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This primer helps you prepare and navigate the settlement processes you may encounter during your time as a self-represented litigant. Includes personal and strategic tips specific to the process.

This guide helps self-represented litigants (SRLs) with reading case reports. It gives advice on how to read and use case law in their legal research and is a companion to the CanLll primer. It includes a glossary of important terms and a list of court abbreviations.

This guide outlines the steps for ordering court transcripts in each province or territory. It compiles information from court websites, from telephone and email conversations with court services and transcript services at different courthouses, and from legal professionals.

This primer contains a concise summary of Pintea v. Johns. It also demonstrates a number of ways that Pintea may be successfully applied in a legal argument, and highlights specific limitations as well. It also includes summaries of two other very important decisions for SRLs that you can use.

Provides info on what to expect on your day in court. For example, what does the courtroom look like? When do I stand and sit? How do I address the judge? Includes practical information on how to present your evidence, object, question witnesses, and make opening and closing statements.

This guide is for self-represented litigants (SRLs) who are also people with disabilities (PWDs). It provides information on disability accommodations and resources in the justice system. It includes a sample letter of accommodation request and what to do if you’re still experiencing barriers.

This booklet provides legal education, sexual violence awareness, and community resources for international students in remote/underserved areas in BC. It includes information on the law and consent, reporting sexual assault to the police, legal protection options, and human rights law.

British Columbia has very strict laws about drinking and driving. Alcoholic drinks, such as beer, wine, and liquor, can make you an impaired driver. This resource will help you to understand the law as it relates to impaired driving.

This resource provides information for young people who have been charged with a crime, including information on youth court.

This resource provides information about domestic violence and the law. It also offers resources and support for those affected by domestic violence.