Introduction to JP Boyd on Family Law

Clicklaw Wikibooks has teamed up with Vancouver lawyer John-Paul Boyd to turn his popular family law website, www.bcfamilylawresource.com, into this new Clicklaw Wikibook title, JP Boyd on Family Law. The migration of John-Paul's website into this new format preserves the accessibility, scope and tone of the original, which provided free family law information to more than 27,000 British Columbians a month and had been published for more than a decade.

As a Clicklaw Wikibook, JP Boyd on Family Law harnesses the versatility and strength of MediaWiki, the same open-source wiki platform that powers Wikipedia. The clean page layout provides a familiar user experience, and the search functionality enables fulltext searching over the entire wikibook and others on the platform. The wiki platform's book creator function allows libraries and individual readers to print as little or as much of this wiki as they want, in convenient, user-friendly PDF or book formats that expand the reach of this resource to benefit British Columbians online and off.

A collaborative, community resource

John-Paul Boyd continues at the helm of JP Boyd on Family Law but is no longer alone in his efforts. John-Paul is joined by an editorial team composed of experienced family law lawyers who are committed to delivering comprehensive, useful and easy to understand family law information. The editorial team provides an enriching diversity of opinion and perspective that further improves the depth and inclusiveness of this resource. The wiki platform's strong support for collaboration enables the editorial team to nimbly respond to changes in the law, making updates immediately available to readers of the wikibook online at wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca.

John-Paul and the wikibook's editorial team are guided and assisted by an advisory committee composed of senior family law lawyers, public and legal librarians, and educators.

Clicklaw Wikibooks

As a wikibook, JP Boyd on Family Law continues John-Paul's commitment to explaining the legal system and providing free, plain language information on family law and divorce law, court processes and other family law dispute resolution mechanisms.

Transitioning John-Paul's resource to a wiki format enables a highly accessible experience both online and in print. You might be reading this page on a laptop in a coffee shop, or you could be flipping through this book at a public library. Both digital and print formats are made possible by the technology that powers Clicklaw Wikibooks, and helps provide legal information for the public and improve the legal collections of public libraries in British Columbia.

If you are interested in contributing as a writer, commentator or as a member of the editorial team, or have any feedback or other remarks about this wikibook, please contact editor@clicklaw.bc.ca.