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[[Legal Help for British Columbians]] is a resource for non-legal professionals in British Columbia who have clients or patients with legal problems and little money to deal with them.
==Purpose of this Guide==
 
This Legal Help Guide is a resource for non-legal professionals in British Columbia who have clients or patients with legal problems and little money to deal with them.


It is meant to help you:
It is meant to help you:
 
*guide your client or patient in taking the '''first steps''' toward addressing their legal problem, and
* guide your client or patient in taking the '''first steps''' toward addressing their legal problem, and
*make the best ''referrals'' for your client or patient to information, assistance, advice or representation to address the legal issue.
 
* make the best '''referrals''' for your client or patient to information, assistance, advice or representation to address the legal issue.


==Reason for this Guide==
==Reason for this Guide==
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==Thanks to==
==Thanks to==


A special thanks to Allan Parker, QC, Andree Harley, Linda Locke, QC, and Glen Ferrier for their input and assistance with initial development of this Guide. Also, thank you to the Law Foundation for providing the funding and to Jill Veitch for editing and layout support for the first two editions.
A special thanks to [[Allan Parker, QC]], Andree Harley, Linda Locke, QC, and Glen Ferrier for their input and assistance with initial development of this Guide. Also, thank you to the Law Foundation for providing the funding and to Jill Veitch for editing and layout support for the first two editions.


For the third edition of the Guide, thank you to the many [[Legal Help Guide Contributors|reviewers and contributors]] who collaborated in updating and extending the Guide using wiki technology.
For the third edition of the Guide, thank you to the many [[Legal Help Guide Contributors|reviewers and contributors]] who collaborated in updating and extending the Guide using wiki technology. [[Legal Help for British Columbians]] was the first "[[Clicklaw Wikibooks|Clicklaw Wikibook]]", which feature a free, accessible online resource (the wiki version of the publication) that is also used to produce a printed book.  


==Please note==
==Please note==
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