Legal Advice

Providing easy to understand support services for legal questions from expert lawyers and attorneys can assist workers in transition. The following links provide information for British Columbians about effective legal advice opportunities.

Please note that the Province of British Columbia is not responsible for the material and/or content presented on any non-provincial government site listed below.

Resources

CommunityFutures.com
Lists over 200 community programs that are searchable by category, sector, and organization. These pages provide information on sources of funding and support primarily for social, economic, and environmental community development initiatives in rural areas, however the programs are not necessarily exclusive to rural.
http://www.communityfutures.com/cms/Funding_Sources.2.0.html

Lawyer Referral Service, Canadian Bar Association
Refers people to a lawyer in their area who will meet with them for up to 30 minutes for a fee of $25.00 plus GST and PST.
http://www.cba.org/bc/initiatives/main/lawyer_referral.aspx

Pro Bono Law of British Columbia
Promotes, coordinates and facilitates the delivery of free legal services in British Columbia.
http://www.probononet.bc.ca

Volunteer Futures
Is an annual training event for boards of directors from around the province, a forum where board members come together to learn, grow their organization and draw energy and inspiration from interacting with other volunteer leaders from BC’s voluntary sector.
http://www.volunteerbc.bc.ca/volbc/documents/flyer.pdf (PDF, 100KB)

Volunteer Vancouver Leaders Forum
Has now opened registration for their Leaders Forum 2009, which will include a full day training session looking at building better boards, staff management, the wired not-for-profit, mission-based marketing, financial empowerment, planning, and social entrepreneurship.
https://www.netforumondemand.com/eWeb/...