The Board maintains and manages funds received from interest on lawyers’ trust accounts and Yukon Law Foundation investments. The Board is not a Yukon government agency but the government does appoint one or more members.
The objectives of the foundation are to:
- contributing to the legal education and knowledge of members and the people of the Yukon;
- to establish, maintain and operate law libraries for public use;
- support research into recommendation for the reform of law and the administration of justice; and
- do other things that are incidental or conductive to the objects described in paragraphs (a) to (c)
- Authority: Legal Profession Act 2017, section 144(1)(2)(b)
- Type: advisory
- Appointment process: ministerial
- Requirements: no legislated criteria required to join
- Term: 3 years
- Meetings: 4 times per year
- Department: Justice
- Honoraria: none
Any Yukon resident is eligible to apply to serve on a government board or committee.
Apply
- Complete the application.
- Prepare a brief resume. This should include information relevant for sitting on the board or committee.
- Submit your completed application and resume.
In person: Inquiry Desk at 2071 Second Avenue in Whitehorse. We are open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Address your envelope "Attention: Boards and Committees Secretariat (CM-1)"
Email: boards.committees@yukon.ca
Mail:
Government of Yukon
Boards and Committees Secretariat (CM-1)
Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6
How members are selected
Members are appointed by a Minister, Cabinet or the Legislative Assembly.
School board and school council members can be elected or, in some cases, appointed.
Appointments to these boards are based on standing committee recommendations:
- Yukon Development Corporation
- Yukon Energy Corporation
- Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board
- Yukon Lottery Commission
- Yukon Recreation Advisory Committee
- Yukon Arts Advisory Council
- Yukon Utilities Board
- Yukon Council on the Economy and the Environment
- Yukon Human Rights Commission
Some boards and committees members are required to hold certain professional qualifications or affiliations.
- Jody Woodland, member from August 19, 2021, to August 18, 2024
- Mike Reynolds, member from August 12, 2023, to August 11, 2026
For questions about the Law Foundation Board of Directors (Yukon) email execdir@yukonlawfoundation.com or phone 867-667-7500, or fax 867-393-3904.