CLEBC Update
CLEBC Webcast Archive Now Available
Access to the Webcast Archive is now available at the CLE Online page of CLEBC’s website. All courses delivered as Live Webcasts will be available through this subscription service; subscribers will be able to access presenter PowerPoint slides, audio recordings, and course materials in PDF format. CLEBC has already archived over 200 modules covering more than 20 different practice areas, and will archive approximately 30 new courses per year within one month of their Live Webcasts.

Edward Wilson Receives Leaders in Learning Award
CLEBC is delighted to announce that Edward L. Wilson has received the 2007 Leaders in Learning Award. This award recognizes volunteers who have made exceptional contributions to continuing professional education. Mr. Wilson’s significant involvement with CLEBC includes editorial board service and contributions to the B.C. Real Estate Practice Manual, the B.C. Real Estate Development Practice Manual, the Mortgages Practice Manual, the Due Diligence Deskbook, and the Land Title Transfer Forms Guidebook. Mr. Wilson has also presented at many CLE courses, and has been instrumental in educating the profession about new legislation such as the Strata Property Act and the initiation of the Land Title Office e-filing system.


The Law Foundation of British Columbia
Grants Approved
The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on October 13, 2007. Chair Warren Wilson, QC is pleased to announce that funding totalling $23,614,293 was approved for 105 projects.

Funding totalling $20,107,547 was approved for the following 20 projects:

• 850,000, B.C. COALITION TO ELIMINATE ABUSE OF SENIORS, Older Adults Law Clinic Project
• 786,122, B.C. COURTHOUSE LIBRARY SOCIETY, Enhanced Access – Legal Information at Public Libraries – Phase II
• 872,000, B.C. DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICUM SOCIETY, Operational Funding
• 337,718, CENTRE FOR EDUCATION, LAW AND SOCIETY, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, Legal Literacy for Youth Project
• 1,500,000, CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION SOCIETY, Enhanced Access to Continuing Legal Education Project
• 283,389, LAW COURTS EDUCATION SOCIETY, B.C. Law and Citizenship Curriculum Assessment Project
• 72,820, LAW COURTS EDUCATION SOCIETY, B.C. Teacher Law and Citizenship Institutes Project
• 484,500, LAW FOUNDATION OF B.C./ LEGAL ADVOCACY TRAINING NETWORK, Development of Training Program for Legal Advocates
• 1,055,000, LAW SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Public Access to B.C. Statutes Project
• 1,659,157, LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY, Civil Hub Project
• 500,000, LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY, Expansion of Family Hubs/Family Law Resource Centres Project
• 350,000, LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY, Holistic Legal Aid Initiative
• 300,000, MOSAIC, South Asian Legal Education Program on Violence Prevention
• 943,148, NATIVE COURTWORKER AND COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION OF B.C., Aboriginal Family and Youth Advocacy Initiative
• 29,793, NORTH SHORE MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY, Legal Information Project for Healthy Relationships
• 300,000, SOUTH FRASER WOMEN’S SERVICES SOCIETY, South Asian Legal Educator Project
• 6,000,000, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, FACULTY OF LAW, Building Fund
• 3,000,000, UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, FACULTY OF LAW, Increased Capital Grant to University of Victoria Law School
• 343,900, UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA LAW CENTRE, Holistic Legal Aid Initiative
• 440,000, VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, Articling Fellowships

Funding totalling $1,270,497 was approved for the following organizations for 32 Public Legal Education and Information Portal development grants.

• B.C. Civil Liberties Association
• B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities
• B.C. Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors
• B.C. Courthouse Library Society
• B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
• B.C. Law Institute
• B.C. Public Interest Advocacy Centre
• Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch
• Community Legal Assistance Society
• Greater Vancouver Law Students Legal Advice Program
• Law Courts Education Society
• MOSAIC
• People’s Law School
• PovNet
• Pro Bono Law B.C.
• Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre
• University of Victoria Law Centre
• West Coast Environmental Law Association
• West Coast LEAF Association

Funding totalling $2,236,249 was approved for 53 Capital/Infrastructure grants to Law Foundation continuing grantees.

• Abbotsford Community Services Society
• Active Support Against Poverty
• Atira Women’s Resource Society
• Battered Women’s Support Services
• B.C. Civil Liberties Association
• B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities
• B.C. Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors
• B.C. Families in Transition
• B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
• B.C. Law Institute
• B.C. Public Interest Advocacy Centre
• Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch
• Community Connections of Southeast B.C.
• Community Legal Assistance Society
• Contact Women’s Group Society
• Debate and Speech Association of B.C.
• Environmental Law Centre
• Greater Vancouver Law Students’ Legal Advice Society
• Haida Gwaii Legal Project Society
• Island JADE Society
• Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society
• Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society
• Law Courts Education Society
• Law Society of B.C.
• Legal Services Society
• MOSAIC
• MPA – Motivation, Power & Achievement Society
• Multiple Sclerosis Society, B.C. Division
• Nelson District Community Resources Society Nicola Valley Family Justice Services Society People’s Law School Society
• Port Alberni Friendship Centre
• PovNet Society
• Prince Rupert Unemployed Centre Society
• Pro Bono Law of B.C. Society
• Pro Bono Students Canada – UVIC
• Quesnel Tillicum Society
• Salvation Army Belkin House
• South Fraser Women’s Services Society
• South Peace Community Resources Society Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre Society Together Against Poverty Society
• University of British Columbia First Nations Legal Clinic
• University of Saskatchewan
• University of Victoria Law Centre
• West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association
• West Coast Environmental Law Association
• West Coast LEAF Association
• Western Canada Society to Access Justice

For full details of the programs and projects that received funding, please visit The Law Foundation of British Columbia’s website at www.lawfoundationbc.org.

These articles were published in the December 2007 issue of BarTalk. © 2007 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.