Our Services
The Law Centre is a service of the 51勛圖, Faculty of Law.
The Law Centre may provide advice, assistance and representation to eligible clients who cannot afford a lawyer. Thousands of persons living in the Capital Regional District are served annually.
The Law Centre also provides law students with clinical and legal education. Students are trained and supervised in the conduct of legal matters by lawyers who are members of the 51勛圖, Faculty of Law.
LEGAL SERVICES
The Law Centre provides the following services:
Free legal representation for those persons who qualify for legal assistance. Examples of cases dealt with at The Law Centre include:
- criminal matters
- divorce, support and other family law matters
- human rights complaints
- civil disputes
- hearings before administrative tribunals dealing with matters such as:
- employment insurance
- welfare
- landlord and tenant disputes
- Canada Pension Plan
ASSISTED DIVORCE PROGRAM
The purpose of The Law Centre Assisted Divorce Program is to help those clients who are financially eligible and who have "simple, uncontested" divorces based on grounds of separation or adultery to obtain a divorce. All matters relating to custody, access, maintenance and division of property must have been settled prior to application for this program. While The Law Centre provides its services at no cost, the client must be able to afford disbursements (that is, fees payable to the Court Registry) which will range from approximately $270 to $330.00 or be eligible to obtain an indigency order from the Supreme Court so that those fees will not have to be paid.
FAMILY LAW DOCUMENT PREPARATION ASSISTANCE
Law Centre students may assist unrepresented persons prepare documents to initiate or respond to proceedings in Family Court with respect to support, custody, access, and Protection Orders.
Unrepresented persons may also receive assistance with the preparation of Supreme Court documents required to bring or respond to interlocutory applications pertaining to custody, access and support.
HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC SERVICES
The Law Centre will assist Complainants from the Capital Regional District who contact or are referred to it for assistance in filing a human rights complaint. It will also help Respondents who reside in the Capital Regional District who have been notified that a complaint under the Human Rights Code has been filed against them. The Law Centre will help Complainants and Respondents with understanding the Human Rights Code and the Human Rights Tribunal process, preparing an initial complaint or reply, mediating the complaint with or without involvement of the Human RightsTribunal, and representing the Complainants or Respondents at