Press Releases & Statements

Five early-stage legal technology startups will compete at the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2016 Canadian Legal Conference in Ottawa on Aug. 12 for a residency with LegalX at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto and the attention of investors.

The Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2016 Canadian Legal Conference takes place in Ottawa Aug. 12-14.

The CBA believes that Canadians deserve to have confidence that candidates considered for appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada have the highest qualifications and are representative of society as a whole, taking into account language, gender and knowledge of Indigenous legal systems.

Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould headline the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2016 legal conference, Aug. 11-14 in Ottawa.

“The Honour of the Crown” is the theme of the Canadian Bar Association’s Aboriginal Law Conference taking place in Ottawa, May 5-6. Speakers at the event include author John Ralston Saul; Claudette Commanda of the First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres; Justice Harry Slade, chair of the Specific Claims Tribunal; Bob Rae of Othuis Kleer Townshend; and the Chief Justice of Canada, Beverley McLachlin.

The Counsel Network and the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) provided advance viewing of the findings of the 2016 In-House Counsel Compensation & Career Survey on April 5, 2016 at the CCCA National Conference in Calgary. The full results are available today.

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship John McCallum to speak at CBA Immigration Law Conference Friday, April 8 at 1:00 pm.

The CBA's Canadian Corporate Counsel Association has announced that Paul Jonathan Saguil of Toronto, ON, is the winner of the 2016 CCCA Community Builder Award.

The CBA's Canadian Corporate Counsel Association has announced that theCCCA Quebec Section is the winner of the 2016 CCCA Professional Contribution Award.

The CBA CCCA has announced that Julia Shin Doi of Toronto, ON, is the winner of the 2016 CCCA R.V.A. Jones Award.