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Yet another way to find a lawyer is by contacting the Legal Services Society. LSS provides legal aid in British Columbia, and, if you meet their criteria, they will refer you to a lawyer and pay for the lawyer's services to boot. Be warned however, that since the provincial government's catastrophic reduction of funding to LSS in 2002, legal aid will generally only be available for people dealing with situations of family violence or where the abduction of children is a possibility. Go to LSS's website for more information about their eligibility criteria. | Yet another way to find a lawyer is by contacting the Legal Services Society. LSS provides legal aid in British Columbia, and, if you meet their criteria, they will refer you to a lawyer and pay for the lawyer's services to boot. Be warned however, that since the provincial government's catastrophic reduction of funding to LSS in 2002, legal aid will generally only be available for people dealing with situations of family violence or where the abduction of children is a possibility. Go to LSS's website for more information about their eligibility criteria. | ||
If none of this works out, you can try finding a lawyer through the Yellow Pages or the internet, but only as a last resort. Typing | If none of this works out, you can try finding a lawyer through the Yellow Pages or the internet, but only as a last resort. Typing <tt>vancouver family lawyer</tt> or <tt>best divorce lawyer</tt> into a search engine is a terrible way to find a lawyer: while you will get a ton of results, you won't know anything about those lawyers except for the things they say about themselves on their websites. The same thing applies to picking a lawyer through a Yellow Pages ad. | ||
Remember that not all lawyers practice family law, of course, and this is something you may want to take into consideration. Some lawyers focus exclusively on family law, so that family law is the whole of their practice; others practice family law along with other areas of the law. If a lawyer advertises in the Yellow Pages or online, the lawyer's ad or website will usually say exactly what area or areas of law he or she practices. You may wish to pay special attention to lawyers who tend to spend all or most of their time on family law matters. | Remember that not all lawyers practice family law, of course, and this is something you may want to take into consideration. Some lawyers focus exclusively on family law, so that family law is the whole of their practice; others practice family law along with other areas of the law. If a lawyer advertises in the Yellow Pages or online, the lawyer's ad or website will usually say exactly what area or areas of law he or she practices. You may wish to pay special attention to lawyers who tend to spend all or most of their time on family law matters. | ||
