The BC Branch of the Canadian Bar Association (CBABC) offers its members a full range of professional development opportunities that provide a valuable skills-improvement forum and an opportunity to exchange ideas with colleagues and Bar leaders from across Canada and around the world.

CBABC conferences and seminars offer specialized resources and networking opportunities to advance your career, your practice, and your business. Utilize the innovative services exclusively for CBA members, law students, and associates and make the connections important to your career.

Click here for a list of upcoming CPD programs in British Columbia.
 

CBABC Eighth Annual Branch Conference
		San Diego, California November 15-17, 2013 Click here for details. Click here to register Early bird rates available until July 31, 2013!

CBABC Branch In-person Seminars

• Employment Tips for Lawyers as Employers | Surrey, May 28 | Victoria, May 29 | North Vancouver, June 11
• Managing for Results - Working with Your Staff Effectively, Vancouver May 24
• Being External Counsel to Government and Corporate Counsel, Victoria, June 6
• Creating a More Just Society: The Role of Human Rights Advocates in a Global Village, Vancouver, June 13
• Gain a Competitive Advantage Beyond "Customer Service", Vancouver June 14

CBABC Branch Webinars

• Sharing Offices: Playing Nice & Protecting Yourself, May 22*
• BlackBerry’s, iPhones, and Androids, Oh My! Smartphones for Lawyers, May 30
• The Extradition Act (Canada) and your Client: Letting Bygones Be "Be-Gones"?, June 6*
• The Cohen Commission and the Uncertain Future of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon: Implications Going Forward for Lawyers, June 10*
• Best Practices in Managing Criminal Trials, June 13

* In person option in Vancouver available for indicated webinars.

CBABC Webinar Repeats
Need to complete your required 12 hours of CPD? We can help!

The recordings of past webinars are available for you. Click here for full information.

 

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• Annual Mandatory Reporting to the Law Society on Professional Development Hours
• The Law Society of British Columbia instituted mandatory reporting of professional development effective January 1, 2009. All practising lawyers -- full time and part time -- must complete a minimum of 12 hours of approved educational activities annually. At least two hours must pertain to any combination of professional responsibility and ethics, client relations, and practice management. For more information, visit the Law Society of British Columbia website.
• The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to report that the Law Society of British Columbia has confirmed that professional development activities include attendance at CBABC Section presentations. As well, a personal tally of your CBABC professional development hours will be available online to members to view and print at will. CBA membership and Section participation is a very cost-effective means of achieving the professional development expectations of the Law Society.