This September, over 100 APB volunteer lawyers will provide free legal advice in the streets of Vancouver, New Westminster, Kelowna and Victoria to raise awareness and funds for APB's pro bono programs. The free legal advice-a-thon-- entitled Pro Bono Going Public 2012-- will facilitate access to justice for low- and modest-income people, including the homeless, by bringing APB's pro bono legal services outdoors where they are visible and accessible by all.

Several BC law firms and justice system stakeholders have stepped up to sponsor Pro Bono Going Public 2012, thus permitting APB to cover the infrastructure costs of holding large outdoor legal advice clinics in four different cities.

They are:

• Canadian Bar Association -BC Branch (Presenting Sponsor)
• MNP LLP (Presenting Sponsor)
• Law Society of BC
• Lawson Lundell LLP
• McCarthy Tétrault LLP
• Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
• Victoria Bar Association
• Pryke Lambert Leathley Russell LLP
• Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP
• Ratcliff & Company LLP
• Kelowna Bar Association
• Richards Buell Sutton LLP
• Advicescene.com
• Stikeman Elliott LLP
• Vancouver Bar Association
• ProMacSupport