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People coming to Canada have lots of questions, everything from how can I sponsor my spouse to how do I find an immigration lawyer? The CBA’s Immigration Law Section has brought answers together in a one-stop resource.

The Canadian Bar Association has outsourced its preferred supplier program, CBA Advantage, to 1-800-MEMBERS, industry experts in member benefit (or member savings) programs.

The CBA Immigration Law Section is accepting nominations for its Founders’ Award. This award recognizes an exceptional law student or junior lawyer and a future leader of our Section. The successful candidate will be recognized at our National Immigration Law Conference in May 2019.

This year’s winner of the National Sections Council Award of Excellence is the Women Lawyers Forum, recognized for its outstanding contribution of a National Section in providing service to members and furthering the objectives of the Association. Read on for more.

Jeff Howe has been quite engaged by his tenure on the CBA Board of Directors, which is in its second and final year. But we’ll let him tell you about it.

Resolutions are one of the ways the Canadian Bar Association creates policy – and they’re a great way for members to get involved in the process. Resolutions are being done a bit differently this year – read on to find out what’s new.

An event presented by the national Women Lawyers Forum and the OBA-WLF in October celebrated the 25th anniversary of the release of the Touchstones for Change report, as well as the founding of the OBA Section. We have a report on the event, and pictures of some of the members of the original task force.

Podcasts are enjoying a surge of popularity these days. There are so many out there, it can be hard to see the trees for the forest. So let us help you: The Every Lawyer has podcasts just for you.

The days are getting shorter—and so too is the time to renew your Canadian Bar Association membership for another year. Join thousands of your colleagues from across Canada and renew today so you can continue to get the most out of your national association.

Each year the Law for the Future Fund grants thousands of dollars to support research projects of national interest. Diversity and access to justice initiatives received the bulk of this year’s funding.