
The Jack Innes award recognizes outstanding contribution to the CBA by a current staff member who has exhibited creativity, innovation, leadership and commitment.

Louis St-Laurent Award of Excellence
This award is the highest award conferred to a CBA member in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding service and professional achievement to the benefit of the legal profession, the CBA and society at large.

Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law
This award is given to recognize outstanding contribution in law reform, legal scholarship and/or legal research.

Touchstone Award
The Touchstone Award celebrates the accomplishments of an individual or an organization who has excelled at promoting equality in the legal profession, the judiciary or the legal community in Canada.

In casual conversations the duty of confidentiality and the protection of solicitor-client privilege may be lumped together, as both operate to protect client information from disclosure. However, their roots in law and the exceptions that apply to each concept are different. Knowing the source of the obligations will avoid ethical missteps.

Your ethical duty of confidentiality extends to all the information you learn working for your client. This duty exists no matter the source of the information or its confidential status before it became part of the solicitor-client relationship.

The basis for this ethical duty is, in Quebec, the Code of Ethics of Advocates and other legislation and, in the other provinces and territories, the law society codes of conduct. The codes also describe the exceptions to the ethical duty of confidentiality; they differ in some jurisdictions.

Your duty of confidentiality also exists in common law, stemming from the relationship between lawyer and client. The common law has not developed clear exceptions to this duty.

In contrast, solicitor-client privilege only applies to communications between you and your client for the purpose of legal advice. The privilege is rooted in the common law.

In 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada stated, in the Canadian Criminal Lawyers' Association case concerning the Charter and access to information, that "the only exceptions recognized to the [solicitor-client] privilege are the narrowly guarded public safety and right to make full answer and defence exceptions."¹

With respect to both the duty of confidentiality and solicitor-client privilege, clients may consent to the disclosure of information. In certain circumstances, they may be found to have waived confidentiality or solicitor-client privilege.²

Footnotes

The national Board of Directors represents the diversity of Canada’s legal profession, from practice types to experience, skills and geography. All provinces and territories have a seat at the table.

The Board oversees the CBA’s finances, membership, engagement, advocacy, diversity and initiatives in consultation with CBA staff.

CBA Board members are elected by the current Board of Directors, branch presidents and national Section chairs. Each member serves a two-year term. Board member terms are staggered so only some of the Board changes each year.

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We are the essential ally and advocate of the legal profession and guardian of the rule of law in Canada. Our members are passionate about their association and the good it brings to their lives and to the world. Staff and volunteers are inspired to exceed members’ expectations every day.

Our mission is to:

• Improve the law and the administration of justice
• Improve and promote access to justice
• Promote equality in the legal profession and in the justice system
• Improve and promote the knowledge, skills, ethical standards and well-being of members of the legal profession
• Promote the interests of CBA members and represent the legal profession nationally and internationally

You are a practicing lawyer who has been called to a Canadian bar for four years or more. If you are practicing in a province with a law society that recognizes part-time status and do not work full-time, you may be eligible for a reduced membership fee. 

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Impact: Gain insight on the latest trends and receive timely updates on courts and governments to help you serve your clients. Shape the law and legal practice through advocacy, initiatives and submissions.  

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Value: Read the latest legal news and insights from <insert branch> in <insert publication name>. Be listed and gain new business through the CBA Find a Lawyer directory. 

The CBA’s Equality initiative aims to promote efforts to achieve equality in the legal profession. This means removing barriers and ending discrimination of all types.

Equality and Diversity Guide
This resource will enhance your organization or firm’s efforts to promote equity and diversity at all levels of the legal profession. It includes guidance on developing implementation plans and tracking your growth over time.

Tips to promote inclusion and diversity
The CBA offers a series of videos and a tip sheet for firms and organizations to promote equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

If you or someone you know needs help for personal or professional issues, contact the free Lawyer Assistance Program in your region. The services are free, confidential and run 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

These programs provide counselling, education, peer support and referrals to lawyers, judges, students and other members of the legal community.

Canadian judges (active and retired), along with Justices of the Peace, Masters, Prothonotaries and their families, can access the Judges Counselling Program. Call 1-866-872-6336. Support is also available in person or online.

Assessing Ethical Infrastructure in Your Law Firm: A Practical Guide
Get practical guidance on law firm structures, policies and procedures. Find out how to ensure you fulfill your ethical duties to clients, third parties and the public.

Conflicts of Interest Toolkit
Discover how to recognize, deal with and avoid conflicting interests across different practice contexts. The toolkit includes practical checklists and precedents to use and adapt for your practice.

