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Legal Information in Many Languages

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Clicklaw contributors produce hundreds of legal information resources, and many of these resources are available in a variety of languages. The Clicklaw team has added some features to our site to make it easier to find them.

We’ve added quick links to information in Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Punjabi, Korean and Farsi in the header of every page on Clicklaw. In addition to these languages, when you select “more”, you get a list of the languages that are available through Clicklaw.

You can also browse through our resources by language. For example, if you click “employment” from our homepage, you can see what resources are available in other languages by selecting “language” on the left. Simply choose your language, and you’ll get search results that meet your needs. When you’re searching for service on the HelpMap, you can also narrow down your search results by language.

When you click on “more details” for a Clicklaw resource or HelpMap service, you’ll see what languages that resource or service is available in.

BC is a province rich in diversity and the Clicklaw team is proud to be supporting improved access to legal information for all British Columbians. Some of this year’s Clicklaw updates have been made possible thanks to funding from the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia.

New on Clicklaw! Find LSS’s new Community Partners on HelpMap

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With the goal of improving access to their services in rural, remote, and/or Aboriginal communities, the Legal Services Society (LSS) has formed partnerships with service providers throughout BC.  These new Community Partners provide legal information; connect people to legal aid intake offices and the LSS call centre to apply for legal aid; refer people to other community, print, and web resources; raise awareness of legal aid services; and promote and provide law-related community development and/or public legal education activities and information.LSS-CommunityPartners

 According to Mike Delaney, Community Engagement Coordinator at LSS, the idea behind the project is to

“engage community agencies who are already trusted and familiar sources of help…to partner with them, to form a hub of information in those communities.”

Delaney went on to say that the Community Partnerships project is one aimed at sustainability; that is, the goal is to enable communities from within, rather than having them rely as much on the central Vancouver office.

So far, according to Delaney, feedback has been positive:

“Community Partners have reported that this new model is being very well received by the community.”

 For more information about LSS’s Community Partners check out the LSS Website.

HelpMap To see a map of Community Partner locations, take a peek at the Clicklaw HelpMap!