Having the Legal Tools to Empower your Patrons STOCKING YOUR LEGAL REFERENCE TOOLKIT

 Kate Sloan Public Services Librarian at New Westminster Public Library  Shannon McLeod LawMatters Program Coordinator and Outreach Librarian at Courthouse Libraries BC INTRODUCTIONS

 Beginners Guide to Finding Legal Information  Online Resources - General  Laws, Cases, General Information + Starting Points for Searching  Referrals + Reference  Specific Resources  Organizations  Contact Info WHAT’S IN OUR TOOLKIT?

BGFLI  How to find legal information in British Columbia  Links more self-help resources and guides  Starting point, not meant to be exhaustive  Law and legal procedures in general  Explore on your own! BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO FINDING LEGAL INFORMATION bit.ly/cwbgfli

Laws  BC Laws  Justice Laws Case Law  CanLII General Information  Clicklaw  Clicklaw Common Questions  BGFLI GENERAL STARTING POINTS

 Ministry of Justice  All forms  Family Law in BC  Family Forms  JP Boyd on Family Law  Family Forms  Clicklaw  All forms COURT FORMS

Starting Points and Resources  Wills Resources & Personal Planning  Nidus, LSLAP, Clicklaw Common Questions, Clicklaw, Courthouse Library  Personal Injury  Clicklaw, Clicklaw Wikibooks (Dial-A-Law), LSLAP  Landlord & Tenant  Residential Tenancy Branch  TRAC  Employment  General – Guided Pathways  Civil Resolution Tribunal  MyLawBC CIVIL LAW

 Generally involves issues that have to be decided when an intimate relationship breaks down  Dividing property  Children’s living arrangements  Financial arrangements Starting Points + Resources  LSLAP  JP Boyd  LSS Family Law – phone and in-person  CLE (Print Resource)  MyLawBC (Guided pathway) FAMILY LAW

 Criminal laws can be found in the Criminal Code of Canada. If someone breaks one of these laws they can be charged with a criminal offence. Starting Points + Resources  Clicklaw  Clicklaw Wikibooks  LSS Publications on Criminal Law  “Defending yourself…” Series CRIMINAL LAW

Starting Points + Resources  Clicklaw & Clicklaw Common Questions & HelpMap  Aboriginal Legal Aid in BC (LSS)  Indigenous Community Legal Clinic (Vancouver) ABORIGINAL LAW

 Courthouse Libraries BC  Access Pro Bono  Legal Services Society  Lawyer Referral Service  PovNet  LSLAP  Mediate BC  Justice Access Centre  Family Justice Centres  Residential Tenancy Board  Tenants Resource & Advisory Centre YOUR TOOLKIT: REFERRALS & REFERENCE

Out-of-Province:  Courthouse Libraries  Ontario – the Great Library  Alberta – Alberta Law Libraries  Public Legal Information  Alberta – CPLEA  Ontario – CLEO & PLE Learning Exchange  Nova Scotia – LISNS  Yukon - YPLEA YOUR TOOLKIT: REFERRALS & REFERENCE

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