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Community legal clinics are non-profit legal centres. They are governed by an independent board of directors who are representative of the community they serve.
Clinics employ lawyers, legal workers, paralegals and other staff to provide information, legal advice and representation. Clinics deliver services within a specific geographic area or community, and work at a grass-roots level to help people in their area
A presentation at the Annual Addictions & Mental Health Conference, Toronto, May 26 2014 Innovation often starts at the local level, with the direct service provider identifying a gap or barrier in service and then sets about finding a creative way to address the issue. In Halton Region, Halton Community Legal Services’ Executive Director Colleen […]
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is committing $9 million over the next three years to help community and legal aid clinics improve access to justice and outcomes for low-income Ontarians. LAO will fund 15 clinic projects in this first funding instalment. This comes as a result of $30 million in additional funding announced by the Ontario […]
by Colleen Sym “I am not alone.” This is what participants told us they learned in a series of Town Hall meetings held across Halton Region in the winter of 2011. One participant in particular, Cathy, found the experience of solidarity compelling. She joined with other participants to form Voices for Change Halton (Voices), a peer-led, […]
In early June, the southwest legal clinics’ held a training conference with the theme of “Igniting the Service Revolution.” Held at University of Western’s London Hall on June 11-13, 2014, the conference demonstrated the types of possibilities available when strong regional leaders embrace the opportunity for investing in their communities. For more information from the […]