BarTalk April 2003
Volume 15, Number 2

Grants Approved

The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on March 8, 2003. Chair Don Silversides, QC is pleased to announce that funding totalling $3,170,080 was approved for the following 18 continuing programs:

Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, Law Week 2003 - $5,500

University of Saskatchewan, Native Law Centre – Program of Legal Studies and Operating - $10,300

End Legislated Poverty, FLAWline Editor and Facilitator - $19,500

Separation and Divorce Resource Centre, Volunteer and Legal Support Services Program - $40,600

Battered Women’s Support Services, Legal Advocacy Program - $50,480

Law Foundation Graduate Fellowships, 2003/2004 - $55,000

North Island Advocacy Coalition Society, Legal Advocacy Program - $84,600

Nelson District Community Resources Society, Legal Advocacy Program - $105,400

West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund Association, Operating - $111,700

West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association, Operating - $133,800

BC Civil Liberties Association, Operating - $134,300

British Columbia Law Institute, Operating - $140,300

University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, Law Centre Clinical Program - $203,400

Tenants’ Rights Action Coalition, Operating - $218,600

Law Society of BC, Professional Legal Training Course - $233,800

People’s Law School, Operating - $262,400

Community Legal Assistance Society, Operating - $654,500

West Coast Environmental Law Association, Operating and Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund - $705,900

Governors also considered 85 Letters of Intent received under the Law Foundation’s 2003 Project Initiative. Selected applicants are being invited to submit full applications for project funding to be adjudicated at the June 2003 Board of Governors meeting.

Of note was the large percentage of proposals received for advocacy services. A strategy is being developed by the Law Foundation to assist smaller communities with limited access to justice.

Jeffrey Scouten of Vancouver and Bowen Island has been re-appointed by the CBABC for a second term as a Governor of the Law Foundation. Mr. Scouten currently serves on the Finance and Administration and the Diversity Committees.

This article was published in the April 2003 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.