Settlement Workers Guide to What is Legal Information and What is Legal Advice

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Understanding the difference between legal information and legal advice is very important. In this section, you will learn how they are different, and why it is important that your client also understands the difference.

Legal Information[edit]

Legal information helps people understand the law and the legal system. Legal information is available to the public, both on websites and in print.

Clients may need your help finding and understanding legal information. If they need further assistance, you can show them where to go for more legal information or for legal advice.

As a settlement worker, you can only assist your client with legal information.

A resolution of one or more issues in a court proceeding or legal dispute with the agreement of the parties to the proceeding or dispute, usually recorded in a written agreement or in an order that all parties agree the court should make. A court proceeding can be settled at any time before the conclusion of trial. See "action," "consent order," "family law agreements" and "offer."

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