News and Views Issue 2: Fall 1999
Did You Know. . .
. . . that there is a national network of law schools, lawyers and community organizations that matches law students who want to do pro bono work with lawyers who supervise the work and with public interest and non-government organizations, government agencies, tribunals, legal clinics and other providers of legal, health and community services?
Pro Bono Students Canada began at the University of Toronto in 1996, expanded in 1998 to include every Ontario law school, and expanded again in 1999 to include the University of New Brunswick, University of Manitoba, University of Alberta, University of Calgary and University of British Columbia law schools. Student project assignments can include: preparation of legal memoranda, assistance to counsel in legal proceedings, development of proposals for legislative reform and government policy, and the provision of information and services to the organization and its clients.