Law Society Releases Cloud Computing Checklist
Via Courthouse Libraries BC’s New & Notable current awareness service, the Law Society of BC has released a cloud computing checklist. From the February e-Brief: “Lawyers and law firms considering...
View ArticleTrinity Western University Bids for Law School
Trinity Western University (TWU), a private faith-based post-secondary school in Langley, has submitted a proposal to open a law school. The proposal was made to BC’s Ministry of Advanced Education and...
View ArticleVALL & BCLMA Joint Workshop: The Case for Making a Business Case
The Vancouver Association of Law Librarians and the BC Legal Management Association have announced they will be holding a joint workshop, on The Case for Making a Business Case, on the morning of March...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Law Week 2013
Law Week 2013 is just around the corner in BC. Throughout the month of April, events to educate the public about Canada’s legal system will be held in five cities across the province. Here are a few...
View ArticleBC Proposes Justice Reform Legislation & Issues White Paper Part 2
On February 26th, the BC Ministry of Justice released A Timely, Balanced Justice System, the second part of their white paper on justice reform. Part 1 of the White Paper, entitled A Modern,…
View ArticleIntroducing Dye & Durham’s New Corporate Supplies Website
Dye & Durham is pleased to announce the launch of our simplified Corporate Supplies Website. The new site is easy to navigate and features an expanded product selection, which includes: Corporate...
View ArticleNew Plain-Language Guide for BC Victims of Family Violence
Via JP Boyd’s BC Family Law Resource Blog, the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies (CFLS) at the UBC Faculty of Law has just released The BC Family Law Act: A Plain Language Guide for Women Who Have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleLaw Society Releases Cloud Computing Checklist
Via Courthouse Libraries BC’s New & Notable current awareness service, the Law Society of BC has released a cloud computing checklist. From the February e-Brief: “Lawyers and law firms considering...
View ArticleTrinity Western University Bids for Law School
Trinity Western University (TWU), a private faith-based post-secondary school in Langley, has submitted a proposal to open a law school. The proposal was made to BC’s Ministry of Advanced Education and...
View ArticleBC Chief Justice Lance Finch to Retire
The UBC Law Alumni Association is set to host a dinner to celebrate BC Chief Justice Lance Finch, who will retire from the Court of Appeal this June. Chief Justice Finch graduated from UBC Law in 1962...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CLEBC Meets Demand For Local Legal Resources
Don’t miss Susan Munro‘s recent Slaw.ca post, The Untold Story of the Small Legal Publishers, outlining how the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC (CLEBC) evolved to the successful publisher it...
View ArticleFirst Ever National Moot for TRU Law Students
The 19th annual Kawaskimhon moot held earlier this month at the University of Western Ontario marked the first time that law students from Thompson Rivers University have attended a national moot. The...
View ArticleUpcoming Event: Making Way for the Modern Mother
The April event for The Law Courts Inn’s Lunching with Leaders discussion series has been announced. Making way for the modern mother: The campaign for improved work-life balance in private practice...
View ArticleCheryl Vickers Appointed Head of New Online Civil Litigation Tribunal
One of the commitments made in Part 2 of the provincial government’s White Paper on Justice Reform was to appoint a chair and invest in technology for the forthcoming online dispute resolution...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Law Society’s New Online Learning Centre
Via Courthouse Libraries BC, the Law Society recently introduced their Online Learning Centre, available at http://www.learnlsbc.ca/. The site “offers four professional development courses to assist...
View ArticleUpcoming Event: Envisioning Equal Justice Summit
The Canadian Bar Association will be hosting a 3-day conference in Vancouver this April 25-27, the “Envisioning Equal Justice Summit: Building Justice for Everyone“. The conference will focus on...
View ArticleBC Human Rights Tribunal Celebrates 10th Anniversary
An opinion-editorial piece by Minister of Justice and Attorney General Shirley Bond reminds us that on March 31, 2013, the BC Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) will celebrate its 10th anniversary. From the...
View ArticleNew Plain-Language Guide for BC Victims of Family Violence
Via JP Boyd’s BC Family Law Resource Blog, the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies (CFLS) at the UBC Faculty of Law has just released The BC Family Law Act: A Plain Language Guide for Women Who Have...
View Article
