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Effective Date: 24 January 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added two new faces to his cabinet Monday morning, tapping Montreal MP David Lametti as Canada’s new justice minister and Nova Scotia’s Bernadette Jordan as minister of rural economic development — a new position on the front bench.

Three resolutions are up for debate at the CBA Annual Meeting on February 11, 2019. This is your chance to have your say on issues shaping the future of the law and your association.

The Rural Education and Access to Lawyers Initiative (REAL) is committed to assisting law firms and practitioners in small communities and rural areas of British Columbia to recruit, hire and retain law students and new lawyers. The deadline for 2019 REAL funding is February 20, 2019. 

TRU Law in Kamloops, BC is calling for volunteers for the 2019 First Year Moots.

In 2019, to maximize funds for as many students as possible, REAL is embarking on a new funding partnership model.  Firms interested in accessing funding of second year law student through the program will need to match funds either through an organization or by self matching.

CBABC, the Law Foundation and the People’s Law School are pleased to announce the transition, of Dial-A-Law to the People’s Law School.

Article by John Grant – Miller Thomson LLP

Article by Blakes Competition & Antitrust Group and Blakes Foreign Investment Group - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

By: Laurie A. Goldbach (BLG Calgary), and Bhuvana Sankaranarayanan (BLG Ottawa).