2021

The CBA Women Lawyers Forum is pleased to announce Samantha Peters as the first-ever winner of the Write Her In Essay Contest, for her paper entitled Making Social Context Education Mandatory: Why Cultural Competency Should Matter in the Courtroom. Samantha Peters graduated from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law with specializations in public law and dispute resolution and professionalism.

The Tax Court Bench and Bar Committee monitors developments as various levels of courts, government and regulators respond to COVID-19 and consider the next phase of recovery. The following communiqué outlines the Canadian Tax Court’s plans to resume operations. To support our members to navigate these waters, we have gathered resources to assist you in your daily practice. 

On June 2, 2020, the Trade Law Bureau at Global Affairs Canada will be updating members of the CBA International Law Section on Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), trade remedies, World Trade Organization (WTO) cases and Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) cases and reform initiatives. 

Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) sharing national decisions and vital World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) information to the community:

As of: April 15, 2020

Meetings with The Government of Canada May 10, 2019

2019 meeting with the Trade Commissioner Service and Export Development Canada

Podcast episodes for young lawyers/law students

Meeting minutes from the Nov 8, 2019 meeting.

Congratulations Justin! Justin Roy of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law is the winner of the 2019 CBA Privacy and Access Law Student Essay Competition for his paper titled, Unstoppable Search Meets Immovable Expectation of Privacy: Resolving Charter Tensions in Digital Device Searches at the Border (paper only available in English).