June

Staff changes at the Canadian Bar Review this fall include a new publication officer in the Ottawa CBA office, and new English editors at the University of Windsor. Meanwhile, online access to the third edition of Fundamentals of Canadian Competition Law is now available to CBA members. As well, the fall editions of the Canadian Competition Law Review and the Canadian International Lawyer Journal are now available.

CBA International Initiatives is very pleased that the rule of law was included in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the UN last September, write Jennifer Khor and Robin Sully in a Huffington Post op-ed.

The CBA's advocacy work will be the focus of CBA Influence, a newsletter we'll start publishing on the first Tuesday of every month, beginning in February.

The CBA is continuing to engage with the incoming cabinet ministers; we have one intervention going ahead in January and have applied in another.

Holiday party season is in full swing. Depending on your approach, professional obligation parties can be either a minefield or a great opportunity to network.

In a letter to the Presidents of the Ankara Bar Association and the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, the CBA extended its condolences and lent its voice in condemning the recent assassination of Tahir Elçi, President of the Diyarbakir Bar Association.

University of Windsor Law Professors Appointed Co-Editors of Canadian Bar Review

It's never too early to start planning to attend the Mid-Winter Meeting of Council being held this February in Ottawa. Registration is open, and there are prizes to be won!

The Children's Law Committee is putting together an innovative toolkit to help lawyers better understand children's rights. For the toolkit to be more helpful, they're asking you what you need to know.

Letters to the new prime minister and his cabinet; plus news about what's happening with interventions. As well, the CBA's response to requests to appear before expert panels on physician-assisted suicide, as the government prepares to comply with the Supreme Court's demand that it amend the Criminal Code to align with its decision in Carter.