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Legal Aid BC

Legal Aid BC, formerly the Legal Services Society (LSS), is a Canadian nonprofit organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a provincial Crown corporation owned by the Government of British Columbia.[1]

History

The organization was founded in 1979 through the Legal Services Society Act.[1:1]

COVID-19

Following the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the LSS changed its name to Legal Aid BC.[2] On April 24, 2020, the British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General announced the creation of the Justice COVID-19 Response Group with Legal Aid BC as a member.[3]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Allan Seckel Board Chair[4] BC Housing, Covenant House Vancouver

Funding

Legal Aid BC is funded by:[1:2][5]

Expenses

Legal Aid BC has provided notable funds to:[5:1]

  • Ascent Public Affairs
  • Deloitte
  • KPMG
  • Law Society of British Columbia
  • LinkedIn
  • Lytton First Nation
  • Thomson Reuters
  • Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia
  • UBC Sauder School of Business

Publications

Videos

  1. About us. Legal Aid BC. Retrieved February 10, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240210033013mp_/https://legalaid.bc.ca/about ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Announcing our new name and logo. Legal Aid BC. Retrieved November 5, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.11.05-054050/https://legalaid.bc.ca/communications/news/announcing-our-new-name-and-logo ↩︎

  3. Ministry of Attorney General. (2020, April 24). Provincial justice system advisory groups established. BC Gov News. https://web.archive.org/web/20230929215201/https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020ag0032-000747 ↩︎

  4. Experience | Allan Seckel. LinkedIn. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.09.28-195930/https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-seckel-72907331/details/experience/ ↩︎

  5. Spracklin, K. (2022, August 19). Statement of Financial Information 2022. Legal Aid BC. https://web.archive.org/web/20240205040603mp_/https://legalaid.bc.ca/sites/default/files/inline-files/SOFI 2022-Legal Aid BC.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