NonprofitsLaw Society Of British Columbia

Community Improvement & Capacity Building

Law Society Of British Columbia

CANADA

Total revenue

$52.6M

Total expenses

$58.7M

Net assets

$141.1M

Grants received

EIN

981548924

Tax year

2024

Mission

The Law Society of British Columbia regulates the legal profession in BC, protecting the public interest in the administration of justice by setting and enforcing standards of professional conduct for lawyers. The Law Society also brings a voice to issues affecting the justice system and the delivery of legal services.

Programs

2 programs

Indemnification Program protects the profession and the public from the risks associated with the practice of law by providing high quality liability indemnity coverage for lawyers. The program delivers claims and risk management and underwriting services.

Education & Practice program services include support to lawyers for all inquiries and activities relating to fee billings, status changes, unclaimed trust funds and the administration for the reporting of continuing professional development. It also includes ensuring new and transferring lawyers are properly qualified to practice law, administrating the professional legal training course to prospective lawyers, and providing lawyers with remedial programs to those identified through practice reviews.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants
Program service revenue$36.8M
Investment income$12.1M
Other revenue$3.7M
Total revenue$52.6M

Expenses

Grants paid$57K
Salaries & benefits$24.1M
Fundraising
Other expenses$34.6M
Total expenses$58.7M
Total assets$239.5M
Net assets$141.1M

People

45 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Don Avison KC

CEO, Executive Director

Board

$412K

35 hrs/wk

Adam Whitcombe KC

Deputy Executive Director, Deputy CEO

Board

$251K

35 hrs/wk

Su Forbes KC

Chief Operating Officer, LIF

Board

$229K

35 hrs/wk

Jeanette McPhee

CFO/ Director of Trust Regulation

Board

$224K

35 hrs/wk

Natasha Dookie

Chief Legal Officer

Board

$183K

35 hrs/wk

Kerryn Holt

COO

Board

$166K

35 hrs/wk

Jeevyn Dhaliwal

President

Board

$91K

0

Brook Greenberg

First Vice-President

Board

$32K

0

Lindsay R LeBlanc

Second Vice-President

Board

$32K

0

Paul Barnett

Appointed Bencher

Board

$10K

0

Natasha Tony

Appointed Bencher

Board

$7K

0

Dr Jan Lindsay

Appointed Bencher

Board

$7K

0

Michele Ross

Appointed Bencher

Board

$7K

0

Sasha Hobbs

Appointed Bencher

Board

$5K

0

Simran Bains

Appointed Bencher

Board

$5K

0

Aleem Bharmal

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Tanya Chamberlain

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Nikki L Charlton

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Jennifer Chow

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Christina Cook

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Tim Delaney

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Cheryl DSa

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Brian Dybwad

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Ravi R Hira

Elected Bencher

Board

0

James Legh

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Benjamin D Levine

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Jaspreet Singh Malik

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Jay Michi

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Georges Rivard

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Gurminder Sandhu

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Thomas L Spraggs

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Barbara Stanely

Elected Bencher

Board

0

James Struthers

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Michael F Welsh

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Kevin B Westell

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Gaynor C Yeung

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Jonathan Yuen

Elected Bencher

Board

0

Gurprit Bains

Deputy Chief Legal Officer

Staff

$186K

35 hrs/wk

Lesley Small

Senior Director, Credentials, PD and Practice Support

Staff

$183K

35 hrs/wk

Tara McPhail

Director of Discipline and External Litigation

Staff

$175K

35 hrs/wk

Michael Lucas

General Counsel/Senior Policy Counsel

Staff

$167K

35 hrs/wk

Alison Kirby

Tribunal Counsel

Staff

$163K

35 hrs/wk

Carolyn Anderson

Director of IER and Practice Standards

Staff

$162K

35 hrs/wk

Michael Rhodes

Director of Custodianship and Unauthorized Practice

Staff

$162K

35 hrs/wk

Claire Marchant

Director, Policy and Practice Support

Staff

$160K

35 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

Killam Cordell

Legal services

$844K

Dives Harper Stanger Mizrahi LLP

Legal services

$696K

Dentons Canada LLP

Legal services

$634K

Webster Hudson & Coombe LLP

Legal service

$487K

QA Law

Legal Services

$475K

Details

EIN981548924
NTEE codeS41
Subsection06
Ruling date2021-01
Formed1874
Employees0
Volunteers0
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