LSLAP Manual Introduction Acknowledgements: Difference between revisions

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Law Students' Legal Advice Manual 41th Edition - 2017

Executive Editor: Selena Chen, 2L

The Greater Vancouver Law Students' Legal Advice Society is a non-profit organization that relies on the generous support of public and private entities to maintain its services to the citizens of the Lower Mainland.

We give our thanks to our largest contributors, whose generous support allows us to provide legal services to the community:

Contributing Sponsors

The Law Foundation of British Columbia
City of Vancouver
Government of Canada
Chak Law
Murphy Battista LLP
Dentons
Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP

Acknowledgments

Listed below are the names of the editors and resource persons who were responsible for editing the substantive content of the Manual, and whose efforts made the 2016 edition of the Manual possible. The Greater Vancouver Law Students’ Legal Advice Society wishes to thank all contributors and acknowledge their efforts on the Manual. The Editor would also like to thank the Student Executive, Supervising Lawyers, and summer clinicians for assisting with the production and distribution of the Manual.

Chapter One: Criminal Law

Editor: Nicholas Wilhelm Karl-Heinz Grabe, 3L

Resource Person: Clinton Bauman, Barrister & Solicitor

Chapter Two: Youth Justice

Editor: Emily Adams, 2L

Resource Person: Ronald Edwards, Administrative Crown Counsel, Vancouver Youth Court

Chapter Three: Family Law

Editor: James Leach, 2L

Resource Person: Fanda Wu, Barrister & Solicitor, Lindsay Kenney, LLP

Chapter Four: Victims

Editor: Molly Li, 3L

Resource Persons: Talia Magder, Turko & Company

Chapter Five: Public Complaint Procedures

Editor: Paul Jon, 2L

Resource Person: Douglas King, Together Against Poverty Society

Chapter Six: Human Rights

Editor: Paul Jon, 2L

Resource Person: Dan Soiseth, Community Legal Assistance Society

Chapter Seven: Workers’ Compensation

Editor: Julia Thielmann, 2L

Resource Person: Janet Patterson, Barrister & Solicitor

Chapter Eight: Employment Insurance

Editor: Blake Scott, 3L

Resource Person: Kevin Love, Community Legal Assistance Society

Chapter Nine: Employment Law

Editor: Blake Scott, 2L

Resource Person: Jonas McKay, Hamilton Howell Bain & Gould

Chapter Ten: Creditors’ Remedies and Debtors’ Assistance

Editor: Sirelkhatim Tawfik, 3L

Resource Persons: Clare Smith, Credit Counselling Society

Chapter Eleven: Consumer Protection

Editor: Aylmer Wang, 2L

Resource Person: Clare Smith, Credit Counselling Society

Chapter Twelve: Automobile Insurance (ICBC)

Editor: Timothy McCormick, 1L

Resource Person: Beverly Ma, Slater Vecchio LLP

Chapter Thirteen: Motor Vehicle Law

Editor: Daniel Comeau, 2L

Resource Person: Cathryn Waker, Mickelson & Whysall

Chapter Fourteen: Mental Health Law

Editor: Kes Posgate, 2L

Resource Person: Diane Nielsen, Community Legal Assistance Society

Chapter Fifteen: Adult Guardianship and Substitute Decision-Making

Editor: Kenneth Soe, 3L

Resource Person: Kathleen Cunningham, Executive Director, BC Law Institute

Chapter Sixteen: Wills and Estates

Editor: Lily Zhang, 2L

Resource Person: Ephraim Fung, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

Chapter Seventeen: Citizenship

Editor: Mu Xin, 2L

Resource Person: Juliana Dalley of Embarkation Law Corporation

Chapter Eighteen: Immigration Law