Find organizations that provide legal help in BC. Most services are free or low cost.
Provides free or low-cost legal services to self-identified women. Services are provided by upper-year law students, who are supervised by staff lawyers. Rise offers a range of services, from information and summary advice to unbundled legal services, and in some instances representation in court. Make an appointment online, by phone, or by email.
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.
Free estate-planning help for low-income individuals who want to ensure that they have a valid will, and that all documents (including a power of attorney and a representation agreement) are in place to handle their financial and personal matters should they not be able to.
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 clinic is staffed full-time by a supervising lawyer, a legal assistant, and a legal advocate. They provide free advocacy, legal advice, and representation (mainly to low-income individuals) on income assistance, disability, EI, CPP, OAS, survivor pensions, benefits, debt, residential tenancy, human rights, Indigenous legal issues, and more.
The program provides information, referrals, support, and one-on-one advocacy on income assistance, tenancy, and federal benefits. The advocate explains legal rights, options for legal problem solving and, where appropriate, assists with dispute resolution and/or representation at hearings.
The program provides information or referral services, legal advice or summary, and full representation in some cases. The issues covered include housing, income assistance, disability assistance, benefits, tenancy disputes, CPP, debt, and other income support programs. You can also find help for human rights violations and labour law issues.
Provides rights-based information and advocacy services for income assistance, provincial disability benefits, and residential tenancy issues. The clinic also offers free, year-round income tax filling services.
