Legal Aid

July 18, 2012
A new website focused on family law in Nova Scotia has recently launched. Nova Scotia Family Law website aims to meet the needs of families and professional stakeholders involved with family justice...
Keywords: Article , Children and Youth, Family, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Women, Nova Scotia
July 18, 2012
Nova Scotia Family Law's website offers information relating to the law, processes, and services that make up family law in Nova Scotia. It can help you understand your family law issue and will...
Keywords: Online Resource , Children and Youth, Family, family law, family law, Government Policy, legal aid, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Nova Scotia, Organizations, Services
May 24, 2012
The Richmond Low Income Resource Directory has a full list of services for low income people in Richmond.
Keywords: Online Resource , Aboriginal and First Nations, Art and Culture, Children and Youth, Disability, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Directories
March 27, 2012
A report released yesterday calls on the provincial government to restore funding and begin a strategic reform of the criminal justice system. The report, “Justice Denied - The Causes of B.C.’s...
Keywords: Article , Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia
November 7, 2011
The Canadian Bar Association – BC Branch has launched a public education campaign for additional legal aid funding in BC, called We Need Legal Aid. The campaign’s website features information and...
Keywords: Online Resource , Legal Aid, Organizing, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
October 13, 2011
"We Need Legal Aid" is the name of a new website produced by the Canadian Bar Association BC to press for more provincial funding for legal aid in that province. http://www.weneedlegalaid.com You...
Keywords: Article , Legal Aid, British Columbia
October 13, 2011
"It is shameful that in our wealthy province we no longer have resources available which would give real help to parties in this situation," wrote B.C. Supreme Court Justice Loryl Russell in a...
Keywords: Article , Family, Legal Aid, Women, British Columbia
October 13, 2011
A group of B.C. lawyers providing duty counsel services have announced their plan to disrupt the system through a refusal to provide services. They will target the beginning of 2012 to stop serving...
Keywords: Article , Alberta, Legal Aid, Prisoners' Rights, British Columbia
August 24, 2011
An August 23rd Editorial in the New York Times investigates how economic inequalities affect access to justice. While the piece targets the situation in the United States, it's conclusions are just...
Keywords: Article , Human Rights, Legal Aid, International
August 22, 2011
The City of Vancouver has struggled to force the owners of two Vancouver Single Room Occupancy hotels to clean up their properties and fix the multitude of reported problems. Recently the situation...
Keywords: Article , Homelessness, Housing, Legal Aid, Tenants' Rights, British Columbia
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