The Benchers offer awards and scholarships to members of the legal community in recognition of achievement and service to the public and the profession.
The Law Society also sponsors the Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism to recognize a journalist or team of journalists for a story about legal issues, the administration of justice or the legal profession in BC.
Each year the Law Society honours longstanding members of the profession through the presentation of 50 and 60-year certificates.
The Law Society awards gold medals to graduating faculty of law students from the province’s three law schools who have achieved the highest grade point average.
The Law Society Excellence in Family Law Award recognizes lawyers who have made specific contributions to the advancement of justice for families.
The Law Society Award for Leadership in Legal Aid recognizes lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the provision of legal aid in BC.
The Law Society Diversity and Inclusion Award honours lawyers who have made significant contributions to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession or the law in BC.
The Law Society Scholarship is meant to encourage a law graduate to complete a program of graduate legal studies that will benefit the student, the province and the legal profession.
The Indigenous Scholarship aims to enhance the retention of Indigenous lawyers by supporting the development of Indigenous leaders and role models in the legal academic community.