The OBA Family Law Section is accepting submissions!

On January 20, 2017, members of the legal community attended the OBA-YLD Program on the topic of “Branding Yourself and Identifying Your Target Market”. Susanne Greisbach and Sandra LeBrun, members of the OBA-YLD committee, were the program chairs. The program was hosted by Borden Ladner Gervais in Ottawa.

Even the simplest charity and not-for-profit operates in a surprising complex legal environment. Whether you are a charity law specialist, or someone who is just being introduced to the idea of charity and not-for-profit law, we invite you to join the Charity and Not-For-Profit Law Section’s special program at the 2017 OBA Institute.

The Forfeited Corporate Property Act, 2015 and related amendment to the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and the Corporations Act (Ontario) are set to come into force. They will, among other things, require business and not-for-profit corporations incorporated or continued into Ontario to maintain a register of their "ownership interests in land in Ontario".

Each month we will introduce a different member of the Women Lawyers Forum Executive. Learn a little bit about us, why we joined the executive and what we love about being a lawyer.

Last week, I topped my list of nerve-wracking, new-lawyer moments when, heart pounding, I telephoned the Honourable Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1987 to 2002 and the second woman in Canadian history to be appointed to that position. I was calling to see if Justice L’Heureux-Dubé would speak with me about her experience receiving the OBA's Women Lawyers Forum's Award of Excellence in 1996, its inaugural year.