Access to Justice BC
Access to Justice BC is a Canadian provincial legal organization based in British Columbia.
Organization
Leadership and personnel is published on Access to Justice BC's website in current and archived form.[1][2]
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Robert J. Bauman | Chair[3] | British Columbia Court of Appeal, Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia |
| Gaelene Askeland | Leadership Group member | BC First Nations Justice Council |
| Donald Avison | Leadership Group member | Law Society of British Columbia |
| Mark Benton | Leadership Group member | Legal Aid BC |
| Johanne Blenkin | Leadership Group member | BC Access to Justice Centre for Excellence (ACE) |
| Kari Boyle | Leadership Group member | BC Family Justice Innovation Lab |
| Patricia Byrne | Leadership Group member | People's Law School |
| Vickie Cammack | Leadership Group member | - |
| William Dick | Leadership Group member | Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, Murphy Battista |
| Aesha Faux | Leadership Group member | - |
| Cristie Ford | Leadership Group member | Peter A. Allard School of Law, Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group |
| Richard Fyfe | Leadership Group member | British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General, Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19 |
| Melissa Gillespie | Leadership Group member | Provincial Court of British Columbia |
| Heather Holmes | Leadership Group member | Supreme Court of British Columbia |
| Diana Juricevic | Leadership Group member | British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT), British Columbia Mental Health Review Board (BCMHRB), Circle of Chairs of British Columbia Administrative Tribunals |
| Elizabeth Kollias | Leadership Group member | BC Paralegal Association |
| Tish Lakes | Leadership Group member | Okanagan Advocacy & Resource Society |
| Robert Lapper | Leadership Group member | University of Victoria Faculty of Law |
| Ann Lee | Leadership Group member | Mediate BC |
| Jamie Maclaren | Leadership Group member | Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia |
| Melanie Mahlman | Leadership Group member | First Nations Health Authority, First Nations Health Foundation, Victoria Hospitals Foundation |
| Todd McKendrick | Leadership Group member | Notary Foundation of British Columbia |
| Jennifer Muller | Leadership Group member | North Vancouver School District (NVSD) |
| Caroline Nevin | Leadership Group member | Courthouse Libraries BC |
| Josh Paterson | Leadership Group member | Law Foundation of British Columbia |
| Andrew Pilliar | Leadership Group member | Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law |
| Linda Russell | Leadership Group member | Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLEBC) |
| Shannon Salter | Leadership Group member (2020-2022)[4] | Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group, British Columbia Public Service (BCPS) |
| Kurt Sandstrom | Leadership Group member | British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General |
| Allan Seckel | Leadership Group member (former)[5] | College of Complementary Health Professionals of British Columbia, College of Health and Care Professionals of British Columbia, Doctors of BC |
| Kerry Simmons | Leadership Group member | Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch, CBA Task Force on Justice Issues Arising from COVID-19 |
| Maja Tait | Leadership Group member | District of Sooke, Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) |
| Ardith Walken | Leadership Group member | - |
| Jane Morley | Leadership Group support | - |
| Cris Forrest | Engagement Committee member | British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General |
| Jason Kuzminski | Engagement Committee member | Law Society of British Columbia |
| Sally Rudolf | Engagement Committee member | British Columbia Court of Appeal |
| Tracy Wachmann | Engagement Committee member | Peter A. Allard School of Law, Thompson Rivers University, University of Victoria |
| Kate Gower | Engagement Committee support | Gower Modern Law |
| Lawrence Alexander | Measurement Working Group member | Gall Legge Grant Zwack |
| Paul Atterman | Measurement Working Group member | Social Security Tribunal |
| Karima Budwhana | Measurement Working Group member | Law Foundation of British Columbia |
| Brad Daisley | Measurement Working Group member | Legal Aid BC |
| Yvon Dandurand | Measurement Working Group member | University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) |
| Kelton Doraty | Measurement Working Group member | British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General |
| Grant Marchand | Measurement Working Group member | Provincial Court of British Columbia |
| Tim Roberts | Measurement Working Group member | Tim Roberts and Associates Consulting |
| Brenda Rose | Measurement Working Group member | Courthouse Libraries BC |
Funding
Access to Justice BC is funded by Innoweave, the Law Foundation of British Columbia and the Notary Foundation of British Columbia.[6]
External links
The A2JBC Story. Access to Justice BC. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from https://accesstojusticebc.ca/access-to-justice-bc/ ↩︎
The A2JBC Story. Access to Justice BC. Retrieved August 4, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200804001915/https://accesstojusticebc.ca/access-to-justice-bc/ ↩︎
Our People. Access Pro Bono. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from https://www.accessprobono.ca/about-us/our-people ↩︎
Volunteering | Shannon Salter, KC. LinkedIn. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-salter-kc-55522111/details/volunteering-experiences/ ↩︎
Jerry McHale & 2017 Speakers. ADR Institute of British Columbia. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from https://adrbc.com/symposium/2017-speakers/ ↩︎
Home. Access to Justice BC. Retrieved March 11, 2025, from https://accesstojusticebc.ca/ ↩︎