JOB DESCRIPTION

Notetakers – Housing Law Reform Project or Escheat Act Modernization Project


Interested in learning about how law reform agencies do their work? The British Columbia Law Institute (BCLI) seek two UBC law student to support our team in notetaking for our housing law reform project and Escheat Act Modernization Project. The successful candidates will have an interest in fundamental legal and systemic issues and the development of better laws for all peoples in British Columbia.

Housing Law Reform Project

As the dream of home ownership appears to be increasingly out of reach for many British Columbians, many people are looking to alternative solutions that are not freehold ownership. The goal of this project is to identify and consider law reform options related to leaseholds which could create, strengthen, grow, or protect access to affordable, secure and quality housing in the province.

This is a part-time position that requires around 10 hours a month of work from February 2025 to June 2026 for the Housing Law Reform Project

Escheat Act Modernization Project

This project on the BC Escheat Act is exploring pathways for modernizing and aligning this area of law with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN Declaration).

This is a part-time position that requires around 10 hours a month of work from spring of 2025 to spring of 2026 for the Escheat Act Modernization Project.

Working on this project will involve regularly attending monthly meetings with the interdisciplinary project committee, using AI transcription software to produce a transcript of the meetings, and offering technical support for virtual meetings when needed.

Work will be done remotely, but a workspace is available in our offices at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, located on the unceded territories of the Musqueam (xʷmәθkʷәy̓әm), Squamish (Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw), and Tsleil-Waututh (Sәlílwi әtaʔ/Selilwitulh) peoples. Students will be paid $22.50 an hour for this position. We will only be accepting applications from current law students at UBC.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Applicants are being accepted until the position is filled.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit a copy of your resume to Ken Chau, Communications Manager, at [email protected] with the subject line “Notetaker Position”. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions about the position, including any requests to meet your accessibility needs in relation to the application process.

ABOUT US

The British Columbia Law Institute (BCLI) is a not-for-profit law reform agency that has worked to improve and modernize the law since 1997. Our work is intended to strengthen laws, develop just and innovative solutions, and increase access to justice in British Columbia through independent scholarly research, writing and educational tools for law reform.

The BCLI has recently launched our Reconciling Crown Legal Frameworks Program, which researches ways to align Crown laws with BC’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. This work program supports making Crown laws consistent with Indigenous governance and the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.