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Annual Report to Members 2016/17 1

Legal Help Centre of Winnipeg, Inc.

Annual Report to Members 2016/17

Legal

Help

Centre

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From the Desk of the Board President

Lately there has been much discussion in the media about the time it takes for courts to resolve legal matters. One of the reasons given for this problem is the growing number of people, who because of their financial situation choose to represent themselves in court. Lack of experience and knowledge about court process and rules means that more time is needed to enable the unrepresented person to make their case. I am proud to say that the Legal Help Centre (LHC) is doing its part to address this issue by providing individuals with legal information and summary advice on ways in which legal issues can be addressed. As discussed elsewhere in this report, our drop in clinics and individual appointments continue to function at full capacity.

I was honoured to be elected president of the LHC Board of directors in June 2016. While an exciting opportunity for me, it was also a bit daunting as I was relatively new to the Board. Thankfully I had the good fortune to be involved in the initial discussions leading up to the establishment of the LHC so I was familiar and supportive of the centre’s mission and goals.

This year we had to say a sad good-bye to Karen Dyck who served as Executive Director for the past 2 years. Among other things, Karen did an admirable job of bringing organization to the office and putting in place much needed operational systems. It was a real

pleasure working with Karen and we wish her well in her new endeavors.

As one door closes another one opens and for the past few months the Executive has been busy recruiting candidates to fill the position of executive director. There appears to be significant interest in the position which makes us optimistic that we will find the right person for the job. I wish to thank Natasha Brown who quickly and expertly filled in as acting executive director during the recruitment process.

We also said good-bye to Marilou McPhedran a long-time Board member. Marilou was appointed to the Senate and we congratulate her on this prestigious achievement.

What has impressed me the most this past year is the strong and comprehensive network of people who work hard and are relentlessly committed to the work of the LHC. Key players include our small but mighty staff, law students, social work students, criminal justice students, volunteer lawyers, members of the Board of Directors, and finally our much appreciated funders. To all I say a huge thank you. Your work and support makes an important and positive difference.

- Yvonne Peters Board President

2016/17 Board of Directors Yvonne Peters—Director (President)

Jennifer Goldenberg—Director (Vice-President)

Jo-Anne Findlay , CPA, CA—Director (Secretary/Treasurer)

The Honourable Richard Scott—Director

Michael Weinrath—Director

Denis Bracken—Director

Lynda Troup—Director

Robin Dwarka—Director

Lorna Turnbull—Director

Marilou McPhedran (resigned

January 10, 2017) - Director

2016/17 Board Advisors

The Honourable Justice Colleen Suche

Jim Shaw

Sarah Lugtig

Dianna Scarth


From the Desk of the Acting

Executive Director/Legal Director

This past year has been another year of change and growth at Legal Help Centre. We’ve partnered with new community members, hosted new students and volunteers and welcomed new staff and said goodbye to others.

Sahra Salad, our Administrative Assistant, resigned in May, 2016 following her maternity/parental leave. We wish Sahra all the best as she embarks on a new career path. From May, 2016 through August, 2016, Sahra’s position was filled by our summer students on a rotating basis and, through the school year, by four part-time law students, Rebecca Heller, Julie Yan, Victoria Weir and Jasmine Bissoon.

Gerrit Theule, our Articling Student-at-Law, was Called to the Bar in May, 2016. Upon his Call, Gerrit opened his own firm in Winnipeg which focuses on access to justice and affordable legal services. Congratulations Gerrit on the start of an exciting legal career!

Seneca Longclaws resigned in December, 2016 to return to private practice. Seneca provided the organization with strong community connections and worked to develop partnerships with other organizations. We look forward to building on that foundation and strengthening those relationships in the years to come.

Karen Dyck, our former Executive Director, resigned in January, 2017. Karen was instrumental in developing Legal Help Centre and her guidance and passion for access to justice was the driving force behind our organization. Her presence is greatly missed but we send her our best wishes as she moves on in her legal career.

From April, 2016 through December, 2017, I continued on in my role as Legal Director, supervising all law students, managing student volunteers and ensuring effective program delivery. Upon Karen’s departure in January, 2017, I assumed the dual role of Acting Executive Director and Legal Director. I will remain in this dual role until the Executive Director position is filled on a permanent basis. At that time, I will resume my position as Legal Director on a full-time basis.

