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Join us at the Westin Calgary in Calgary, April 3-5, 2016 for our National Conference, the largest gathering of in-house counsel in Canada.

The first program of its kind, successful completion of all three phases will provide graduates with the designation of Certified In-House Counsel – Canada (CIC.C).

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada front offices are closed, meaning that hand-delivered correspondence is no longer accepted. COVID-related measures are in place to grant temporary extensions  Read more.

It’s election season at the CBA. We have a new Board of Directors, and voting will start at the end of the month for Vice-President. As well, anyone looking to join a CBA committee or a Section executive has until June 5 to put their names forward. Read on for more.

The Canadian Bar Association’s Fellowship Committee has selected Léa Brière-Godbout as the 2020-2021 recipient of the Viscount Bennett Fellowship to assist her in her graduate legal studies.

Protests against heavy handed policing have taken centre stage globally in recent weeks, forcing difficult conversations about the disproportionate use of force by police against ethnic minorities. The calls for reform are louder and closer to home than many might have originally thought. Yet the prevalence of police brutality in developing countries is surging for altogether different reasons.

Law school graduates who are pursuing post-grad education in law could support their studies and join a distinguished list of recipients through the Viscount Bennett Fellowship, managed by the CBA.

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way we live and work. That’s why a CBA membership is more important than ever. It keeps you connected to the resources, information, professional development, networking and services you need to navigate our changing world. If you have yet to renew, now’s the time.