Title Sponsor
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.
MEDIA SPONSOR
Global BC has been British Columbia’s leading television station for over 60 years. With its flagship newscast Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui and the only provincial 24-hour news channel, Global News: BC1; Global BC is the place more British Columbians turn to for local news than any other news station.
Global BC provides viewers with award-winning journalism, digging deeper to find the truths behind major issues that matter most to residents, and unique stories that they won’t find anywhere else.
Supreme Court Sponsors
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.
At BLG, we are proud of our strong tradition of pro bono representation. Our pro bono initiatives make a profound difference for people and organizations that otherwise would be unable to access the legal system. As Canada’s Law Firm, we are honoured to have taken on a leadership role in our profession and in the regions we serve across the country.
BLG Vancouver is pleased to continue our support of Access Pro Bono and is committed to advancing the welfare of our community.
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.
McMillan is a leading business law firm serving public, private and not-for-profit clients across key industries in Canada, the United States and internationally. With recognized expertise and acknowledged leadership in major business sectors, we provide solutions-oriented legal advice through our offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal. At McMillan, we’re proud to give ample time and legal expertise to people and organizations in our community who need our help, at no cost. Our firm values – respect, teamwork, commitment, client service and professional excellence – are at the heart of McMillan’s commitment to serve our clients, our local communities and the legal profession.
Hunter Litigation Chambers is a twenty-two-lawyer litigation boutique in Vancouver. The practice of the firm is restricted to dispute resolution, with an emphasis on commercial litigation and arbitration, class actions, labour and employment, criminal and regulatory, and constitutional and administrative law. Hunter Litigation Chambers maintains a top-ranking position in renowned third-party guides including Lexpert Canada, the Chambers Global Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Benchmark Canada, and Best Lawyers of Canada.
Appeal Court Sponsors
Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP is a leading full-service law firm with offices in Vancouver, Kelowna, and Toronto. We provide a wide range of litigation, dispute resolution, and business law services to clients throughout Canada and beyond. We have a proud 50-year history, with over 100 lawyers providing thoughtful, practical legal advice to governments and municipalities, regional, national, and international companies, and individuals, in virtually all areas of law. We also strive to make a lasting, positive impact in our communities, recognizing that our position creates an excellent opportunity for us to give back.
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.
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.
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.
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP provides unparalleled value to our clients by combining
the deep resources of a global firm with the highest level of personal service
in the business. As a full-service, international law firm, we are strong in all
of the traditional areas of legal practice and offer clients the knowledge base
of a broad array of innovative practice groups and integrated specialties.
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.
The Law Society of British Columbia is the licensing and regulatory body for lawyers in BC. It protects the public by setting and enforcing standards of professional and ethical conduct for lawyers, as well as provides information and resources for both lawyers and the public on the standards of conduct, the complaints and discipline process, and hearings, which are conducted independently by the Law Society Tribunal. The Law Society’s vision is to be a leading regulator that promotes a culture of innovation and inclusivity in responding to the challenges and opportunities in the delivery and regulation of legal services. The Law Society also brings a voice to issues affecting the justice system and the delivery of legal services in BC.
macushlaw is a certified B Corp law firm providing proportionate, modern, and strategic legal counsel to purpose driven organizations and the people that build, run and invest in them. macushlaw provides a range of corporate, commercial, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, governance, compliance, employment, wills and estates and Aboriginal law services to non-profits, charities, First Nations, housing providers, impact enterprises and small businesses. As a benefit company and B Corp, macushlaw has enumerated public interest aims which it pursues alongside profit, including annual donation and community contribution time commitments. The firm is proud to support APB’s Pro Bono Going Public as an appeal court sponsor this year.
Veritext Canada is the leader in litigation support solutions with a proven track record of industry excellence. We provide coverage across all of North America, with unparalleled client service, advanced technology, and state-of-the-art conference rooms. Our in-person, remote and hybrid solutions utilize the latest easy-to-use technologies to streamline the discovery process, facilitate mediations and arbitrations, and reliably handle the most complex cases, including e-trials. We believe in community over competition and are committed to innovation and development, along with unmatched data security, to progress the Canadian legal landscape and support access to justice.
Trial Court Sponsors
