Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto (ALST) is a multi-service legal agency serving Toronto's Aboriginal community. The vision of Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto is to support and advocate for the Aboriginal community and its members in Toronto to gain control over the legal and justice issues that affect them.

Access Justice - A place for pro bono justice (Western Canada Society to Access Justice ) The purpose of the society is to relieve poverty in Western Canada by improving access to justice for the poor. The vision of the society is to provide first-class pro bono lawyers assistance to all persons who cannot obtain Legal Aid or afford a lawyer, through pro bono clinics throughout the Western provinces (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba).

African Canadian Legal Clinic The ACLC provides advice and representation to African Canadians in all legal forums, especially race-based test case litigation, which are likely to result in significant legal precedence. Among its many services, the ACLC maintains a library and resource centre, publishes a newsletter, provides summary legal advice, and writes manuals.

ARCH - A Legal Resource Centre for Persons with Disabilities ARCH is a specialty legal aid clinic dedicated to defending and advancing the equality-rights of persons with disabilities.

Auckland District Law Society (New Zealand) Auckland District Law Society administers the legal profession for the Auckland district which covers the area from Thames/Coromandel to North Cape and includes metropolitan Auckland (New Zealand). Site offers lawyer referral and find a lawyer pages.

BC Online Access to information about land titles, registered property owners, encumbrances, corporate registry information, personal property registry, property assessments (BC Assessment data), rural property tax system data, provincial tax Bulletins, and updates to the Land Title Practice Manual.

Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples Located in Toronto, Ontario, the Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples offers programs including language orientation and legal counselling, as well as other services such as a youth program, an AIDS program, and a women's program. The Centre serves new immigrants from 22 countries and other members of a very diverse Spanish-speaking community. A variety of services are offered which are designed to overcome barriers based on language, race, age, sex and sexual orientation. The Centre promotes equality and social justice through community development and participation in and representation of the whole community.

Community Advocacy & Legal Centre The clinic is a non-profit community legal clinic. The Community Advocacy Legal Centre provides access to justice through quality legal services, advocacy and information for people living on a low income or in poverty.

Community Advocacy & Legal Centre - Legal information The clinic is a non-profit community legal clinic. The Community Advocacy Legal Centre provides access to justice through quality legal services, advocacy and information for people living on a low income or in poverty.

Community Legal Assistance Society The COMMUNITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY (CLAS) provides legal assistance to people throughout British Columbia who are physically, mentally, socially, economically or otherwise disadvantaged and to develop law that benefits disadvantaged groups as a whole. Our objective is to provide multi-faceted legal services throughout the province in the areas of poverty law, disability law, mental health law, human rights law and equality law.  Services include, service case work, Charter and test case litigation, law reform, legal supervision for legal advocacy groups, legal support to community groups, and public legal education.  CLAS operates five programs at four locations in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.

Community Legal Services - University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law Community Legal Services is a non-profit organization funded by the Ontario Legal Aid Plan and the University of Western Ontario, which provides free legal assistance to people who cannot afford a lawyer. The clinic is staffed by U.W.O. law students working under the supervision of a Review Lawyer and the Director.

Dalhousie Legal Aid Service Dalhousie Legal Aid has a three part mandate: (1) to provide legal aid services for persons who would not otherwise be able to obtain legal advice for assistance; (2) to conduct research, provide information, make recommendations, and engage in programs relating to legal aid and law reform in the Province of Nova Scotia; (3) to provide an educational experience in the solution of legal problems for students enrolled in the Faculty of Law of Dalhousie University who participate in the work of the Service.

Finding Legal Help in Ontario This guide has been prepared by the Bora Laskin Law Library to help people find a lawyer or other legal support to help resolve legal problems.

Justice Canada - Links to Lawyer Referral Services This site provides links to lawyer referral services available across Canada.

Justice for Children and Youth (Ontario) Justice for Children and Youth provides legal representation to low-income children and youth in Toronto and vicinity. We are a non-profit legal aid clinic that specializes in protecting the rights of those facing conflicts with the legal system, education, social service or mental health systems. We give summary legal advice, information and assistance to young people, parents (in education matters), professionals and community groups across Ontario.

