CLE Update
Head back to school without leaving your office
Join more than 600 lawyers, legal assistants, and paralegals across B.C. who have already taken CLE courses from the comfort of their offices. Log on to www.cle.bc.ca, enter your password, and you’re ready to go. Ask questions online while discussing content with your colleagues. Or, the “Anytime Online” service lets you select an archived course, or even a specific speaker’s address. Choose your modules, and the PowerPoint presentation and course materials are available to view. Each module lasts 30-60 minutes; you can quickly scan to find relevant information.

Stop wasting time searching
We’re putting practice manuals online, with links to full-text cases and legislation. Use free-text queries, Boolean searches, and searches by practice area. No need to hunt for forms and precedents; they can be downloaded to your desktop.

Coming in August:

• B.C. Real Estate Practice Manual
• B.C. Family Practice Manual
• Family Law Sourcebook for British Columbia
• B.C. Company Law Practice Manual
• B.C. Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Practice Manual
• B.C. Probate and Estate Administration Practice Manual

Course materials from 2001 onward will also soon be online. For more information, see the CLE fall calendar or visit www.cle.bc.ca.


The Law Foundation of British Columbia
Grants Approved
The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on June 26, 2004. Funding totaling $3,970,325 was approved for the following 19 continuing programs:

Continuing Programs
$2,190,200 - B.C. Courthouse Library Society (Operating Grant)

$486,800 - B.C. Public Interest Advocacy Centre (Operating Grant)

$247,100 - Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch (Dial-A-Law, Lawyer Referral and Law Week)

$90,000 - Abbotsford Community Services Society and Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (Legal Advocacy Program)

$90,000 - B.C. Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors (Legal Advocacy Program)

$81,102 - Cranbrook Women’s Resource Society (Travelling Poverty Law Advocate Program)

$75,000 - Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society (Legal Advocacy Services for Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve)

$73,700 - MOSAIC (Paralegal Advocacy Program)

$73,600 - Kootenay Region Métis Association (Aboriginal Family Law Program for East and West Kootenay Regions)

$71,100 - Super Pages (Advertisement of Public Legal Services)

$70,000 - Kettle Friendship Society (Mental Health Legal Advocacy Program)

$66,103 - Justice for Girls Outreach Society (Street Level Outreach Legal Advocacy Program)

$59,500 - Together Against Poverty Society (Legal Advocacy Program)

$58,960 - Port Alberni Friendship Centre (Legal Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and Mental Health Issues)

$57,160 - Active Support Against Poverty (Advocacy Services)

$55,000 - Legal Services Society (PovNet Operating Grant)

$45,000 - MPA Court Services Program

$40,000 - Contact Women’s Group Society (Legal Advocacy Program)

$40,000 - South Fraser Women’s Services Society (Legal Advocacy Program)

Funding totaling $199,164 was approved for the following five new Aboriginal Women and Children’s Justice Issues project grants:

New Aboriginal Women and Children’s Justice Issues Project Grants
$60,000 - Carrier Sekani Family Services (Family Dispute Resolution Training Project)

$59,464 - Okanagan Nation Transition House (Legal Advocacy Project)

$50,000 - Sto:lo Nation (Family Justice Program)

$15,000 - Tsawataineuk First Nation (Legal Information Workshops Project)

$14,700 - Heiltsuk Tribal Council (Heiltsuk Youth Justice Project)

Funding totaling $465,000 was approved for the following 11 new project grants:

New Project Grants
$70,000 - Law Courts Education Society on behalf of the Court Self-Help Centre Committee (Self-Help Centre for Self-Represented Litigants)

$65,000 - MOSAIC (Licensing of Foreign Trained Professionals)

$60,000 - Environmental Law Centre at UVic (Advocacy for a Sustainable Environment)

$60,000 - Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (Volunteer Legal Advocacy Program)

$50,000 - Pivot Legal Society (Alternatives to Criminal Regulation of the Sex Trade)

$50,000 - Scow Institute for Communicating Information on Aboriginal Issues (Aboriginal Legal Issues)

$27,000 - Pro Bono Law of B.C. Society (Volunteer Legal Advocacy Guide)

$25,000 - University of Victoria, Faculty of Law (Jessup Moot Competition – Victoria)

$20,000 - Canadian Superior Courts Judges Assoc (You Be the Judge – School Education Project)

$20,000 - La Boussole (Legal Advocacy Project)

$18,000 - People’s Law School (Community Newspaper Articles)

These articles were published in the August 2004 issue of BarTalk. © 2004 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.