Category: BC Legal Associations
Upcoming TLABC Family Law and Criminal Programs
The Trial Lawyers Association of BC has announced continuing legal education programs coming up in September in Criminal Law and in Family Law. Both will provide Law Society of BC continuing professional development credits, at least 6 hours for Criminal Law and 5 hours… more »
CBABC, UBC Law, and UVic Law Seek Mentor Lawyers
CBABC is partnering with UBC Law and UVic Law to recruit volunteer lawyers interested in mentoring law students in either faculty. The goal is that mentors will play a pivotal role in helping students build essential networks within the legal community while providing them with insightful… more »
BC Law Society and LSS Seek Aboriginal Lawyers and Students to Join List
This week the Law Society of BC announced its assistance to the BC Legal Services Society in recruiting Aboriginal lawyers and articling students to add their names to a list with the objective of improving access to justice for Aboriginal people: In support of the Benchers’ strategic… more »
Positions Available on CBABC Volunteer Registry
The CBABC announced several volunteer opportunities available for members and other lawyers. The Justice Education Society of British Columbia, Immigrant PLEI Consortium Family Law and Domestic Violence Media Campaign, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Family Law Workshop in Mandarin or Cantonese, and “Contact with the Justice System” for the People’s Law School are all… more »
TLABC Joins LinkedIn
Last fall Trial Lawyers Association of BC joined Twitter, and last month we informed you that they set up a Facebook page. The organization has now completed its social media presence on the major networks by joining LinkedIn. If you are on LinkedIn, you can find TLABC’s group profile here. more »
Public Commission on Legal Aid Announces Hearing Locations and Dates
In follow up to an earlier item about the establishment of a Public Commission on Legal Aid: This week the Public Commission announced a confirmed list of 11 communities it will visit for its upcoming hearings to gather input from the public and stakeholder groups regarding their views… more »
TLABC Introduces New Facebook Page
Via its Twitter account, the Trial Lawyers Association of BC introduced its new Facebook page. On that page TLABC announced last week that it is ”Getting ready to launch the New Media Department”. It also posted the following recent members announcement there, originally appearing on its website: TLABC’s rules committee… more »
CLEBC Releases Practice FAQ on HST and Legal Fees
The Continuing Legal Education Society of BC recently released HST Law Practice FAQ, a publication it prepared to clarify the rules applicable to PST and HST on legal fees. The Law Society summarizes the interaction among the GST, HST, and PST in the following news… more »
Access Pro Bono Seeks Volunteers for September Advice-a-thon
Access Pro Bono and issued a call for volunteers for the 2010 free legal advice-a-thon scheduled for three different days this September in three B.C. cities: September 2 (Victoria), September 8 (Kelowna) and September 10 (Vancouver). Access Pro Bono describes the event this way: This September, lawyers… more »
Law Society Issues 2010 Practice Checklists Manual
The Law Society announced this week that, with the assistance of the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, it has now released the 2010 Practice Checklists Manual, available in the Practice Support section of the Law Society’s website in both Word and PDF. The Practice… more »
Summer 2010 VALL Review Available
The Vancouver Association of Law Libraries announced this week that the latest issue of the VALL Review is now available. Mica Donnelly notes the following highlights of this Summer 2010 issue on her blog: This issue’s feature article is by Beth Galbraith and discusses the concept of mentorship. … more »
The Coalition For Public Legal Services Created
This week the Access to Justice campaign announced the creation of The Coalition For Public Legal Services (CPLS), described as follows: – a group of organizations, advocates, and volunteers working to restore BC’s commitment to legal aid. All news items and updates will now be posted on the… more »
Public Commission on Legal Aid Established
A number of BC legal organizations recently announced their joint efforts to establish The Public Commission on Legal Aid. The Public Commission is a joint initiative of the Canadian Bar Association – BC Branch, the Law Society of BC, the Law Foundation of BC, the
CCEL Launches Family Caregiving Study Paper Online
The Canadian Centre for Elder Law, along with the British Columbia Law Institute recently announced the online launch of their study paper, Care/Work: Law Reform to Support Family Caregivers to Balance Paid Work and Unpaid Caregiving. The study paper, which was funded by the Law Foundation… more »
Vancouver Bar Association Sets Detailed Schedule for Summer and Articling Student Interviews
Following up on our earlier post on Articling Guidelines for downtown Vancouver firms, the VBA has now announced that firms participating in the uniform schedule for articling and summer student interviews have approved the following dates: Articling Students: Wednesday, June 30, 2010: Applications due Thursday, July 15,… more »
About Dye & Durham
Founded in 1874, Dye & Durham Corporation (D&D) has been a reliable purveyor of timely and accurate information for well over a century. With a staffing complement of 200 and 4 locations, we are also the largest, most comprehensive provider of legal support services in British Columbia… more »