> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/access-pro-bono-society-of-british-columbia/ - Published: 1999-01-02T08:30:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-27T22:27:17.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization The **Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia**, or simply **Access Pro Bono**, is a Canadian legal services organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ## Organization Access Pro Bono collaborates with the British Columbia Court Services Branch and British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General.[\[1\]](#fn1) ### Personnel | Name | Position | Notes | | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Annie Baric | Operations Coordinator[\[2\]](#fn2) | Vantage Point, Mel Jr. & Marty Zajac Foundation | | Kaarina Bishop | Articling Student[\[3\]](#fn3) | Rise Women's Legal Centre, Battered Women's Support Services (BWSS) | | Ying C. | Lawyer Referral Coordinator[\[3:1\]](#fn3) | [Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Bar-Association-British-Columbia-Branch) | | Oliver Christie | Fundraiser and Recruiter[\[2:1\]](#fn2) | \- | | Mandie Dhesie | Intake Coordinator[\[4\]](#fn4) | \- | | Jelena Djuricic | Intake Coordinator[\[2:2\]](#fn2) | \- | | Dustin Ellis | Program Manager and Staff Lawyer[\[2:3\]](#fn2) | \- | | Laís Gomes | Summary Advice Program Intake Coordinator[\[5\]](#fn5) | Public Prosecution Services of Rondonia, Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, Capilano Students' Union (CSU), Enactus Capilano, She Connects | | Magal Huberman | Project Manager and ELC Supervising Lawyer[\[5:1\]](#fn5) | Rise Women's Legal Centre, Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia | | Manasi Kanade | Operations and Events Coordinator[\[5:2\]](#fn5) | \- | | Jamie Maclaren | Founding Executive Director and Staff Lawyer[\[2:4\]](#fn2) | [Law Students' Legal Advice Program](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Law-Students-Legal-Advice-Program), Law Society of British Columbia, Pro Bono Law of British Columbia | | Erin Monahan | Project Manager[\[3:2\]](#fn3) | Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia | | Mona Muker | Program Manager and Staff Lawyer[\[2:5\]](#fn2) | [Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Bar-Association-British-Columbia-Branch) | | Neesha Rao | Director of Legal Services and Staff Lawyer[\[5:3\]](#fn5) | Yellowknife Women's Society, Legal Aid Commission of the Northwest Territories | | Patricia S. | Lawyer Referral Coordinator[\[5:4\]](#fn5) | \- | | Raman Sehmbi | Staff Lawyer[\[3:3\]](#fn3) | Bader International Study Centre | | Vivian Song | Finance Administrator[\[2:6\]](#fn2) | Access Justice | | Megan Tweedie | Tribunals Program Manager and ELC Supervising Lawyer[\[4:1\]](#fn4) | [British Columbia Civil Liberties Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/British-Columbia-Civil-Liberties-Association) (BCCLA) | | Heather Wojcik | Director of Legal Services and Staff Lawyer[\[2:7\]](#fn2) | Guyana Legal Aid Clinic, Ending Violence Association of British Columbia, Law Foundation of British Columbia | | Jimmy Yan | Project and Information Officer[\[2:8\]](#fn2) | Canadian City Post, Centre for Education, Law and Society (CELS) | | Frank Yates | Clinic Coordinator[\[2:9\]](#fn2) | TELUS, Access Justice | | Christine Z. | Lawyer Referral Coordinator[\[3:4\]](#fn3) | [Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Bar-Association-British-Columbia-Branch) | | Trevor Bent | President[\[6\]](#fn6) | British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General, Supreme Court of Canada, Supreme Court of British Columbia | | Nadia Farinelli | Vice-President[\[6:1\]](#fn6) | British Columbia Prosecution Service (BCPS), Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) | | Timothy Outerbridge | Secretary[\[6:2\]](#fn6) | British Columbia Court of Appeal | | Sean Akeroyd | Treasurer[\[6:3\]](#fn6) | MNP | | Robert J. Bauman | Board Member[\[6:4\]](#fn6) | Supreme Court of British Columbia, British Columbia Court of Appeal, Court of Appeal of Yukon, Bull Housser & Tupper, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, [Canadian Judicial Council](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Judicial-Council) (CJC), [Access to Justice BC](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Access-to-Justice-BC) | | Barb Burkitt-Holder | Board Member[\[6:5\]](#fn6) | Fort McKay First Nation, Prince George Native Friendship Centre (PGNFC), Tse'Koo Huba Yoh | | Melissa Gillespie | Board Member[\[7\]](#fn7) | Provincial Court of British Columbia | | Ryan Laity | Board Member[\[6:6\]](#fn6) | [Borden Ladner Gervais](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Borden-Ladner-Gervais) (BLG), Community and Legal Aid Services Program (CLASP), Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Vancouver Bar Association, BC Lupus Society | | Kelly Melnyk | Board Member[\[6:7\]](#fn6) | Centre for Seniors Information (CSI), Kamloops Bar Association, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law | | Andrew Schafer | Board Member[\[6:8\]](#fn6) | \- | | Kay Scorer | Board Member[\[6:9\]](#fn6) | Rainbow Refugee, [Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Bar-Association-British-Columbia-Branch) | | Serey Sinn | Board Member[\[6:10\]](#fn6) | Coach My Case, Crossroads Law | | Cyndi Stevens | Board Member[\[6:11\]](#fn6) | Ahousaht First Nation, Hesquiaht First Nation, Port Alberni Friendship Centre | | Claire E. Hunter | Director (February 2014 - October 2020)[\[8\]](#fn8) | Hunter Litigation Chambers | ### Funding Access Pro Bono has received funding from:[\[1:1\]](#fn1)[\[9\]](#fn9)[\[10\]](#fn10)[\[11\]](#fn11)[\[12\]](#fn12)[\[13\]](#fn13)[\[14\]](#fn14) - Access Justice - Association des juristes d'expression française de la Colombia-Britannique (AJEFCB) - BC Hydro - [Borden Ladner Gervais](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Borden-Ladner-Gervais) (BLG) - Canadian Bar Association (CBA) - City of Vancouver - Community Gaming Grants Branch - Face the World Foundation - Great Wines Charity Auction - Law Foundation of British Columbia - Law Society of British Columbia - Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia - [Legal Services Society](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Legal-Aid-BC) (LSS) - Nanaimo Community Foundation - National Pro Bono Conference - Notary Foundation of British Columbia - Peter A. Allard School of Law - Pro Bono Canada - Pro Bono Law Alberta - Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan - Service Canada - Surrey Foundation - University of Victoria Faculty of Law - Vancouver Bar Association (VBA) - Vancouver Foundation - Victoria Foundation - Westside Family Law Additionally, Access Pro Bono received a $40,000 loan under the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) program.[\[9:1\]](#fn9) ## External links - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/accessprobono/) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/accessprobonobc/) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/access-pro-bono-society-of-bc/) - [Website](https://www.accessprobono.ca/) - [X (account deleted)](https://x.com/AccessProBono) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/accessprobono1) --- 1. *Our Supporters.* Access Pro Bono. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) 2. *Our People.* Access Pro Bono. Retrieved October 26, 2020, from [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) [↩︎](#fnref2:2) [↩︎](#fnref2:3) [↩︎](#fnref2:4) [↩︎](#fnref2:5) [↩︎](#fnref2:6) [↩︎](#fnref2:7) [↩︎](#fnref2:8) [↩︎](#fnref2:9) 3. *Our People.* Access Pro Bono. Retrieved August 12, 2021, from [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1) [↩︎](#fnref3:2) [↩︎](#fnref3:3) [↩︎](#fnref3:4) 4. *Our People.* Access Pro Bono. Retrieved July 7, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref4) [↩︎](#fnref4:1) 5. *Our People.* Access Pro Bono. Retrieved June 1, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref5) [↩︎](#fnref5:1) [↩︎](#fnref5:2) [↩︎](#fnref5:3) [↩︎](#fnref5:4) 6. *Our People.* Access Pro Bono. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref6) [↩︎](#fnref6:1) [↩︎](#fnref6:2) [↩︎](#fnref6:3) [↩︎](#fnref6:4) [↩︎](#fnref6:5) [↩︎](#fnref6:6) [↩︎](#fnref6:7) [↩︎](#fnref6:8) [↩︎](#fnref6:9) [↩︎](#fnref6:10) [↩︎](#fnref6:11) 7. *Chief Judge.* Provincial Court of British Columbia. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. *Claire E Hunter KC.* LinkedIn. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. Tompkins Wozny. (2020, March 31). *2019-20 APB Audited Financial Statements.* Access Pro Bono. [https://web.archive.org/web/20250310193702/https://www.accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2019-20 APB Audited Financial Statements.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20250310193702/https://www.accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2019-20%20APB%20Audited%20Financial%20Statements.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref9) [↩︎](#fnref9:1) 10. Tompkins Wozny. (2018, March 31). *2017-2018 APB Audited Financial Statements.* Access Pro Bono. [https://web.archive.org/web/20250306112853/https://www.accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2017-2018 APB Audited Financial Statements.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20250306112853/https://www.accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2017-2018%20APB%20Audited%20Financial%20Statements.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref10) 11. Tompkins, Wozny, Miller & Co. (2015, March 31). *2014-2015 APB Audited Financial Statements.* Access Pro Bono. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240116001305/https://accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2014-2015 APB Audited Financial Statements.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20240116001305/https://accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2014-2015%20APB%20Audited%20Financial%20Statements.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref11) 12. Tompkins, Wozny, Miller & Co. (2014, March 31). *2013-2014 APB Audited Financial Statements.* Access Pro Bono. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240108210923/https://accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2013-2014 APB Audited Financial Statements.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20240108210923/https://accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2013-2014%20APB%20Audited%20Financial%20Statements.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref12) 13. Tompkins, Wozny, Miller & Co. (2013, March 31). *2012-2013 APB Audited Financial Statements.* Access Pro Bono. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240108210934/https://accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2012-2013 APB Audited Financial Statements.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20240108210934/https://accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2012-2013%20APB%20Audited%20Financial%20Statements.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref13) 14. Tompkins, Wozny, Miller & Co. (2012, March 31). *2011-2012 APB Audited Financial Statements.* Access Pro Bono. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240108210943/https://accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2011-2012 APB Audited Financial Statements.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20240108210943/https://accessprobono.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/2011-2012%20APB%20Audited%20Financial%20Statements.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref14)