Category: Legal Aid & Access to Justice
Pro Bono Going Public This Month
TLABC (@tla_bc) tweeted about a special event happening on September 9, Pro Bono Awareness Day. Access Pro Bono is hosting a free legal advice-a-thon in three BC cities this month, called “Pro Bono Going Public 2011“: “This September, lawyers, law students and paralegals will provide free… more »
Why Legal Aid Matters
The Public Commission on Legal Aid wants British Columbians to think about “Why Legal Aid Matters”. The commission recently launched a YouTube channel that will be home to a series of four videos discussing the importance of legal aid to specific groups. Entitled “Why Legal Aid Matters: Legal… more »
News from the Justice Education Society
The Justice Education Society recently issued its July 2011 newsletter, which details the organization’s activities and projects, such as: A planned update to SmallClaimsBC.ca Development of a new website for the We Can End Violence Against Women global campaign A documentary entitled “Justice Through… more »
Legal Clinic for Temporary Foreign Workers in BC
MOSAIC and Access Pro Bono have teamed up to provide a free legal clinic for temporary foreign workers in BC. Pro Bono lawyers, who are members of the Law Society of British Columbia, will provide free legal consultation on issues related to temporary foreign workers including employment,… more »
Roundup of BC Legal Organization YouTube Channels
A surprising number of legal organizations in BC have YouTube channels. Here’s a quick roundup: The Courthouse Libraries BC channel has research tutorials and videos about LawMatters The Law Society of BC channel features a series of inspirational stories from Aboriginal lawyers, as well as as recorded lectures… more »
LSS Launches Aboriginal Law Portal
The Clicklaw Blog reports that the BC Legal Services Society has devoted a portion of their website to Aboriginal legal issues. The new section “has information about the issues that are important to Aboriginal people and the help that legal aid and other groups can give,”… more »
Information Packages for Self-Represented Litigants
The Stream has an extensive post up about 24 new information packages for the self-represented from the Supreme Court of BC. According to the Supreme Court, the official information packages contain forms and instructions for many common procedural processes, and are available in Microsoft Word… more »
Clicklaw Launches New Site Design
Over the weekend Clicklaw, a site dedicated to providing legal information, education, and help to British Columbians, launched an updated site. The new design features a clean yet compact look, with easier and more intuitive navigation. The new design conveys the site’s purpose and contents at a quick… more »
BC Public Guardian and Trustee Releases Annual Report
The Public Guardian and Trustee of BC released its 2009/2010 report on child and youth guardianship services last week. As the announcement explains, the Child and Youth Guardianship Services Report 2009/2010 “describes its work on behalf of children in continuing care, including details of critical incident reports… more »
Public Commission On Legal Aid Findings To Be Released March 8
The CBABC recently announced that Commissioner Leonard T. Doust Q.C. of the Public Commission on Legal Aid will release his report on the Commission’s findings on March 8, 2011 in Vancouver. Last fall, the Commission conducted a series of public hearings throughout the province, hearing… more »
JusticeBC Web Portal Launched
The BC Law Society this week drew our attention to the BC government’s launch of the new JusticeBC Web Portal, a multilingual resource for BC criminal justice information: The provincial government has launched JusticeBC (www.justicebc.ca), a new web-based gateway for British Columbians who want… more »
LSS Launches Family Law Telephone Advice Service
Just posted on the Legal Services Society‘s Family Law in BC site is an announcement of a new service, the Family LawLINE: As of November 1, 2010, every weekday between 9:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., family lawyers give brief “next step” advice over the telephone to… more »
CBABC Receives REAL Funding Toward Law Student Jobs in Rural BC
The Canadian Bar Association BC Branch (CBABC) recently announced that it “has received three year funding from the Law Foundation of British Columbia to implement the Rural Education and Access to Lawyers Initiative (REAL). REAL is a coordinated set of programs that address the current and… more »
Public Commission on Legal Aid Completes In-Person Hearings
The Public Commission on Legal Aid, which conducted a series of public hearings throughout British Columbia in late September, finished hearing in-person submissions earlier this month. The following was announced on the CBABC website: Commissioner Leonard T Doust, QC heard the final in-person submissions to Public Commission… more »
Law Society Approves Expanded Role of Articling Students and Paralegals
The Benchers of the Law Society of BC have approved a plan to increase the range of functions articling students and paralegals can perform under a lawyer’s supervision. Although incremental changes are recommended, some specific changes have been approved, according to a news release on the Law Society’s… more »
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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 150 and 5 locations, we are also the largest, most comprehensive provider of legal support services in British Columbia… more »