For decades, the Law Foundation of BC has funded a wide range of public interest law initiatives. One of the best examples of work consistently supported by Foundation funding is that of the British Columbia Law Institute. They carry out law reform initiatives by bringing together academic, expert and community collaborators to clarify and improve laws and to develop innovative solutions to legal and policy problems. Their projects are diverse, recently including work on modernizing the Escheat Act, research on reconciling Crown and Indigenous legal frameworks, re-thinking public hearing processes in relation to planning and housing, and reviewing parentage under the Family Law Act. The Foundation is proud to support this independent agency to conduct patient and thoughtful long-term law reform analysis and research, because this kind of work is a vital in order to keep laws responsive to society’s needs. BC Law Institute is part of a network of similar agencies, including law reform commissions, that operate in other provinces, at the federal level in Canada, and in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. You can learn more about the work of the BC Law Institute at bcli.org.