Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) and the Ending Violence Association of British Columbia (EVA BC) launched a new program today geared to help workers facing sexual harassment on the job. Called […]
By Aleem Bharmal, QC, Human Rights Lawyer
Updated May 6, 2021
The BC Human Rights Clinic is representing an Indigenous mother in the case RR v Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS) which is set to proceed to hearing at […]
CLAS is hiring a full-time Finance Officer who will work closely with the Executive Director as well as the Managing Director (“Senior Management”). The key responsibilities of this position are to assume the primary day-to-day responsibility of the financial-related activities of […]
It is with great pleasure that the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) announces that Jacqui Mendes will be the new Executive Director of CLAS, commencing January 6, 2020. Jacqui will join CLAS with over 25 years of organizational leadership experience in […]
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
VANCOUVER, BC / OTTAWA, ON – On November 6, 2019, the Community Legal Assistance Society (“CLAS”) will be at the Supreme Court of Canada arguing that powerful companies like Uber should not be able to […]
CLAS is hiring a new full-time Executive Director to lead the organization into the important next phase of its history, building upon the strong foundational achievements of the past 48 years. We are pleased to announce that we have retained Leaders […]
It has been almost a dozen years now since I was given the great honour of leading this amazing organization, the Community Legal Assistance Society (“CLAS”). Over that time, our organization has weathered financial crises; been successful on a number of […]
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
Community groups joined together to express disappointment in “A Pathway to Hope” – the provincial mental health and addictions strategy announced yesterday by the Premier and the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. The strategy sets […]
On June 26, 2019 the BC government announced – “A Pathway to Hope” – a 10-year provincial strategy to transform the BC mental health and addictions system. In an open letter the BC Civil Liberties Association, Community Legal Assistance Society, Pivot […]
The Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) is seeking an articling student to start May 2020, with flexibility on the start date. This position is for a full articling term of 12 months, including PLTC. This articling position is funded by a special […]