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Are there other sources
of free legal help?
Where else
can I go for help when I think I've been treated unfairly?
What about emergencies
or special needs?
Where else can I turn if the system is unfair?
Although legal clinic staff cannot provide
advice or assistance in every area of law or for every type of legal
problem, we try very hard to refer you to someone or some service that
can help you. This section of our website is designed to give you
some ideas of where else you can go for help. You can also check
back to our Legal Information page for more
information about referrals or links to other websites or materials.
And then there is always
CLEONet which offers a wealth of information at just the click of
your mouse.
For example, the local
Area Offices of
Legal Aid Ontario, can link you to some forms of legal help in areas we
don't practice like family and criminal law. The Advice Clinics they
offer can also help with answer questions about consumer and contract
law, being in debt, some employment matters, Small Claims court in
addition to family and criminal law issues.
Also, we have put together a
Where Else to Go
For Help chart (PDF) which gives referrals to other sources
of help for a variety of matters.
Check out our LINKS
page for many other sources of help on a variety of issues.
Also, there are quite of number of other places you can go to make
complaints about unfair or unjust treatment or other problems, like the
provincial Ombudsman's office for complaints about provincial government
offices or practices for example. Later in 2006, we hope to be able to
include even
more information about where you can go for help. In the meantime,
you'll find
local MP or
MPP's constituency office staff of great assistance
also (visit
Elections Ontario to find your electoral district).
Our clinic staff are very sensitive to the problems created by
threatened eviction and homelessness, domestic violence, and the special
needs of our clients who have disabilities. By clicking on each of these
issues, you will find information we hope you will find helpful.
In
addition to providing referrals for individual clients, clinic staff are
also involved in a number of projects trying to help solve problems at a
"systems level" - an approach we sometimes call "beyond bandaids". You
can find out more about this by clicking on the "advocacy" button in the
left margin of this page.
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This site provides general information only,
specific to Ontario, Canada. It is
NOT legal advice. 
