In November we will be holding elections for the 2013-14 President, Vice President, Vice-President Canada and Secretary-Treasurer positions of the Canadian American Bar Association. These are two year terms commencing January 1, 2013. If you are interested in running for any of the positions, please send me, by November 15th, a short statement about why you would be interested in the position. The statements will be compiled and provided to the members at one time, who will then have an opportunity to vote.
It’s been a pleasure to serve as your President for the last 2 years and I want to thank our current Officers for all their dedicated work and support of CABA!
Best regards,
David
David McFarlane – President Canadian American Bar Association
Los Angeles Bar Assoc. International Law Section will host a fun and casual mixer with members of the Canadian-American Bar Association, Canada California Business Council, and Canadians Abroad. If you have any questions, please email brianschaller@brianschaller.com.
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Place: X bar at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
2025 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067
www.xbarla.com
Cost: Free (Cash Bar)
Parking: Valet or nearby Westfield Century City Mall (3 hrs Free)
RSVP: None necessary; but feel free to email brianschaller@brianschaller.com to let us know you’re coming.
This is a great opportunity to meet Canada’s powerful business leaders and mingle with successful attorneys from north of the border.
See our co-sponsor’s websites:
· Canadian-American Bar Association http://www.canambar.com/officers/
· Canada California Business Council http://cabusinesscouncil.org/
· Canadians Abroad http://www.canadiansabroad.com/
Please join us for complimentary cocktails as we celebrate our 5th year of bringing together legal practitioners from Canada and the US. Thursday, September 20th, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Dorsey & Whitney LLP 9th Floor, 51 West 52nd Street (at 6th Avenue) New York, NY 10019. Please let us know by September 14th if you plan on attending by going to http://bit.ly/MPc6aS
Please be advised that the H-1B cap count for the 2013 fiscal year is approximately 50% full even though the USCIS has only been accepting applications for four weeks. At this rate, the 85,000 H-1B cap may be reached as early as June or July – the earliest in the last few years. Canadian citizen applicants looking to apply for a new H-1B visa this fiscal year should have their employers do so immediately. Once the cap is reached, Canadians should examine other alternatives, such as an L-1 intracompany transfer visa, E-2 treaty trader visa, O-1 extraordinary visa, or a TN work visa for certain occupations (http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/en/view.aspx?x=343&mtpiID=147#Ap1603.D.1).
From time to time Canadian and American students write to CABA concerning knowledge of state scholarships for law school. The California Bar Foundation’s Diversity Scholarship seeks to support newly admitted law students from groups historically underrepresented in the legal profession who have committed to attend a California law school. Candidates apply for the Scholarship at the beginning of the summer prior to commencing their law school studies. The Scholarship helps pay the costs of obtaining a law school education, including tuition, fees, books, and related education expenses. Awards of up to $7,500 recognize incoming first year law students with financial need who demonstrate a desire to make a positive impact as a community leader. Since 2008, the Foundation has supported more than 90 law students with awards totaling more than $600,000 through the Diversity Scholarship.
All 2012 Diversity Scholarships will be awarded in person at a reception to be held in early October 2012 in Los Angeles. For more information about the scholarship, including an application, please see the Foundation’s website: http://www.calbarfoundation.org/programs/scholarships/diversity.html or contact the Foundation’s Program.
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
