BarTalk April 2005
Volume 17, Number 2

Grants Approved

The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on March 12, 2005. Chair Heather Raven is pleased to announce that funding totalling $3,099,230 has been approved for the following 16 continuing programs:

Continuing Programs
$50,480 - BATTERED WOMEN’S SUPPORT SERVICES, Legal Advocacy Program

$134,300 - BRITISH COLUMBIA CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION, Operating 2005/2006

$140,300 - BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW INSTITUTE, Operating 2005/2006

$654,500 - COMMUNITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY, Operating 2005/2006

$55,000 - LAW FOUNDATION GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS, 2005/2006

$233,800 - LAW SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Professional Legal Training Course

$105,400 - NELSON DISTRICT COMMUNITY RESOURCES SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program

$84,600 - NORTH ISLAND ADVOCACY COALITION SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program

$262,400 - PEOPLE’S LAW SCHOOL, Operating 2005/2006

$45,600 - SEPARATION AND DIVORCE RESOURCE CENTRE, Volunteer and Legal Support Services Program

$218,600 - TENANTS’ RIGHTS ACTION COALITION, Legal Advocacy Program

$10,300 - UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, Native Law Centre – Legal Studies Program

$152,550 - UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, FACULTY OF LAW, Law Centre Clinical Program

$133,800 - WEST COAST DOMESTIC WORKERS’ ASSOCIATION, Legal Advocacy Program

$705,900 - WEST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION, Operating 2004/2005 and Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund

$111,700 - WEST COAST LEGAL EDUCATION AND ACTION FUND ASSOCIATION, Operating 2004/2005

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