Recent UBC Law graduates Charles Hutchinson and Theressa Etmanski are the inaugural recipients of the Beverley McLachlin Legal Access Award. The award recognizes students who choose to help underserved populations by pursuing articling positions in a rural community or with a social justice/public interest organization.
Hutchinson is currently articling with a sole practitioner based out of Vanderhoof, a small community in interior BC with roughly 4,500 residents. Etmanski is articling with the Legal Services Society which provides legal aid to low-income individuals.
For more information, visit http://www.law.ubc.ca/news/2012/oct/10_04_12_mclachlin.html
