Where you can find help...

There are many organizations that can provide you with legal information, legal advice, and referrals to a variety of services in your community.

Criminal Services

• Legal Services Society
• Access Pro Bono: Summary Advice Program 
• Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of B.C. 
• Section 684 Applications for a Court Appointed Lawyer (Practice Directive)
  • For those living (or incarcerated) in the Victoria Capital Regional District, The Law Centre at the University of Victoria can assist with a s. 684 application.
  • For those incarcerated in the Lower Mainland, the Law Students’ Legal Advice Program at the University of British Columbia can assist with a s. 684 application.

Civil Services

• Amicus Curiae (AC) Friends of Court offers help completing legal forms or preparing for your appearances for free. 
• Legal Services Society (Legal Aid BC)
• Access Pro Bono
  • Summary advice program
  • Civil chambers duty counsel program 
  • Lawyer referral service 
• Courthouse Libraries BC
• UBC Law Students' Legal Advice Program (LSLAP)
• Law Centre at the University of Victoria
• Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS)
• Clicklaw 
• Rise Women’s Legal Centre