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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: Timothy McCormick, 1L

Resource Person: Linda L. Selbie MacDonald, Administrative Crown Counsel, Robson Square Youth Court

Chapter Three: Family Law

Editor: James Leach, 2L

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

Chapter Four: Victims

Editor: Ming Lin, 2L

Resource Persons: Rosalind Currie, Director, Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Community Safety and Crime Prevention Branch, Ministry of Justice

Chapter Five: Public Complaint Procedures

Editor: Ming Lin, 2L

Resource Person: Douglas King, Pivot Legal Society

Chapter Six: Human Rights

Editor: Alisyn Burns, 2L

Resource Person: Dan Soiseth, Community Legal Assistance Society

Chapter Seven: Workers’ Compensation

Editor: Carl da Luz, 2L

Resource Person: Janet Patterson, Barrister & Solicitor

Chapter Eight: Employment Insurance

Editor: Andrew Peng, 2L

Resource Person: Kevin Love, Community Legal Assistance Society

Chapter Nine: Employment Law

Editor: Isaac Won, 3L

Resource Person: Jonas McKay, Hamilton Howell Bain & Gould

Chapter Ten: Creditors’ Remedies and Debtors’ Assistance

Editor: Erica Chow, 2L

Resource Persons: Monica Loeppky, Improvement Officer, Credit Counselling Society; Debora Kwasnicky, D. Kwasnicky and Associates Inc.

Chapter Eleven: Consumer Protection

Editor: Jessica Qiu, 2L

Resource Person: Mitch Dermer, Stevens Virgin

Chapter Twelve: Automobile Insurance (ICBC)

Editor: Timothy McCormick, 1L

Resource Person: Beverly Ma, Slater Vecchio LLP

Chapter Thirteen: Motor Vehicle Law

Editor: Matthew Scott, 2L

Resource Person: Cathryn Waker, Mickelson & Whysall

Chapter Fourteen: Mental Health Law

Editor: Derrick Murphy, 2L

Resource Person: Diane Nielsen, Community Legal Assistance Society

Chapter Fifteen: Adult Guardianship and Substitute Decision-Making

Editor: Kenneth Soe, 2L

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

Chapter Sixteen: Wills and Estates

Editor: Graeme Pugh, LLM CL

Resource Person: Mark Dorner, Barrister & Solicitor, Boyle & Company; Richard Wenner, Barrister & Solicitor

Chapter Seventeen: Citizenship

Editor: Alexei Paish, 2L

Resource Person: Tim Bailey, Elgin, Cannon & Associates

Chapter Eighteen: Immigration Law