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With funding from the Law Foundation (described below), which collects the interest from lawyers’ trust accounts, the BC Branch of the CBA provides two public service programs: | With funding from the Law Foundation (described below), which collects the interest from lawyers’ trust accounts, the BC Branch of the CBA provides two public service programs: | ||
*'''Dial-A-Law''' provides free legal information on more than 130 topics. Scripts are available in English, Chinese and Punjabi and accessible by telephone and | *'''Dial-A-Law''' provides free legal information on more than 130 topics. Scripts are available in English, Chinese and Punjabi and accessible by internet and the telephone (English and Chinese only). Call 604.687.4680 in the lower mainland or 1.800.565.5297 elsewhere in BC. The website is [http://www.dialalaw.org www.dialalaw.org]. | ||
*the '''Lawyer Referral Service''' provides the names and telephone numbers of lawyers in your area who will give you up to a half-hour consultation for $25 plus tax. Call 604.687.3221 in the lower mainland or 1.800.663.1919 elsewhere in BC. | *the '''Lawyer Referral Service''' provides the names and telephone numbers of lawyers in your area who will give you up to a half-hour consultation for $25 plus tax. Call 604.687.3221 in the lower mainland or 1.800.663.1919 elsewhere in BC. | ||
====To contact the CBA==== | ====To contact the CBA BC Branch==== | ||
Call 604.687.3404 in the lower mainland or 1.888.687.3404 elsewhere in BC. Or go to [http://www.cbabc.org www.cbabc.org]. | Call 604.687.3404 in the lower mainland or 1.888.687.3404 elsewhere in BC. Or go to [http://www.cbabc.org www.cbabc.org]. | ||
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