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| width="20%" | '''Clicklaw''' | |||
| width="40%" | A website with legal information and education from across BC. The resources available through Clicklaw are designed to be used by the public. | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca www.clicklaw.bc.ca] | |||
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| width="20%" | '''Dial-A-Law''' | |||
| width="40%" | Has <span class="noglossary">brief</span> legal information on over 130 topics, available in English, Chinese and Punjabi. Dial-A-Law is a free service of the Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia branch. You can listen on the telephone or online. You can also read the information online. | |||
| width="40%" | Phone: 604-687-4680<br/> | |||
Phone toll-free: 1-800-565-5297<br/> | |||
[http://www.dialalaw.org www.dialalaw.org] | |||
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| width="20%" | '''Human Rights Coalition''' | |||
| width="40%" | The BC Human Rights Coalition provides information and services to people in BC who need help to protect their rights under the BC ''Human Rights Code''. | |||
| width="40%" | Phone: 604-689-8474<br/>1-877-689-8474<br/>[http://www.bchrcoalition.org www.bchrcoalition.org] | |||
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| width="20%" | '''ImmigrantLegal.ca''' | |||
| width="40%" | ImmigrantLegal.ca provides free legal information and education on legal topics for newcomers to Canada and the people working with them. The website is a project of the Immigrant Public Legal Education and Information Consortium. It is managed by the Justice Education Society | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.immigrantlegal.ca www.immigrantlegal.ca] | |||
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| width="20%" | '''Justice Education Society''' | |||
| width="40%" | The '''Court Information Program''' for Immigrants provides free legal information to new immigrants and refugees. All content on the website is available in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Hindi. <br/> | |||
'''Your Human Rights in BC''' has a series of five videos – available in English, Mandarin and Punjabi – which teaches immigrants about human rights in BC and Canada. Discrimination occurs when someone treats you differently based on your personal characteristics.<br/> | |||
'''Courts of BC''' is a website that uses information and videos to describe the structure and function of BC’s courts: Provincial Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. <br/> | |||
'''Administrative Law BC - Resolving Disputes''' is a website that explains what tribunals are and how they work. | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.justiceeducation.ca/programs/court-information-program-immigrants www.justiceeducation.ca/programs/court-information-program-immigrants]<br/> | |||
[http://www.justiceeducation.ca/resources/human-rights-in-bc www.justiceeducation.ca/resources/human-rights-in-bc]<br/> | |||
[http://www.courtsofbc.ca/ www.courtsofbc.ca] <br/> | |||
[http://www.adminlawbc.ca/ www.adminlawbc.ca/]] | |||
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| width="20%" | '''Lawyer Referral Service''' | |||
| width="40%" | This service can help you find a lawyer who will meet with you for 30 minutes for $25. | |||
| width="40%" | Phone: 604-687-3221<br/> | |||
Phone toll-free: 1-800-663-1919<br/> | |||
[http://cbabc.org/For-the-Public/Lawyer-Referral-Service cbabc.org/For-the-Public/Lawyer-Referral-Service] | |||
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| width="20%" | '''MOSAIC''' | |||
| width="40%" | Offers programs and services to help immigrants and refugees in their <span class="noglossary">settlement</span> and integration into Canadian society. <br/> | |||
'''MultiLingoLegal.ca''' website features many legal publications in nine languages. MultiLingoLegal is operated by MOSAIC - a <span class="noglossary">settlement</span> and integration organization for immigrants and refugees in BC.<br/> | |||
'''Multilingual Legal Glossary''' is an online dictionary that allows you to search for the meaning of legal words. It provides the meaning of the word in English, and translates it into Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Farsi, Korean, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, or Vietnamese. | |||
| width="40%" | Phone: 604-254-9626<br/> | |||
[http://www.mosaicbc.com www.mosaicbc.com]<br/> | |||
[http://www.multilingolegal.ca www.multilingolegal.ca]<br/> | |||
[http://www.legalglossary.ca/dictionary/ www.legalglossary.ca/dictionary] | |||
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| width="20%" | '''People's Law School''' | |||
| width="40%" | The People's Law School provides people in BC with free public legal education and information. Visit our website or call us to find out how to <span class="noglossary">access</span> the education and information needed to exercise your legal rights and responsibilities. | |||
| width="40%" | Phone: 604-331-5400 <br/> | |||
[http://www.publiclegaled.bc.ca/ www.publiclegaled.bc.ca] | |||
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| width="20%" | '''Pro Bono Legal Services''' | |||
| width="40%" | In these programs, lawyers volunteer to provide free legal advice to those who can’t afford a lawyer or can’t get legal aid. A good place to start is with the Access Pro Bono Society of BC, which has legal advice clinics across BC. | |||
| width="40%" | Phone: 604-878-7400 <br/> | |||
Phone toll-free: 1-877-762-6664 <br> | |||
[http://www.accessprobono.ca www.accessprobono.ca] | |||
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{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[People's Law School]], 2013}} | {{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[People's Law School]], 2013}} | ||
