Member Services & Engagement Committee

Mandate

This Board committee:

• Monitors and provides input to member services and engagement programs and activities including but not limited to sections, professional development, mentorship programs, law school presence, regional connections, lawyer wellness programs, and member recognition initiatives;
• Receives and reviews member intelligence reports on the needs of members and provides relevant information to committees;
• Co-ordinates volunteers in support of external initiatives such as Law Week and Access to Justice Week;
• Monitors and provides recommendations to the Board with respect to professional development requirements of the LSBC;
• Monitors and makes recommendations to the Board regarding sections policy;
• Monitors and makes recommendations to the Board regarding programs and services that may no longer meet member needs and values;
• Considers nominations and makes recommendations to the Board regarding CBABC Award Winners;
• Monitors and liaises with the work of standing committees and working groups within the Member Services & Engagement strategic grouping, so as to ensure a coordinated focus and effort, and reporting thereon to the Board.

Mylene C. de Guzman

Chair

De Guzman Law Centre

Port Moody  BC 

Patricia D. Blair

Board Member

River Valley Law

Duncan  BC 

Michelle Casavant

Board Member

Department of Justice Canada

Vancouver  BC 

Jacob Kojfman

Member

The Co-operators Group Limited (Guelph)

Guelph  ON 

Rachel LaGroix

Member

Cundari Seibel LLP

Kamloops  BC 

Marlisa H. Martin

Member

Nanuq Law

Victoria  BC 

Frederick G. Wynne

Member

Tevlin Gleadle Curtis Employment Law Strategies

Vancouver  BC 

Valerie L. Le Blanc

Staff Liaison

Canadian Bar Association--BC Branch

Vancouver  BC 

Carolyn Lefebvre (she/her)

Staff Liaison

Canadian Bar Association - BC Branch

Vancouver  BC