Greetings members and colleagues. I am writing you as the new President of the Calgary Bar Association and to kick off our 134th year…

I am excited to write to you as the new President of the Calgary Bar Association as we proudly enter our 133rd year.

Thanks to the support of our CBA Members, we have been able to support a number of charitable organizations this year.

We would like to thank the 143 guests who spent a beautiful Friday afternoon with us at the Banff Springs Golf Course on September 9, 2022.

I am writing to you as the new president of this fine organization at the beginning of 2022 where we are hopeful to renew and fulfil an important part of our mandate: the gathering of our profession in a relaxed collegial environment to celebrate and promote civility amongst our members (hopefully in person).

Thanks to the support of our CBA Members, we have been able to support a number of charitable organizations this year. We are pleased to share a few of these good deeds that our members have made possible.

Thank you to all the attendees and volunteers for spending a beautiful day with us at the Banff Springs Golf Course on September 10, 2021.

I am writing to you once again as the president of this fine organization at the beginning of a new year where we hopefully will get to fulfill an important part of our mandate: the gathering of our profession in a relaxed collegial environment to celebrate and promote civility, hopefully without the masks.

We would like to thank the 100 people who spent a beautiful Friday afternoon at the Banff Springs Golf Course on September 11, 2020. The weather was fantastic and the tournament went very well, all things considered.

Thank you for taking a minute to read an update of what we have been up to over the past year in an effort to entice you to renew your membership.

Thanks to the support of our CBA Members, we have been able to support a number of charitable organizations recently. We are pleased to share a few of these good deeds that our members have made possible.

The Court of Queen’s Bench is organizing a group bar call in each of Edmonton and Calgary. They are interested in providing this service to articling students who do not wish to have a private ceremony while maintaining the option of the individual bar call for others.

We take quite seriously (although hopefully with humour and fun), our mandate to promote civility, collegiality and a sense of community among and for our members. Our central thesis remains that it is more difficult to be snarky, obstreperous, less than forthright or worse with opposing counsel or the Court after you have met, talked with and perhaps even shared an adult beverage (or three) with that person at one of our events. It is also rewarding to feel part of a community of lawyers (and Judges) who make significant and meaningful contributions to worthwhile causes that need extra funding.

37 aspiring lawyers to be posthumously admitted to the bar in a ceremony Friday at the Calgary Courts Centre ahead of the 100-year anniversary of the armistice ending the conflict.

I am honoured to have the opportunity to serve as your President in the 128th year of the Calgary Bar Association. As members of the Calgary Bar Association, we are most fortunate to practice law in a vibrant city as part of a thriving legal community.

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The Calgary Bar Association was established in 1890 to “cultivate a feeling of professional brotherhood, discuss various matters affecting the interests of the profession, and take united action thereon”.