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One of the leading law firms in Western Canada, Vancouver’s Harper Grey has been a part of the local legal landscape for more than a century. We are proud of our 117-year history and the role that we have played and continue to play in the shaping of our province’s laws.
Offering the expertise of over 95 lawyers, and with proven expertise in a variety of industries, we are ready to help you with virtually any legal matter. Our commitment is to deliver top-quality legal work with a diverse team of skilled lawyers, known for their leadership and expertise. We prioritize transparent communication, honesty, and trust, ensuring timely and informed decision-making for our clients.
We offer the breadth of expertise you would expect from a national firm with the agility and personalized responsive client service of a regional firm. Our reach is expanded through our membership with TAG Alliances, a worldwide alliance of independent law firms which allows us to serve clients across the globe. Read more about our firm and how we can help you here.
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Supreme Court Sponsors
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP is a Canadian law firm focused on serving the transaction, advocacy, and advisory needs of the country’s most dynamic business sectors. Cassels offers one of the largest business law practices in Canada, advising clients from start-ups to multi-national organizations – across the street and around the world – and we are consistently cited as market leaders by such authorities as Chambers, Lexpert, and Best Lawyers. At Cassels, we believe that we have a responsibility to assist disadvantaged and marginalized people, as well as the charitable organizations working on their behalf, in seeking legal services that could otherwise remain out of reach.
Founded in 1964, Thorsteinssons is Canada’s largest firm practicing exclusively in tax. The Firm provides tax advice of the highest quality to clients around the world and has a reputation for dealing with highly complex matters. Working together, we share an uncompromising commitment to excellence in everything we do.
Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions. The global law firm has more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across more than 50 locations worldwide. With its global business principles of quality, unity and integrity, Norton Rose Fulbright is recognized for its client service in key industries, including financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets. Our nationwide pro bono practice in Canada seeks to provide much-needed legal assistance to people and organizations of limited means. We are proud that we can be an access point for the justice system, helping to strengthen the communities in which we live and work. Find out more information here.
Appeal Court Sponsors
The Canadian Bar Association is the largest legal professional association with 40,000 lawyers, students and judges in Canada, including over 8,000 here in BC. We connect our members to the people, knowledge, and skills they need to successfully practice law. We do this through community building, professional development, advocacy and wellness initiatives within the legal profession. Part of our mission is to improve and promote access to justice and so we are excited to support the Access Pro Bono Advice-a-thon for another year.
Crossroads Law is an award-winning firm committed to serving our communities and redefining what’s possible in family law. We help clients successfully navigate the family law system with a client-centred approach, focusing on solutions that meet the unique needs of each family. In support of expanding access to justice, we offer legal coaching which gives self-represented litigants control over their matter while receiving professional guidance in the background, in an accessible manner. Whether through full representation or legal coaching, our goal is to serve our communities with compassion, clarity, and innovation in every step of the legal journey.
Pro bono is a core part of Gowling WLG’s culture. For over 100 years, we’ve supported access to justice across our Canadian offices, offering legal help to charities, community groups, and individuals facing barriers. Our Vancouver team—over 80 legal professionals strong—provides trusted advice in business law, litigation, and intellectual property. We guide clients in a wide range of sectors, including technology, mining, telecommunications, biotechnology, and IT, delivering strategic, practical legal solutions tailored to their needs. We are proud to help build stronger communities through our commitment to service, equity, and meaningful legal support for those in need.
Lawson Lundell is a leading full service business law firm in Western and Northern Canada, known for our practical, strategic approach to legal and business problems. Our experience in providing a variety of legal services to a diverse range of clients provincially, nationally and internationally allows us to deliver quality client service, whatever a client’s particular needs. The approach and philosophy that guide our legal work has been developed through decades of working with our clients and understanding their business and industry objectives. We have over 210 lawyers based in offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Yellowknife and Kelowna, providing services to clients in many industry sectors and across a variety of practice areas.
We believe in using our resources to serve the greater good. We have a dedicated pro bono committee that vets initiatives proposed by lawyers to ensure that we are supporting quality programs in a meaningful way.