The British Columbia Court of Appeal is officially 100 years old! To celebrate they’re having an academic symposium in Vancouver. There is even a special BCCA 100th birthday website, where you can register for the events.

Although the official birthday was on January 4, 2010, the BCCA will have special sittings throughout April to commemorate this milestone in Vancouver, Prince George, Kamloops, and Kelowna. Special editions of BC Studies (published by UBC) and The Advocate (published by the Vancouver Bar Association) will be put out, as well as a book by Christopher Moore titled The British Columbia Court of Appeal: The First Hundred Years. A film titled 100 Years of the BC Court of Appeal will be broadcast on April 30, 7pm, on BC’s public educational network Knowledge, and if the trailer is any indication it should be a real zinger.

All in all it should be a great birthday celebration, very appropriate for a court that has really established itself over the last couple decades as a major player in the Canadian scene. Happy Birthday!

[Before being appointed to the Supreme Court, Chief Justice McLachlin sat on the BCCA]