Legal Services

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

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Campbell River Advocacy

Opportunities Career Services Society
Provides legal advocacy to low-income residents in Campbell River and the surrounding area. They can help with disability benefits, seniors’ benefits, residential tenancy disputes, and consumer debt issues. Volunteer lawyers are available, by appointment only, to people who can’t afford a lawyer.
Last reviewed August 2024
Logo with "The Kettle Society" in red type below a green kettle, which has a design of overlapping petals of yellow, orange, pink, and red.

Kettle Mental Health Outreach and Advocacy Program

The Kettle Society
Support and advocacy for people living with a combination of mental illness, mental health problems, low-income, or homelessness, on issues including income security and financial hardship, access to health care and substance use supports, filing taxes, residential tenancy and housing, child protection and family law issues, and debt relief.
Last reviewed August 2024
The logo features the word "CARES" in large, bold black letters in the centre. Above "CARES," the word "nelson" is written in smaller, light brown letters. Below "CARES," the word "society" is also written in smaller, light brown letters.

The Advocacy Centre

Nelson Cares Society
Provides legal information, education, and help with problem solving for low-income residents of the West Kootenays. They can help with welfare, family law, tenancy, women’s safety, and poverty survival. They also provide specialized victim assistance to victims of relationship violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Advocacy services are free.
Last reviewed August 2024
Logo of the Access Centre featuring a stylized green letter "A" to the left of the text "Access Centre" in green. The letter "A" consists of two green overlapping shapes, creating a layered effect.

Access Centre

Penticton & Area Access Centre
Legal advocates help with legal questions and with tenancy disputes, family law, poverty law, tribunals, hearings, and more for those in the South Okanagan/Similkameen and Boundary country. Open for booked appointments and limited drop-ins.
Last reviewed August 2024
Logo features a red hand holding a stylized black feather with red and white Indigenous art details, and the words “the power of friendship” in an arc over the feather in red text.

Family Law Legal Advocacy Program

Prince George Native Friendship Centre
Free help to anyone in Prince George with family law issues. The legal advocate provides information, referrals, advocacy, court support, and assistance with filling out legal forms for parental arrangements, children’s rights, child protection, child or spousal support, separation and divorce, guardianship, protection orders, and FMEP.
Last reviewed August 2024
The logo features the words “the Shuswap” in small red letters, above the word “family” in large green letters, which is above the word “centre” in large blue letters. To the top right there is a kite, coloured blue, green, red, and orange.

Poverty law advocate (Salmon Arm)

Shuswap Family Centre
Free information, summary advice, referrals, and legal representation for residents of the Shuswap who are struggling accessing other legal resources. They help with issues including income security (disability benefits, CPP, CPPD, EI), residential tenancy (disputes and housing applications), debt, employment standards, and seniors advocacy.
Last reviewed July 2024
The logo features a circular design with a red border and text. Inside the circle, there are three stylized red hands holding various traditional tools and symbols. The text "QUESNEL TILLICUM SOCIETY" arcs around the top of the circle, and "NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE" arcs around the bottom, all in red capital letters.

Poverty law advocate (Quesnel)

Quesnel Tillicum Society
Gives clear and meaningful information about legal issues, and advocacy and support to people who aren’t eligible for legal aid. Issues they help with include assisting with appeals, documents, attending hearings and preparing for court, and negotiating third party settlements. They provide self-help information, legal research, and referrals.
Last reviewed July 2024
The logo features the letter "U" in dark blue on a pale blue square.

Poverty law advocate (Prince Rupert)

Prince Rupert Unemployed Action Centre
Advocacy services for employment insurance, landlord/tenant, income assistance, Canada Pension Plan (CPP), disability, and employment standards.
Last reviewed July 2024
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Poverty law advocate (Prince George)

Active Support Against Poverty (ASAP)
Advocacy services for low-income people dealing with government agencies, including people with disabilities and people on income assistance. Addresses disability, income assistance, and tenancy issues. Services include information, referrals, help with forms, and access to phones and fax machines. Also free income tax preparation if you qualify.
Last reviewed July 2024
The logo consists of a purple circle with the white letters "CSA" inside it. The letters "C" and "S" are styled in a standard font, while the "A" is stylized to resemble the outline of a house, with the crossbar of the "A" extending to form a horizontal line.

Poverty law advocate (Powell River)

Powell River Community Services Association
Provides free and confidential service to people with legal poverty related issues including applying for provincial and federal benefits, appealing denials, tenancy issues, debt and collections, employment problems, human rights, and more. Also offers help for people struggling with contacting government workers on the phone, and help with forms.
Last reviewed July 2024