July

The Canadian Judges’ Forum is now accepting nominations for the positions of Secretary-Treasurer and two Executive Members for the term September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.

The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, will speak at the Opening Plenary of the CBA Legal Conference on August 12th, 2016

Annual conference in Montreal August 18-20

Spotlight on: The Pitch

A look ahead to CBA professional development programs.

The winner of the 2016 CBA Viscount Bennett Fellowship is Daniel Del Gobbo, a student in the S.J.D. program at the University of Toronto whose study area “falls at the intersections of alternative dispute resolution and feminist legal theory.”

News you can use from the Competition Law Section – finding a searchable version of the Canadian Competition Review online; call for nominations for the Section’s committees, and how to get involved.

The recent Brexit vote took a lot of people by surprise – including some of those who voted for it. Currency speculators were particularly hard hit in the short term, but if you’re wondering what difference a British exit from the EU might make to your business in the long run, the CBA’s Intellectual Property Section has produced this tip sheet to provide some early guidance.

Sarah Walsh, a third-year law student at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, is the winner of the 2016 Canadian Bar Association (CBA) National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Section (NEERLS) Law School Essay Contest David Estrin Prize.

The recruiting season for the CBA Young Lawyers International Program has wrapped up; our project in Kenya has had some notable achievements; and Canadian lawyers will be heading to Vietnam to provide technical assistance in support of a new law there.