CLEBC Bursary Program Extended To Support Staff

The Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C. has extended its Bursary Program to include legal support staff. Legal support staff are entitled to the bursary, which provides a 50 per cent discount on registration fees for up to three courses per year (for a maximum duration of five days), if they are employed by or working under a lawyer in good standing with the Law Society of B.C., and both the staff member and the lawyer/employer indicate that the staff member would not be able to attend the course without the bursary. Lawyers are required to be in good standing with the Law Society and unable to attend a course without financial assistance in order to qualify for the bursary. Bursaries awarded to non-lawyers will not count against a lawyer’s personal bursary quota.

CLEBC provides the bursary as part of its efforts to offer outstanding support to the legal profession, and to help members of the profession access CLEBC products and services. More details and an application form are available on CLEBC’s website at www.cle.bc.ca/CLE/Courses/bursary.htm. Alternatively, contact customer service at 604.893.2121 (toll-free 1.800.663.0437 extension 2121).

This article was published in the February 2007 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2007, all rights reserved.