Ethics and Professional Responsibility Tools
Access professional practice tools to help address your ethical and professional responsibilities. Tools cover issues such as codes of professional conduct, solicitor-client privilege, anti-corruption and more.

Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for the Legal Practitioner
Innovative technology and generative artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming the legal profession and the practice of law.

Legal Ethics in a Digital Context
Learn how to use technology responsibly and ethically in your practice. Find out how technology can serve as a great tool to provide legal services.

Trusted in Canada and internationally

The Canadian Bar Review
Theory and practice converge in this bilingual, open-access and peer-reviewed CBA journal. Frequently cited in the Supreme Court of Canada, it serves the profession with quality legal scholarship that shapes discussions on the most important legal issues of our time.

Canadian Competition Law Review
The leading publication for Canadian competition law and economics, the Canadian Competition Law Review is a peer edited review published twice annually by the CBA Competition Law Section.

Canadian International Lawyer
This renowned journal enjoys worldwide circulation in the field of international business law. It is published once or twice annually by the CBA International Law Section.

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Impact: Gain insight on the latest trends and receive timely updates on courts and governments to help you serve your clients. Shape the law and legal practice through advocacy, initiatives and submissions.

Community: Get involved in Sections and committees in your areas of practice and interest. Connect with colleagues at conferences, events and Section meetings.

Growth: Access live, local and on-demand PD programs targeted to your interests and practice areas. Enhance your profile by leading PD sessions, speaking at CBA NB events or offering your expertise for media calls.

Wellness: Be well and practice well through our lawyer wellness programs.

Value: Read the latest legal news and insights from the CBA NB in the Solicitor’s Journal. Be listed and gain new business through the CBA Find a Lawyer directory.

CBA initiatives are special projects that promote change, prepare the legal profession for the future, serve lawyers’ evolving needs and improve access to justice.

Read our tips on working with a qualified immigration lawyer. It can mean the difference between a successful application and a rejected one.

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Check this list of organizations that have been set up to provide essential legal information to members of the public in every province of Canada.

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Judicial independence is the principle that judges are fully independent in their decision-making process. They must be able to make their decisions based solely on facts and the law. This means they can’t be influenced by those with power or wealth or by public opinion. Canada’s judges enforce the law equally for every Canadian—they don’t play favourites. This ensures that we all have the same rights and freedoms.

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All dire warnings aside, AI was not created to replace lawyers but to be used as an effective everyday tool. AI-powered research can help lawyers quickly sift through and analyze large amounts of legal data, statutes, and case law to provide relevant, up-to-date information. What are the tools you should be focusing on and how reliable is the information generated by AI tech? Can AI-powered legal research allow lawyers to do more within the billable hour?

Join our expert panelists as they demonstrate how best to use a variety of AI tools for legal research, how best to maximize prompt engineering and search queries, and effectively integrate the technology into your practice.

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Abdi Aidid, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto and Legal Innovation Strategist, blueJ

Reshika Dhir, Partner, Bereskin & Parr LLP

Paul Saunders, Chief Innovation Officer and Partner, Stewart McKelvey

Moderator: Sukhi Dhillon Alberga, Founder, Bridge Legal Solutions, Created & Founder of Counselurdocs (an approved third participant of the LSO A2I program), and CBA Legal Futures Subcommittee Member

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In casual conversations the duty of confidentiality and the protection of solicitor-client privilege may be lumped together, as both operate to protect client information from disclosure. However, their roots in law and the exceptions that apply to each concept are different. Knowing the source of the obligations will avoid ethical missteps.

Your ethical duty of confidentiality extends to all the information you learn working for your client. This duty exists no matter the source of the information or its confidential status before it became part of the solicitor-client relationship.

The basis for this ethical duty is, in Quebec, the Code of Ethics of Advocates and other legislation and, in the other provinces and territories, the law society codes of conduct. The codes also describe the exceptions to the ethical duty of confidentiality; they differ in some jurisdictions.

Your duty of confidentiality also exists in common law, stemming from the relationship between lawyer and client. The common law has not developed clear exceptions to this duty.

In contrast, solicitor-client privilege only applies to communications between you and your client for the purpose of legal advice. The privilege is rooted in the common law.

