CBA News | August 2018

  • September 12, 2018

Asylum Seekers Toolkit

SPOTLIGHT ON: RESOURCE FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS

Asylum-seekers are a hot-button news item these days, so a new resource from the CBA Immigration Law Section, meant to help immigration lawyers, settlement agencies and asylum-seekers themselves is a timely publication indeed.

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ADVOCACY


CBA Influence

CBA INFLUENCE

Check out the latest issue of CBA Influence, a monthly newsletter about CBA initiatives, submissions, interventions and comments on public policy. This newsletter provides a 360-degree look at both our current advocacy work, and opportunities for the CBA to get involved.


Maple Leaf

HELP WANTED: LEADERS LIKE YOU

You’ve been honing your skills – in leadership, judgment, assessing complex legal issues. You want new challenges. Want to be a Superior Court Judge? Sit on an International Trade and International Investment Dispute Settlement Body? Chair the Canadian Race Relations Foundation? Well step right up – those positions and more are open, all you need to do is apply. Check out federal appointment opportunities and open positions on the bench. The government considers bilingual proficiency and diversity in filling these positions. Are they looking for you? Look here for provincial and territorial opportunities.


GOVERNANCE


Truth and Reconciliation

CBA TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE NAMED

Nine members have been named to the CBA’s Truth and Reconciliation Task Force, which will be co-chaired by outgoing CBA President Kerry Simmons, Q.C., and Magnolia Unka-Wool, who works with Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP in Toronto. Read on for details.


CBA News


MUHAMMED ZUBAIR

NOTES FROM A YLIP INTERN: MUHAMMED ZUBAIR

Muhammad Zubair is one of a group of interns who will soon be deployed to their placements around the world as part of the Young Lawyers International Program. He writes about the experience so far.


Vivene Salmon

POWER UP YOUR CAREER: RENEW AND REFRESH FOR FALL

CBA membership can give you an important edge when it comes to staying up to date on the latest developments in the legal profession.


House

TAX MATTERS TOOLKITS UPDATED FOR 2018

Taxes can be a confusing, complex mess at the best of times – and the worst of times doesn’t make them any easier. The Family Law Section has updated its Tax Matters toolkits, one for lawyers, one for clients, to help couples going through separation and divorce – and their lawyers – figure out what they need to do.


Corruption

CORRUPTION LAW TEXTBOOK UPDATED

The 2018 edition of Global Corruption: Law, Theory and Practice by Professor Gerry Ferguson at the University of Victoria is now available online. The CBA Anti-Corruption Team acted as sponsor and reviewed the first edition of the book. The book can be found on the ACT website on cba.org.


House

NEW CBA AWARDS DEADLINE

Since the CBA annual meeting now takes place in February instead of August, the deadline for nominations for a number of awards has been changed this year to October 15. Read on for details.


FYI


APPLICATION PROCESS FOR EXPUNGEMENT

Do you have a client who was once convicted of an offence that is no longer illegal? The Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act is now in force. Find out what you can do to clear a client’s record.


TAXPAYERS INVITED TO DISCUSS CRA SERVICE ISSUES WITH THE OMBUDSMAN

The Taxpayers’ Ombudsman is planning a series of town halls, beginning this fall in October, to talk about taxpayers’ rights and discuss Canada Revenue Agency service issues with taxpayers. Get more details.


Editor: Kim Covert

Production: Rose Wilson