Advocating for legal aid advocates

A FEW NUMBERS

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COURTHOUSE LEADERS

PROUD A.L.L. MEMBERS!

DIRECTORS

Join us now, if you haven't already!

RECENT AND IMPORTANT!

The 96.88% of our members recently voted in favour of the job action put forward by the Directors. The action is to start, province wide, on April 1st, 2019. In the meantime, our negotiations with government are ongoing. You can show your support by signing this petition from the Law Union of British Columbia.

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DONATE! 

We are in the midst of an ambitious campaign to convince the government to do the right thing. We need your financial support to do so. Some of our members have contributed thousands of dollars. Click here and bring your generous donation to the effort.

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We have released "Restoring Funding for Legal Aid", our Proposal to the Attorney General 

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​We encourage everyone to read "Action, not more talk, on increased legal aid funding is needed now". Our information section contains links to many other documents, including Richard Peck's presentation to the CBABC legal aid committee.

DIVERSITY

An Association for all

We are pleased to report that even though A.L.L. is in its early stages, our membership numbers are significant, and growing daily. Our members include criminal, immigration and family lawyers, and ranges from more junior members of the bar to very senior lawyers.

Membership is open to all members of the Bar, and articled students. A.L.L.’s membership is not restricted to only those who do legal aid work as the Society recognizes that broad support from the Bar is crucial to our success.

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What we want to change:

The purposes of A.L.L. include:

To educate the public, legislators and policy‐makers concerning the need for properly funded legal aid services for British Columbians;

​To unite lawyers from all regions of British Columbia in a collective voice to support the
need for improved legal aid funding;

To advocate for increased funding for the Legal Services Society of British Columbia;

To negotiate with government for increased legal aid funding;

To advocate for increased legal aid funding in child protection matters as a means of reducing the number of children in care, particularly indigenous children;

To educate the public, legislators and policy‐makers on how the underfunding of legal aid adversely affects British Columbia’s indigenous peoples;

When and if necessary, to organize collective job action on the part of the legal aid Bar, as the potential for job action is expected to be a critical aspect of negotiations for improved legal aid funding;

To provide financial and other assistance to members of the Society who engage in job action.