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Public Commission on Legal Aid to consult with British Columbians about legal aid
As some of you may already know, six law‐related organizations have formed a commission that will travel the province to learn more about what British Columbians want from legal aid. Here's a summary of the LSS submission
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ELAN is starting a blog!
Starting in December 2010, we’re starting a process of transition for ELAN. There will be a regular November issue of ELAN, but after that, you’ll see a few changes. The first step will be a new blog. read more>>
Hot off the press from LSS
The third edition of our popular family law booklet, Living Together or Living Apart: Common-Law Relationships, Marriage, Separation, and Divorce, is now available online in Arabic, Chinese (traditional), Farsi, French, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese. read more>>
Check out our new video about how to order publications from LSS, now available on our Publications page (scroll down and click on the image on the left, just above "Availability lists").
Check out the YWCA Vancouver's Information for Women Leaving Abuse Web page for valuable resources, including Leaving an Abusive Relationship: Information on Custody and Access for Women with Children, available in Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Punjabi, Spanish, and Vietnamese (funded by the Law Foundation of BC; The Department of Justice Canada is funding translation into French, Japanese, Russian, and Tagalog later this fall.) Another helpful YWCA publication is Mothers Without Status: Practical Information for Service Providers Working with Women Who Have no Legal Status. See also the Legal Education Services and Resources page for other useful links.
On July 29, 2010, Order-in-Council 512/2010 amended the Supreme Court Civil and Family Rules to change the time frames for serving notices of application and filing application responses in civil and family cases. See also Recent Amendments to the Civil Rules and Recent Amendments to the Family Rules for information about the reasons behind the changes. (The self-help guides on the Family Law in BC website have all been updated to reflect these revisions to the Family Rules.)
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