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Canadian Bar Associations

Canadian Bar Association: Provinces and territories with branches of the Canadian Bar Association are listed below. The Canadian Bar Association is a professional one, and membership is voluntary. For more information regarding its mission and goals, click here.

In addition, many of the provinces and territories have their own law societies, listed below. Law societies are self-governing bodies, created to regulate the profession in each of their jurisdictions.

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Bar Association Sections

Canadian Bar Association Sections

  • Aboriginal Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Air and Space Law
  • Alternate Dispute Resolution
  • Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring
  • Business Law
  • Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Civil Litigation
  • Commodity Tax, Customs and Trade
  • Competition Law
  • Constitutional and Human Rights Law
  • Construction Law
  • Criminal Justice
  • Elder Law
  • Entertainment, Media and Communications Law
  • Environmental, Energy & Resources Law
  • Family Law
  • Health Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Law
  • Labour and Employment Law
  • Law Practice Management and Technology
  • Maritime Law
  • Military Law
  • Municipal Law
  • Pensions and Benefits Law
  • Privacy Law
  • Real Property
  • Taxation Law
  • Wills Estates and Trusts

    • Ontario Bar Association Sections

  • Aboriginal Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Business Law
  • Canadian Corporate Counsel Association – Ontario
  • Charity and Not-For-Profit Law
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Civil Litigation
  • Class Actions
  • Constitutional, Civil Liberties and Human Rights
  • Construction Law
  • Criminal Justice
  • Education Law
  • Entertainment, Media and Communications
  • Environmental Law
  • Family Law
  • Feminist Legal Analysis
  • Franchise Law
  • Health Law
  • Information Technology and Electronic Commerce
  • Insolvency Law
  • Insurance Law
  • International Law
  • Labour and Employment Law
  • Law Practice Management
  • Municipal Law
  • Natural Resources and Energy
  • Pensions and Benefits
  • Privacy Law
  • Public Sector Lawyers
  • Real Property
  • Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
  • Sole, Small Firm and General Practice
  • Taxation Law
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Workers’ Compensation
  • Young Lawyers’ Division

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