Vancouver Bar Association
1124 15th Street V7P 1M9 North Vancouver, BC, Canada

GREAT UPCOMING EVENT!! Anti-Racism Workshop with Cicely Blaine - November 13, 2020 - 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm 1.5 hour CPD credit (including ethics) As part of our series on racial issues, the Vancouver Bar Association is excited to present the Anti-Racism Workshop with Cicely Belle Blain, the co-founder of the local chapter of Black Lives Matter, on November 12, 2020, between 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm. This session will take place over Zoom.... Cicely Belle Blain is a diversity and inclusion consultant, activist, and writer. They are one of Vancouver's fifty most influential people of 2018, as awarded by Vancouver Magazine for their work as a co-founder of Black Lives Matter - Vancouver, Canada's second Black Lives Matter chapter. They were also a winner of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Youth Leadership Award in Social Movement Building for their commitment to Black liberation and LGBTQ+ activism. In 2017, Cicely Belle was listed as one of CBC's 150 Black Womxn Making Change in Canada, and in 2019, they became one of BC Business's 30 under 30 business leaders, as well as a finalist for the Canadian LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Registration for this event is free. The VBA thanks KPMG Law LLP for their generous sponsorship! Please click here to register: https://www.findjoo.com//f6fe43c4-b8b7-4fa7-8eb7-ac0e01753 Spots are limited, so register soon!

Final tickets are on sale for our Breakfast with the Bench Zoom this Thursday featuring BC Court of Appeal Madam Justice Fenlon!

BCCA Madam Justice Fenlon's Breakfast with the Bench Zoom event is coming up fast!

Zoom Breakfast with the Bench: BCCA Madam Justice Fenlon on Sept. 17, 2020!

Judge Bakan's Zoom Event is coming up on August 27!

The Law Courts Inn was founded by directors of the Vancouver Bar Association. They wanted to bring the local legal profession together on a daily basis by estab...lishing a dining and social club for lawyers and judges, modeled after the Inns of Court in London, England. Vancouver’s Inn has been open to the broader public for 40 years. Do you have a great memory from the Law Courts Inn -- an important connection made over lunch or a special moment spent overlooking the reflecting pool? Share your recollections and find out how you can help save this unique Vancouver venue. Our landlords are refusing to renew our lease. https://lawcourtsinn.com/save-the-inn/ See more

Join us for this great CPD (ethics/professionalism credit) event on August 17! FREE for VBA members, $35 for non-members (includes a VBA membership).

We have an exciting Zoom event coming up on Aug. 17! Free to VBA members, $35 for non-VBA members (and it comes with a VBA membership)

Just a reminder that our Zoom Breakfast with the Bench with Justice Ross is happening tomorrow at 8am! There are only a few spots left.

A Letter from the Law Courts Inn Society:

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD - 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING -- FEEDBACK REQUESTED 2020 has been an unprecedented year for both the VBA and the world. Due to public health restrictions arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, the events traditionally hosted by the VBA through the year have not been possible. In all likelihood, the VBA will also not be able to hold its AGM in the format we have all come to know and love - namely, an in-person banquet for over 500 members at the Hotel Vanco...uver. The VBA Board would like to hear from members about the options being considered for the 2020 AGM and Board elections. We ask that members provide any feedback you may have by July 30, 2020 via email to [email protected] with the subject line "VBA AGM feedback". Option 1 is to hold the AGM virtually and elect an incoming slate of 6 Board members, as in past years. Other organizations have transitioned to virtual AGM formats this year. If this option is selected, the election for Board positions would be facilitated via voting software. Option 2 is to hold the AGM virtually and, by special resolution, extend the term of the current VBA Board by one year, until the 2021 AGM. A primary benefit of this option includes retaining institutional memory through this unprecedented year and into what we hope will be a recovery year in 2021. The VBA Board is willing to continue to volunteer their time for the additional year. If this option is selected, a special meeting to amend the bylaws would be held in the months prior to the AGM. For either option, the Hyndman Award Committee has decided that the Peter S. Hyndman Mentorship Award will not be given out for the 2020 year.