In 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada stated, in the Canadian Criminal Lawyers’ Association case concerning the Charter and access to information, that “the only exceptions recognized to the [solicitor-client] privilege are the narrowly guarded public safety and right to make full answer and defence exceptions.”¹

With respect to both the duty of confidentiality and solicitor-client privilege, clients may consent to the disclosure of information. In certain circumstances, they may be found to have waived confidentiality or solicitor-client privilege.²

Footnotes:

• Farrah Auguste
  FA Immigration
  Montreal, QC
   
• Sheela Gupta
  Mosaic Immigration Law
  Niagara Falls, ON
   
• Chaobo Jiang
  Zaifman Immigration Lawyers
  Winnipeg, MB
   
• John Petrykanyn
  Petrykanyn Cullen LLP
  Toronto, ON
   
• Khatidja Moloo-Alam
  Green and Spiegel LLP
  Toronto, ON
   
• Parush Mann
  Parush Mann Law
  Toronto, ON
   
• Lisa Middlemiss
  Gomberg Dalfen
  Montreal, QC
   
• Nalini Reddy
  Gindin Wiebe Segal
  Winnpieg, MB
   
• Erin Roth
  Edelmann & Co
  Vancouver, BC
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Join this webinar to learn about using Teams for case matter communication and collaboration, eDiscovery, secure messaging, and mitigating business risk - all while being compliant.

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Bridging the gap between perceived and actual cyber challenges while reducing risk. We will cover Data Protection best practices for businesses facing ransomware and other cyber threats, including, an assessment to help guide clients determining their protection priorities and gaps.

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Explore how AI can help visualize legal information, identify how individual judges rule on specific matters, and gain answers to your most pressing legal questions.

Duration: 180 minutes
Member cost: Complimentary
Non-member cost: $225 + tax

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This obligation is explicitly set out in the Rules of Professional Conduct of 8 out of 10 Canadian provinces, and all 3 territories, and it is no doubt an implicit obligation that applies to all lawyers in the remaining 2 provinces. 

Duration: 90 minutes
Member cost: Complimentary
Non-member cost: $55 + tax

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This panel will go beyond talking about individual barriers and strategies to navigate on the individual level to discuss the systemic barriers and changes needed to be made by firms/law societies.

Duration: 90 minutes
Member cost: Complimentary
Non-member cost: $55 + tax

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• Freeing the Imperfect Lawyer
• Freeing the Imperfect Lawyer: Part 2
• Staying Sane while Shifting to Remote Work

Duration: 90 minutes
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This panel will cover racial barriers, intersectional barriers, and barriers in the National Committee on Accreditation process/articling system faced by internationally trained lawyers.

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Have you completed another version of The Path through a law society or other organization? You can now register for the CBA’s new module, Towards Truth and Reconciliation. Module 6 examines the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in the criminal legal system and Gladue Principles as they relate to addressing this issue.

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• CBA member fee: $45 plus tax
• Non-member fee: $75 plus tax

The CBA recommends taking The Path: Your Journey through Indigenous Canada in its entirety. Registration for this module is intended for those who have already taken a version of The Path and is not intended as a stand-alone training module.

Collective noun for all First Nations, Inuit and Métis; sometimes being replaced with “Indigenous.” Defined in the Constitution Act, 1982. (e.g. Section 35: “The existing Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada…”) Also referenced in the Canadian court system (e.g. "Aboriginal law” “Aboriginal rights”).

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Lesson 1: Indians, Inuit and Métis

Your journey begins with an exploration of what the Canadian Constitution calls the ‘Aboriginal people of Canada', and a review of why and how First Nations, Inuit and Métis are distinct. Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Identify the three Indigenous groups named in Canada’s Constitution Act, 1982
• Define terms such as ‘First Nations,’ ‘Aboriginal’ and ‘Indigenous,’ and know when to use specific terms
• Understand why it is important to recognize and affirm the diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada

Lesson 2: Stereotypes and Misconceptions

We will debunk some of the most egregious of these stereotypes and misconceptions and encourage you to counter them. Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Explain common and enduring stereotypes about First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada
• Summarize the history and various terms used to describe Indigenous Peoples
• Understand what those words mean today and which terms to use in various situations

New CBA members and those who renew between September 1 and December 31 will pay the full annual membership fee. Pro-rated fees are applied for new and renewing members between January and May.

