What BC community organizations can help with legal problems?
Many BC organizations offer free legal help. Check the descriptions below to see which one best meets your needs:
- Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre (opens in a new tab) (TRAC): Information and advocacy for renters.
- West Coast LEAF (opens in a new tab): Legal support for gender equality issues.
- PovNet (opens in a new tab): Directory to find advocates across BC. Advocates often deal with issues related to income assistance, housing, employment, family law and more.
- Community Legal Assistance Society (opens in a new tab): Provides free assistance to modest-income British Columbians facing certain types of legal issues, including eviction, human rights complaints, and work-related issues.
- Seniors First BC (opens in a new tab): Free legal services for older adults.
- Indigenous Justice Centres (opens in a new tab): Provide culturally-appropriate information, advice, support and representation for Indigenous people.
See "How can I get free or low cost legal help? (opens in a new tab)" and "How do I find a BC lawyer or legal clinic near me? (opens in a new tab)" to get legal help from other BC service providers. Or, use Ask JES to ask your legal question.
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- Ask a Human / Ask AI (opens in a new tab)
LegalHelpBC provides free legal help, responding to inquiries by Legal Navigators (Ask a Human) or the JES AI chatbot (Ask AI).
- LegalAid.bc.ca (opens in a new tab)
Provides free lawyers to income qualified clients for specific legal issues.
- AccessProbono.ca (opens in a new tab)
Provides free lawyers to income qualified clients for specific legal issues.
- PovNET (opens in a new tab)
Provides a directory of BC poverty and family law advocates and pro bono lawyers working on issues like housing, income, employment, immigration, etc.
- Clicklaw (opens in a new tab)
An online hub for legal information from a range of BC publishers covering a broad range of legal issues. Law librarians respond to thousands of legal questions each year.
- Peoples Law School (opens in a new tab)
The PLS website provides a range of legal help information, especially for consumer law, debt, wills, etc.
