Applications Being Accepted for Law Foundation Funding
The Law Foundation of BC is accepting applications for large, one-time project funding requests until 12:00 pm on Friday, February 13, 2013. The Law Foundation has a budget of $500,000 for one-time...
View ArticleNine New Judges For The BC Provincial Court
Today, the fifth of nine new judges appointed to the BC provincial court will be sworn in. The new appointments, announced in December by Chief Judge Thomas J. Crabtree, are as follows: Judge Garth...
View ArticleUpcoming Lectures from UBC Law
January looks to be a busy month for the UBC Faculty of Law. Take a peek at some of the upcoming lectures the law school is hosting both on- and off-campus over the coming weeks: How the Racial Exception…
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Peter Ferrari on Preventing Earnout Problems
Guild Yule corporate lawyer Peter Ferrari recently published an article on Divestopedia, a website for “for entrepreneurs who want to sell their business for the best price and terms”. In Earnouts or...
View ArticleCourthouse Libraries BC Debuts Criminal Law Practice Portal
Courthouse Libraries BC recently announced the launch of its Criminal Law Practice Portal. Joining five other practice portals (Civil Litigation, Family Law, Personal Injury, Practice Management &...
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Joint Report Gives Recommendations for Improving Inquiries
Via the Clicklaw Blog, a new report from the BC Civil Liberties Association, Pivot Legal Society and West Coast LEAF discusses the failures of the Missing Women’s Inquiry and provides recommendations...
View ArticlePilot Project Aims to Improve SC Chambers Application Scheduling
Via the Supreme Court of BC, Chief Justice Bauman recently “announced the commencement of a pilot project at Vancouver Law Courts to ameliorate the increase in the number of long chambers applications...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar: New Family Law Act Refresher
Dye & Durham is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar, The New Family Law Act Refresher: Predictions, Implementation & Procedure. Presented by Dye & Durham in-house counsel, Laurelly...
View ArticleHope in Shadows Celebrates 10 Years
Hope in Shadows celebrated its 10th anniversary with the release of its 2013 calendar, coordinated by Pivot Legal Society. Hope in Shadows: Portraits of Our Community is a charitable organization that...
View Article2013 Women Lawyers Forum Award Winners
The CBC British Columbia Branch recently announced the 2013 winners of the Women Lawyers Forum awards. The winner of the 3rd WLF Award of Excellence is Jan Lindsay, QC. “Jan’s quiet modesty contrasts...
View ArticleCBABC Releases 2011-2012 Annual Report
Via Courthouse Libraries BC, the Canadian Bar Association BC Branch 2011-2012 annual report is now available online. The report includes: an introduction from then-president, Sharon Matthews an...
View ArticleUVic Law Students To Perform Marriage Equality Play
A cast of law students from UVic will perform “8″ The Play this coming March 13th. From the UVic calendar: “A student cast from the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law will perform this widely...
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TRU Hosts Inaugural Students in Law Conference
According to the Thompson Rivers University Society of Law Students, the inaugural Students in Law Conference will take place February 7 and 8th, 2013 at the Irving K. Barber Centre in Kamloops, BC....
View ArticleJustice Education Society News
In its latest newsletter, The Justice Education Society (JES) shares some of its recent news and activities: An upcoming event called the Women and Leadership Café, where participants will “discuss the...
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CBABC Urges Election Candidates to Support ‘An Agenda for Justice’
The Canadian Bar Association – BC Branch has issued a platform considerations document in preparation for this May’s provincial election. An Agenda for Justice “outlines both short-term and long-term...
View ArticleLaw Society Bencher and Former President Awarded Diamond Jubilee Medals
The Law Society of BC has announced that Bencher Ben Meisner and former President Bruce LeRose, QC have recently been awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals. 60-year veteran broadcaster Ben...
View Article2013 TLABC PAC, Bench & Bar Award Winners Announced
The Trial Lawyers Association of BC has announced the winners of the 2013 Bench and Bar Awards, to be presented this April. Chief Justice Robert M. Bauman will receive the 2013 Bench Award. From the...
View ArticleBC Ombudsperson Issues Report on PGT and Financially Incapable Adults
The BC Ombudsperson, Kim Carter, has issued a report called No Longer Your Decision: British Columbia’s Process for Appointing the Public Guardian and Trustee to Manage the Financial Affairs of...
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Upcoming Event: West Coast LEAF Equality Breakfast
West Coast LEAF’s 26th Annual Equality Breakfast is taking place Tuesday, March 5th, 2013. The event is an opportunity to “Honour our collective achievements, inspire and be inspired, catch up with old...
View ArticleCBABC Dismayed at 2013 Provincial Budget
BC’s provincial government released its 2013 budget yesterday, to the dismay of the CBA BC Branch, which “expressed disappointment that the government has ignored clear messages from those within and...
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