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Defamation is communication about a person that hurts their reputation. Defamation can be written (called libel) or spoken (called slander). Today, we’re bringing together a few resources about what d...
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Oct 2-8 2022 marks Make a Will Week in BC, a week designated by the BC government to encourage people to make or update their will. Wills are legal documents that set out what will happen after a pers...
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September 30th, 2022 is the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, held alongside Orange Shirt Day; a grassroots commemorative day meant to raise awareness of the devastating intergenerational impa...
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In today’s post, we highlight one of BC’s helpful PLEI (public legal education information) organisations, People’s Law School. People’s Law School is a non-profit which provides free education a...
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Our goal at LawMatters is to help public library workers increase capacity when dealing with legal topics in their libraries, both on the reference desk and in their collections. One way we do this is...
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