News & Events

New Programs

Mock Trials are Back
Due to teacher requests, JES has reinstated bookings for mock trials at our Vancouver Law Courts, Lower Mainland West, Lower Mainland South Fraser, Victoria and Okanagan offices. [more]

Resource Updates

Resource of the Month
Being an Active Citizen is a 5-year program with 10 lessons per year for Social Studies grades 7-11. It enhances curriculum on law, government and citizenship by teaching students about the political and justice systems in Canada and BC and giving them tools and confidence to be active citizens. [more]

Website of the Month
LawProject.ca helps students learn about BC justice issues by integrating videos, images and text to provide learning resources that students can then work with to create their own videos to explain their view on a justice issue. Teachers can modify supplied lesson plans to deliver instruction that is customized to meet their needs. [more]

Program Updates

Justice System Education Program
Tamarah Prevost, a project assistant with JES, will facilitate the Justice System Education Program (JSEP) in our Lower Mainland South Fraser office for two days per week until the end of March. [more]

International Program
The Society’s International Program has recorded many recent accomplishments in its work throughout Central America. [more]

Courtlink Testimonials
Courtlinks are part of the Northern Native Public Legal Education Program, which is ran out of our Northern Office in Prince George. Recently, Annette Russell, the Society’s Aboriginal Programs Coordinator, received two testimonials from a teacher and principal whose classes participated in the program. [more]

Current Projects

The Society is working on a number of exciting projects right now. Many of these projects are due in March – so stay tuned for forthcoming news about each of these… [more]

Events

Court Information Program for Immigrants Events
The Binh Luong, the Chinese and Vietnamese Court Worker for the Court Information Program for Immigrants, will be speaking and answering questions twice in February. [more]

Pro-D Day Teachers Training Workshop
JES is holding a free Pro-D Day Teachers Training Workshop on  Youth Against Violence: Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls. This program focuses on mobilizing youth groups across BC to plan awareness-raising events in their communities. [more]

Society News

JES welcomes two new staff members and is also hiring a communications coordinator. [more]