We fund programs and projects throughout BC that benefit the public in the following areas: legal education, legal research, legal aid, law reform, and law libraries. Learn More
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Abbotsford Community Services and Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (PICS)
Advocacy services and legal education for seasonal farm workers in the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland.
Abbotsford Community Services Society
A legal advocacy program provides legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack and Hope.
Advice and some representation services provided to low-income people by volunteer lawyers.
Active Support Against Poverty Society
A legal advocacy program provides legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Prince George area.
Atira Women's Resource Society
A legal advocacy program provides advocacy services for women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on poverty, family and criminal law problems.
Battered Women's Support Services
A legal advocacy program provides legal information and assistance to women in the Lower Mainland who have experienced abuse.
BC Civil Liberties Association
Test case litigation, legal education and law reform to protect the civil liberties and human rights of British Columbians.
BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
A program focusing on law reform and public legal education about freedom of information and privacy legislation.
Law reform research leading to improvements in the law and the administration of justice.
BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre (BCPIAC)
Provides representation of the public interest in regulatory matters and systemic advocacy on behalf of disadvantaged people.
Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch
The Lawyer Referral Service helps the public obtain low-cost legal information and assistance, Law Week highlights public legal education activities, and Dial-A-Law is a province-wide telephone service providing free legal information to the public.
A volunteer-based and legally supervised poverty law advocacy program.
Community Connections Society of Southeast BC
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the East Kootenay region.
Community Legal Assistance Society
Staff lawyers provide direct and systemic advocacy services on a range of legal problems affecting low-income and disadvantaged people. CLAS also provides the Community Advocate Support Line (CASL), a telephone service providing legal advice and support to advocates.
Legal information, training and reference services for lawyers and the public throughout BC.
Debate and Speech Association of BC
Participation of high school students in the province-wide Law Foundation Cup Debates on legal topics.
A specialized advocacy, legal education and referral program for people with disabilities.
Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre Society
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Smithers area.
Test case litigation on public interest environmental law issues.
Family Services of Greater Victoria
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on family law issues to south Vancouver Island.
First United Church, Legal Advocacy
Legal assistance, advice and representation to low-income and vulnerable people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Fort St. John area.
Research on various legal issues, with an emphasis on research with practical applications.
Greater Vancouver Law Students’ Legal Advice Society
A law students' legal advice program at the Peter A. Allard School of Law that operates free clinics in the Greater Vancouver area.
Haida Gwaii Legal Project Society
A legal advocacy program provides legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people on Haida Gwaii.
Justice Education Society of BC
Programs to provide legal education and information about the justice system to the public.
Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society
A legal advocacy program provides legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Kamloops area.
A mental health advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on residential tenancy and child protection matters in the Lower Mainland.
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law and family law matters to low-income people in the central Okanagan region.
A clinical program for law students at the University of Victoria providing legal services to low-income people in the Greater Victoria area.
Support of CanLII, which provides BC laws and cases for free at canlii.org, and the Professional Legal Training Course, a skills-based training program to help recent law school graduates develop into competent lawyers to serve the public.
Support for Indigenous services, Family LawLINE, community engagement and public legal education for low-income people.
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows area.
A public legal education program focussed on building awareness of mediation and other dispute resolution services.
A specialized advocacy service and legal education program for live-in caregivers and other low-wage temporary foreign workers.
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance to low-income immigrants and refugees in the Lower Mainland.
Courtworkers to assist people with mental illnesses in the criminal justice system.
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, BC & Yukon Division
A program providing legal information, advocacy and representation to people with multiple sclerosis.
Nanaimo Citizen Advocacy Association
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Nanaimo area.
The Advocacy Centre provides legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the West Kootenay region.
Nicola Valley Community Justice Services Society
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Nicola Valley.
North Shore Community Resources
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the North Vancouver area.
Penticton Area Access Centre Society
A legal advocacy program provides legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Penticton area.
Province-wide legal information and education programs for the public.
Port Alberni Friendship Center
A legal advocacy program provides legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Port Alberni area.
An online poverty resource and networking tool for anti-poverty advocates, community workers and the general public.
Powell River Community Services Association
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Powell River area.
Prince Rupert Unemployed Centre Society
An advocacy program provides legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Prince Rupert area.
Pro Bono Students Canada, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Placement of volunteer law students with public interest organizations in need of legal assistance.
Pro Bono Students Canada, University of Victoria Law School
Placement of volunteer law students with public interest organizations in need of legal assistance.
A program that allows law students in Provincial Court judicial internships to attend circuit courts around BC.
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Quesnel area.
A legal advocacy program provides advocacy and representation services to older adults in BC. (Formerly BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support.)
SHARE Family & Community Services
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra and adjacent areas.
Social Health & Economic Development Society (SHED)
Bella Coola Legal Advocacy Program provides legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Bella Coola region.
Sources Community Resources Society
An advocacy program providing legal information and resources to women dealing with family law issues in the Surrey and White Rock area.
South Peace Community Resources Society
A legal advocacy program provides legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Dawson Creek area.
Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre Society (TRAC)
A legal information and advocacy service for tenants and landlords on residential tenancy issues, with an information line available throughout BC.
Terrace and District Community Services Society
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Terrace area.
Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS)
An advocacy program providing legal information on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Greater Victoria area.
University of British Columbia, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Support for public interest work placements, student awards to recognize commitment to the public interest, and the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic, a clinical program for law students providing legal services to the Indigenous community.
University of Saskatchewan, Native Law Centre
A program for Indigenous students planning to enter law school, and the centre’s research and publishing on Indigenous legal issues.
University of Victoria, Faculty of Law
Support for public interest work placements and student awards to recognize commitment to the public interest.
Upper Skeena Counselling & Legal Assistance Society
An advocacy program provides legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Hazelton area.
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on family law and poverty law matters to low-income people in the Courtenay area.
A system negotiator at Vancouver’s Downtown Community Court to support repeat offenders with mental disorders.
West Coast Environmental Law Association
Law reform, legal research, legal education, legal aid and a library collection about the public interest in environmental legal matters.
Law reform, test case litigation and legal education to advance equality for women.
An advocacy program providing legal information and assistance on poverty law matters to low-income people in the Williams Lake area.
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Law Foundation Funding to Support Intercultural Competence
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Law Foundation Welcomes Josh Paterson As New Executive Director
Josh Paterson joined the Law Foundation as Executive Director on September 3rd, 2019. He holds law and master’s degrees from the University of Toronto, and clerked at Ontario’s Superior Court of