Teagan Markin awarded the 2021 Viscount Bennett Fellowship May 03, 2021 The Canadian Bar Association’s Fellowship Committee has selected Teagan Markin to receive the 2021-2022 Viscount Bennett Fellowship for her graduate legal studies.
Statement from the CBA President on the Derek Chauvin verdict April 21, 2021 It has been almost a year since the recording of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer was released, shining a stark, unflinching light on the systemic racism faced by Black, Indigenous and other people of colour.
Message from the CBA President on China’s Actions Against Lawyers March 30, 2021 The Canadian Bar Association condemns recent actions by the Chinese government against lawyers simply for doing their job. These sanctions are an attack on the rule of law, democracy and freedom of expression.
Statement from the CBA President February 19, 2021 The Canadian Bar Association welcomes the announcement that its nominee, Dr. Signa Daum Shanks, has been appointed to the Independent Advisory Board Supreme Court Judicial Appointments.
Canadian Bar Association Releases COVID-19 Task Force Report February 17, 2021 There can be no going back to the way things worked in the legal profession and the justice systems before the pandemic, says a report released today by the Canadian Bar Associations Task Force on Justice Issues Arising from COVID-19.
CBA announces 2021 award honorees at virtual AGM February 17, 2021 Each year at its annual general meeting the Canadian Bar Association honors members of the legal profession whose contributions to the Association, the legal profession and the justice system mark them out as deserving of special recognition.
Steeves Bujold acclaimed as Vice President-elect of the Canadian Bar Association January 11, 2021 The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to announce that Steeves Bujold, the CBA Board member from Quebec, has been acclaimed to the position of Vice President for 2021-2022.
CBA welcomes new CEO Simon Coakeley January 07, 2021 The CBA is pleased to announce that Simon Coakeley has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Association, following a robust and extensive process aided by a leading executive search firm specializing in the identification of diverse candidates.
Statement from the CBA President on judicial appointments November 06, 2020 The decision about who gets to be a judge in Canada is made, in the end, by politicians. And political decisions, even when they don’t reach the level of blatant and deliberate stacking for ideology, risk having some sort of partisan taint.
Statement from the CBA President on fisheries dispute in Nova Scotia November 04, 2020 Canada prides itself on being a nation based on the rule of law. The Constitution Act 1982 recognizes and affirms existing treaty rights. In the 1999 Marshall ruling the Supreme Court of Canada held that 1760-61 treaties signed with the Mi’kmaq gave those peoples the right to make a moderate livelihood through hunting and fishing.