Provides legal information services to everyone in BC via phone and email service. Helps lawyers and communities find and use legal information in print and online. Librarians provide reference assistance, but do not provide legal advice or answers specific to individual situations.
Clicklaw Wikibooks are collaboratively developed, plain language legal publications that are published and kept up-to-date on a wiki, where they can also be printed. More than 50 legal professionals and law-related, non-profit organizations contribute to the Clicklaw Wikibooks collection.
Legal services and what areas of the law they cover; local contacts & referral lists. Find those who can help with legal problems within British Columbia.
On the BC Courthouse Library Society's website, a collection of some hard-to-find answers found by staff while helping users with their legal research questions.
Call: 604-660-2841 or 1-800-665-2570Toll-free Referral Phone Numbers for Legal Information and Advice (PDF).
A list of Province-wide sources of legal support services accessible by phone, and in some cases, in-person.
Resources when a client doesn’t qualify; Legal services and what areas of the law they cover.
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Legal basics about different areas of the law. These plain language legal information resources can help you answer legal reference questions. Topics covered include family law, wills & estates, residential tenancies, civil law, and consumer law.
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How to understand the difference between legal advice and legal information. Information & advice guidelines, scenarios, legal reference tips, if a patron is asking for legal advice.
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