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In practice, the Attorney General appoints an advisory committee which includes these officials and also the Chief Judge of the Provincial Court, the president of the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association and the deputy attorney general. [2] The Attorney General is automatically appointed as King's Counsel on taking office. [3]
The society's primary mandate under the Legal Profession Act [2] is to uphold and protect the public interest in the administration of justice by preserving and protecting the rights and freedoms of all persons, ensuring the independence, integrity, honour and competence of lawyers, establishing standards and programs for the education, professional responsibility and competence of BC lawyers.
C. Kim Campbell; Tom Campbell (Canadian politician) Frank Caputo; Alfred Carrothers; Beverley Cochrane Cayley; Ronald Ian Cheffins; Tom Christensen (politician)
The attorney general also serves as an ex officio bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia. A separate cabinet position, the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, administers the province's law enforcement agencies (police, prisons and security). Since December 7, 2022, the post has been held by Niki Sharma.
The national office of the Canadian Bar Association is located in Ottawa.With a staff of 80, the national office provides legislative monitoring and liaison (60 - 70 submissions are made federally each year), membership, continuing legal education, translation, meeting coordination, accounting, data processing, communications, printing, and professional services.
Williams was heavily involved in a number of organizations relating to the legal profession and the justice system. At various times he was a member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal; a commissioner on the British Columbia Law Reform Commission; chair of the British Columbia Legal Aid Society; and Governor of the British Columbia Law ...
Legal Aid BC (formerly the Legal Services Society [1]) is the legal aid provider in British Columbia, Canada. Services are available for family (separation/divorce and child protection/removal), criminal law matters, and refugee applications, [ 2 ] and include legal information, advice, or representation, depending on the client’s legal problem.
Loo was born in 1947 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Loo finished undergraduate studies in 1971 and received her law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1974. She began practicing law as in-house counsel at BC Hydro for 12 years. In 1986 Loo became an associate with the law firm Singleton Urquhart, later rising to the ...