Awarded annually by the Canadian Bar Association's BC Branch, the Harry Rankin QC Pro Bono Award recognizes significant contributions of: pro bono legal services to a client; community organizing in establishing pro bono clinics; coordinating pro bono services, and education and advocacy work to promote pro bono culture.

On Saturday, June 21 in Vancouver, CBABC President Dean Crawford presented the 2014 Harry Rankin QC Pro Bono Award to Jamie Maclaren, Executive Director of Access Pro Bono and a Vancouver Bencher of the Law Society of BC, for his leadership in provincial and national initiatives to increase access to justice through pro bono legal service.

Read Jamie's acceptance speech here.