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Tick. Tock. Time to renew.

  • October 16, 2018

The days are getting shorter—and so too is the time to renew your Canadian Bar Association membership for another year. Join thousands of your colleagues from across Canada and renew today so you can continue to get the most out of your national association.

New CBA awards deadline

  • September 13, 2018

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.

Call for nominations – Founders’ Award

  • September 12, 2018

The CBA Immigration Law Section is accepting nominations for its Founders’ Award. This award recognizes an exceptional law student or junior lawyer and a future leader of our Section. The successful candidate will be recognized at our National Immigration Law Conference in May 2019.

Spotlight on resource for asylum-seekers

  • August 22, 2018

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

Five Canadian lawyers. Five great reasons to renew.

  • August 09, 2018

They say membership has its benefits, and that’s certainly the case when it comes to joining or renewing your membership in the Canadian Bar Association (CBA). More than 36,000 lawyers throughout Canada know firsthand the value of being a CBA member. From career development and networking opportunities to influencing legal policies and the Canadian judicial system, being a member of the CBA means being actively involved in your profession.

CBA Find-A-Lawyer

  • July 10, 2018

Playing hide-and-go-seek is no way to drum up business. CBA has a new way to help people find you more easily: a Find-a-Lawyer database on the cba.org website. Find out more.

CBA statement on immigration detention of children

  • June 20, 2018

The Canadian Bar Association supports the American Bar Association’s statement opposing the current situation in the United States where children are being separated from their parents and being held in detention facilities.