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Legal help & lawyers

Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer

Fact sheet to help clients and lawyers know what to expect from a legal aid contract

Legal help & lawyers, Manuals

English

Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer

العمل مع محامي المساعدةالقانونية الخاص بك

صفحة بيانات لمساعدة الزبائن والمحامين في معرفة ما يمكن توقعه من عقد المساعدة القانونية

Legal help & lawyers, Manuals

Arabic

Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer

کار کردن با وکیل تعیین شده توسط دفتر امداد حقوقی یا لیگال اید

راهنما برای توضیح وظایفی که وکلا و موکلین بر اساس قراردادشان با دفتر امداد حقوقی نسبت به یکدیگر دارند.

Legal help & lawyers, Manuals

Farsi (Persian)

Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer

Collaborer avec votre avocat de l’aide juridique

Feuillet de renseignements visant à aider le client et l’avocat à comprendre ce à quoi ils peuvent s’attendre d’un contrat d’aide juridique

Legal help & lawyers, Manuals

French

Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer

ਆਪਣੇ ਲੀਗਲ ਏਡ ਦੇ ਵਕੀਲ ਨਾਲ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨਾ

ਕਲਾਇੰਟਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਵਕੀਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਇਹ ਜਾਣਨ ਵਿਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਤੱਥ ਸ਼ੀਟ ਕਿ ਲੀਗਲ ਏਡ ਦੇ ਕੌਨਟਰੈਕਟ ਤੋਂ ਕੀ ਉਮੀਦ ਰੱਖਣੀ ਹੈ

Legal help & lawyers, Manuals

Punjabi

Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer

Trabajando con su Abogado de Asistencia Legal

Hoja informativa para ayudar a los (las) clientes y a sus abogados(as) a saber qué esperar de un contrato de asistencia legal

Legal help & lawyers, Manuals

Spanish

Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer

與你的法律援助律師合作

這份資料單張幫助客戶和律師認識，對法律援助合約可期望什麼

Legal help & lawyers, Manuals

Chinese (traditional)

Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer

与你的法律援助律师合作

帮助客户和律师了解针对法律援助合同有何期待的情况介绍

Legal help & lawyers, Manuals

Chinese (simplified)

Legal system & courts

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

Crimes & offences, Legal system & courts

English

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

Crimes & offences, Legal system & courts

English

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

English

If You’re Charged with a Crime

Outlines what happens when you’re charged with a criminal offence

Crimes & offences, Legal system & courts

English

Representing Yourself in a Criminal Trial

Explains what happens when an accused person wants to plead not guilty to a summary offence

Crimes & offences, Legal system & courts

English

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

Crimes & offences, Legal system & courts

English

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

English

Manuals

Brand Guidelines

These guidelines help keep the Legal Aid BC brand consistent and recognizable.

Manuals

English

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.

Legal help & lawyers, Manuals

English

What You Need to Know About Legal Aid Work (Lawyer Manual)

What You Need to Know About Legal Aid Work is a comprehensive reference tool that’s an important part of the on-boarding process for the 100 or so new lawyers we welcome each year.

Manuals

English