Client Confidentiality Needs Protection
CBA opposes proposed US SEC rules
The Canadian Bar Association has voiced its strong objection to new rules being proposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, that would jeopardize lawyer-client confidentiality. “The proposed SEC rules under consideration extend the reach of the Act and could have the effect of turning trusted legal advisors into securities police,” says President Simon Potter, of Montreal...
Independent Poll Results
Career and personal balance a top priority
In November 2002 Ipsos-Reid conducted a web and telephone survey of Canadian lawyers, asking them what they considered the most important issues facing lawyers today, and what they most cared about. The CBA-commissioned survey also asked them to rate their familiarity and satisfaction with CBA activities and services, and to rate them for relevance to their specific needs. Four quick highlights...
Advocacy Protects BC Lawyers
CBA National: Professional support and service
“Why,” I was asked at the December 2002 meeting of the CBABC Council, “does $230 of my annual membership fee go to the National CBA? What is this portion of my fee doing to benefit me?” My plain and honest answer: Plenty!
Each day, the National Canadian Bar Association provides professional, personal and practice support to all our members. The information box that accompanies this article provides more information, but examples include our public perception campaign and our widely praised Lawyers Care Initiative, not to mention our advocacy on behalf of lawyers on Parliament Hill on everything from legal aid funding to solicitor-client privilege, and our Supreme Court of Canada interventions...
Section Talk
by Shelley Bentley
The CBABC sponsors 72 Sections which play a vital role in keeping members informed both on changes in the law, and legal and political issues affecting a given area of practice. Topics covered in recent meetings include:
- Unified Family Court System
- Tax Laws Relevant to Family Law Practitioners
- Building Bylaw Project Undertaken by the Municipal Insurance Association of BC
- Law Society’s Paralegal Task Force Recommendations...
- Practice Tips
Practice Talk
Learning from History Part 1
by David J Bilinsky
On the Web
Online Legal Community
by Patricia Jordan
Acts in Force
Regulations to Note
New Bills to Note
Reports Available
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The Federal Government Perspective
New tools promote treaty breakthrough
by John Watson
Cautious Optimism
First Nations perspective on the treaty process
by Grand Chief Edward John
Treaty Negotiations
The provincial government’s perspective
by Philip Steenkamp
CBA Committee Report
by Michael Kew
UVic Educational Endowment
A comprehensive approach to Aboriginal justice
by The Honourable Bryan Williams QC
New Year’s Resolutions That Stick!
by Julia Menard
Being A Big Brother = Big Rewards
by Gil Yaron
Section Enrolment CLE Prizes
BarTalk Turns 15 in 2003
Call for Nominations
Letters to the Editor
Gerry Ferguson Receives UVic Academic Honour
North Vancouver Lawyer Climbs Mt Kilimanjaro
Amendments to Subrules 66(6) and (7)
Notice to the Profession
Victoria Law Centre Receives LSS Funding
Vancouver Opera
Arts Club & Stanley Theatres
Preferred Hotels
Sun Peaks Resort, Kamloops
Vancouver Ravens Lacrosse
Whistler Blackcomb
Celebrating Law Week 2003
The Battle of the Bar Bands Returns May 16
CBA & VBA Golf Tournament
Hooplaw Charity Basketball Tournament
Continuing Legal Education Society of BC
The Law Foundation of British Columbia
Lawyers Assistance Program
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