Free Legal Clinics: Pro Bono Work

Vancouver Sun Dept: What a waste, she thought. She served on the board of a newcomer support agency and became a mentor for other immigrant lawyers to connect them with the legal profession, helping them to become lawyers. She provided free legal advice to caregivers on how to hurdle seemingly insurmountable rules to bring their families to Canada, according to Vancouver Sun. There needs to be a change, and she knows she wants to be part of that change. She believes non-profit agencies do their best, but if policies were changed, the root of the problem could be addressed. She believes there is work to be done through elected office, perhaps at the federal level. Or the provincial. She is not sure. She is a little afraid, and excited about the surely challenging work. She is concerned about how political life might affect her family life. Can she handle the cloak-and-dagger competitiveness? The gruelling campaigns? She has watched female politicians -- how do they do it and i want to tell you about a woman I know, who shall be called Alma not her real name . She is a lawyer from the Philippines with large dreams and a large heart. She came to Canada very young and already a lawyer. She saw how she could never be a lawyer here unless she went to law school in Canada; she did that, and passed the bar. Meantime, she did pro bono work at free legal clinics and saw the plight of many immigrant nurses and teachers working hard as caregivers and care aides; engineers and doctors working hard as taxi drivers and clerks, their dreams of prosperous lives in Canada dashed. Alma looks around the "paradise" called Canada, herself a lawyer working in a tribunal, her child in a good school, a bright future. But the future is not bright for everyone. In her heart, Alma asks: Why should it not be bright for everyone who has skills and puts in a decent effort? As reported in the news.
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