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: Legal Aid, Organizing, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
June 1, 2011
Legal Services Society (LSS) is the organization that provides legal aid in BC. Check out their redesigned website if you are looking for a lawyer, a legal aid office, legal advice and legal...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia, Organizations
May 30, 2011
LawLine Journal Blog was created to share some of the solutions to the legal problems of callers to LawLINE a phone service of the Legal Services Society for people with low incomes who face legal...
Keywords: Blogs, Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia
May 30, 2011
Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) provides a number of legal and advocacy services in the areas of disability, mental, human rights and poverty.
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia, Organizations, Services
May 30, 2011
The Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) provides specialized legal aid for British Columbians. The CLAS website publications page has links to a numbers of useful resources including A Lay...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia, Reports and documents
May 29, 2011
Pro Bono Law of BC has a searchable map of all pro bono resources in British Columbia.
Keywords: Legal Aid, British Columbia, General resources
May 29, 2011
The Electronic Legal Aid Newsletter (ELAN) is published 9 times year by the Legal Services Society to keep individuals and organizations who help low-income people deal with the legal system up to...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia, Reports and documents
May 29, 2011
Access Justice provides pro bono clinics at several dozen locations around British Columbia, often in cooperation with local advocacy organizations.
Keywords: Legal Aid, British Columbia, Organizations
May 29, 2011
BC 211 is British Columbia's directory of community, social and government services. Available online or by dialling 211, where staff are available 24/7 to assist those looking for services.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Government Policy, Homelessness, Housing, Legal Aid, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 29, 2011
This booklet contains useful information for people who need help with immigration and/or social assistance. Its explains what to do if the person who sponsored you to come to Canada is unwilling or...
Keywords: Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Info (PLEI), British Columbia, Manuals and guides
March 10, 2011
The Family Law Information Program (FLIP) is a free online resource designed for adults in Ontario whose relationship with their spouse or partner is breaking down.
FLIP provides legal and practical...
Keywords: child custody, Children and Youth, divorce, Family, family law, Legal Aid, Legal Info (PLEI), separation, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides, Ontario
March 10, 2011
Updated weekly by the Coalition For Public Legal Services' co-chairs, we provide a plethora of information for our fight to renew British Columbia's commitment to legal aid!
Keywords: Blogs, Legal Aid, Organizing, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
February 8, 2011
The ELAN (Electronic Legal Aid News) blog is intended primarily for community workers, other intermediaries, librarians, and the general public. It focuses primarily on promoting Legal Services...
Keywords: Blogs, Legal Aid, Legal Info (PLEI), British Columbia
April 29, 2010
Access Pro Bono was incorporated in February 2010 to carry on the work of the Western Canada Society to Access Justice and Pro Bono Law of British Columbia, which formally merged as of April 1, 2010...
Keywords: legal advice, Legal Aid, Legal Research, pro bono, British Columbia, Organizations, Research and education, Services
March 29, 2010
The City of Prince George's directory of advocacy services.
Keywords: advocacy directory, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Homelessness, Housing, Legal Aid, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, British Columbia, Directories
March 2, 2010
The Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario (ACLCO) is the representative body of Ontario's community legal aid clinics. The Association's objectives are to:
Improve the legal welfare of...
Keywords: community legal clinics, Legal Aid, legal clinics, Legal Research, Organizing, Ontario, Organizations
February 25, 2010
CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities. They have an extensive service directory with listings of organizations from across Ontario.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, African, childcare, Children and Youth, children's aid, clinics, community centres, credit counselling, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Education, employment services, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, intercultural, Legal Aid, LGBTQ, Mental Health, multicultural, neighbourhood house, Organizing, Poverty Research, Seniors and Elders, south asian, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Utilities, Violence, Welfare, Women, women's centre, women's shelter, Workers' Rights, Directories, Ontario
February 24, 2010
CLEO now has text and audio materials on eight high-need legal topics available in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin and Simplified Chinese), Somali, Spanish, Tamil and Urdu. Topics include sponsorship,...
Keywords: Arabic, Children and Youth, children's aid, Chinese (Mandarin and Simplified Chinese), criminal convictions, Family, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, legal education, Legal Research, Somali, Spanish, sponsorship, Tamil, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Urdu, Violence, Workers' Rights, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides, Ontario
January 25, 2010
This site represents the campaign to restore funding to legal aid in BC and to stop the cutbacks to the Legal Services Society. The site has press releases, news, petitions and more.
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal aid cuts, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
December 22, 2009
IM-POWER-ED is a one-year project that aims to assist all groups of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in orienting, educating and empowering themselves via access to public legal education and...
Keywords: Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, temporary foreign workers, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Programs and courses
December 22, 2009
The Clicklaw HelpMap lists free or low-cost services who can help with legal problems within British Columbia.
Keywords: Legal Aid, Welfare, British Columbia, Directories
April 21, 2009
Clicklaw is a website aimed at enhancing access to justice in British Columbia. It features legal information and education, but it is not a site of laws. Instead, Clicklaw features legal information...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, abuse, Children and Youth, court, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Family, family law, family violence, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), legal problems, Legal Research, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Welfare, wills, Women, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Gateways
July 13, 2008
Access Justice is hosting the Legal Help for Rural British Columbians guide prepared by lawyer Cliff Thorstenson through a grant from the Law Foundation. The guide covers several common legal topics...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia, General resources
June 9, 2008
Kelowna Community Resources is a searchable online database of community resources from across the central Okanagan.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Education, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, General resources
