Legal Services Society
The Legal Services Society (LSS) provides legal aid in BC. Legal aid includes representation by a lawyer, legal advice, and legal information. LSS gives priority to people with low incomes, but many of its services are available to all British Columbians. LSS's mission is to provide innovative and collaborative legal aid services that enable people with low incomes to effectively address their issues within the justice system.
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Experienced family lawyer Nancy Cameron explains how family law may change when the Family Relations Act is revised. + more details
From Legal Services SocietySubtopics: dealing with family breakup; justice system reform
This report reviews how the Legal Services Society (LSS) provides public legal education and information services. It explores the roots of public legal education and information (PLEI) in the BC legal aid system and ... + more details
From Legal Services SocietySubtopics: public legal education & information (PLEI)
The Legal Services Society responds to the call for public submissions on the subject of key areas of BC's child protection system from the perspective of a provider of legal services to low income British Columbians. + more details
From Legal Services SocietySubtopics: child protection/removal; justice system reform
Appendices to the final report produced by the PLEI Working Group, which contracted with an independent research firm to undertake a province-wide community profile and needs assessment. + more details
From Legal Services SocietySubtopics: public legal education & information (PLEI)
The Legal Services Society (LSS) provides its comments on the proposed family rules of the BC Supreme Court from the perspective of a provider of legal services to poor and low income British Columbians with family law ... + more details
From Legal Services SocietySubtopics: justice system reform; supreme court
An evaluation of service outcomes of 812 clients from nine Legal Services Society (LSS) programs that provide information, advice and/or representation services to clients with family legal issues. + more details
From Legal Services SocietySubtopics: dealing with family breakup; justice system reform
The Public Legal Education and Information (PLEI) Working Group was established in British Columbia in 2003 to coordinate PLEI efforts throughout the province. The PLEI Working Group contracted with an independent ... + more details
From Legal Services SocietySubtopics: public legal education & information (PLEI)
This report makes recommendations in areas where LSS can improve Aboriginal peoples’ access to its services: Aboriginal representation within LSS; legal representation available to Aboriginal people; outreach to ... + more details
From Legal Services SocietySubtopics: benefits for Aboriginal people; public legal education & information (PLEI) + all subtopics
This report provides the Legal Services Society (LSS) with feedback from people who attended LSS regional advocacy conferences about the significance of the conferences to their work. In addition, the report reviews ... + more details
From Legal Services SocietySubtopics: finding legal help; public legal education & information (PLEI) + all subtopics
The Legal Services Society provides its comments on the proposed rules of civil procedure from the perspective of a provider of legal services to poor and low income British Columbians. + more details
From Legal Services SocietySubtopics: supreme court