News

Browse our news listing for top CBA news stories and messages to our members.

Sharpen your legal skills with webinar series

  • December 06, 2018

The CBA’s popular Skilled Lawyer Series is back with a total of 16 webinars over two streams to help you improve your litigation and transactional skills, and accumulate up to 12 hours of CPD credits per stream in just a few months.

New immigration hub a one-stop resource shop

  • November 27, 2018

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.

Call for nominations – Founders’ Award

  • November 13, 2018

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.

Women Lawyers win Award of Excellence

  • November 13, 2018

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.

From the Board: Jeff Howe

  • November 13, 2018

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.

Spotlight on resolutions at the AGM

  • November 13, 2018

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.

Report from the Touchstones anniversary commemoration

  • November 13, 2018

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.

Find your next podcast on The Every Lawyer

  • October 26, 2018

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.