Justice Undertakings for Social Transformation - Social Order Component in Jamaica June 11, 2019 Over the course of the next 9-to-10 months, the Canadian Bar Association will work with bar associations and civil society groups in Jamaica to help citizens, civil society representatives and legal professionals participate more fully in the justice reform process.
CBA members lead the training of legal professionals in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania June 11, 2019 CBA International Initiatives presented the first two of five training modules related to the extractive industry to partners in East Africa earlier this year.
Competition Law update June 11, 2019 Summer may be on the horizon but the Competition Law Section isn’t slowing down.
Winner of Charities and Not-for-Profit award June 11, 2019 Terrance S. Carter is the winner of this year’s Jane Burke-Robertson Award of Excellence in Charity and Not-for-Profit Law.
Winner of the Atrium essay contest June 11, 2019 Congratulations to Shadi Varkiani, who has been named winner of this year’s Atrium essay contest presented by the Construction and Infrastructure Law Section. Read Shadi’s winning essay, Construction Law: A Comparison of Adjudication Frameworks in the UK and Ontario here (need link once posted) available in English only.
Winner of 2019 Real Property Law Student Essay Competition June 11, 2019 Congratulations! Kaitlin Brennan of the University of Ottawa is the winner of the 2019 CBA Real Property Law Student Essay Competition for her paper titled, Damages vs. Specific Performance: Land Contracts (paper only available in English).
CBA Advantage June 11, 2019 We have two new CBA Advantage member offers to tell you about this month:
CBA Influence May 27, 2019 A number of recent CBA submissions deal with topics of importance to the business and corporate sector. Here’s a sampling of submissions and the CBA Influence blogs that accompanied them.
Competition Law update May 27, 2019 The Competition Law Section has been having a busy spring. For a quick update on what it’s been doing, and what’s coming up, please read on.
Spotlight on Viscount Bennett Fellowship May 13, 2019 Karine McLaren, a law professor from the Université de Moncton, and Scott Franks, an associate with Olthui Kleer Townshend LLP in Toronto, are the joint recipients of this year’s Viscount Bennett Award.