Assistance and Clinics

aid: Legal Aid funds three refugee law clinics one in Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa, according to NOW Magazine. The clinics provide an array of services, from assistance with various refugee applications to representation at hearings. I will pick up on these themes today as I address Legal Aid's role in refugee and immigration, tenancy, disability, employment, social assistance and consumer law matters. People living outside of those cities should contact Legal Aid Ontario to see what kind of assistance they can receive from the clinics or other sources of help. If Legal Aid Ontario LAO staff determine that your matter has merit and you are financially eligible, they may provide you with a certificate for a lawyer of your choice to work a specific number of hours on your case. Immigration matters are generally funded through the certificate program, which is the same system as criminal and family matters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.