Young Lawyers

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The Young Lawyers Committee provides young lawyers with an opportunity to enhance their understanding of fundamental competition law principles and practices and to network with other competition lawyers at similar stages in their careers.

Upcoming Committee Events

CBA Competition Law Section’s Young Lawyers Half Day Symposium
Date: May 3, 2024 – In-person
Details and Registration launch

Past Events

Let's Talk Private Access! launch (January 12, 2024)

The Byte-Sized Barristers: Navigating Competition in the AI Era for NextGen Lawyers launch (December 13, 2023)

The Future of Marketing & Advertising launch (June 12, 2023)

CBA Competition Law Section’s Young Lawyers Half Day Symposium launch (May 26, 2023)

What Competition Law Issues Impact Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises? launch (March 16, 2023)

Planning for Mergers & JVs 103: Clean Teams launch (February 15, 2023)

Planning for Mergers & JVs 102: Transaction Agreements launch (February 1, 2023)

Cartels 101 launch (January 26, 2023)

Planning for Mergers & JVs 101: Nuts and Bolts launch (January 18, 2023)

National Security Reviews 101 launch (December 14, 2022)

Competition Law Young Lawyers Symposium 2022 launch (June 9, 2022)

Consent Agreements 101 launch (April 21, 2022)

The Nuts and Bolts of Merger Litigation launch (April 13, 2022)

How to Prepare an Investment Canada Act Notification – FAQ with the Investment Review Division launch (March 22, 2022)

Making an Effective Abuse of Dominance Complaint launch (March 10, 2022) Recording available upon request

Incorporating Technology Into Your Competition Practice launch (March 1, 2022) Recording available upon request

Vertical Mergers 101 launch (January 25, 2022) Recording available upon request

Squeeze Play: Margin Squeeze Cases in Canada and Beyond launch (June 10, 2021)

Young Lawyers Symposium 2021 launch (June 3, 2021) Recording available upon request

Life After Law Firms launch (April 7, 2021)

Mergers 102: Nuts and Bolts of the Failing Firm "Defence" launch (March 19, 2021)

Defanging the "FANGs" - Why the Focus on Big Tech? launch (January 29, 2021) Recording available upon request

Young Lawyers Committee's Winter Social 2020 launch (December 17, 2020)

Meet the Competition Bureau Legal Services launch (December 9, 2020)

Mergers 101: ARC Request Letters and Market Definition launch (November 23, 2020)

When Competition and Labour Markets Intersect launch (May 15, 2020) Recording available upon request

Machine Learning and Algorithmic Collusion launch (May 8, 2020) Recording available upon request

Review of International Cooperation Among Competition Authorities launch (May 1, 2020) Recording available upon request

What Do I Do? Practical Tips for Young Lawyers launch (April 24, 2020) Recording available upon request

Not This Again: Pet Peeves and Pitfalls from Both Sides of a Merger Review launch (February 19, 2020)

Section 11...101 launch (January 20, 2020) Recording available upon request

Diversity and Inclusion in Canadian Competition Law and Economics: How are we doing and how can we get better? launch (January 14, 2020)

Search Warrants 101 launch (December 4, 2019) Recording available upon request

US Antitrust Enforcement: Where We Are and Where We Are Going in 2020 launch (December 3, 2019) Recording available upon request

What's So Interesting About Minority Interests? The Theory and Practice of Common Ownership Issues in Merger Review launch (November 20, 2019) Recording available upon request

Career Counselling 101: The Business of Law launch (November 14, 2019)

CBA Competition Law Section Young Lawyers Conference launch (April 25, 2019)
See registration page for meeting materials

Misleading Advertising 201 launch (March 5, 2019) Recording available upon request

Multi-Jurisdictional Matters and the Young Lawyer’s Role launch (February 27, 2019) Recording available upon request

Investment Canada Act: All About Applications launch (February 20, 2019) Recording available upon request

Going Back to School launch (January 24, 2019) Recording available upon request

ARC Requests and Market Definition 101 launch (December 18, 2018) Recording available upon request

Competition Tribunal Procedure 101 launch (October 22, 2018) Recording available upon request

Understanding Undertakings: Tactics and Trends launch (June 26, 2018)

How a Domestic or International Secondment Can Change your Career launch (April 26, 2018) Recording available upon request

Misleading Advertising 101 launch (March 22, 2018) Recording available upon request

FAQ with the Investment Review Division launch (February 16, 2018) Recording available upon request

Mergers 401: Consent Agreements launch (January 11, 2018) Recording launch

The View from the MNU launch (December 11, 2017) Recording launch

Net Neutrality Divergence: American & Canadian Perspectives (June 24, 2017)

Canadian Competition Law Through the Ages (June 19, 2017) Recording launch

CBA National Competition Law Section’s Young Lawyers Half Day Symposium (April 28, 2017)

If it’s Broke, Ain’t it Worth Fixing? (March 24, 2017)

Revolving Doors and Sliding Doors: How a Domestic or International Secondment can Change your Career (February 15, 2017) Recording launch

Cartels 201 - The Nuts and Bolts of Criminal Conspiracies, Immunity and Leniency (November 30, 2016) Recording launch

Mergers 301: Managing Your First SIR (November 22, 2016) Recording launch

Cartels 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Criminal Conspiracies, Immunity and Leniency (December 8, 2015)

NAICS Try: Frequent Issues Arising from the New ICA Forms (November 16, 2015)

Member Input

Ideas for program topics and other feedback to assist the committee in meeting members’ needs can be forwarded to the Committee Chair, Alysha Pannu.

Become a Committee Member

This committee is open to all CBA members who practice competition law and are in their first seven years of practice. Membership is through participation in the Young Lawyers Committee listserv which interested Section members can join online launch.

Committee Executive