PDFs available
Crimes & offences
How to Appeal Your Conviction
How to Appeal Your Conviction
Explains how to appeal a conviction for a summary or indictable criminal offence if you don’t have a lawyer
How to Appeal Your Sentence
How to Appeal Your Sentence
Explains how to appeal your sentence if you’ve been convicted of a summary or indictable criminal offence and don’t have a lawyer
If You Can’t Get Legal Aid for Your Criminal Trial
If You Can’t Get Legal Aid for Your Criminal Trial
How to apply for a free lawyer if you’re facing a serious and complicated criminal charge, but can’t get legal aid or afford a lawyer
Crimes & offences, Legal help & lawyers, Legal system & courts
If You’re Charged with a Crime
If You’re Charged with a Crime
Outlines what happens when you’re charged with a criminal offence
Representing Yourself in a Criminal Trial
Representing Yourself in a Criminal Trial
Explains what happens when an accused person wants to plead not guilty to a summary offence
Speaking to the Judge Before You’re Sentenced
Speaking to the Judge Before You’re Sentenced
Describes what a convicted person can say to the judge before the judge decides on a sentence
When You’re Told to Have “No Contact”
When You’re Told to Have “No Contact”
Explains what it means when the court makes a no contact order against you
Abuse & family violence, Crimes & offences, Legal system & courts
Debt
Consumer and Debt Law
Consumer and Debt Law
A key resource for advocates and other legal professional helping clients with consumer or debt problems.
Families & children
Keeping Aboriginal Kids Safe
Keeping Aboriginal Kids Safe
Explains the child protection process for Aboriginal children and families
Living Together or Living Apart
Living Together or Living Apart
Explains the basics of family law in BC, separation and divorce, and how to work out child and spousal support
Parents’ Rights, Kids’ Rights
Parents’ Rights, Kids’ Rights
Explains what happens if the ministry has concerns about your child’s safety or plans to remove your child from your home
Housing & tenancy
Consumer and Debt Law
Consumer and Debt Law
A key resource for advocates and other legal professional helping clients with consumer or debt problems.
Legal help & lawyers
Family Duty Counsel brochure
Family Duty Counsel brochure
An overview of family duty counsel and how to find services.
Family Duty Counsel poster
Family Duty Counsel poster
An overview of family duty counsel and how to find services.
Family LawLINE poster
Family LawLINE poster
Poster promotes and describes Family LawLINE, a free phone service available across BC, the kind of help you’ll get from a lawyer, and how to find out if you qualify
Family LawLINE wallet card
Family LawLINE wallet card
Wallet card promotes and describes Family LawLINE, a free phone service available across BC, the kind of help you’ll get from a lawyer, and how to find out if you qualify
If You Can’t Get Legal Aid for Your Child Protection Case
If You Can’t Get Legal Aid for Your Child Protection Case
How to get a court-appointed lawyer for a complicated child protection hearing if you can’t get legal aid but can’t afford a lawyer
If You Can’t Get Legal Aid for Your Criminal Trial
If You Can’t Get Legal Aid for Your Criminal Trial
How to apply for a free lawyer if you’re facing a serious and complicated criminal charge, but can’t get legal aid or afford a lawyer
Crimes & offences, Legal help & lawyers, Legal system & courts
Legal Aid Can Help You
Legal Aid Can Help You
Explains what legal aid is, how to apply, and how it can help you
Legal Aid Can Help You
L’aide juridique peut vous aider
Explique ce qu’est l’aide juridique, comment et où la demander, et comment elle peut vous être utile
Parents Legal Centre brochure
Parents Legal Centre brochure
Describes Parents Legal Centre, a free service in select locations for parents with child protection issues who qualify.
Legal help & lawyers, Child protection/removal, Promotional materials
Parents Legal Centre poster
Parents Legal Centre poster
Describes Parents Legal Centre, a free service in select locations for parents with child protection issues who qualify.
Parents Legal Centre wallet card
Parents Legal Centre wallet card
Promotes the Parents Legal Centre, where a free lawyer and advocate can help people with child protection issues who qualify.
What Can I Expect if My Lawyer Is Given a Family Standard Contract?
What Can I Expect if My Lawyer Is Given a Family Standard Contract?
What is a family standard contract, and why has my lawyer been given one? A contract includes the instructions that Legal Aid BC (LABC) gives to a lawyer when they start a legal aid case. A family standard contract allows your lawyer to help you under specific circumstances.
Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer
Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer
Fact sheet to help clients and lawyers know what to expect from a legal aid contract