Find organizations that provide legal help in BC. Most services are free or low cost.
A directory of civil, family, child protection, and med-arb (mediation-arbitration) mediators across BC. Mediators offer service in various languages and set their own fees, as listed in their profiles. They are impartial and won’t make decisions for you. They maintain a safe, confidential, communicative process to help you reach an agreement.
Duty counsel are lawyers who can help people with low incomes with their family law problems. This includes child protection issues — when the Ministry of Children and Family Development becomes involved with your family. If you are financially eligible, duty counsel can give you advice and speak on your behalf in court on simple matters, but they...
Pro bono (free) family mediation for low-income individuals with concerns in the areas of property division, support, and custody. The first step is to complete the initial intake mediation form on their website. The form can be filled out online, emailed, or printed out and mailed to the office.
A voluntary, confidential program for parties going through separation and/or divorce who don’t have lawyers and can’t afford the collaborative team for their case. You must be willing to meet and negotiate using the principles of collaborative practice, and must meet the eligibility requirements.
The Poverty Law Advocacy program provides free and confidential service to people with poverty-related legal issues including human rights, employment, debt and collections, and tenancy. Helps with appealing denials and applying for provincial and federal benefits of all kinds.
Parents Legal Centres (PLCs) provide a lawyer and an advocate to help parents in select locations settle their child protection matters early on and collaboratively (everyone works together).
Free legal advice and representation to low-income people in the Kamloops and Kelowna area. They help with income assistance, limited family law, disability, tenancy, employment insurance, employment standards, Indigenous legal issues, human rights, small claims, CRT matters, judicial reviews, and other areas not covered by legal aid.
The office’s information and referral specialists can help you find programs and services for seniors.
A directory of lawyers (as well as paralegals, and other professionals offering therapeutic support and assistance) offering self-represented litigants (SRLs) affordable assistance, primarily in the form of unbundled legal or limited-scope services (unbundling).
Provides legal information services to the public via a network of libraries in BC courthouses. You’re encouraged to call or email before visiting as they can provide many services this way and can save you time. The libraries provide access to staff expertise, print and digital legal collections, and public computers.