2023-2024

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY- $21,100

Sex in the Age of Gender: Conceptual Clarity as a Foundation for Understanding, Promoting, and Reconciling the Experiences, Interests, and Rights of Women, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People in Canada

UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR FACULTY OF LAW - $14,581.50

Research and Support for Canadian Clinic Law Supervisors

UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL, FACULTY OF LAW - $20,370

Multinational Corporation, ESG and normativity

UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK - $4,350

Teaching Critical Perspectives in First-Year Criminal Law

MCGILL UNIVERSITY - $17,750

Class actions for negligence: a tool for social change and improvements in the management of health services

UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK LEGAL CLINIC, FACULTY OF LAW - $21,128

UNB Legal Clinic Tool for Uncontested Divorce (Pilot program)

CANADIAN COUNCIL OF MUSLIM WOMEN - $27,000

Delivery of Aid to Afghan Women: Examining Bill C-41 through the lens of Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy and international human rights and humanitarian law

COVERDALE COURTWORK SOCIETY (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ACCESS TO JUSTICE & LAW REFORM INSTITUTE) - $30,000

Opportunities to Support Criminalized Women and Gender Diverse Persons in Child Protection and Other Family Law Matters

UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, FACULTY OF LAW, CIVIL LAW SECTION - $25,000

An Institution to Celebrate: Exploring 150 Years at the Supreme Court of Canada

WOMEN’S LEGAL EDUCATION AND ACTION FUND (LEAF) - $25,000

Establishing a federal gender-based violence accountability mechanism in Canada

COUNCIL OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES - $21,000

Making Human Rights an Everyday Tool for Persons Living with Disabilities in Canada

CENTRE QUÉBÉCOIS DU DROIT DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT - $30,000

Greenwashing in Canada

2022-2023

John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights - $40,000

Identifying Barriers within the Alberta Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Tribunal

Carleton University - $19,000

Establishing and Evidence Based Model for Prison Abolition in Canada

University of Victoria - $15,000.00

Tax Law Reform: From Theory to Practice

McGill University (was originally issued to Concordia University) - $34,320

Canadian Comparative Law: An Inquiry into the Exchanges between the Civil Law and Common Law in the Supreme Court of Canada

BC Civil Liberties Association - $30,000

Arrests and protests: an updated guide to your rights

Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) - $25,000

Identifying legal barriers to alternative justice mechanisms for sexual violence  

Carleton University - $36,495 - PARTIAL

Race-Based Jury Instructions: An Empirical Test of Recommendations from R. v. Barton (2019) and R. v. Chouhan (2021)

2021-2022

University of Calgary - $16,174.00

Legal Framework for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology in the Canadian Criminal Justice System

University of Winnipeg - $22,400.00

Exploring Probation: How Offenders and their Intimates Make Sense of Probation Supervision

University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law - $18,000.00

Les cendres humaines: (dé)composition d'un statut et d'un régime juridiques
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Human ashes: (de)composition of a legal status and a legal regime

Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) - $25,000.00

21^st Century Consent Education for the Digital World

Aboriginal Legal Services - $22,800.00

FASD and the Justice System: A better understanding

Thompson Rivers University, Faculty of Law - $13,320.00 -PARTIAL

Justice Epidemiology – Developing a Systemic Approach to Measure and Improve Access to Justice

Inclusion Canada - $26,955.00

The Access to Justice and Legal Capacity Nexus: Ensuring the Right to Equality

Fédération des maisons d'hébergement pour femmes - $8,750.00

La violence conjugale est-elle un crime? Évaluation des outils et lacunes du droit criminel canadien dans le traitement de la violence conjugale
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Is domestic violence a crime? Evaluation of the tools and deficiencies of Canadian criminal law in dealing with of domestic violence.

University of British Columbia, Allard School of Law - $34,950.00

Post-Conviction Disclosure in the Canadian Context

University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law - $18,850.00

Establishing the foundation for pay transparency legislation in New Brunswick

2020-2021

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy - $44,525.00

The Right to Decent Work: Envisioning Supply Chain Transparency Legislation in Canada

Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba - $32,038.00

Common Law Police Powers in Canada - Judicial Creation in The Charter Era

Sexual Violence New Brunswick - $25,280.00

Establishing a Victim Advocate Program for Survivors of Sexual Violence

Department of Indigenous Studies, University of Saskatchewan - $20,620.48

Assessing Legal Issues and Challenges Faced in Indigenous Legal Advocacy During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) - $25,000.00

Assessing the Utility of a Universal Basic Income in Addressing the Feminization of Poverty

Canadian Civil Liberties Association - $29,550.00

Pretrial detention and the right to reasonable bail

Faculty of Law, University of Victoria - $15,300.00

Inequality, Health Determinants, and the Limits of Pandemic Law and Policy: Re-Imagining the Future of British Columbia’s Pandemic Law After COVID-19

Canadian Bar Foundation - Women Lawyers Forum - $10,000

Roundtable on Pay Equity in the Legal Profession

This program is available to all CBA members on parental leave. If your CBA membership was in good standing the previous membership year, you may be eligible for a maximum credit of 12 months towards your membership fees. 

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