Kara Hague began her articles at Legal Help Centre at the beginning of July, 2016. Kara will be Called to the Bar in June, 2017, just following this year’s Annual General Meeting. Kara has been a tremendous asset to Legal Help Centre, both in terms of client assistance and in terms of leadership and mentorship to our law students.

Nadia Rumore joined our staff as Supervising Lawyer in January, 2017. In addition to providing supervisory assistance at our Drop-In Clinics, Nadia co-supervises our Family Law Programming, is responsible for supervising our Social Work and Criminal Justice students and is responsible for our workshops, lawyer volunteer management and community outreach programs.

As Legal Help Centre continues to grow and evolve, I recognize that we would not and could not exist without the hard work and dedication of our students, volunteer lawyers, donors and community partners. Thank you all so much for all you do in helping us make the law work for everyone. I look forward to another exciting year ahead!

-Natasha Brown

Natasha Brown continued as a sessional instructor at the Faculty of Law for the 2016/2017 school year, this time teaching first-year Legal Methods. She also acted as a CPLED Learning Group Facilitator for The Law Society of Manitoba. Karen Dyck also ventured into teaching at the Faculty of Law. She also took on a role as sessional instructor of Legal Methods. Karen and Natasha both presented at the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education (ACCLE) and International Journal of Clinical Legal Education (IJCLE) Joint Conference, which was held in mid-July, 2016 in Toronto. Karen presented with Karin Galldin of the Canadian Bar Association and our former articling student, Leah Klassen, on the benefits of multi-disciplinary learning environments. Natasha, along with Hapreet Burmy of the University of Windsor and Susanne Litke of Dalhousie University, presented on the risks and rewards of student-run family law clinics. In additional to presenting at the ACCLE/IJCLE Conference, staff also presented at legal conferences/workshops for the Canadian Bar Association, Manitoba Bar Association, University of Manitoba- Faculty of Law, and The Law Society of Manitoba.

Our Staff in the Legal Community


As the old saying goes, ‘there is strength in numbers’. Legal Help Centre has taken this seriously when looking for the best possible ways to deliver its services to those in need. As a result, Legal Help Centre continues to partner with various organizations in the community so that together, we can better serve our clients.

Over the past year, we have collaborated with our partners on many fronts: we have met and exchanged information to learn more about each of our processes and services offered; we have supported each other’s organizations by ‘getting the word out’ on services provided to our respective clients; we have run drop-in clinics and information workshops for clients in each other’s spaces; we have made referrals to each other when our clients have benefited from such; and, we have provided each other with feedback about our services and programs for future betterment and growth.

Working as a team with our partners has meant fewer dead-ends for those marginalized in our community who are in desperate need of hope and a resolution.

Legal Help Centre has run outreach drop-in legal clinics at various partner host locations over the past year. We attended Winnipeg Harvest on a bi-weekly basis until November of 2016, and we also ran drop-in clinics on a monthly basis at Indigenous Family Centre, Siloam Mission and at Millennium Library.

The feedback we have received from our community partners about our outreach initiatives has been positive. Paula Harrison, Customer Service Librarian at Millennium Library, speaks of the Library’s experience in having us attend to serve its clients:

Amy Reinink, Manager of Transition Services at Siloam Mission, also expresses gratitude for the partnership between our two organizations:

“Once per month, Legal Help Centre hosts a drop-in clinic on-site at Siloam Mission. The clinic is open to anyone using Siloam’s services, as well as Salvation Army and Main Street Project. The opportunity for people to receive

Our Community Partners – A United Front

services from Legal Help Centre in a place where they are already familiar and already receiving their basic needs is invaluable and often makes the difference between getting help and not getting help. Many of our clients wouldn’t feel comfortable attending LHCs regular drop-in clinics, so this partnership helps to connect some of society’s most vulnerable members to legal assistance that they desperately need. We are so grateful for this partnership.”

In addition to running outreach clinics, Legal Help Centre has assisted with other outreach initiatives. Legal Help Centre is one of various partners with Supporting Employment & Economic Development Winnipeg Inc. (SEED) on a funded project that SEED began over the past year. SEED received funding from the Law Foundation of Ontario, Province of Manitoba, United Way Winnipeg and Prosper Canada to conduct research and public legal education on group plan Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs), with a specific focus on financially vulnerable low-income community members. Our articling student, Kara Hague, is assisting SEED with a piece of this project. Needless to say, it has been a very busy year for Legal Help Centre and its partners as we have worked hard together as a united front.

