November

The CBA has responded to the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s discussion paper on data breach notification and reporting regulations under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

From the pre-breakfast smoothie social to networking dinners to the late-night bash, this year’s CBA Legal Conference, Aug. 12-14 in Ottawa, gives young lawyers plenty of opportunities to get to know their peers from across the country.

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Legal aid provides access to justice for Canadians who cannot afford to pay for legal services. The CBA has a long history of unwavering support for a legal aid system for essential criminal matters.

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Alex Bogach, a third-year student at Queen’s University Faculty of Law is this year’s winner of the Real Property Section’s essay competition with his paper titled A Place in Common Space: State Property Ownership and Common Spaces in Canada.

The Canadian Bar Association’s Legal Aid Liaison Committee is pleased to announce Jeannette Savoie, a staff lawyer with the Legal Services Board in the Northwest Territories, as a recipient of the Legal Aid Leader Award.

The latest issue of Canadian International Lawyer is online. Editor Noemi Gal-Or says this issue explores three themes that have received a lot of attention recently: migration, corruption and the recognition of foreign judgments.

The CBA offers suggestions to Minister Mihychuk on operation and enforcement of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program.

“Where are the women?” the keynote speaker at last year’s IP Day luncheon asked. This year the Intellectual Property Section tried to answer that question with a Diversity Breakfast aimed at sharing stories and getting people talking about diversity. Read on for an account of the event by Mala Joshi and Kamleh Nicola.