New Courses and Publications
The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on December 1, 2007 and approved funding for a number of continuing programs and projects.
Chair, Dev Dley, QC is pleased to announce that funding totalling $4,968,100 was approved for the following 17 continuing programs: - $3,599,750, LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY, Operating Grant
- $175,610, DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION, Advocacy Services Program
- $167,000, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, FACULTY OF LAW, First Nations Clinical Program
- $166,920, GREATER VANCOUVER LAW STUDENTS’ LEGAL ADVICE SOCIETY, Operating Grant
- $153,590, B.C. COALITION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, Advocacy Access Program
- UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, FACULTY OF LAW
- $120,000 Graduate Fellowships
- $58,000 Undergraduate Scholarships
- $27,500 Project Grants
- $27,000 Entrance Awards
- $94,000, LAW FOUNDATION LAY ADVOCACY EDUCATION AND TRAINING FUND, Education and Training for Law Foundation-funded lay advocates
- $76,000, LAW COURTS EDUCATION SOCIETY, Northern Public Legal Education Program for First Nations Communities
- $71,500, LAW SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANLII Virtual Law Library
- $70,000, B.C. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ASSOCIATION, Law Reform/Public Legal Education Program
- UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, FACULTY OF LAW
- $60,000 Graduate Scholarship Program
- $58,000 Entrance and Renewal Scholarships $27,500 Project Grants
- $15,730, DEBATE AND SPEECH ASSOCIATION OF B.C., Law Foundation Cup Debates
For full details of the programs and projects that received funding, please visit The Law Foundation of British Columbia’s website at www.lawfoundationbc.org.
This article was published in the April 2008 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2008, all rights reserved. |