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4th Annual Access to Information and Privacy Law Symposium

  • September 26, 2013

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) will hold its 4th Annual Access to Information and Privacy Law Symposium at the Westin Hotel, Ottawa, on September 27 and 28, 2013. Sessions will focus on key developments in privacy law both internationally and provincially, including employee privacy, access rights and litigation, new health privacy legislation, the impact of new technologies on access to information, and social media privacy rights from birth past death.

DAS Canada sponsors Canadian Bar Association Access to Justice Initiative

  • September 03, 2013

Following the release of “Reaching equal justice: An invitation to envision and act” last week, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and DAS Canada, a leader in legal expense insurance, today announced a new partnership to better inform Canadians and the legal profession on the benefits of legal expense insurance (LEI).

New CBA report lays out map for reaching equal justice by 2030

  • August 18, 2013

A new report released by the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) calls on the legal community, politicians and the public to become engaged and make a difference in redressing the imbalance in a world "thick in law but thin in legal resources."

Access to justice summary report to be released at CBA legal conference Aug. 18, 2013

  • August 15, 2013

On Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Canadian Bar Association Legal Conference in Saskatoon, the Access to Justice Committee will release its summary report Reaching Equal Justice: An Invitation to Envision and Act, to give CBA members a taste of what it’s learned about the state of access to justice in Canada, and what it recommends be done about it.

The CCCA at CBA Legal Conference, Aug. 17-20, Saskatoon

  • July 16, 2013

Tim McGee, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Law Society of British Columbia; Nathalie Des Rosiers, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section at University of Ottawa; and Heather Innes, Counsel, Global Process Leader, International Trade Law and Chief Privacy Officer at GM Canada, headline a luncheon plenary on August 19 during the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association’s (CCCA) stream at the CBA Legal Conference (CLC), taking place August 17-20 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

The CBA welcomes new Minister of Justice

  • July 15, 2013

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) welcomes Peter MacKay as the new federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, as announced in today’s Cabinet shuffle.