Access Pro Bono (APB) seeks an articling student to start in September 2026. This position is for a full articling term of 12 months, including PREP. Under the supervision of the student’s principal, APB’s Executive Director, and working closely with APB’s Program Managers and Staff Lawyers, the articling student will support APB’s Roster, Tribunals, and Summary Advice Programs.

APB’s Mission

APB’s mission is to promote access to justice in British Columbia by providing and fostering quality pro bono legal services for people and non-profit organizations of limited means. Our clients include some of the province’s most vulnerable and at-risk residents – single parents, people with disabilities, newcomers, refugees, seniors, youth, and unhoused individuals – many of whom risk losing employment, housing or custody of their children without free or affordable legal help.

Articling with APB

The APB articling experience is unique in that it offers students the opportunity to build their file management, advocacy, interviewing, research, and writing skills across a wide spectrum of legal areas. APB’s staff and volunteers serve clients in the areas of civil litigation, family litigation and mediation, administrative law, wills and estate planning and litigation, not-for-profit, and charities law. In addition, the articling student will have the opportunity to collaborate with other community and social justice organizations on issues affecting people with low and modest incomes and other intersecting vulnerabilities.

The APB articling student will have the opportunity to engage in supervised court work and client service in some or all of the following courts and tribunals:

• BC Provincial Court (civil and family)

• BC Supreme Court (civil chambers matters, family, and judicial reviews)

• Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal

• Social Security Tribunal

• Federal Court

• Employment Standards Branch

• Residential Tenancy Branch

• BC Human Rights Tribunal

The APB articling student will serve as junior counsel to APB staff lawyers and volunteers. They will have the opportunity to support senior counsel through legal research, drafting pleadings, preparing affidavits, communicating with clients, and developing case strategies. In addition, the APB articling student will have direct contact with clients and their own files to manage from start to finish.

The salary for this position is $65,000, and APB will cover the articling student’s Practice Readiness Education Program (PREP) fees. This position will involve a mixture of onsite and remote work.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should email emonahan@accessprobono.ca by 4:30pm on Friday, March 20 2026 with your cover letter addressed to Erin Monahan, Director of Projects and Operations. Please include your cover letter, resume, and law school transcripts attached in PDF format as one continuous document.

APB is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, representative of the diverse communities that make up BC. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified applicants. Applicants from traditionally underrepresented or marginalized groups including Indigenous people, people of colour, LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities are encouraged to self-identify in their cover letter if they feel comfortable doing so.

Only candidates who are shortlisted for an interview will be contacted. Interviews will take place on a rolling basis.

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