Attorney General's first address to legal community
NEWSLETTER PFTHE Attorney General Colin GabC AN ADIAN BAR lemann was the special guest at As s o c ia t io n , the 7th Annual Bench and Bar B.C. BRANCH Dinner on Nov. 12, 1991. This was his first address to the B.C. legal community following his cabinet appointment.
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The Bench and Bar Dinner is an annual event co-sponsored by the CBA (B.C. Branch) and the Law Society of B.C. Other honoured guests included Chief Justice McEachem, Associate Chief Jus tice Campbell and Chief Judge Diebolt.
The CBA (B.C. Branch) annually presents a brief to the Attorney General which documents recent resolutions supported both at the provincial and national levels. The Branch Executive looks forward to meeting with Mr. Gablemann lSECTIONTALK/3 in the near future to discuss these resolutions as well as other professional issues and concerns. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE/5
CBA President Wendy Baker and Law Society Treasurer Bob Dick welcome Attorney General Colin Gablemann (centre) to the annual Bench and Bar § j| | g Qn November 12/ m i .
B.C. Branch Directory best seller for 1992!
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The annual B.C. Lawyers Tel ephone, FAX and Services D i rectory 1992 edition rolled off the presses in mid-October and some 9,500 copies have been delivered already. The directory is a project of the B.C. Branch Member Services Committee and has been enthu siastically received by mem bers. The accuracy of the list ings is ensured through a twostage proofing process as well as data integrity checks with the Law Society of B.C. mem bership lists. The additional sources of infor mation including contact
names, telephone and FAX numbers of court personnel, registrars, judges, and legally related organizations is fre quently cited by Directory users as a valuable information re source. Special thank you is extended to B.C. Branch staff and espe cially Vicki Streeter and Ruth Fraser for their diligent work in data input and listing proofing. Directory advertising was com pletely sold out this year and ad sales manager Colin Campbell (687-3404) is already taking ad vertising placement orders for next year's edition!
The Directory Sub-Committee chaired by Eric Rice with mem bers including George Cadman, Susan Lyons, Robert Smethurst and Bruce Woolley, welcome any comments or suggestions you might have for the 1993 Di rectory. A limited number of the 1992 Directory are still available and can be purchased from the B.C. Branch office. CBA member price is $16 per copy; non-member price is $25 per copy (prepaid orders in B.C. include postage and han dling). Call Kaayla Kenna at 687-3404 to purchase your copy.