We would like to thank our community partners, and outreach clinic host organizations, that we have been

involved with over the past year, which include the following:

A Woman’s Place Community Legal Education Association Community Unemployed Help Centre Daniel McIntyre / St. Matthews Community Association Inc. Indigenous Family Centre Legal Aid Manitoba Manitoba Human Rights Commission

Manitoba Ombudsman Mediation Services Millennium Library Public Interest Law Centre Resource Assistance for Youth (RAY) Siloam Mission Supporting Employment & Economic Development Wpg. Inc. (SEED) Winnipeg Harvest

“Winnipeg Public Library is very pleased to have the opportunity to partner with an organization such as Legal Help Centre. From the outset, the monthly outreach clinics have garnered nothing but positive feedback from staff and customers alike. While customers consistently express satisfaction and gratitude regarding the services received, staff members appreciate the contin-ued professionalism.”


Students - the Heart of Legal Help Centre

In the 2016/2017 school year, 22 University of Manitoba – Faculty of Law (Robson Hall) students participated in the Legal Help Centre internship course. Students were placed at our Drop-In clinics, our Family Law clinics or at Family Motions Court for one school term. LHC also welcomed 15 Robson Hall students as student volunteers through Pro Bono Students Canada. We also placed two Criminal Justice students from the University of Winnipeg, one of whom assisted at our drop-in clinics and the other provided much needed assistance gathering and analyzing our statistics on clients assisted. Finally, we placed two Social Work students from the University of Manitoba. Our students continue to express how Legal Help Centre has made an impact on their education.

In June, 2016, with the generous financial support of our former Executive Director, Kathy Jones, we presented the Kim Clare Memorial Award to Robson Hall graduate Nihar Kaushal. Nihar demonstrated a passion for access to justice as a former student volunteer, intern, summer student and student board advisor. We wish Nihar the greatest success as she begins her legal career.

Rebecca Heller Robson Hall Class of 2017 My involvement with Legal Help Centre has afforded me with a unique opportunity to gain first hand exposure to the access to justice issues taking place in our legal system. As a young lawyer, I think it is important to be mindful of these issues and work toward ameliorating them. Having been involved with LHC, I am attuned to the unique problems facing self-represented litigants, whether that is unfamiliarity with the legal system or a lack of resources. I plan to continue my involvement with LHC throughout my career and incorporate LHC core values into my own practice. I would like to continue to volunteer at drop-in clinics and later in my career be a volunteer lawyer. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, LHC has provided me with an opportunity to work with some amazing people. I have received a lot of mentorship through LHC. As a student about to begin articling, I am very appreciative of this. I am truly thankful to have been a part of something so wonderful throughout law school.

In the summer of 2016, we placed six summer students from the University

of Manitoba –Faculty of Law.

From left to right, top to bottom: Davis Hirsch, Kara Hague, Karen Dyck,

Stefanie Goldberg, Victoria Weir, Jasmine Bissoon, Natasha Brown, Rebecca

Heller, Julie Yan

Nihar Kushal receiving the Kim Clare Aware from

Kathy Jones


Student Perspectives

Emily Richard Student Intern, Faculty of Social Work I became in involved with Legal Help Centre (LHC) as a social work student during the 2016-2017 academic year. LHC provided me with an incredible learning opportunity, which allowed me to enhance my skills as a social work student, and challenged me to assist clients with a variety of social and legal issues. The supervising lawyers are excellent mentors and teachers; they put so much trust in their students and allow them to learn by providing direct assistance to clients. The clinic offers services that are primarily carried out by students, which means we are very much needed and are an essential part to the organization in carrying out its mandate. For me, it was very exciting to be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team that addresses access to justice issues and provides legal information and practical assistance to hundreds of clients per year. This was an experience that I will absolutely never forget, and I am excited for Legal Help Centre to continue to expand their social work services in the future.

