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Settlement Workers Guide to What is Legal Information and What is Legal Advice (view source)
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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. | 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 [[Settlement Workers Guide to Finding Legal Information|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.''' | '''As a settlement worker, you can only assist your client with legal information.''' | ||
'''Legal | '''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.lslap.bc.ca/ 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. | ||
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