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.