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The Legal Aid Brief (LAB) is a newsletter for the tariff bar. See all the latest articles by issue below.
From LAB issue: May 15, 2025
Parents’ counsel update: Acho Dene Koe First Nation
The Ministry of Children and Family Development advises that, as of April 23, 2025, Acho Dene Koe First Nation has been added to the list of…
Family law legal reviewers wanted
LABC is looking for family law lawyers to occasionally do legal review work for some of our online legal information resources, including intimate…
Make a difference — become a mentor
Looking for a way to share your knowledge with the next generation of legal aid lawyers? We’re launching a new mentorship program, with generous…
Fee waiver: OurFamilyWizard co-parenting app
Would your family law clients benefit from a co-parenting app? OurFamilyWizard — a secure app and platform for better communication between co…
Addressing rising service demand
We are continuing to see increasing demand for our services, especially in family law, which we need to manage where possible through existing policy…
From LAB issue: April 16, 2025
Legal aid financial eligibility increase: Standard Family Representation cases
Legal Aid BC has increased financial eligibility for Standard Family Representation cases, effective April 1, 2025. The Net household monthly…
Retroactive compensation process for section 530 transition
LABC has created a one-time process to compensate criminal defence counsel for work done in response to the May 2024 change in the s. 530 process.…
New items and revisions to Criminal and Disbursements tariffs
As communicated in the March 2025 Notice to Counsel #128 (PDF), we’ve revised LABC’s Criminal Tariff (PDF) and Disbursements Tariff (PDF) to include…
Reminder: Free Criminal Law Bootcamp
Are you a junior criminal law lawyer? There’s still time to sign up for a free Criminal Law Bootcamp! Legal Aid BC is pleased to work with the…
Bursary offer: Family law mediation training
We’re pleased to offer bursaries to cover mediation training for family lawyers. If you take on legal aid family cases, you may qualify for LABC to…