Sharna Nelko

Robson Hall Class of 2017

I was fortunate enough to both volunteer and intern at the Legal Help Centre for two years of my law school experience. As nervous as I am to go into the “real world”, outside of the shelter of Robson Hall, I know I am much better off equipped with the knowledge and skills that I have gained from Legal Help Centre. The fact that I am already comfortable dealing and speaking with clients with ‘real life problems’ as opposed to hypothetical issues, is incredibly helpful, as that is definitely a skill that takes time to develop.

Now that I am over that hurdle (or on my way) I can hone in on other important skills. Having the opportunity to work with underprivileged individuals who genuinely need and appreciate our help is an incredibly humbling and rewarding experience. The experience has truly provided me with a new appreciation and grounded foundation on which to base my future legal career. Lastly, meeting, making connections with, and learning from experienced lawyers in the community was both extremely beneficial and inspiring.

I have nothing but great things to say about Legal Help Centre! I genuinely believe that it is the best opportunity that the law school has to offer. I do not know where I would be in terms of my legal ambitions without having had this experience. I hope to stay involved with Legal Help Centre in the future!

Jenna Wiebe Criminal Justice Student My experience at the Legal Help Centre was one of the best hands-on experiences I have had in completing my university education. The Legal Help Centre offers one-on-one training with professional and well experienced lawyers to complete a law student’s understanding of how it is to work as a lawyer. The ability to deal with clients one-on-one is an important and incredible opportunity to further students’ understanding of how it is to deal with real people with real problems. This program also allows you to gain first-hand knowledge from lawyers from all fields. This is also a great way to network from the inside. It is a great place to start if you are interested in working in the law field. I would 100% recommend law students partaking in this once in a lifetime experience.


Elana Sokolov Field Placement Coordinator, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg

The Legal Help Centre has been an incredible experience for students hoping to gain experience navigating the legal system. Not only are they able to learn about court documentation and process, more important to the learning environment is gaining comfort addressing clients in real need of legal advice and direction. Students are able to practice motivational interviewing skills and learn how to calm a client to be able to extract the information required in a timely and efficient manner. Additionally, students have been able to develop resource packages for future Legal Help Centre Clients. The placement has been a highly sought after agency of the years I have taught the Criminal Justice Field Placement.

Faculty Perspectives

Kelly Scott Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba

Field Education is a very critical component underlying the social work curriculum at the University of

Manitoba. To this end, Legal Help Centre (LHC) is a valued community partner, providing a diverse range of

opportunities for students to integrate classroom learning while gaining direct practice experience. During 2016

-17, field students have participated in weekly drop-in clinics, providing them with the opportunity to enhance

communication, assessment and intervention skills, and to navigate and broker resources within the

community to effectively meet the needs of clients being served. Social work students have also been provided

with unique avenues of learning relative to legal and social issues which have included involvement in

facilitating information workshops to an array of stakeholders, and, in turn, building and strengthening

partnerships with community organizations. The Faculty of Social Work is sincerely grateful for the guidance

and dedicated efforts of LHC mentors in instructing social work students, which has helped to shape the social

workers of tomorrow and has played a pivotal role in our field education program. We look forward to

continuing this partnership in the future.

Wendy Whitecloud Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba Legal Help Centre provides an opportunity for students to take their learning and see how their knowledge can help people in their everyday lives. They understand the context and human face of legal difficulties –moving from the page to the person- which has a profound impact on their learning and hopefully on their practice.


Client Stories

Cliff’s Story

Cliff (not his real name) came to LHC with very poor spoken English and

minimal understanding of the legal system. Cliff had been paying child

support over the years for his daughter who lived with her mother outside of

Manitoba. Cliff advised that his daughter was now 18 and was no longer in

need of support. Cliff had no idea where his ex-wife lived. Legal Help Centre

drafted a Notice of Motion to Vary and supporting Affidavit but knew the

process would be difficult due to the matter being interjurisdictional in

nature.

Next, we assisted Cliff with service. We helped Cliff arrange for a process

server to attempt to locate his wife and serve her with his court documents.

As she could not be located, we assisted Cliff with asking for the court’s

permission to serve her in some other fashion. To this end, we drafted a

motion for substitutional service and our articling student attended before

the Master with Cliff, and obtained the order for substitutional service Cliff

was hoping for.

Once Cliff fulfilled his new service requirements, he and our articling student

were able to attended before a judge to obtain his order terminating support

for his adult child. Cliff was very grateful that LHC was able to help him

navigate through what would otherwise have been a confusing and

complicated interjurisdictional matter.

