Mr. Aleem Bharmal, KC is a human rights lawyer with the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) and was its former Executive Director for 12 years from late 2007 to the end of 2019.

Mr. Bharmal has practiced human right law at CLAS for almost 25 years and has litigated some of the leading human rights cases in the province.

In 2016, he was awarded the CBABC President’s Medal in recognition of his significant contributions to the legal profession.

In 2019, he was appointed Queen’s Counsel by the Attorney General of BC in recognition of his major contributions to the law in BC.

Mr. Bharmal served as the President of the Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch for the 2022-23 term and is serving as a twice-elected Bencher of the Law Society of BC for 2024-25/26-27.