March 15, 2012
Legal Help for British Columbians is a guide for non-legal professionals in British Columbia to learn where to direct clients when legal problems occur. It can also be used directly by those seeking...
Keywords: Legal Assistance, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), British Columbia, Directories
March 6, 2012
This website is a portal, or clearinghouse, of Public Legal Education and Information (PLEI) resources and information for those who are working with and for the migrant workers in the Province of...
Keywords: Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Info (PLEI), migrant workers, migrant workers, PLEI, PLEI, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Gateways
December 6, 2011
Your Legal Rights is a website of legal information for people in Ontario. This site has free, practical, and easy-to-find legal information produced by hundreds of organizations across Ontario and...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Health, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), legal information, Poverty Research, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, Gateways, Ontario
November 4, 2011
Do you identify yourself as an Aboriginal person? Do you help people who do?
This site has information and publications about the issues that are important to Aboriginal people and the help that...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, child protection, harvesting rights, Legal Info (PLEI), reserve, residential school, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides, Services
October 31, 2011
The mission of the Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia is to promote access to justice in British Columbia by providing and fostering quality pro bono legal services for people and non-profit...
Keywords: lawyers, legal, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, pro bono, British Columbia, Manuals and guides, Organizations, Services
July 12, 2011
Small claims court is a court of law that has been designed to meet your needs as a user of the court. It’s meant to be a “do-it-yourself” kind of court, where ordinary people can handle their own...
Keywords: Legal Info (PLEI), Small claims, small claims court, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
July 12, 2011
AdminLawBC.ca
A Guide to Administrative Law in BC
What is Administrative Law?
All levels of government make laws and regulations that affect us every day. For example, the municipal government makes...
Keywords: administrative law, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, poverty law, tribunal, British Columbia, Government information, 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
April 14, 2011
Pivot Legal works to advance the interests and improving the lives of marginalized persons through law reform, legal education, and strategic legal action.
Pivot’s mandate is to use the law to...
Keywords: child welfare, child welfare, criminalization, criminalization, Downtown Eastside, Downtown Eastside, Homelessness, homelessness, homelessness, Human Rights, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, Organizing, policing, policing, sex workers, sex workers, social change, social change, social justice, social justice, Welfare, Women, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives, Organizations, Reports and documents, Research and education, Services
April 11, 2011
The British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre is a non-profit society that advances the interests of groups that are generally unrepresented or underrepresented in issues of major public...
Keywords: consumer advocacy, consumer law, consumer rights, credit, debit, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, disability rights, factsheets, farmworkers rights, Homelessness, Human Rights, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, PLEI, Tenants' Rights, Utilities, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Organizations, Research and education, Services
March 11, 2011
CLEONet is partnering with community organizations to deliver workshops about legal issues online. These webinars are aimed at community workers and advocates who work with low-income and...
Keywords: community workers, community workers, Legal Info (PLEI), public legal education, public legal education, webinar, webinar, Manuals and guides, Ontario, Multimedia, Programs and courses, All of Canada
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
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
January 26, 2011
JusticeBC brings into one portal information about the criminal justice system, as well as links to other resources and services about the criminal justice system, criminal law, victim services,...
Keywords: court services, criminal law, criminal record, jury duty, justice, justice system, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), victim services, youth justice, British Columbia, Gateways, Government information
January 12, 2011
LawCentral Alberta is a portal or collection of links to law-related information and educational resources on justice and legal issues of interest to Albertans. Our purpose is to create an educated...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Alberta, Children and Youth, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Family, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, justice, Legal Assistance, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), legal issues, LGBTQ, PLEI, portal, Prisoners' Rights, public legal education and information, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, Gateways
January 12, 2011
LawCentral Canada is a portal or collection of links to law-related information and educational resources on justice and legal issues of interest to Canadians. Our purpose is to create an educated...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, charter rights, civil law, criminal law, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, family law, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), Prisoners' Rights, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Workers' Rights, Directories, All of Canada
January 12, 2011
LawCentral Français est un portail ou une collection de liens vers des renseignements en matière juridique ainsi que des ressources éducatives concernant la justice et les enjeux juridiques d’intérêt...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Debt and Consumer Law, Family, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), PLEI, portal, public legal education and information, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Directories, Gateways, All of Canada
January 11, 2011
Dial-A-Law is a library of scripts prepared by lawyers which offers you general information on a variety of topics on law in BC including Criminal Law, Housing, Credit, Debt and Consumer, and...
Keywords: chinese, criminal law, family law, Legal Info (PLEI), legal rights, Punjabi, small claims court, British Columbia, Directories
December 9, 2010
The People's Law School of British Columbia provides free and impartial public legal education to many thousands of British Columbians in all walks of life. They offer free, plain-language booklets...
Keywords: consumer law, criminal law, disability rights, family law, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, residential tenancy law, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides, Organizations, Services
December 9, 2010
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (www.aidslaw.ca) promotes the human rights of people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, in Canada and internationally, through research, legal and policy...
Keywords: Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, Campaigns and initiatives, All of Canada
November 25, 2010
Residential Tenancy Law in British Columbia: Everything you need to know to prevent a disaster lays out, in 37 chapters, the common law, the legislation and the Rules of Procedure which landlords and...
Keywords: Blogs, Housing, Legal Info (PLEI), residential tenancy law, Tenants' Rights, Books, British Columbia
November 25, 2010
The YWCA is seeing a growing number of mothers without legal status, many of whom have fled their relationships because of abuse. While trying to rebuild their lives and still adapting to a new...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Family, family law, family law, Immigrants and Refugees, immigration law, immigration law, immigration status, immigration status, Legal Info (PLEI), mothers, mothers, non-status, non-status, service providers, service providers, sponsorship, sponsorship, Women, British Columbia, Manuals and guides, Reports and documents
November 23, 2010
CLAS has posted a revised guide to Representing Yourself in a Judicial Review.
There are two versions of the guide posted:
one for judicial reviews generally, which consists of their main guide, and...
Keywords: court, evictions, judicial review, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), British Columbia, Manuals and guides
October 29, 2010
MOSAIC's Multilingolegal.ca is an online multilingual legal resource, developed in 2003, aims to provide comprehensive and critical legal information in Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional),...
Keywords: Arabic, chinese, French, Immigrants and Refugees, Korean, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), legal publications, newcomers, Punjabi, settlement workers, Spanish, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides
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
February 25, 2009
MOSAIC is a multilingual non-profit organization dedicated to addressing issues that affect immigrants and refugees in the course of their settlement and integration into Canadian society. They...
Keywords: child protection, criminal justice, family law, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Info (PLEI), multilingual, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides
