Posts Tagged ‘legal advice’
Luke’s Place Legal Clinic: Providing support for women navigating family law
The Luke’s Place Legal Clinic provides free, confidential services to support women across Ontario in navigating family law. Our clinic connects women with experienced family law lawyers who provide summary legal advice. Who can Access the Clinic? Our services are available to self-identified women who are currently experiencing or have previously experienced intimate partner violence…
Read moreWhat is your lawyer supposed to do?
Have you left an abusive relationship? Or are you thinking of leaving an abusive relationship? Have you hired a lawyer to represent you in family court? Or are you thinking about hiring a lawyer to represent you in family court? Are you unsure of what exactly they’re supposed to do? We’ve got a resource for…
Read moreSupporting women to access family law supports during COVID-19
Luke’s Place offers a variety of supports to women and their advocates in Ontario during the pandemic For women If you are in Durham Region (Ajax, Brock, Clarington, Oshawa, Pickering, Scugog, Uxbridge and Whitby) Contact us at 905-728-0978 ext. 235 Monday to Friday 9 am to 4:30 pm for and Intake Assessment. Luke’s Place is offering…
Read moreHow can I be clear about the difference between legal advice and legal information?
Service providers often provide women with information about family law and the family court process, which is of critical importance but is distinct and different from giving legal advice. Workers must be clear with the client that they are providing information only, not legal advice. This is, as you are already well aware, easier said…
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