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The changes will avoid lawyers having to raise the issue only after incorrect titles or pronouns are used, and supports a shift in professional practice toward asking all people how they should be respectfully addressed.

The new BC Building and Plumbing Code will be effective December 10, 2018 and will apply to building permits applied for on or after that date. The BC Fire Code is anticipated to be adopted in the fall of 2018 and effective December 10, 2018. Buildings with permits in place under the previous 2012 BC Building Code will generally not be affected by the adoption of the new code.

Marlee Kline Lecture in Social Justice

The theme for the conference is “We’re Better Together.” The conference will have sessions of interest to judges, disciplinary staff, bar leaders, lawyer assistance program directors and staff, law school administrators and law firm managers, as well as, abundant opportunities to network with LAP personnel and volunteers involved in lawyer assistance programs from across the U.S., Canada and the U.K.

BC Legal Orgs Use Wikipedia-Style Website to Serve Free Legal Information: Dial-A-Law Joins Clicklaw Wikibooks

The Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch (CBABC), is pleased to announce Law Week 2015

CBABC President Alex Shorten addresses the issue regarding the intervenor role of the CBA in the SCC case v Chevron.

Nominate your environmental hero before October 15, 2014!

The only B.C. judge who has embraced the principle of restorative justice for Aboriginals will speak at a justice forum at TRU on May 3.