The CBA held its province-wide “Dial-A-Lawyer” program on April 30 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. During that time, members of the public called to speak with a lawyer volunteer about a legal problem for up to 15 minutes.

In 2004 the Dial-A-Lawyer volunteers answered more than 400 calls. We have anecdotal information that suggests this program was once again very popular with the public of B.C. Unfortunately due to a computer problem, we were unable to collect statistics on Dial-A-Lawyer calls for 2005.

The Law Week Committee thanks the following volunteers who answered Dial-A-Lawyer calls: Gary Abrams; Ed Barnes; Manjeet Chana; Veronica Cheng; Peter Cheung; Joe Coutts; Gal Dor; Kallen Fong; Nicole Garton; Barry Grabowski; Kyle Hyndman; Richard Lee; Cindy Lee; James Lin; John McGreevy; Grant Meng; Helena Shum; Shawn Smith; Bonnie Teng; Kenneth Thornicroft; Iven Tse; Richard Turner; Florence Wong; Gordon Yu; and Tim Vondette, who very kindly ensured that the day went smoothly.

This article was published in the June 2005 issue of BarTalk. © 2005 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.