BarTalk June 2005
Volume 17, Number 3

The CBA held its province-wide “Dial-A-Lawyer” program on April 30 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. During that time, members of the public called to speak with a lawyer volunteer about a legal problem for up to 15 minutes.

In 2004 the Dial-A-Lawyer volunteers answered more than 400 calls. We have anecdotal information that suggests this program was once again very popular with the public of B.C. Unfortunately due to a computer problem, we were unable to collect statistics on Dial-A-Lawyer calls for 2005.

The Law Week Committee thanks the following volunteers who answered Dial-A-Lawyer calls: Gary Abrams; Ed Barnes; Manjeet Chana; Veronica Cheng; Peter Cheung; Joe Coutts; Gal Dor; Kallen Fong; Nicole Garton; Barry Grabowski; Kyle Hyndman; Richard Lee; Cindy Lee; James Lin; John McGreevy; Grant Meng; Helena Shum; Shawn Smith; Bonnie Teng; Kenneth Thornicroft; Iven Tse; Richard Turner; Florence Wong; Gordon Yu; and Tim Vondette, who very kindly ensured that the day went smoothly.

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