BarTalk February 2002
Volume 14, Number 1

National Conference Planned for London, Ontario

CBA National’s 2002 Annual Conference and Trade Show will prove to be one of the best ever, including top-notch continuing legal education programs, leading-edge plenaries on the latest trends and developments, and effective networking opportunities.

Additionally, London has lots to see and do for the whole family: world class Shakespeare and Shaw festivals, Ontario’s finest wineries, and the wondrous Niagara Falls. Make sure you plan to attend August 11-14, 2002.

Chief Justice McLachlin to visit the Cariboo

The Cariboo Bar Association is ready to welcome all to their annual convention March 1-2, 2002 at the George Dawson Inn in Dawson Creek. Planned for Friday, March 1 are day seminars, followed by an evening roast for Dennis Mitchell, QC, a former Treasurer of the Law Society of BC. The evening will include a casual dinner, cash bar, and cribbage tournament. Tickets are $20 per person.

On the evening of Saturday, March 2, the Cariboo Bar is pleased to welcome the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada, who will be the dinner’s guest speaker. Tickets are $45 per person.

For more information on this convention, or to purchase event tickets, please contact Berga Moen, Cariboo Bar Association President, at 250-782-8155 or e-mail msd@pris.bc.ca attn: Berga Moen.

Approaches to Appropriate Dispute Resolution

Users and providers of ADR services will discuss the latest trends in private, court and government ADR programs in Vancouver at CBA National’s CLE March 8-9. Other scheduled CLE’s include: The New Immigration Act and Regulations: What Does it Really Mean?, April 12-13, Vancouver; and Aboriginal Self Government - Two Steps Forward, One Step Back, April 27-28, Victoria, BC. Visit www.cba.org for details.

These articles were published in the February 2002 issue of BarTalk and are subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.