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1 I. SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS LSLAP is a non-profit organization that relies on the generous support of public and private entities to maintain its services to the citizens of the Lower Mainland. First and foremost, LSLAP would like to acknowledge the generous grants given by two major funders: Additionally, LSLAP would like to thank Human Resources and Skills Development Canada for their continuing contributions to our summer program through the Canada Summer Jobs program. i

2 II. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Listed below are the names of the editors and resource persons who were responsible for editing the substantive content of the Manual, and whose efforts made the 2013 edition of the Manual possible. The Greater Vancouver Law Students Legal Advice Society wishes to thank all contributors and acknowledge their efforts on the Manual. The Editor would also like to thank the Executive, Supervising Lawyers, and summer clinicians for assisting with the production and distribution of the Manual. Chapter One: Criminal Law Editor: Lu Zhao, 2L Resource Person: Leslie-Anne Wall, Law Students Legal Advice Program Criminal Supervising Lawyer Chapter Two: Youth Justice Editor: Lu Zhao, 2L Resource Person: Jason Tarnow, Tarnow Criminal Law Chapter Three: Family Law Editors: Aaron Kim, 3L Resource Person: Nikki Allen, Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin Chapter Four: Victims Editor: Daniel McBain, 2L Resource Person: Erin Hobday, Victim Services & Crime Prevention Government of British Columbia ii

3 Chapter Five: Public Complaint Procedures Editor: Anne-Marie Zapf-Belanger, 2L Resource Person: Douglas King, Pivot Legal Society Chapter Six: Human Rights Editor: Daniel Hsu, 3L Resource Person: Daniel Soiseth, Community Legal Assistance Society Chapter Seven: Workers Compensation Editor: Tony Tso, 2L Resource Person: Rolf Harrison, Rush Crane Guenther Chapter Eight: Employment Insurance Editor: Dawid Cieloszczyk, 2L Resource Person: Sarah Khan, BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre Chapter Nine: Employment Law Editor: Julia Hung, 3L Resource Person: Simon Kent, Kent Employment Law iii

4 Chapter Ten: Creditors Remedies and Debtors Assistance Editor: Spencer Schmidt, 2L Resource Persons: Julie Jaggernath Education Media Manager Credit Counselling Society Debora Kwasnicky D. Kwasnicky and Association Chapter Eleven: Consumer Protection Editor: Christopher Crisman-Cox, 2L Resource Person: Katherine Dann BC Ministry of Justice Chapter Twelve: Automobile Insurance Editor: Yu Meng Zhu, 2L Resource Person: Derek Mah Murphy Battista LLP Chapter Thirteen: Motor Vehicle Law Editor: Yu Meng Zhu, 2L Resource Person: Faraz Arabi, Myers Karp Patey & Allingham Chapter Fourteen: Mental Health Law Editor: Greg Rabin, 3L Resource Person: Diane Nielsen Community Legal Assistance Society iv

5 Chapter Fifteen: Guardianship Editor: Sylvia Yong, 2L Resource Person: Kathleen Cunningham, Public Guardian and Trustee's Office Chapter Sixteen: Wills and Estates Editor: Christopher Crisman-Cox, 2L Resource Person: Richard Wenner, Coric Adler Wenner Chapter Seventeen: Citizenship Law Editor: Emily Gray, 3L Resource Person: Tim Bailey, Elgin, Cannon & Associates Chapter Eighteen: Immigration Law Editor: Emily Gray, 3L Resource Person: Tim Bailey, Elgin, Cannon & Associates Chapter Nineteen: Landlord and Tenant Law Editors: Michelle Beda, 3L Resource Persons: Martha Jane Lewis, BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support TRAC Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre Michael Bertoldi Bertoldi & Company Legal Services v

6 Chapter Twenty: Small Claims Editor: Justin McGregor, 2L Resource Person: Garret Munroe, Munroe & Company Chapter Twenty-One: Welfare Law Editors: Melissa Neate, 2L Resource Person: Alison Ward Community Legal Assistance Society vi

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