Le notaire Vincent Morier, de Saint-Hyacinthe, et la professeure de droit à la retraite, de l’Université Dalhousie, Dianne Pothier, de Halifax, sont les lauréats du Prix du président 2012 de l’Association du Barreau canadien (ABC). Le prix vise à reconnaître…
Prix du président 2012
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Posted in 2012 Canadian Legal Conference, Featured, Video
Posted in 2012 Canadian Legal Conference, Featured, Video
Jack Innes Award: Caroline Nevin
Caroline Nevin, the executive director at the CBA’s BC Branch, is the winner of the 2011 CBA Jack Innes Achievement Award, which recognizes a staff member’s exceptional contribution to the Association. We asked Caroline to give us a sense of…
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Posted in 2012 Canadian Legal Conference, Featured, Video
Posted in 2012 Canadian Legal Conference, Featured, Video
Jimmy Wales on copyright and Richard O’Dwyer
One of the big stories coming out of Britain these days is the extraordinary extradition case launched by US authorities against Richard O’Dwyer, the 24-year-old creator of TVShack. Back in 2011 a New York court charged the UK citizen with…
Tagged with: copyright, Jimmy Wales, Richard O'Dwyer, Wikipedia
Posted in 2012 Canadian Legal Conference, Featured, Video
Posted in 2012 Canadian Legal Conference, Featured, Video
Envisioning justice
“If we don’t invent the future, others will,” CBA 1st Vice-President, and Air Canada in-house counsel Fred Headon told the audience at the CLC closing lunch on Tuesday. That’s the motivation behind the CBA’s three-pronged initiative titled “Envisioning Justice” unveiled at…
Tagged with: access to justice, Fred Headon, Melina Buckley
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Posted in 2012 Canadian Legal Conference, Featured
Prix Walter Owen II
La Professeure Martine Valois a aussi remporté le Prix Walter-Owen 2012 pour son ouvrage L’indépendance judiciaire: la justice entre droit et gouvernement. Dans le clip ci-dessous elle nous parle de la notion de l’indépendance judiciaire telle qu’elle a évolué avec…
Tagged with: indépendance judiciaire, Martine Valois, Prix Walter Owen
Posted in 2012 Canadian Legal Conference, Featured, Video
Posted in 2012 Canadian Legal Conference, Featured, Video
Talking energy — and geography
Speaking to CBA members today, Alberta Premier Alison Redford discussed energy strategy and called again on Canada’s leaders to work together. In her half-hour breakfast address, Redford made no direct mention of the controversial and contentious Northern Gateway pipeline proposal, which…
