CLEBC Update
Advising British Columbia Businesses
CLE is delighted to announce the launch of its long-awaited practice manual of B.C. business law and practice: Advising British Columbia Businesses. The Bar asked CLE to create a broad-ranging handbook on giving advice to all types of businesses. Advising British Columbia Businesses offers the type of information that good mentors pass on to their juniors, with an emphasis on “how to” and practical tips. The publication covers all stages of advising a business, from the first meeting with the client (where the client has a new business) until the point just before the company goes public (but not beyond). Key forms and precedents are included, as well as an accompanying CD, and the book includes all the regular finding aids, including a statute table and a subject index.
Advising British Columbia Businesses was spearheaded by a blue-ribbon editorial board and prepared by a team of 20 esteemed authors. The new book will be launched as part of CLE’s Business Basics conference on September 28, 2006.
For details of the conference and the book, please call CLE’s customer service at 604-893-2121 or 1-800-663-0437, or visit CLE’s website at www.cle.bc.ca. CLE congratulates all participants for this outstanding contribution to the profession.
The Law Foundation of British Columbia
The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on June 24, 2006. Chair Warren Wilson, QC is pleased to announce that funding totalling $4,091,965 has been approved for continuing programs and small projects:
Funding totalling $3,756,922 was approved for the following 16 continuing programs:
$2,190,200, B.C. COURTHOUSE LIBRARY SOCIETY, Operating Expenses 2007
$486,800, B.C. PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE, Operating Expenses 2006/2007
$247,100, CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, B.C. BRANCH, Dial-A-Law, Lawyer Referral and Law Week 2006/2007
$90,000, ABBOTSFORD COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY AND PROGRESSIVE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program 2006/2007
$90,000, B.C. COALITION TO ELIMINATE ABUSE OF SENIORS, Legal Advocacy Program 2006/2007
$81,102, CRANBROOK WOMEN’S RESOURCE SOCIETY, Travelling Poverty Law Advocate Program 2006/2007
$75,000, KI-LOW-NA FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Services for Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve 2006/2007
$71,100, YELLOW PAGES GROUP, Advertisement of Public Legal Services 2006/2007
$70,000, KETTLE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY, Mental Health Legal Advocacy Program ‘06/’07
$59,500, TOGETHER AGAINST POVERTY SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program 2006/2007
$58,960, PORT ALBERNI FRIENDSHIP CENTRE, Legal Advocacy 2006/2007
$57,160, ACTIVE SUPPORT AGAINST POVERTY, Legal Advocacy Program 2006/2007
$55,000, POVNET SOCIETY, PovNet Program 2006/2007
$45,000, MPA – MOTIVATION, POWER, AND ACHIEVEMENT SOCIETY, Court Services Program 2006/2007
$40,000, CONTACT WOMEN’S GROUP SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program 2006/2007
$40,000, SOUTH FRASER WOMEN’S SERVICES SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program 2006/2007
Funding totalling $335,043 was approved for the following 25 new small project grants:
$15,000, CANADIAN PARAPLEGIC ASSOCIATION (B.C.), Continuing Care Act Research
$15,000, COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS (REVELSTOKE) SOCIETY, Community Advocacy
$15,000, EN’OWKIN CENTRE, Okanagan Aboriginal Justice Manual
$15,000, IMPACS – INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA, POLICY, AND CIVIL SOCIETY, Charities and Democracy Project
$15,000, JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY FRASER VALLEY, Advocacy Guide for Visitors in Federal Institutions
$15,000, JUDITH MARCUSE PROJECTS, AIR Workshops
$15,000, MARU ART AND RESEARCH SOCIETY, Racial Profiling – Impacting Communities Survey and Research Project
$15,000, NICOLA VALLEY COMMUNITY JUSTICE SERVICES SOCIETY, Guide to Legal Help in Rural B.C.
$15,000, SAFE HARVEST COALITION, Farm Workers’ Legal Education Project
$15,000, TERRACE WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTRE SOCIETY, Legal Ease Workshops
$15,000, UNION OF B.C. INDIAN CHIEFS, Aboriginal Legal Education for High Schools
$15,000, WEST COAST LEAF, Learning the Laws, Challenging Violence – Adapted Curriculum for First Nations Youth
$15,000, WESTERN CANADA SOCIETY TO ACCESS JUSTICE, 2006 Access Justice Northern B.C. Televideo Clinic Development Project
$14,630, CANADIAN FORUM ON CIVIL JUSTICE, Civil Justice Focus Groups: Promoting Alliances for Change
$14,540, NORTHERN WOMEN’S WELLNESS INFORMATION CENTRE, Brown Bag Lunch Series: Empowering Women through Legal Education
$14,000, NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY RESOURCES, North Shore Information and Advocacy Project
$14,000, SAINT PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Legal Information Self-Help Project
$13,675, KELOWNA WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTRE, Community Educational Workshops
$12,665, ECOTRUST CANADA, First Nations Crown Referrals Toolkit Update
$10,728, ASSOCIATION DES JURISTES D’EXPRESSION FRANCAISE DE LA COLOMBIE-BRITANNIQUE, Journée de droit – Law Day Conference
$10,110, PRO BONO LAW OF B.C., Non-Profit Law Seminars
$10,000, NORTH SHORE MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY, Farsi Family Law Education Project
$9,900, SUNSHINE COAST WOMEN’S RESOURCE SOCIETY, Employee Rights in the Workplace – Legal Education Project
$8,500, CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, Dialogue between Courts and Tribunals – Essays in Administrative Law and Justice
$7,295, GREATER VANCOUVER LAW STUDENTS LEGAL ADVICE SOCIETY, Website and IT Resource Initiative
There were 27 applications for small projects that were not funded.
These articles were published in the August 2006 issue of BarTalk. © 2006 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved. |
