TV Spots to Air During Olympic Games

The CBA is rolling out its image campaign in English and French during the 2006 Olympic Games. The 30-second TV spots will be aired on CBC’s main network, Newsworld, and TSN between Feb. 6 and 20, 2006. CBA members rank promoting image of the profession in the top three services provided by the Association. Watch the TV spots at www.cba.org/CBA/about/discover.

Proper Regulation of Immigration Consultants Needed

The CBA has criticized the apparent absence of effective competence and professional accountability standards within the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants in a Dec. 12 letter to then-Immigration Minister Joe Volpe. “The CBA has long been concerned about the serious problems created by unregulated ‘immigration consultants.’ In our view, only lawyers or Quebec notaries in good standing in a Canadian jurisdiction, or consultants regulated by a proper licensing body should be allowed to provide immigration legal services,” said CBA President Brian A. Tabor, QC. View letter at: www.cba.org/CBA/submissions/pdf/05-60-eng.pdf

Member Savings

Dye & Durham
Corporate and Securities e-searches across Canada at 30 per cent off. www.eservicedd.ca

The Counsel Network
Offering its Preferred Recruitment Benefits Package for Law Firms. Only to CBA member employers. Details online or call Stephen Nash, CEO, directly at 1-800-Counsel. www.headhunt.com/pdfs/cbaeng.pdf

Primus
Reduced rates for home and business including four cents a minute for Canada and U.S. long distance. Plus toll-free calls with no monthly fees. www.primustel.ca/cbas

Beth Bilson Named Editor of Canadian Bar Review

Prof. Beth Bilson, of the University of Saskatchewan College of Law, is the new editor of the CBA's prestigious Canadian Bar Review. The first female dean of the College of Law from 1999 to 2002, Prof. Bilson was appointed editor on January 1. She received her Ph.D. from University College London, Faculty of Laws, and is widely recognized for her work in labour law and as head of a federal task force on the equity provisions of the Canada Human Rights Act.

Submissions for the Review may be sent to the editor at beth.bilson@usask.ca

CBA PracticeLink: Podcast on Client Retention Strategy

Quality service alone isn’t enough to attract and retain clients. Client retention strategies must be customized, well-executed, and must demonstrate a sound understanding of your client’s needs and challenges, as well as a thoughtful approach to surpassing expectations. Listen as this podcast walks you through five key client retention techniques.

Listen/view online (audio with synchronized presentation) www.cba.org/cba/PracticeLink/podcasts/retention/index.html

Download audio (.mp3 file for portable device) www.cba.org/cba/PracticeLink/podcasts/retention/Client-Retention-Strategy.mp3

CBA PracticeLink www.cba.org/practicelink

Are Your Retirement Savings Working for You?

The CBA Financial Services Corporation (CBAF) offers a low-fee retirement savings solution that accesses some of Canada's leading funds and fund managers. This RRSP season, don't wait until the last minute. By investing your money on a regular basis through CBAF, you can get more of your money working for you. Details at www.barfinancial.com.

National CLE Spring 2006 Lineup

Ten continuing legal education programs are on the agenda for Spring 2006. Subjects include elder law, civil litigation and insurance law, immigration law, charity law and many more!

Programs include:

Canadian Immigration and Citizenship Law in a Post-IRPA Era
Quebec City / May 5-6

Aboriginal Law: Indigenous Peoples and Natural Resources
Calgary / March 10-11
Focus on the interaction between the resource development sector and Aboriginal peoples. Updates on the MacKenzie Valley Pipeline project, the Mikisew Cree decision, and managing complex aboriginal litigation in the Federal Court.

Planning for Later Life, Part II: Legal, Financial, and Marketing Solutions
Ottawa / March 24-25
Case studies, practice tips and legal, financial and marketing solutions for retirement financing, preservation of assets, cross-border tax and wills/powers of attorney recognition issues affecting roaming retirees, and more. Can you make a living in elder law?

Your Bottom Line – Strategies for Success
Montreal / April 7
Create a successful practice. Learn how to attract and retain happy clients, to hire and keep the best talent, to review your management and finances, to master available technologies, to take the lead in a competitive market.

Full list and details: www.cba.org/cba/cle/cle00

The Canadian Bar Review

Special Edition on Ethics – Call for Submissions
The Canadian Bar Review invites submissions for a special issue on ethics and the legal profession to be published in June 2006, which will contain articles and comments from selected authors. The special issue seeks to include a broad range of subject areas and perspectives. Suggested topics include conflicts and the duty of loyalty, whistle blowing, the adversarial role, judicial ethics, emerging legal ethics issues from new technologies, parallels between legal ethics and other professions, the legal history of ethics, ethics issues that arise in relation to such areas as environmental, human rights, privacy, international or health law, or any other aspect of ethics and law.

Articles should be formatted according to the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (5th edition) and may be submitted electronically in either English or French in Microsoft Word format. Articles should be accompanied by a statement that the article is not under consideration for publication in other journals and has not been previously published.

The special edition will be featured both online and in the 2005 bound publication of the Canadian Bar Review. Maximum article length is 10,000 words. Submissions should be sent on or before the closing date of March 31, 2006 to: review@cba.org

Please direct all English queries to Dr. Judge, ejudge@uottawa.ca and all French queries to Professeur Deslauriers at patrice.deslauriers@umontreal.

These articles were published in the February 2006 issue of BarTalk and are subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2006, all rights reserved.