BarTalk December 2002
Volume 14, Number 6

The Law Foundation is pleased to announce two new funding iniatives in 2003. To be eligible for funding, applicants must be a non-profit organization in British Columbia whose time-limited project falls within one or more of the five program objectives of the Foundation: legal aid, legal education, law reform, law libraries, or legal research.

The Law Foundation encourages applicants and projects that reflect the diversity of British Columbia. The Law Foundation’s working definition of diversity is: Diversity includes age, class, different abilities, education, ethnicity, family, gender, marital/relationship status, race, religion, work experience, geographic size and location, and sexual orientation.

New Projects Funding 2003
The Law Foundation has established a New Projects budget of $500,000 for one-time projects for 2003. The maximum amount available for each project is $75,000.

The Law Foundation is particularly interested in receiving proposals for one-time projects in the following areas, listed alphabetically: Aboriginal justice, including Aboriginal women and children’s justice issues; family law; poverty law; seniors and the law; youth and the law; projects that meet the needs of culturally diverse groups and rural and smaller communities; projects that address emergent needs.

The Law Foundation will consider proposals in areas other than those listed above as long as they fall within the program objectives of the Law Foundation.

There will be a two-stage application process: a Letter of Intent stage followed by selected applicants being invited to submit full applications. Please contact Law Foundation staff at 604.688.2337 to discuss your project prior to submitting a Letter of Intent form.

To be considered, please submit a Letter of Intent form by 5:00 p.m., February 7, 2003 by mail, courier, or fax. Please do not e-mail Letter of Intent forms. Selected applicants will be invited to submit full applications by April 11, 2003 for adjudication at the June 2003 Board of Governors’ meeting.

Small Projects Funding 2003
The Law Foundation has established a budget of $100,000 for small, one-time projects for 2003. The Law Foundation encourages applications from organizations that are interested in implementing projects of a smaller scale. The maximum amount available for each time-limited small project is $15,000.

Please contact Law Foundation staff at 604.688.2337 to discuss your project prior to submitting your application.

To be considered at the 2003 June Board meeting, a Small Projects Application must be received by the Law Foundation no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2003.

Graduate Fellowships 2003/2004
Value: Up to four (4) Awards of $13,750 each. (subject to change)

Closing Date: all applications and support materials must be received by the Law Foundation offices by January 6, 2003. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Application Documents
Letter of Intent forms, application guidelines and application forms for the above funding initiatives may be obtained from: www.lawfoundationbc.org; by emailing lfbc@telus.net; by calling 604.688.2337; or by writing the Law Foundation of BC, 1340-605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3

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