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{{Legal Help Guide TOC}}Here is an alphabetical list of the best sources of legal information, assistance, advice and <span class="noglossary">representation</span> for low-income clients in British Columbia.

Contact information for government services is available through:
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-valign="top" 
| '''Provincial''' 
| [http://servicebc.gov.bc.ca/locations Service BC] 
|Phone:<br/>
Lower Mainland: 604-660-2421<br/>
Victoria: 250-387-6121<br/>
Elsewhere in BC: 1-800-663-7867<br/>
Outside BC: 604-660-2421
| Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD):<br/>
Lower Mainland: 604-775-0303<br/>
Elsewhere in BC: 1-800-661-8773 
|-
|-valign="top"
| '''Federal''' 
|[http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/home.shtml Service Canada]
|Phone:<br/>
1-800-622-6232
| Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD):<br/>
1-800-926-9105
|-
|}

For a list of toll-free phone numbers for law-related help in BC, see [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/content/talktosomeone Find Someone to Talk With] on Clicklaw.

This Guide refers to many websites for further legal information. To find a free public <span class="noglossary">access</span> computer, try visiting your local public library (listed below), a local Service BC office (listed below), a local college or university library, or a Courthouse Library (listed below), if you have one. You may be able to get some assistance with finding your information from these locations also.

== Access Pro Bono ==
{{:Access Pro Bono}}

== AdminLawBC.ca  ==
{{:AdminLawBC.ca}}

== Advocacy Access Program ==
{{:Advocacy Access Program}}

== BC Civil Liberties Association ==
{{:BC Civil Liberties Association}}

== BC Employment and Assistance ==
{{:BC Employment and Assistance}}

== BC Human Rights Clinic==
{{:BC Human Rights Clinic}}

== BC Laws ==
{{:BC Laws}}

== BC Society of Transition Houses ==
{{:BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses}}

== CanLII ==
{{:CanLII}}

== Clicklaw ==
{{:Clicklaw}}

== Civil Resolution Tribunal ==
{{:Civil Resolution Tribunal}}

== Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP ==
{{:Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP}}

== Community Legal Assistance Society ==
{{:Community Legal Assistance Society}}

== Consumer Protection BC ==
{{:Consumer Protection BC}}

== Courthouse Libraries BC ==
{{:Courthouse Libraries BC}}

== Courts of BC ==
{{:Courts of BC}}

== Credit Counselling Society of BC ==
{{:Credit Counselling Society of BC}}

== Dial-A-Law (People's Law School)==
{{:Dial-A-Law (People's Law School)}}

== Duty Counsel ==
{{Servicebox
| service_description = '''Duty counsel services''' include a variety of free advice services (and some limited <span class="noglossary">representation</span>) provided by the [[Legal Services Society]] for otherwise unrepresented clients facing immediate legal challenges. See the entry at the end of the Resource List for a detailed description of [[Duty Counsel]] services.

| website = [http://www.legalaid.bc.ca/ legalaid.bc.ca]
| phone = 604-408-2172 (Greater Vancouver) <br /> Toll-free: 1-866-577-2525
| clicklaw_label = '''Find on Clicklaw'''
| clicklaw_address = [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/organization/helpmap/1024 LSS Services on Clicklaw HelpMap]
}}

== Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver ==
{{:Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver}}

== Employment Standards Branch of BC ==
{{:Employment Standards Branch of BC}}

== Employment Standards (Canada) ==
{{:Employment Standards (Canada)}}

== Family Justice Centres ==
{{:Family Justice Centres}}

== Family Law in BC ==
{{:Family Law in BC}}

== Family LawLINE ==
{{:Family LawLINE}}

== Family Maintenance Enforcement Program ==
{{:Family Maintenance Enforcement Program}}

== Federal Court of Canada ==
{{:Federal Court of Canada}}

== First Nations Court Duty Counsel ==
{{:First Nations Court Duty Counsel}}

== Government Agent Offices ==
Government Agent offices are now known as Service BC. Please see [[Service BC]].

== Government of Canada's Settlement Services Directory ==
{{:Government of Canada's Settlement Services Directory}}

== Helpline for Children in BC ==
{{:Helpline for Children in BC}}

== Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ==
{{:Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada}}

== Law Students' Legal Advice Program ==
{{:Law Students' Legal Advice Program}}

== Lawyer Referral Service ==
{{:Lawyer Referral Service}}

== Legal Aid Representation ==
{{Servicebox
| service_description = The [[Legal Services Society| Legal Services Society]] provides a variety of legal aid services, including '''legal aid <span class="noglossary">representation</span>''' (getting a lawyer to take your case for free). See the entry at the end of the Resource List for a detailed description of [[Legal Aid Representation|legal aid <span class="noglossary">representation</span>]].

| website      = [http://www.legalaid.bc.ca/ legalaid.bc.ca]
| phone      = Toll-free: 1-866-577-2525
| clicklaw_label = '''Find on Clicklaw'''
| clicklaw_address = [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/helpmap/service/1053 Legal Aid Intake Offices on Clicklaw HelpMap]
}}

== Legal Services Society ==
{{:Legal Services Society}}

== Mediate BC ==
{{:Mediate BC}}

== MOSAIC ==
{{:MOSAIC}}

== Native Courtworkers ==
{{:Native Courtworkers}}

== Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre and Registry ==
{{:Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre and Registry}}

== Ombudsperson ==
{{:Ombudsperson}}

== Parole Board of Canada==
{{:Parole Board of Canada}}

== People's Law School ==
{{:People's Law School}}

== Police Complaints Commissioner (BC) ==
{{:Police Complaints Commissioner (BC)}}

== PovNet ==
{{:PovNet}}

== Private Bar Lawyers ==
As well as the Lawyer Referral Service, '''lawyers in private practice''' provide three main free or low-cost services. These are free initial consultations, contingency fee agreements, and pro bono services. See the entry [[Private Bar Lawyers]] at the end of the Resource List for an explanation of these services and a description about hiring private bar lawyers.

== Public Guardian and Trustee ==
{{:Public Guardian and Trustee}}

== Public Libraries ==
{{:Public Libraries}}

== Residential Tenancy Branch ==
{{:Residential Tenancy Branch}}

== Seniors First BC (formerly BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support) ==
{{:Seniors First BC}}

== Service BC ==
{{:Service BC}}

== Service Canada ==
{{:Service Canada}}

== Small Claims Court ==
{{:Small Claims Court}}

== Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre ==
{{:Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre}}

== Vehicle Sales Authority of BC ==
{{:Vehicle Sales Authority of BC}}

== Victims Info ==
{{:Victims Info}}

== VictimLINK ==
{{:VictimLINK}}

== Vital Statistics Agency ==
{{:Vital Statistics Agency}}

== Workers' Advisers ==
{{:Workers' Advisers}}

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