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* LawMatters, a program that supports people's access to legal information in public libraries throughout hundreds of communities in the province by training public librarians on how to make better legal referrals and handle legal reference questions, providing grants to support public libraries' collections of legal information, and finding ways to turn public libraries into places people can come to for more support with their legal questions — when you hold a print copy of ''JP Boyd on Family Law'' in your hand, it's because the LawMatters program funded its printing!
CLBC is a very old organization, and its work supporting self-represented litigants and members of the public seeking legal information has grown significantly over the years. CLBC's librarians routinely help members of the public find and get copies of information from law books and databases that are designed and written primarily for lawyers. These includes include important books published by the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia that nearly every family lawyer in the province relies upon to practice family law:
* ''British Columbia Family Practice Manual'',
* ''Family Law Agreements: Annotated Precedents'',