Category: New on Clicklaw

We share with you a monthly roundup of changes to Clicklaw’s collection. Here is a summary of updates done in February 2023.

Solve Problems

Legal Aid BC

Defending Yourself: Breach of a Court Order (Updated)
Describes how to defend yourself if you are charged with a breach of a court order and what the prosecutor must prove to find you guilty. Includes sentencing information and how to get legal help.

Reform and Research

British Columbia Law Institute (BCLI)

Renovate the Public Hearing Project (New)
Local governments must hold public hearings on regulating land use. The Renovate the Public Hearing Project seeks a better way to engage in land-use decision-making through law reform, public engagement, and considering alignment with Indigenous governance.

HelpMap

BC Family Law Unbundling Roster

Family Lawyers and Paralegals Offering Unbundled Legal Services (Updated)
The BC Family Law Unbundling Roster is a list of family lawyers & paralegals who will perform select legal tasks for clients who do not want or cannot afford full representation. Unbundled legal services means clients pay for some assistance depending on what help they want & what they can afford. Professionals listed here are sorted by location. Inclusion does not imply endorsement. Many of the practitioners on the list provide remote/digital as well as in-person service.

Indigenous Community Legal Clinic (ICLC)

Indigenous Community Legal Clinic (ICLC) (Updated)
The Indigenous Community Legal Clinic is an educational legal clinic of the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC that provides legal services to the Indigenous community in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, and throughout the Lower Mainland. The Clinic may be able to provide advice, assistance and representation to eligible clients who cannot afford a lawyer and who self-identify as Indigenous persons.

Upper Skeena Counselling and Legal Assistance Society

USCLAS Legal Aid Agent, Legal Aid Representation, Advocacy Program (Updated)
USCLAS accepts applications for legal aid, provides legal aid lawyers, offers private legal services (family, criminal, employment, wills), and provides poverty law advocacy for aboriginals and non-aboriginals.

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We share with you a monthly roundup of changes to Clicklaw’s collection. Here is a summary of updates done in January 2023.

Solve Problems

Government of Canada

On-reserve Income Assistance program (New)
The On-reserve Income Assistance program is a federal program that helps eligible on-reserve residents and Status Indians in Yukon to cover their daily living costs and access pre-employment supports.

Legal Aid BC

Speaking to the Judge Before You Are Sentenced (Updated)
Lists possible sentences when pleading guilty or found guilty. Explains in plain language what to say to a judge before they decide on a sentence. Learn how to prepare and where to get legal advice. Contains information about Gladue principles at sentencing for Indigenous peoples.

Learn and Teach

Qmunity

Queer Glossary: A to Q Terminology (3rd Edition) (Updated)
The guide helps community members, allies, and service providers to use language respectfully. The glossary includes terms such as AFAB/AMAB, FTM, femme, Gender Non-Conforming (GNC), intersex, pangender, QTIPOC, and Two-Spirit. The appendices describe gender/sexuality models and a pronouns chart.

HelpMap

Seniors First BC

Seniors First BC: Legal Programs (New Locations)
Seniors First BC provides services to older adults who are not able to access legal help elsewhere due to low income or other barriers. VCH Deaf Well-Being Program is a new location in Burnaby, open for two Thursdays a month.

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