BarTalk February 2002
Volume 14, Number 1

Hats off to a group of Island lawyers who, spearheaded by the efforts of CBA member Denice Barrie, volunteered to prepare wills for members of the mid-Island HIV/AIDS community for a nominal fee. “I believe every day is an opportunity for lawyers to demonstrate they are supportive community members,” says Ms. Barrie. “World AIDS Day (December 1, 2001) and the holiday season presented a unique opportunity for such a demonstration which I hope will be followed by other lawyers in other communities throughout the province.”

Ms. Barrie, with the help of office members at the Doug Traill Memorial Law Centre, sent a letter to all Nanaimo area lawyers asking them to volunteer their services to the HIV/AIDS community – a group which had expressed a need for wills services.

The following lawyers volunteered their services – some on the same day they received Ms. Barrie’s letter – and many offered to prepare an unlimited number of wills. BarTalk wants to give these lawyers a round of applause:

Brent L. Hird, Basil Hobbs, John R. Jordan, Leonard Krog, Sharon Krog, Patricia E. Lebedovich, Stephen G. McPhee (articling student), Rod Mont, Sucha Ollek, Peter Ramsay, QC, Richard N. Rhodes, Bill Scott, Elisabeth Strain and Laura Wansbrough.

This article was published in the February 2002 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.