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New Home for Online Legal Aid Publications
Legal Aid BC has launched a new website to host their online legal information publications: https://info.legalaid.bc.ca/. To get directed there from the main Legal Aid website, simply click on the ‘O...
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Family Law in BC website relaunched with Justice Education Society
The Family Law in BC website is a great resource for legal information on family law issues such as divorce, separation, child custody, spousal/child support, and family violence/abuse. Management of...
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New: Multilingual Resources on Disability Benefits Applications
Disability Alliance BC (DABC) has recently translated some of their most popular resources into Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, and Spanish. DABC is an organization that works to promote a more inclusive an...
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New Resource: National edition of Legal Information for Indigenous People
You may remember the Clicklaw Wikibook Legal Information for Indigenous People, created by the Bella Coola Legal Advocacy Program. They have now released a new national edition of this title, which pr...
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Redesigned Clicklaw Officially Launched!
The new Clicklaw is now official, and we want everyone to know about it! Clicklaw is a Courthouse Libraries BC digital service which links the public and community helpers like library workers to acc...
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