Category: Legal Aid & Access to Justice
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 »
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 »
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
CSO Fees to be Eliminated for Criminal and Traffic Record Searches
BC’s Attorney General announced this week that Court Services Online will be eliminating fees for viewing results from criminal and traffic record searches as of August 31, 2010. The announcement states that the fees were implemented for the purpose of discouraging frivolous searches of these records,… more »
Law Foundation of BC Honoured by BC Library Association
The Law Foundation of BC was recently honoured as a “library champion” by the BC Library Association. The Keith Sacré Library Champion Award is given to “to an individual, organization or business that has a record of support of libraries, literacy, public access to information and the… more »
Access Justice & Pro Bono Law of BC Merge
As of April 1, 2010, the Western Canada Society to Access Justice and Pro Bono Law of British Columbia have merged, and will now be known as the Access Pro Bono Law Society of British Columbia (Access Pro Bono). “Access Pro Bono’s mission is to promote access… more »
West Coast LEAF Releases “Mapping the Gap” Report
The West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) recently published “Minding the Gap: A Summary of Legal Resources for Women in British Columbia“, written by Shahnaz Rahman and funded by the Notary Foundation of BC. The project surveyed community-based organizations, transition houses, academics, legal organizations, and… more »
Rural Education and Access to Lawyers (REAL) Initiative
The Rural Education and Access to Lawyers (REAL) Initiative has successfully completed its first year, reports the CBA BC Branch. This program, funded by the Law Foundation of BC, creates summer opportunities for law students outside the Metro Vancouver and Victoria areas, and raises the profile of “rural… more »
More Locations for BC Legal Aid
The Legal Services Society has announced new local agents in seven new communities The addition brings the total number of legal aid local agents in BC to 33 communities and more than 50 locations, plus an expanded, province-wide call centre. From the March 3rd press release: “The… 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 »