General | Aboriginal | Copyright | Elder | Employment | Environment | Family | Freedom of Information & Privacy | Residential Tenancy & Strata Law | Human Rights | Pro Bono & Legal Aid | Traffic | Wills & Estates | Courts | Lawyers

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General

• BC Courthouse Library's Asked and Answered page: for answers to difficult questions.

• Best's Legal Bookmarks: BC, Canadian and international links

• Canadian Justice System: a guide to the legal system in Canada by the Department of Justice

• Charity Central: provides information about legal obligations that Registered Charities face

• Clicklaw: understand how the legal system in BC works, and find answers to common legal questions as well as referrals to legal help and lawyers

• Dial-a-Law: practical information on BC law topics

• Duhaime's Law Dictionary: a plain-language dictionary by a Victoria lawyer

• Jurist Canada: legal education mega-site

• LawCentral Alberta: extensive collection of law and justice links, articles and documents

• LawStart BC: portal that leads to four BC public legal information resources (ClickLaw, ClickLaw's Help Map, BC LawMatters, Courthouse Libraries).

• Law Student Legal Assistance (LSLAP) Manual: comprised of approximately 1000 pages of legal information, divided into 23 chapters. The manual is easy-to-use and provides quick answers to many legal issues.

• Legal Glossary: contains legal terms in Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Punjabi, Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese and English

• Legal Line: Canadian website with a variety of legal topics available. Can look at legal information from different provinces. Information compiled by a team of volunteer lawyers

• Legal Services Society: provides informative, online LSS legal publications, legal aid details and the toll-free hotline Lawline, and LawLink which has links to current, relevant legal sites

• MultiLingoLegal: Provides legal information to newcomers to Canada in many different languages

• People's Law School: public legal education and information for the people of BC

• QP Legaleze: a searchable database for BC Bills, Statutes, Regulations, Debates,  and Gazettes. Only available within the Library.

• Vancouver Justice Access Centre: useful site if you are representing yourself in court

Aboriginal Law

• Aboriginal Law and Legislation Online
  
   

Copyright

• Access Copyright: the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, licenses public access to copyright works

• Guide to Copyright: getting started, application process and forms for obtaining a copyright in Canada

 

Elder Law

• BC Centre for Elder Advocacy & Support: includes free downloadable resources, information on Elder Law clinics, and how to contact the Seniors Advocacy and Information Line (SAIL)

 

Employment Law

• Employment Standards Branch: guides, fact sheets and self-help information

• Labour Relations Board: includes LRB decisions from 2000 to present, online collective agreements, information about unions in BC

• Work Safe BC: from the Workers' Compensation Board of BC, includes the Appeal Division decisions from 2000 to present

 

Environment Law

• West Coast Environmental Law: reports, backgrounders and publications about environmental protection and sustainability

• Environmental Law Centre: from the University of Victoria; includes downloadable publications

 

Family Law

• Changing a Child Support Order: from the Law Centre Association of Victoria

• Child Support: includes tables, guidelines, workbooks and other child support

• Family Justice: information from the Attorney General of BC

• Family Law in British Columbia includes self-help materials, family law by subject and advice on resolving family law problems

• International Adoption: from Citizenship and Immigration Canada, a legal guide

• JP Boyd's BC Family Law Resources: family law, divorce law and the court process in British Columbia, written in plain language

• National Clearinghouse on Family Violence

Freedom of Information and Privacy

• BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association: includes instructions on how to request government and personal records

• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC

 

Residential Tenancy and Strata Law

• Condominium Home Owner's Association

• Guide to the Residential Tenancy Act [pdf]

• Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre

 

Human Rights

• Amnesty International Canada: a variety of reports

• BC Civil Liberties Association

• BC Human Rights Coalition: community-based organization that seeks to promote and strengthen human rights throughout BC and Canada

• Canadian Human Rights Commission: responsible for investigating and resolving complaints

• Human Rights Watch: numerous publications and reports

• University of Minnesota Human Rights Centre: large collection of links to international treaties, bibliographies and research for international human rights issues

Pro Bono and Legal Aid

• Access Probono: nonprofit lawyer’s group that provides free legal services throughout BC

• Battered Women Support Services Legal Advocacy Resource Room: support and legal information services for women conducting legal research or writing legal documents 

• Community Legal Assistance Society: specialized legal aid for disadvantaged British Columbians. Includes useful legal guides

• Legal Aid: Legal Services Society site provides information about legal aid in BC

• Pivot Legal Society: hosts two free legal advice clinics each week at community agencies

• Salvation Army Pro Bono Program

 

Traffic Law

• Defending Traffic Tickets: a step-by-step process

• ICBC: process of paying or disputing tickets, fines

 

Wills and Estates

• Public Guardian & Trustee (BC): answers to common questions on estates and personal trust services

• ClickLaw's Common Questions on Wills and Estates

Courts

• The Courts of British Columbia:  includes links to the Provincial, Appeal, and Supreme Court of British Columbia, as well as a searchable database of decisions

Lawyers

• Clicklaw: Legal Help & Lawyers: information on finding legal help, including lawyers and legal advice