Legal Services

Find organizations that provide legal help in BC. Most services are free or low cost.

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Antisemitism Legal Helpline

Access Pro Bono
This service provides up to 30 minutes of free summary legal advice to persons in BC who have experienced antisemitism.
Last reviewed October 2025
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Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline

Access Pro Bono
This service provides free legal advice and representation to persons and groups who have experienced Islamophobia and related racism.
Last reviewed October 2025
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Legal Referral Service

Access Pro Bono
This service helps you get a customized referral to a lawyer, a notary, or a designated paralegal for a free 15 to 30-minute consultation. Booking fee may apply. If you would like further help from the legal professional, you can retain them at a rate you both agree to.
Last reviewed October 2025
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Find an Advocate

PovNet
An online tool to help you find a legal advocate and anti-poverty organizations that can help with issues related to family law, debt, welfare, housing, disability, human rights, employment and workers’ rights. The database includes women's shelters, settlement programs, and other community services. You can search by areas of advocacy or city.
Last reviewed September 2025
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Legal Navigator Program

Sources Community Resource Centres
Free, confidential support to refugee claimants and asylum seekers across BC, with a focus on Surrey, Vancouver, Burnaby, and the Lower Mainland. Assistance includes guidance for refugee claim applications and immigration forms, applying for legal aid and finding refugee lawyers, and preparing for hearings at the Refugee Protection Division (RPD).
Last reviewed September 2025
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Legal advocacy & clinic

Migrant Workers Centre
Pro bono (free) legal advocacy services to caregivers and other migrant workers. They help with immigration, employment issues, labour exploitation, and trafficking and human rights. They cover issues such as recovering lost wages, illegal recruitment fees, employment contracts, EI, immigration status, work permits, and temporary resident visas.
Last reviewed September 2025
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SHARP Workplaces

Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS)
The legal clinic provides free confidential legal advice to help you deal with workplace sexual harassment. Assistance includes explaining how to file a human rights complaint or WorkSafe complaint, advising whether you may make a complaint to the police, reviewing or drafting documents, coaching, and advising you in negotiations.
Last reviewed September 2025
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Ask JES

Justice Education Society (JES)
Free information and referrals to help you deal with your legal issues. Questions are answered by UBC law students on weekdays from 11 am to 2 pm. Questions outside these hours will receive a response the next business day. Ask JES is supported by a knowledge base of over 1,000 legally reviewed questions and answers.
Last reviewed July 2025
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Virtual Counter

Government of British Columbia
Book an appointment to speak directly with a court registry employee for assistance with court related matters by video or phone. Court registry staff will try to answer your questions about court processes, but they cannot help you complete your forms or give legal advice.
Last reviewed July 2025
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QMUNITY Legal Clinic

QMUNITY
This is a legal clinic for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual individuals in BC. The QMUNITY Legal Clinic provides low-barrier free legal and wrap-around services for tenancy issues, human rights concerns, employment law, family law, trans ID services, and referrals for other legal matters.
Last reviewed July 2025