Justices of the Peace of the Ontario Court of Justice This website provides a list of all Justice of the Peace of the Ontario Court of Justice divided into Central East Region, Central West Region, East Region, North East Region, North West Region, Toronto Region, West Region, and Per Diem Justices of the Peace.

Law Help Ontario Law Help Ontario is a project by Pro Bono Law Ontario (PBLO). The centre is a pro bono legal resource centre for people who cannot afford legal representation and need help with civil (non-family) matters at the Toronto Superior Court of Justice. The Law Help Ontario web site provides online resources and automated document assembly to support the Law Help centres.


Law Phone-In Information and Lawyer Referral Program (Manitoba) Funded by the Law Society of Manitoba and The Manitoba Law Foundation, the Law Phone-In and Lawyer Referral Service provides general legal information over the phone in response to caller's inquiries. Callers are also referred to appropriate law-related agencies where such an agency exists and the situation warrants it.

Law Societies around the World This site maintained by the Law Society of Upper Canada links to the websites of law societies and similar bodies which regulate legal practitioners in other jurisdictions. These websites typically provide contact information, descriptions of member programs and services, news, and notices to the legal profession. In addition, many law society sites now include the full text of relevant legislation, rules of professional conduct, committee reports, and recent issues of the organization's publications. Links to new websites will be added as they become available.

Law Society of the Northwest Territories The Law Society of the NWT serves both the legal community and the public. Information provided on their lawyer referral service. The society provides a public legal information page with links to information on such topics as arrest and release, peace bonds and restraining orders, sentencing and appeals, the trial, understanding your lawyer's fee, going to court, assaults, and wills in the NWT.

Law Students' Legal Advice Program- University of British Columbia LSLAP is a non-profit society run by law students at the University of British Columbia which offers free legal advice and legal representation at clinics located throughout the Greater Vancouver Regional District.

LawLink LawLink is an online legal information service for low-income British Columbians. It connects the public with reliable information and tools needed to resolve their legal problem.

Lawyer Referral Service (Alberta) The Lawyer Referral Service is a program operated by the Law Society to assist people in finding a lawyer who will provide them with the legal services they require. It is an information service and is not connected with Legal Aid - nor does it provide any form of financially subsidized legal service.

Lawyer Referral Service (British Columbia) The Lawyer Referral Service is a simple and inexpensive public service sand operated by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association.

Lawyer Referral Service (Ontario)

Lawyer Referral Services in Canada List of lawyer referral services for each province. Contact information provided. Information is available courtesy the Canadian Bar Association British Columbia.

Lawyers Without Borders - ASF Belgium The “lawyers without borders” are people convinced that the Law could be used as a tool for greater respect of dignity, protection and development of individuals and peoples. The Lawyers without borders fully subscribe to the principles of the organization, and thus decide to share their skills and expertise by joining ASF’s projects and programs.

They are lawyers, judges, jurists, anthropologists, sociologists, or “administrators-logisticians” who join the ASF’s mission in Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Palestine, and East Timor, either for six months to one year or for the duration of a specific program.

The “Lawyers without Borders” are also lawyers or magistrates who go on field missions, on a voluntary basis, for one to three weeks. Those missions usually fall within the scope of activities of the “Law and Civil Liberties” program.

Lawyers Without Borders (U.S.) Lawyers Without Borders, is a US-based non-profit organization whose goal is to engage the legal profession, on a global basis:
- supporting capacity building of NGO's worldwide,
- advancing Rule of Law,
- protecting the integrity of legal process through neutral observation,
- offering support to lawyers in the field and
- serving as a law oriented clearinghouse linking needs with the legal resources to meet them.

Legal Aid - University of Manitoba Faculty of Law The University of Manitoba Legal Aid Centre commenced operation in October 1970 with the two-fold purpose of furthering clinical education by exposing law students to actual legal problems and aiding persons who are unable financially to hire a lawyer to receive legal service through the existing Legal Aid Service Society of Manitoba

Legal Aid (British Columbia) If you have a legal problem but you can’t afford a lawyer, the Legal Services Society — an independent, non-profit organization that provides legal help for people in BC — may pay for a lawyer for you. Services include Lawline, dial-a-law, etc.

