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After the passage of the French Language Services Act (1986) a group
of concerned Windsor citizens wanted to expand French language legal
services in the Windsor area. They first wanted to establish a French
language legal clinic in Windsor but they did not get the support for that
from the Clinic Funding Committee in Toronto. They did, however, get
support for the establishment of a Bilingual Legal Clinic and that was
done in 1987.
The first lawyer at the clinic was Jacques Chartrand, a lawyer from
Ottawa while Marie Laforge was the first secretary. She is still with the
Clinic and now is the Clinic's Office Manager.
The Letters Patent were granted February 22, 1988 and the following
people signed the first letters patent: William Joseph St. Pierre, Robert
Beaudoin, Marcel Alphonse Bergeron, Brian Charles Ducharme, Aline
Marie Gisele Harrison, Cecile Marie Sylvestre, Rose Lynn Voyvodic,
Dave Cassivi, Pamela Pons-Lauzon, Donald Eugene Lassaline, Prof.
Neil Gold, Natale Maria Vella, Jacques Joseph Kenny, Bernadette
Grenier
From the beginning, the francophone community of Windsor and Essex
County has supported the Clinic by acting on the Board of Directors
and encouraging the Clinic in its manadate to serve Francophones. The
Clinic Funding Committee maintained its financial support of the Clinic
and when the new corporation of Legal Aid Ontario took over from
Ontario Legal Aid which had been administered by the Law Society of
Upper Canada, the Clinic was rolled into the new corporation. Since
that event all of the clinics in Ontario (there are over seventy) have
done better financially. The clinics have obtained better equipment,
furnishings, training and salary increases. The Windsor-Essex Bilingual
Legal Clinic has benefited from these changes. The Clinic is fully
funded - there is no fund raising component to the work of the Clinic.
of concerned Windsor citizens wanted to expand French language legal
services in the Windsor area. They first wanted to establish a French
language legal clinic in Windsor but they did not get the support for that
from the Clinic Funding Committee in Toronto. They did, however, get
support for the establishment of a Bilingual Legal Clinic and that was
done in 1987.
The first lawyer at the clinic was Jacques Chartrand, a lawyer from
Ottawa while Marie Laforge was the first secretary. She is still with the
Clinic and now is the Clinic's Office Manager.
The Letters Patent were granted February 22, 1988 and the following
people signed the first letters patent: William Joseph St. Pierre, Robert
Beaudoin, Marcel Alphonse Bergeron, Brian Charles Ducharme, Aline
Marie Gisele Harrison, Cecile Marie Sylvestre, Rose Lynn Voyvodic,
Dave Cassivi, Pamela Pons-Lauzon, Donald Eugene Lassaline, Prof.
Neil Gold, Natale Maria Vella, Jacques Joseph Kenny, Bernadette
Grenier
From the beginning, the francophone community of Windsor and Essex
County has supported the Clinic by acting on the Board of Directors
and encouraging the Clinic in its manadate to serve Francophones. The
Clinic Funding Committee maintained its financial support of the Clinic
and when the new corporation of Legal Aid Ontario took over from
Ontario Legal Aid which had been administered by the Law Society of
Upper Canada, the Clinic was rolled into the new corporation. Since
that event all of the clinics in Ontario (there are over seventy) have
done better financially. The clinics have obtained better equipment,
furnishings, training and salary increases. The Windsor-Essex Bilingual
Legal Clinic has benefited from these changes. The Clinic is fully
funded - there is no fund raising component to the work of the Clinic.
History of the Clinic
Home > History of the Clinic
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1986
Passage of French Language
Services Act
1987
Windsor-Essex Bilingual Legal
Clinic opens its doors
1988
Letters Patent granted
2007
Windsor-Essex Bilingual Legal
Clinic celebrates its 20th
anniversary
Passage of French Language
Services Act
1987
Windsor-Essex Bilingual Legal
Clinic opens its doors
1988
Letters Patent granted
2007
Windsor-Essex Bilingual Legal
Clinic celebrates its 20th
anniversary
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