Announcements

The Canadian Bar Association BC Branch is proud to join Access Pro Bono’s Everyone Legal Clinic as a Founding Service Partner, in a move to support alternative paths to traditional articling. In addition to a financial contribution, CBABC will provide free membership to the articling students and CBABC exclusive training content.

CBABC partners with Electronic Recycling Association to redistribute electronics in remote and Indigenous communities

It’s always fun to watch your profession-to-be fictionalized. Here are 11 movies we recommend to law students, ranked in no particular order, that can provide them a healthy dose of distraction from the struggles of studying.

The Canadian Bar Association’s B.C. branch has come up with recommendations to ​address issues concerning the filing process under the Land Owner Transparency Act (LOTA).

Government also allotted funds to enhance strategy towards modernizing court processes

From The Lawyer's Daily: "Representatives of the bar in both British Columbia and Alberta are applauding their respective provincial governments for continuing to commit to the digitization of the legal system brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic as part of their most recent fiscal plans, but are also saying there needs to be more focus on legal aid funding and eligibility."

From the Ministry of Attorney General: "The Ministry of Attorney General seeks to modernize the regulatory framework for legal professionals in B.C., including lawyers, notaries and paralegals, to better protect people accessing legal services and help improve access."

More still needed for court modernization and legal aid

The Honourable Selwyn Romilly, retired justice of the Supreme Court of BC, speaks at the 2022 AGM.

In early December, the Law Society of BC released the Report of a Governance Review of the Law Society of British Columbia , as prepared by regulator and governance specialist, Harry Cayton. CBABC members are encouraged to review this report, as the recommendations include significant changes to how the legal profession is governed.