CBA Releases Revised and Updated Code of Professional Conduct
The CBA Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee has published the revised Code of Professional Conduct, which has been updated to reflect the realities of practising law in today’s society. The new Code contains major revisions in two areas: conflicts of interest and clients’ language rights.
CBA Immigration Lawyers Lead Pro Bono Initiative for Earthquake Relief
Lawyers in the CBA Citizenship & Immigration Law Section are spearheading an initiative to provide initial legal consultations and to prepare immigration applications without charge for Canadians and permanent residents in Canada who wish to sponsor family members living in areas affected by the earthquake disaster in Haiti. The CBA has established a website with a list of Canadian immigration lawyers who are willing to work pro bono to assist those with relatives in Haiti:
CBA PracticeLink – Self-Assessment: Exploring an Alternative Career
Do you find yourself daydreaming about teaching yoga, delivering mail, doing anything but practising law? Maybe you’re in the wrong field. Or maybe you just need a change of scenery. Here’s how to perform a thorough self-assessment to determine if law is the right career for you.
National Magazine: Canada's Best Law Firm Websites
What makes a law firm website great? What should it be trying to accomplish, and how do we know if it succeeded? We asked some of Canada’s top legal technology experts to tell us which law firms are doing it right in 11 different categories. The results of this nationwide survey are here in National’s first Best Canadian Law Firm Website Awards.
Online Professional Development: Technology in the Courtroom
Certain high-profile trials have proven the value of technology usage in courtrooms. Those who have experience with courtroom technology offer insights and tips about how to make it work...
Annette Horst of The Pas, Manitoba, acclaimed as National CBA Treasurer
The President of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Kevin Carroll, Q.C. of Barrie, Ont., has announced that Annette Horst of The Pas, Manitoba, is acclaimed Treasurer of the CBA for a two-year term beginning September 2010. “Annette brings a thorough knowledge and a decade of CBA experience to the Treasurer’s position,” says CBA President Kevin Carroll. “She understands the financial priorities of the Association given her experience serving as President of the Manitoba Bar Association, as National Chair of Young Lawyers-CBA, on the Finance Committee and on the Board of Directors.”
Mid-Winter Meeting of Council - Ottawa, Feb. 12-14, 2010
The launch of the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) Class Action Task Force, a panel on the audit rules for lawyers and accountants, and a report by Ontario Attorney General Chris Bentley are among the highlights at the CBA’s Mid-Winter Meeting of Council, Feb. 13 and 14, 2010, at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa.
Chris Bentley, Attorney General of Ontario, will address Council on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 10:25 a.m. The newest member of the Supreme Court of Canada, Mr. Justice Thomas Cromwell will speak at the Council lunch on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 12:30 p.m. on the subject of Transitions: From Practice, to Law School to the Judiciary in Nova Scotia, to the Supreme Court of Canada.