Legal Aid (NWT) Legal Aid in the Northwest Territories is provided by the Legal Services Board of the Northwest Territories pursuant to the Legal Services Act. Legal Aid is funded by both the GNWT and the Government of Canada.

Legal Aid and the Poor A report by the National Council of Welfare

Legal Aid Ontario Legal Aid is available to low income individuals and disadvantaged communities for a variety of legal problems, including criminal matters, family disputes, immigration and refugee hearings and poverty law issues such as landlord/tenant disputes, disability support and family benefits payments.

Legal Information from the Manitoba Women's Advisory Council This page on the Manitoba Women's Advisory Council site provides information on women's resource centres, links to sites with information on divorce, separation, custody, support and other legal issues.

Legal Line Legal Line® provides FREE legal information to Canadians through its website, telephone and fax-on-demand systems. 1,000 topics are covered within35 areas of law.

Legal Services Board of the Northwest Territories The Legal Services Board is responsible for ensuring that all eligible persons in the Northwest Territories receive legal services. The Board oversees the operations of legal aid clinics situated in every administrative region of the NWT.

LegalHelpnet.com

MultiLingoLegal.ca - British Columbia's online access to multilingual legal publications This web site includes publications covering subjects, which have been selected through community consultations during both its planning and implementation stages, in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia The purpose of the Native Courtworker Program is to facilitate and enhance access to justice by assisting aboriginal people involved in the criminal justice system to obtain fair, just, equitable and culturally sensitive treatment.

Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission The Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission is provided a grant from the Province of Nova Scotia under the Department of Justice (Attorney General). The Commission is designated as the Provincial agency for the delivery of Legal Aid services. There is an Adult Criminal and Young Offender Legal Aid Agreement which provides for a federal contribution to the cost of adult criminal and young offender legal aid in the Province and imposes obligations on the Province to provide certrain levels of service.

OnPoint Legal Research OnPoint Legal Research Law Corporation provides top-quality research, analysis, and writing services to lawyers in both the private and public sectors.

Ontario Legal Aid Review The Ontario Legal Aid Review was established by the Ontario Government in December 1996 as an independent task force, with a mandate to undertake a comprehensive review of legal aid in Ontario. The Review was asked to consider all legal aid programs in the province with the objective of identifying aspects that should be reduced, maintained or enhanced in order that the current and future legal needs of low-income residents of Ontario can be met in the most effective and efficient way possible.

Parkdale Legal Community Services Parkdale Community Legal Services is a community legal clinic located on Queen Street in the west end of Toronto. We provide free legal advice, assistance and representation to low income residents living in the Parkdale area. They are funded by Legal Aid Ontario and Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

Police Victim Services of British Columbia Police Victim Services of British Columbia (PVSBC) is a non-profit association dedicated to serving the needs of police-based victim services programs. As the largest police-based victim services association in Canada, PVSBC provides leadership, support, advocacy and training to professionals working in the field of victim services.

Pro Bono Law Ontario

Pro Bono Law Ontario (PBLO) is a charitable organization that promotes access to justice in Ontario by creating and promoting opportunities for lawyers to provide pro bono (free) legal services to persons of limited means.

Pro Bono Students Canada - University of Manitoba Pro Bono Students Canada - “PBSC” - is a national network of law schools and community organizations that matches law students who want to do pro bono work with public interest and non-governmental organizations, government agencies, tribunals, legal clinics and other providers of legal, health, and community services during the academic year and during the summer.

Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC) PBSC is a national network of law schools and community organizations that matches law students who want to do pro bono work with public interest and non-governmental organizations, government agencies, tribunals and legal clinics during the academic year and during the summer.

Students conduct legal education seminars; research pending legislation, legal issues and current policy questions; draft policies for organizations and manuals for their clients; and help organizations provide legal information and assistance to their clients, among other projects – all pro bono.

ProBonoNet BC Pro Bono Law of BC was formed in April 2002 to promote, coordinate, and facilitate the delivery of pro bono legal services in BC. All across BC lawyers are doing pro bono work. But until now, that pro bono work has never been coordinated with the community groups that need legal services for their clients or want to run their own pro bono legal services programs.

