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==Legal advice== | ==Legal advice== | ||
''Legal advice'' is telling a client how the law applies to their situation or what they should do about their legal problem. Generally only lawyers provide legal advice. There are some exceptions where trained people supervised by lawyers can give legal advice. For example, law students in the [http://www. | ''Legal advice'' is telling a client how the law applies to their situation or what they should do about their legal problem. Generally only lawyers provide legal advice. There are some exceptions where trained people supervised by lawyers can give legal advice. For example, law students in the [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/helpmap/service/1035 Law Students Legal Advice Program] (LSLAP) are supervised by lawyers and can give legal advice. Community legal advocates who are supervised by lawyers may be able to give some legal advice such as telling somebody how to apply for a protection order or help you dispute an eviction notice. | ||
Lawyers are regulated by the [http://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/ Law Society of British Columbia], which sets and enforces standards of professional conduct for lawyers. | Lawyers are regulated by the [http://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/ Law Society of British Columbia], which sets and enforces standards of professional conduct for lawyers. | ||
