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Policy & Advocacy Committee

This Board committee monitors, provides advice to the Board, and provides volunteer input to CBABC staff with respect to all policy-related issues, including law reform, administration of justice and professional regulation issues and issues affecting the rule of law and access to justice. In particular, the Committee:

  • monitors and evaluates trends and identifies issues which concern and affect the legal profession in order to develop CBABC policies to address those issues;
  • makes recommendations to the Board and provides volunteer input to staff with respect to the CBABC’s advocacy to advance CBABC policies with government, the courts, the Law Society of BC and other entities, including recommending annual advocacy priorities;
  • develops fair and informed processes to determine the views of CBABC members on critical issues;
  • builds processes for volunteers to work together to develop and advance a collective view on law reform and policy matters, through sections, committees, working groups, or otherwise as appropriate;
  • considers and makes recommendations to the Board on intervention proposals;
  • monitors and liaises with the work of standing committees and working groups within the Policy & Advocacy strategic grouping, so as to ensure a coordinated focus and effort, and reporting thereon to the Board.
Connor

Chair

Connor Bildfell he/him

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Vancouver, BC

Andrea

Member

Andrea Ruth Jones she/her

Andrea Jones
RICHMOND, BC

Kyla

Member

Kyla M. Lee

Acumen Law Corporation
Vancouver, BC

Stephen

Member

Stephen G. McPhee, K.C. he/him

Ramsay Lampman Rhodes
Nanaimo, BC

Katarina

Member

Katarina Sawchuk

Rabjeet

Member

Rabjeet Singh Wallia

North Shore Law LLP
North Vancouver, BC

Josephine

Member

Josephine W.C. Wong

Hayward Sheppard
Vancouver, BC

Dimple

Board Member

Dimple Kainth she/her

Satya Law
Burnaby, BC

Anwarullah

Board Member

Anwarullah Mujtabah

Crease Harman LLP
Victoria, BC

Jess

Staff Liaison

Jess Furney she/her

Canadian Bar Association - BC Branch
Vancouver, BC