WHEREAS the Canadian Bar Association in 1988 created a Conference entitled the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA);
WHEREAS the CCCA has evolved and currently has a governance structure and direct accountability to its membership which requires amendments to its By-Laws to reflect its changed responsibilities;
BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
7(6) Canadian Corporate Counsel Association
The purposes of the CCCA are:
- article 7(6) of the CBA Regulations be repealed and replaced with:
- to provide a national forum for in-house counsel, namely lawyers engaged in active practice in corporations, business enterprises, associations or institutions, not-for-profit organizations, government or regulatory boards or agencies, Crown corporations or municipal corporations, to develop their professional skills and careers as in-house counsel;
- to promote a better understanding of and appreciation for the professional role and function of in-house counsel;
- to provide products and services that support its Regular Members in their role as in-house counsel and permit its Associate Members to participate and network with Regular Members; and
- to sponsor and endorse seminars and other meetings, and to publish and promote communications, which advance the continuing professional development of its members; and
- the By-Laws of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association be repealed and replaced with Annex 1.
Certified true copy of a resolution carried by the Council of the Canadian Bar Association at the Annual Meeting held in London ON, August 10-11, 2002.
John D.V. Hoyles
Executive Director/Directeur exécutif