The American Bar Association (ABA) is holding its 2011 Annual General Meeting in Toronto from August 4-9, 2011.

See Slaw for updates on various sessions, and the ABA Journal.

My Legal Briefcase has a post on good places to eat.

The Ontario Liberal Party held its Annual General Meeting this weekend in Toronto.

A major theme for the conference was social media initiatives, including the launch of fRed, a social media platform and aggregator dedicated to Liberals.

Chris Drew took photos of attendees throughout the conference and Tweeted the pictures.

Omar Ha-Redeye and Chris James Drew

Rahaf Harfoush, author of Yes We Did: An Inside Look at How Social Media Built the Obama Brand, spoke on how to effectively organize online engagement.

Christine McMillan and Matthew Lombardi offered an introductory session to social media, and Janice Nicholson and Graham Rivers presented an advanced social media session.

Warren Kinsella provided war-room strategy and opposition watch.

OLP AGM Friday, October 15, 2010 from Ontario Liberal Party on Vimeo.

OLP AGM Saturday, October 16, 2010 from Ontario Liberal Party on Vimeo.

The CCCA Greater Toronto Chapter of the Ontario Bar Association hosted the Annual General Meeting, “The view from 2,000 feet.”

The event consisted of a behind the scenes tour of the CN Tower, followed by dinner at Horizons Restaurant.  Richard Stock of Catalyst Consulting spoke on “Effective Workflow and Workload Management.”

The event was hosted by Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP.