We love volunteers! Thank you for your interest in Amici Curiae Legal Forms Workshop. Our pro bono service is powered by paralegals and supported by members of the profession, like you. We assist the public in completing legal forms. We do not provide summary legal advice nor take conduct of the client's files. updated: February 13, 2019
Here is our CV for your reference.
Your Role
As a volunteer duty counsel, you may volunteer for one of these 3 roles:
The most common involvement is 1ACDC: supervising paralegals who have three key tasks:
Scheduling and Cancellation
Periodically, we provide you a schedule of workshops using Doodle. You select dates that work for you. Book as much or as little as you are comfortable with. We will inform you of your assignment.
Approximately 3 business days prior to the assigned date, we will provide you with a client roster, if you wish to do a conflicts check.
LSBC rules permit lawyers in the same not-for-profit organization to provide limited legal services to clients that may have opposing interests, as long as information about each client is kept confidential. For details, see Code rules 3.4-11.1 to 3.4-11.4 regarding conflicts.
If you have to cancel, we ask that you let us know no later than when conflict checks are being done.
Qualification
A licensed member of the Law Society of BC. We presently do not work with non-insured members (ie crown counsel, retired and non-practicing).
More: https://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/Website/media/Shared/docs/insurance/LIF-probono.pdf
Getting started
How would you like to observe a session? Once done we can connect again.
Write Dom Bautista. Please provide us with your LSBC license as well as your mobile and work numbers and email address.
Here is our CV for your reference.
Your Role
As a volunteer duty counsel, you may volunteer for one of these 3 roles:
- 1ACDC supervises paralegals on a designated session;
- 2ACDC provides Aboriginal law expertise during a session; or
- 3ACDC provides practice area expertise to assess the needs of a first time client. More about assessment services: go here. If you are interested, we would love to receive your CV.
The most common involvement is 1ACDC: supervising paralegals who have three key tasks:
- there are generally 4 paralegals you supervise (we like to leverage your time);
- along with a volunteer triage manager, ensure the timely movement of each appointment; and
- you must approve the drafted form before the clients can take it away.
Scheduling and Cancellation
Periodically, we provide you a schedule of workshops using Doodle. You select dates that work for you. Book as much or as little as you are comfortable with. We will inform you of your assignment.
Approximately 3 business days prior to the assigned date, we will provide you with a client roster, if you wish to do a conflicts check.
LSBC rules permit lawyers in the same not-for-profit organization to provide limited legal services to clients that may have opposing interests, as long as information about each client is kept confidential. For details, see Code rules 3.4-11.1 to 3.4-11.4 regarding conflicts.
If you have to cancel, we ask that you let us know no later than when conflict checks are being done.
Qualification
A licensed member of the Law Society of BC. We presently do not work with non-insured members (ie crown counsel, retired and non-practicing).
More: https://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/Website/media/Shared/docs/insurance/LIF-probono.pdf
Getting started
How would you like to observe a session? Once done we can connect again.
Write Dom Bautista. Please provide us with your LSBC license as well as your mobile and work numbers and email address.