CLE Update
Provincial Court Small Claims Handbook
B.C.’s Provincial Court has seen major changes regarding small claims matters this year and CLE’s 2005 edition of the Provincial Court Small Claims Handbook covers all the details. Now available, this essential practice manual walks you step by step through a small claims matter and includes a full set of forms on disk.

Wills, Estates and Trusts Conference 2005
CLE’s upcoming Wills, Estates and Trusts Conference 2005 (November 3rd & 4th) will be available live, online, and by video repeat. Come for both days or select the one you need most. Day 1 will focus on Trusts, providing an in-depth look at a variety of investment and personal planning trusts, taxation of various types of trusts, as well as international tax implications on trust structures. Day 2 will focus on Estate Litigation. You’ll take a ‘snappers’ approach in analysing the latest substantive and procedural legal developments, and receive practical tips, strategies, and advice for improving your ability to bring, defend, and mediate estate litigation cases.

For more details on these or other CLE of B.C. Society’s publications and events, watch for brochures, visit their website - www.cle.bc.ca, or call 604-893-2121 (Toll Free: 1-800-663-0437).


The Law Foundation of British Columbia
A new destiny for partners
The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on June 25, 2005. Chair Heather Raven is pleased to announce that funding totalling $3,799,914 has been approved for the following 17 continuing programs. In addition, the Foundation approved 32 projects for $1,110,807 at the June meeting. Most of the projects were listed in the August 2005 issue of BarTalk, the balance are listed as follows.

Continuing Programs
$90,000 - ABBOTSFORD COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY
Legal Advocacy Program

$57,160 - ACTIVE SUPPORT AGAINST POVERTY
Legal Advocacy Program

$90,000 - B.C. COALITION TO ELIMINATE ABUSE OF SENIORS
Legal Advocacy Program

$2,190,200 - B.C. COURTHOUSE LIBRARY SOCIETY
2006 Operating Grant

$486,800 - B.C. PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE
2005-2006 Operating Grant

$247,100 - CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, B.C. BRANCH
Dial-A-Law, Lawyer Referral and Law Week

$40,000 - CONTACT WOMEN’S GROUP SOCIETY
Legal Advocacy Program

$81,102 - CRANBROOK WOMEN’S RESOURCE SOCIETY
Traveling Poverty Law Advocate Program

$70,000 - KETTLE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
Mental Health Legal Advocacy Program

$75,000 - KI-LOW-NA FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
Legal Advocacy Services for Aboriginal People Living Off Reservation

$55,000 - LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY
PovNet Program

$42,992 - MOSAIC
Paralegal Advocacy Program

$45,000 - MPA - MOTIVATION, POWER & ACHIEVEMENT SOCIETY
Court Services Project

$58,960 - PORT ALBERNI FRIENDSHIP CENTRE
Legal Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and Mental Health

$40,000 - SOUTH FRASER WOMEN'S SERVICES SOCIETY
Legal Advocacy Program

$71,100 - SUPER PAGES
Advertisement of Public Legal Services

$59,500 - TOGETHER AGAINST POVERTY SOCIETY
Legal Advocacy Program

Other Projects (in addition to 27 projects totalling $829,807 listed in BarTalk August 2005)

$80,000 - MILE ZERO METIS SOCIETY
Outreach Legal Advocate Program

$6,000 - MOSAIC
Front Line Advocacy Workers’ Coordinator Project

$45,000 - QUESNEL TILLICUM SOCIETY
Poverty Law Information Worker

$100,000 - UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Bursary, Scholarship and Fellowship Grants for Undergraduates

$50,000 - UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
Bursary, Scholarship and Fellowship Grants for Undergraduates

Graduate Fellowships 2006/2007
Value
Up to four (4) Awards of $13,750 each (subject to change).

Closing Date
January 5, 2006.

Field Of Study/ Eligibility
Full time graduate studies in law or a law-related area. Applicants must either be residents of British Columbia; graduates of a British Columbia law school; or members of the British Columbia Bar.

Where Tenable
Recognized universities in Canada, the U.S. or abroad. NOTE: The Law Foundation Graduate Fellowship is not available for the graduate programs of the Faculties of Law at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria as the Law Foundation makes separate grants to the Graduate Fellowship programs at these universities.

Application Procedures
Each application form must be typed and accompanied by a current resume summarizing your work and volunteer experience. Applicants should have official transcripts of all previous post-secondary study sent directly to the Law Foundation. Three letters of reference should be sent directly to the Law Foundation from persons such as former professors, employers or colleagues who can comment on your scholarship, abilities and personal qualities.

Please contact the Law Foundation for further information.

Law Foundation, 1340-605 Robson St, Vancouver BC V6B 5J3
E-mail: lfbc@tlfbc.org or Phone: 604-688-2337
Application forms are available at www.lawfoundationbc.org.

These articles were published in the October 2005 issue of BarTalk. © 2005 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.