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Congratulations to Heather Taskey for receiving one of this year's Chief Justice Wagner Awards In 2020, with the support of the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada, PBSC launched the Chief Justice Richard Wagner Awards to recognize our outstanding student volunteers across the country. The awards recognize one volunteer from each participating law school Chapter who has demonstrated exemplary leadership and commitment to PBSC’s mission of providing free legal support to people and communities facing barriers to justice. We are so lucky to have Heather on our Not In My City Project to fight against human trafficking. Keep shining brightly, Heather!

This is a friendly reminder to register for PBSC’s first-ever National Volunteer Appreciation Event, taking place virtually on Friday, March 26th from 1:00 2:30pm MST. This event will celebrate the dedication and commitment of our volunteers and community partners across the country. Please see the attached poster for more details. If you haven’t already, you can register for the event here: https://buff.ly/2OT9xN0 ... Please note that registration will close on March 24th end of day. PBSC is grateful to our National Law Firm Partner, McCarthy Tétrault, for generously hosting this special, bilingual event. The participation link and instructions will be provided on March 25th to everyone who registers.

Today we are celebrating International Women's Day This year we #ChooseToChallenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world. We are so proud of all of our female volunteers and community partners. You are all amazing ... #IWD2021

Don't forget 2021-2022 Program Coordinator applications are due Monday, March 8, 2021 As a Program Coordinator, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of PBSC’s programming. Specific tasks include, but are not limited to: Relationship and partnership management with public interest organizations, community groups, legal clinics, government agencies, law firms, legal practitioners, judges; Designing and launching PBSC projects;... Managing a portfolio of 130-150 PBSC placements, including implementing effective conflict resolution skills to oversee and troubleshoot any issues that may arise; Serving as the face of PBSC’s University of Calgary Chapter; Collecting statistics and data, and reporting back to National Office; Managing an annual budget with support from a finance officer; and, Maintaining professionalism and integrity, and embodying PBSC’s values at all times. If this sounds like something you are interested in, email a cover letter indicating which position you are applying for, your resumé, and a list of three references with contact information to [email protected] All 1st year law students at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law are encouraged to apply and no previous PBSC experience is required! For more information, please see the CareerLink posting or contact the PBSC University of Calgary Program Coordinators, Aviaah Randhawa and Holly Kegel, at [email protected]. See more

Nominations are officially closed! Thank you to everyone who nominated an outstanding PBSC volunteer for this year’s Chief Justice Richard Wagner Awards. We will share our winner with you soon! #actionforjustice

Happening today! Join the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench and the UCalgary Faculty of Law for a joint symposium presentation on transgender inclusivity & the Trans ID clinic with current law students & PBSC alumni: Jennifer Goodhart, 3L Kerrin Rodrigues, 3L... Aviaah Randhawa, 2L Jay Moch, JD'19 January 26 1 - 2 p.m. See more

Jan 26: Join us - Transgender Inclusivity and the Trans ID Clinic Join the Court of Queen's Bench and the Faculty of Law for a joint symposium presentation on transgender inclusivity and the Trans ID clinic with current law students and PBSC alumni, including: Jennifer Goodhart, 3L Kerrin Rodrigues, 3L... Aviaah Randhawa, 2L Jay Moch, JD'19 Tuesday, January 26 1 - 2 p.m. Email [email protected] to register. See you there!

To our students, best of luck with your exams We wish you a very happy holiday season and look forward to connecting with you in the New Year. Thank you for your continued support of PBSC and access to justice We could not do what we do without you!

PBSC is approaching its annual blackout period, starting at 5:00pm on December 4, 2020. We are available in an emergency, but will not be responding to emails regularly after this time. Project work will not resume until after January 22, 2021. Nevertheless, if students would like to volunteer during this time, they are more than welcome. ... Thank-you to all of our volunteers for another amazing semester

PBSC has entered into a formal three-year partnership with Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP ( @Blakes ) for the support of our Trans ID Clinic in three locations, including the Calgary Trans ID Clinic We could not be more pleased with our partnership up until this point, and we are so excited to be able to collaborate for years to come We would not be able to continue this project without Blakes' funding and without SkippingStones as our community partner. Thank-you for everything

Congrats to the winner of our giveaway - Catherine Wong Catherine is a volunteer with our Civil Claims Duty Counsel project in collaboration with Pro Bono Law Alberta: "Civil Claims Duty Counsel advances access to justice by providing legal assistance to self-represented litigants " Enjoy your Amazon gift card courtesy of Thomson Reuters Canada!