Pro Bono Law of BC Priorities.The society, with three-year funding from the Law Foundation, will focus on
· Community development
· Lawyer and law firm recruitment for pro bono work
· Lobbying government for a properly funded legal aid system
· Fundraising

ProbonoNet for the Public ProbonoNet for the Public provides information and resources for the general public on pro bono legal services provided through Pro Bono Law Ontario (PBLO).

Public Legal Education and Information in Canada Canada Dept. of Justice site provides links to PLEI organizations from the various provinces and territories and public information on justice related matters provided by provincial departments of justice.

Quebec Commission des Services Juridiques (English) The Commission des services juridiques was created under the Legal Aid Act to see to it that legal aid is provided to persons who are financially eligible for such assistance.


Queen's Legal Aid Society Queen's Legal Aid is a legal clinic staffed by law students and supervised by two full-time lawyers. If we are able to take your case, a law student will be assigned to it, and all steps will be reviewed by one of the lawyers.

Salvation Army British Columbia Pro Bono Lawyer Consultant Program The objective of the Pro Bono program is to bring together lawyers, and the poor in order to eliminate barriers to justice. The program exists to support, co-ordinate, and encourage the delivery of Pro Bono services in communities of The Salvation Army’s BC South Division through the existing offices of The Salvation Army. The target group of the program are those persons who are ineligible for legal aid, and meet the required income guidelines.

Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission The Legal Aid Act establishes the Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission to provide legal services to persons and organizations for criminal and civil matters where these persons and organizations are financially unable to secure those services from their own resources.

Seniors' Info - Legal Matters Links to legal resources of interest to seniors such as wills and estate, living wills, legal services, guardianship and trustees, etc.

Sources of Legal Assistance FAQs - Alberta A publication of Canadian Legal FAQs

South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO) South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO) is a not-for-profit organization seeking to establish a legal clinic to better respond to the legal needs of low-income South Asians in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area in a linguistically and culturally sensitive manner. SALCO specializes in poverty law, with an emphasis on immigration, refugee law, human rights and income security related matters.

Student Legal Assistance, University of Calgary Student Legal Assistance Society is a volunteer non-profit organization of law students at the University of Calgary who provide year-round free legal assistance and representation to residents of the Calgary area who cannot afford legal assistance.

Student Legal Services of Edmonton Student Legal Services (SLS) is a non-profit organization of over 200 volunteer law students from the University of Alberta providing free legal information and assistance to the poverty community in the Edmonton area. SLS is composed of four projects: Civil & Family Law, Criminal Law, Pro Bono Students of Canada and Legal Education and Reform.

The Law Centre Here you can find out about the University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, Clinical Law Program and various services of the Law Centre. For example, you can find out about how to apply for Legal Aid and free Legal Education Classes you can attend. You can learn how to obtain a speaker for your next group meeting from our Speaker's Bureau. You can also read many of our publications including: how to defend a traffic ticket , how to conduct a law suit in Small Claim's Court and how to change a child or spousal support order in Family Court. You can find out where to locate information about Canadian law on the Internet and what books the University of Victoria Law Library contains. And much, much, more!

The Public Interest Law Centre The Public Interest Law Centre is unique in Canada. Established in 1982 as a branch of Legal Aid Manitoba, the Centre undertakes test-case litigation on behalf of individuals or groups who would be unable to protect their rights without such help. The Centre operates arms-length from government, in order to ensure that clients will be represented fully and fearlessly, regardless of the political sensitivity of the issues.

University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic The University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic provides legal services to the Ottawa-Carleton community. Their services include summary legal information, legal representation, referrals, public legal education, advocacy and law reform. We cater to low income people, students and members of historically disadvantaged groups.

UVIC Law Centre The Law Centre is a service of the University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, and provides advice, assistance and representation to clients who cannot afford a lawyer. Thousands of persons living in the Capital Regional District are served annually.
The Law Centre also provides law students with clinical and legal education. Students are trained and supervised in the conduct of legal matters by lawyers who are members of the the University of Victoria, Faculty of Law. The Law Centre also provides legal education programs to the public.


Volunteer Lawyer Service The Volunteer Lawyers Service offers legal assistance at no charge to non-profit and charitable organizations in Ontario. Their primary job is to match up community agencies with legal counsel in their area. The VLS also hosts information seminars to non-profit groups.