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The CBA is a voluntary bar association for members of the legal profession; it is the voice of its members and its primary purpose is to serve its members; it is the premier provider of personal and professional development and support to members of the legal profession; it promotes fair justice systems, facilitates effective law reform, promotes equality in the legal profession and is devoted ...
It is also a branch of the Canadian Bar Association. Approximately two-thirds of all practicing lawyers in Canada belong to the CBA. Established in 1907, the OBA was incorporated on April 22, 1985. [1] It is a voluntary association for legal members, whereas the regulatory body for lawyers in the province is under the Law Society of Ontario.
A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. [1] The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing (bar) to separate the area in which court or legal profession business is done from the viewing area for the general public or students of the law.
Charles Houston Bar Association [20] Colorado. Colorado Trial Lawyers Association [21] Connecticut. Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association [22] Delaware. Delaware Trial Lawyers Association [23] District of Columbia. International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association [24] Trial Lawyers Association of Metro Washington D.C. [25] Florida
Total Number of Lawyers Toronto Ottawa Montréal Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Québec City Other Cities 2 BLG: 795 288 83 155 135 134 - - - 1 Fasken: 890 301 31 278
Receipt dated February 5, 1836, for application to the Law Society of Upper Canada issued to John A. Macdonald, the future first prime minister of Canada. The Law Society of Upper Canada was established in 1797 to regulate the legal profession in the British colony of Upper Canada and is the oldest self-governing body in North America. [3]
His father was a Canadian lawyer and former Attorney General of Ontario. After graduating from the University of Toronto Schools, he studied at the University of Toronto, and the Osgoode Hall Law School. [2] He was called to the bar in 1964 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1975. [1] He is married to the publisher Anna Porter.
In July 1925, lawyers from Belgium, France and Luxembourg initiated the "Union Internationale des Avocats" project, which came to fruition after two years of collaboration on July 8, 1927, in Charleroi, Belgium [2] The President of the Paris Bar Association, Georges Guillaumin, [3] was nominated as the Association’s first president.