Daniel Bourque (Senior Corporate Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer of Xerox Canada Ltd.) and CABA’s Canadian Representative hosts our table at the Ontario – New York Legal Summit held in Toronto and Buffalo on March 28 and 29, 2012. 
David McFarlane, President of the Canadian American Bar Association, presents the 2012 John D. Lawson Award to former Governor Jennifer Granholm. The award recognizes Canadians who have excelled in the practice of law and/or made an outstanding contribution to the law or legal scholarship in the U.S. Jennifer Granholm, two-term Governor of Michigan until 2011 was born in British Columbia Canada and educated at UC Berkeley (Pol Sci) and Harvard (Law). She is currently lecturing at UC Berkeley. The award was presented to Governor Granholm on the set of her new Current TV show “The War Room”.
CABA President Award to Governor Granhom Feb. 2012
We are pleased to announce the winner of the $500.00 Canadian America Bar Association’s 2012 Law Student Essay Competition. Congratulations to Claire Gunner of McGill University Law School!!
Claire’s paper entitled “Disestablishment vs. Equality: Respective Approaches to the Issue of Coercion in Religious Freedom Cases by U.S. and Canadian Supreme Courts” was selected as the winning entry.
This year’s Competition was sponsored by the firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
Congratulations and we hope your interest and participation in the Canadian American Bar Association continues!
The Canadian American Bar Association will be participating in an historic Legal Summit sponsored by the New York State Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association, with the cooperation of the Law Society of Upper Canada, entitled “1 Legal System + 2 Jurisdictions = Infinite Opportunity” will take place on March 28, 2012 in Toronto and March 29, 2012 in Buffalo.
Register now for a unique and outstanding CLE Program covering cross-border topics of importance for lawyers involved in corporate, litigation or general practice. Learn how to expand and increase your practice to take advantage of the global opportunities available to you.
Plenary Session – “Professionalism and Access to Justice”
Presenters:
Honourable Warren K. Winkler, Chief Justice of Ontario
Honorable Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York
Laurie Pawlitza, Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada
Earn Law Society of Upper Canada CPD credits:
• 4.75 Substantive Hours
• 1.75 Professionalism Hours
• 6.5 New Member Hours
Download the program brochure
Our friends at Canadians Abroad in southern California are having a business networking event and seminar on January 31st at the Shangri-La Hotel in Santa Monica starting at 7 p.m. A link to the event is attached. I hope other CABA members will join me in attending this event.
http://www.canadiansabroad.com/Events/Happy_Hour_Cross-Border_Business_Networking_Mixer.aspx
We always welcome news and events of interest to our members. Please let me know about your upcoming events and I will post.
David McFarlane
President
