Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Calgary Bar Association was established on May 12, 1890 by Calgary lawyers P. McCarthy, J.B. Smith, E.P. Davis, T.B. Lafferty, P.J. Nolan, A.L. Sifton, J.R. Costigan, E. Cave, N.D. Beck, T.C. West, John C.F. Bown, J.P.J. Jephson and W.L. Bernard. It was incorporated provincially in 1916, with the objects of advancing the interests and upholding the honour of the legal profession, and to encourage cordial relations among its members. In 1982 CBA sponsored an oral history project which was funded, in part, by the Alberta Law Foundation. Project staff contacted senior members of southern Alberta's Bench and Bar and encouraged them to speak anecdotally about their careers and contemporaries in the profession. A total of 38 individuals were interviewed.