About Clicklaw

What is Clicklaw and who is involved

What is Clicklaw

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 and education designed for the public from 24 contributor organizations, as well as selected others.

Clicklaw's mission is to provide equitable access to quality legal information, education and help for British Columbians

What you can do on Clicklaw

Clicklaw is organized by what brought you to the site.

Have a legal problem? You can find practical information about your legal rights & responsibilities and options to solve legal problems.

Looking for legal help? You can find those who can help with legal problems on the HelpMap.

Want to learn about the law? You can access resources that help you learn & teach about the laws that affect British Columbians and how the legal system works.

Interested in law reform? You can access resources that feature reform & research of laws and legal innovations in British Columbia.

What is on Clicklaw and what is not

Clicklaw links to laws and cases but that's not the main purpose of the site. Instead, the resources available through Clicklaw were designed to be used by the public and those helping the public access legal information. Featured are public legal information and education resources contributed directly to the site by 24 contributor organizations. Selected resources from other organizations are being added to the site by the Clicklaw team, guided by the Clicklaw content criteria & guidelines.

Suggest a resource or service

Don't see a resource or service on the site that you think should be here? Suggest a resource to add to Clicklaw.

Clicklaw is evolving

In April 2009, Clicklaw launched as a beta website.Within the first few months, we did some usability testing and received lots of great feedback from people using Clicklaw. Based on that information, we made some enhancements to make Clicklaw easier to use and more helpful.

Here are six things we introduced in April 2010:

  • Additional resources: We added over 200 new resources to the Solve Problems section to fill gaps in the legal information available.
  • Clicklaw subtopics: We added subtopics to resources to improve the experience of browsing on Clicklaw.
  • Resources in languages other than English: We made it easier to find resources on Clicklaw that are in languages other than English.
  • Common questions: There are now over 100 “common questions” on the site, featuring resources that are good starting points for information on common legal problems.
  • What's new: A blog highlighting new resources is now featured on the Clicklaw homepage.
  • Facebook & Twitter: Clicklaw has arrived on Facebook and Twitter!


We're continually working on improving the site and adding more features and resources. See what's coming for Clicklaw in the months ahead. Let us know what you think about Clicklaw by:

Who is involved

Clicklaw is sponsored by a network of organizations in British Columbia that provide or support public legal education and information (PLEI). Clicklaw is operated by the Courthouse Libraries BC and was developed with a project grant from the Law Foundation of BC. Learn about all the organizations and people involved in Clicklaw.

Contact us

Get in touch with the Clicklaw team at Courthouse Libraries BC.

 

The Clicklaw team

Courthouse Libraries BCClicklaw is operated by the Courthouse Libraries BC as part of our mission to improve public access to legal information.

Clicklaw contributors

Clicklaw features legal information and education resources aimed at the public contributed to the site directly by 24 founding contributor organizations.

Our funder

Law Foundation of BCClicklaw was developed with a project grant from the Law Foundation of BC.