Vancouver 2005 – August 14-16, 2005

The most productive three days of the legal year!

It all begins with Allan Rock speaking on Canada’s humanitarian duty to the world, and ends with CBC’s Ian Hanomansing discussing the media’s fascination with the law. In between, a jam-packed educational program delivers trends and developments in the law, practice and quality-of-life tips, and countless opportunities to make business contacts with colleagues from across the country.

Hear from the biggest legal names:

• Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
• Justice Minister Irwin Cotler
• Supreme Court Justice Morris Fish
• Marketing guru Mark Powers

CBA members can take advantage of single-day passes as follows:

• Sunday, Aug. 14: Opening plenary featuring Allan Rock; Expo kick-off reception ($300)
• Monday, Aug. 15: choice of more than 10 education programs; lunch in the Expo; dialogue with Justice Minister Irwin Cotler ($350)
• Tuesday, Aug. 16: choice of more than 10 education programs; sit-down luncheon featuring Ian Hanomansing ($350)

For full details and registration information, please visit www.cba.org and click on the Vancouver logo on the top right; phone 1.800.267.8860; or e-mail mtgs@cba.org.

Canadian Legal Conference ­Update

Scavenger hunts and water slides at a lawyers' conference? That's right, the 2005 Canadian Legal Conference ("CLC") is not just lectures and speeches. Once again the CBA is pleased to offer a fantastic program for children of CLC delegates. Check out the 2005 CLC website at www.cba.org/CBA/annualmeeting/2005_annual for details about the program. The 2005 CLC Children¹s and Youth Program is sure to be a highlight of this year¹s conference and would not be possible without the very generous support of the following sponsors:

• Kornfeld Mackoff Silber
• Quinlan Abrioux
• Chen & Leung
• Elgin, Cannon & Associates
• Fritz Lail Shirreff Vickers
• Branch MacMaster
• Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick
• Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers
• Hammerberg Altman Beaton & Maglio
• McLellan Herbert
• Church & Company
• McEachern Harris & Brown
• Cook Roberts
• Baker Newby
• Greyell, MacPhail
• Stevenson Luchies & Legh
• Stern & Albert Law Office 

For more information about the Children's and Youth Program please contact Veronica Singer at 604.331.8322 or email vsinger@kmslawyers.com.

Women Lawyers Forum - Luncheon

The CBABC Women Lawyers Forum invites you to attend a luncheon with: The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, speaking on “WHY WE NEED WOMEN IN LAW”, January 27, 2006. Please mark your calendars and look for further details in the next issue of BarTalk.

UBC Mentor Reception

This year UBC Faculty of Law Career Services and Alumni Relations Office and the CBA BC Branch will be hosting their annual Mentor Reception on Tuesday, October 11 at Cecil Green. This reception is a chance for volunteer mentors to initially meet their assigned law student. The CBA Mentorship program is an excellent opportunity for law students to gain an inside perspective on the legal profession. Mentors and students are paired up based on the area of practice the student is interested in. Mentors are encouraged to interact with their student in whatever way works best for the pair, which could include discussing files, observing court appearances, or talking about the life and work balance in the legal profession. The Mentorship Program is run on a volunteer basis and lawyers interested in participating should contact the UBC CBA Student Representative Owen Elliot at ubc_cba_mentorship_program@yahoo.ca. This is a great chance to help out budding lawyers and encourage CBA membership.

These articles were published in the August 2005 issue of BarTalk and are subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.