5K Law Week Fun Run – April 1, 2007

The CBABC Law Week Committee invites members of the legal community and their family and friends to participate as runners or walkers in the fourth annual Law Week Fun Run. B.C. law firms are also encouraged to sponsor firm teams comprised of both lawyers and staff to compete in the event.

This year’s Law Week Fun Run will take place at Locarno Beach Park on Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 10 a.m. from Locarno Beach to Spanish Banks and back. The 5 km course will be stroller and wheelchair accessible. Individual trophies/medals will be awarded for the fastest male, female and junior (under 14) competitors, while group trophies will be awarded for the fastest large and small firm teams.

The cost per individual is $25, which includes a T-shirt and refreshments. Children under 14 are free. This is one of those rare events where the bench, bar, law school students, professors and everyone else in the legal community come together to take part in a fun activity and support the B.C. Branch’s Law Week events.

Registration info >>> www.cba.org/BC/public_media/main/law_week.aspx.

6th Annual Lawyer Show Just Announced!

Murder, charity and just a pinch of madness combine in this hilarious black farce:

Arsenic and Old Lace
Starring the finest acting talents of Vancouver’s legal community
Directed by Katrina Dunn
Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
April 13th and April 14th
Tickets on sale December, 2006

The 6th Annual Lawyer Show has just been announced! The Arts Club Theatre Company and Touchstone Theatre are pleased to present “Arsenic and Old Lace,” Joseph Kesselring’s hilarious black farce, starring the finest acting talents of Vancouver’s legal community. Get your tickets starting December 1st for this very limited engagement, April 13th and 14th at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

Halifax to Host World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights

Halifax will host more than a thousand international delegates for the World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights from August 23-29, 2009.

The congress is recognized as one of the most significant events on the world calendar in promoting the protection of children. It has received a United Nations award for services to the family. Its future seems assured and hence the hope of achieving beneficial change for many of the world’s children, attainable. For more information on the World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights, please visit www.lawrights.asn.au or contact Jeff Turner at 902-423-1752 or jturner@destinationhalifax.com.

Lawyers on Stage – Victoria

Lawyers on Stage (LOST) Victoria will be presenting the Broadway show “Working” on February 23 and 24, 2007 at the McPherson Theatre, in Victoria. This is an annual fundraiser for Kaleidoscope Theatre, Victoria’s professional theatre company for young audiences. Look for more information about Lawyers on Stage in upcoming issues.

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