Bob and Jo

Bob and Jo (not their real names) came to Legal Help Centre excited and upbeat. Bob, who had been a father figure to Jo’s

daughter for many years, wanted to legally adopted her so they could “be a real family”. Jo’s daughter had a number of

disabilities and Bob stepped in and immediately took her in as his own.

We assisted Bob and Jo with drafting their application for adoption, by filing all supporting documents. Their application was

granted by the Court. Bob and Jo were very grateful and acknowledged that hiring a lawyer to assist them was never a possibility

and they did not have the confidence to proceed completely on their own. Legal Help Centre was able to offer just enough

support to allow them to represent themselves and complete the process. Bob and Jo remind us that positive outcomes are

possible and that our work is truly important to families.

“The judge was impressed

with the forms and

documents which I handed

in. I let her know that Legal

Help Centre helped me with

all this. The Judge said that

everything was professional.”

- LHC Client

“Thank you so much for the

thought, care, and effort

you’ve put into this. Your

work and that of the Centre

itself are invaluable!”

- LHC Client


From April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017, we assisted 2,615 clients, including repeat clients. Approximately 57% of our clients sought help with a family law issue, although we continue to provide assistance on multiple areas of law. Approximately 43% of the individuals we assisted in all programs were repeat clients.

Annual Statistics


Our drop-in clinics continue as a core program. These clinics run on Tuesday and Friday afternoons each week. This year we saw 1,982 clients at our drop-in clinics. The Family Law Program saw us continue to support self-representing individuals at the Uncontested Family Motions Court on Tuesday mornings, assisting 89 individuals during the year. As well, the family law clinic continues to run two mornings per week. We assisted 319 clients in our family law clinic during the year. We continued to run outreach clinics throughout the community and this year the clinics were held at Millennium Library, Indigenous Family Centre, Siloam Mission, and Winnipeg Harvest. This year we saw 48 clients at our outreach clinics. This past year we continued to run our workshops providing the general public with free information about legal processes in the area of family law case conferencing, wills and estates administration, and small claims.


This year we welcomed new donors and continued to receive ongoing support from a number of organizations. This year represented the second year of a three-year pledged funding commitment from a number of Winnipeg law firms. The Manitoba Law Foundation continued to provide operational funding, along with the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law and Investors Group. Project or directed funding was provided by the Winnipeg Foundation and the Canada Summer Jobs Program. The Pollard Family Foundation generously agreed to provide us with a two –year grant to help fund an articling student for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 years. This donation has provided stability to Legal Help Centre as we are better staffed throughout the year and can therefore offer more consistent programming to our clients. Further, this funding has allowed us to provide exceptional opportunities to our articling student, allowing her to acquire the skills needed to become part of the legal profession while gaining a deeper understanding of the access to justice issues in our community. We continue to express our thanks to the University of Winnipeg for its ongoing in-kind contribution. The University of Winnipeg continues to provide us with our office space, information technology, office equipment, accounting, payroll services and human resources. Our goal remains to secure long term sustainable funding. Achieving long-term core funding remains a challenge and will remain the primary task of our Fundraising Committee for the upcoming year. We gratefully acknowledge the following organizations/individuals for their generous donations over the past year:

Fundraising and Funding

Organizations

Investors Group

The Government of Canada – Canada Summer Jobs Program

The Law Foundation of Manitoba

The Pollard Family Foundation

The University of Manitoba- Faculty of Law

The University of Winnipeg

The Winnipeg Foundation

Law Firms

Brodsky & Company

Chapman Goodard Kagan

D’Arcy & Deacon LLP

Fillmore Riley LLP

Hill Sokalski Walsh Olson LLP

MLT Aikins LLP

Pitblado LLP

Tapper Cuddy LLP

Taylor McCaffrey LLP

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

Wolseley Law LLP

Private Donors

Natasha Brown Cheryl McGibbon

Robert Doyle Julia Negrea

Jo-Anne Findlay The Honourable Justice Colleen Suche

Eli Goldenberg Pat & Bill Reid, in memory of David Sanders

Jennifer Goldenberg David Wood, in memory of David Sanders

Kathy Jones David Wright

Sarah Lugtig Anonymous donors THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!


