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Each year the CBA hands out a variety of awards to celebrate professional excellence, outstanding contribution, innovation and equality in the legal profession.

How do you handle an emotional client? When the person seeking your assistance can hardly tell their story without weeping uncontrollably, or shouting aggressively in anger?

There’s no going back.

Uganda has joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a multi-stakeholder initiative that among other things, sets disclosure standards for the good governance of mining, oil and drilling projects.

As the largest association in Canada for lawyers and by lawyers, your CBA membership gives you access to a network of legal professionals from coast to coast to coast – and countless benefits.

Women from Manitoba have been named this year’s recipients of the Hero and Ally awards presented by the CBA’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Community.

Each year the CBA presents a number of awards recognizing CBA members for their outstanding work. It’s time to turn your thoughts to who the next flight of recipients should be. Here is a list of the awards and their descriptions:

The new CBA President takes office on September 1 of every year, but this year the changing of the executive marks a couple of significant firsts: he’s the first Indigenous president in the Association’s 124-year history. As well, the ceremony surrounding the transfer of the chain of office – on Sept. 10, 2020 – will be virtual for the first time, due to COVID-19 restrictions on travel and gathering.

Whether you’ve been working from home or getting ready to return to work, we want to ensure you have the shipping solutions you need to navigate through your everyday challenges and any new obstacles you may be facing.

The ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal profession appear to have landed disproportionately on law students and young lawyers. Anecdotally, first jobs, articling positions and summer jobs have evaporated. Those who have secured positions are working remotely – losing some of the invaluable informal learning that typically comes with working in a law office.