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OBA Member Wins National Award

  • August 14, 2015

OBA member Douglas Judson has received the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) 2015 Edward K. Rowan-Legg Award at the CBA Legal Conference in Calgary. The award recognizes a student member's outstanding contribution to the CBA.

OBA Presented With International Award

  • August 04, 2015

The OBA accepted an Award of Outstanding Achievement in the “Programs” category today at the Association For Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) Annual Meeting in Chicago.

OBA President One of Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential

  • August 03, 2015

Canadian Lawyer magazine has released its 6th Annual Top 25 list of Canada’s 25 Most Influential Lawyers, and the OBA is extremely proud that its President, Orlando Da Silva, has been recognized among the top 5 lawyers included in the Government/Non-Profit/Associations category.

OBA Advocacy Working for You – An Update

  • June 17, 2015

Shaping and influencing policy development and legislation is an important role of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA). It is just one of the ways that the OBA serves its members and ensures they are well supported in their everyday work.

OBA explores PHIPA complaints with Ontario's Privacy Commissioner

  • May 04, 2015

The Canadian Lawyer Magazine reports from a recent OBA lunch event with Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, where the future of the Personal Health Information and Protection Act complaints were discussed alongside upcoming initiatives to develop better guidelines for the future.

E-cigarette laws Discussed at Institute

  • February 18, 2015

OBA Institute’s Health Law session provided a behind-the-scenes look at how Ontario developed its recent e-cigarette legislation and has triggered some good discussions among the legal community.