Press Releases & Statements

René J. Basque, Q.C., a partner in the Moncton law firm Actus Law Droit, becomes president of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) at the close of the 2016 CBA Legal Conference in Ottawa on August 14.

Stephen Rotstein of Toronto has been named Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) for 2016-2017, a post he takes over from Frédéric Pérodeau of Montreal on August 12, 2016.

The Foundation for Legal Research has awarded the 2016 Walter Owen Book Prize to Pierre-Claude Lafond, professor at Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Law, for his book, Droit de la protection du consommateur : théorie et pratique, published in 2015 by Éditions Yvon Blais.

The CBA 2016 President’s Award is being presented to Daphne Dumont Q.C., a lawyer from Prince Edward Island who has been active in the CBA, women’s issues and her community.

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.