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 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.

Details on the CBABC Fourth Annual Conference will be announced in 2009.

Annual Reporting to the Law Society on CLE Activities
Recently, the Law Society of BC instituted a requirement that all members annually report their professional development activities. Benchers encourage every lawyer to complete a minimum of 12 hours of professional development activities and 50 hours of self-study hours.

The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to report that the Law Society of BC has confirmed that professional development activities include attendance at CBA Section presentations. Review of Section minutes and materials, where that review does not relate to a specific case or file, may be included in the self-study activities report. Reading and writing printed material [including electronic printed material], such as articles in the Canadian Bar Review and BarTalk may also be included in the self-study activities report.

CBA membership and Section participation continue to be a very cost-effective means of achieving the professional development and self-study expectations of the Law Society.