March 31, 2017, with comparative information for 2016

Statement of Financial Position

Assets

Current assets: 2017 2016 Cash $ 36,191 $ 13,404 Accounts receivable 3,500 24,756 Due from The University of Winnipeg 65,290 95,911

Prepaid expenses 3,020 2,613_ $ 108,001 $ 136,684

Liabilities, Deferred Contributions and Unrestricted Net Assets

Current liabilities: 2017 2016 Accrued liabilities $ 9,409 $ 4,088 Deferred contributions – 19,809 Unrestricted net assets 98,592 112,787 $ 108,001 $ 136,684

Auditor’s Report

Statement of Operations

Revenue: 2017 2016

Donations $ 291,130 $ 279,376

Donations in-kind 60,000 60,000

351,130 339,376

Expenses:

Salaries and benefits 218,760 159,430

Administration 71,269 61,705

Rent 45,600 45,600

Office 21,506 20,210

Other 8,190 7,040

365,325 293,985

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses $ (14,195) $ 45,391


Jessica Barlow

Shasta Benaim

Caitlin Bouché

Trevor Brown

Katherine Bueti

Hope Buset

Daniel Chornopyski

David Cordingley

Travis De Laronde [articling student-at-

law]

Silvia De Sousa

Jessica Dillon

Heather Dixon

Susan Eros

Noah Fishman

Adrian Frost

Marvin Giesbrecht

Kendra Goertzen

Maria Grande

Sarah Gravelines

Paul Hesse

Daniel Hildebrand

Vivian Hilder

Jeff Hirsch

The Honourable Gerald Jewers

Nihar Kaushal [articling student-at-law]

Robynne Kazina

Tanya Keller

Ian Laxer

Jerritt Lipsky

Donald MacDonald

Nunziata Masi

Alison McCullough-Butchart

Erin McNicol

Jennifer McRae

Alexandra Miles

Daniel Minuk

Maria Mitousis

Laure Moody

Sacha Nelson [articling student-at-law]

Jennifer Neufeld

Sacha Paul

Sandi Phillips

Nicole Philp [articling student-at-law]

Clay Purves

Vivian Rachlis

Tamara Reimer [articling student-at-law]

Kelly Riediger

Julia Ryckman [articling student-at-law]

Cory Shangreaux

James Shaw

David Silver

Nicholas Slonosky

Nicole Smith

Stacey Soldier

Deborah Son [articling student-at-law]

Michael Soronow

Hilary Taylor

Gerrit Theule

Shelby Thomas [articling student-at-law]

Sarah Thomson

Lynda Troup

Heather Wadsworth

Eleanor Wiebe

Kyla Wills

Lynne Wilson

Our Volunteer Lawyers – LHC’s Foundation Without a solid foundation intact, a building does not have the strength it needs to stand firm over a passage of time. And this is also the case for the invaluable support our volunteer lawyers provide to Legal Help Centre. Without our volunteers, we would not have the strength nor the stability we need to keep our services going for those that access them.

We have lawyers who have volunteered since the inception of Legal Help Centre, and are still committed to generously providing their time and wisdom to our Centre. Katherine L. Bueti, a partner with Bueti Wasyliw Wiebe, recounts her experience of being involved from the beginning:

“I did the first Legal Help Centre shift at the original space at the University of Winnipeg. We had no idea how many people would show up or what their needs would be. The clinic has come a long way since then, in this time when access to justice is a concern for everyone. Legal Help Centre is more important than ever before. There is no shortage of people to help. Every shift, there are people from every walk of life. The demand far outweighs the supply. The clinic could be open every day and the rooms would be full. It is some of the most important work we can do as lawyers. I encourage everyone to get involved. Sometimes giving your time is the most important difference you can make in someone’s life.”

Jeff Hirsch, a partner with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, is a big proponent of increasing accessibility to legal services for all members of our community. Mr. Hirsch is therefore a strong supporter of the work Legal Help Centre does for its clients for this and other reasons:

“I like to think of Legal Help Centre as a win-win. For the clients, it is a place where they are able to receive tangible, timely and much-needed help. For students about to become a part of the profession, it is a place where they get to learn from ‘doing’, improve their skills, and hang out with us ‘older’ practitioners. For me, the LHC, as a client-centered access to justice provider, represents the absolute best of our profession!”

THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!

Making the law work for everyone

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