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You can search for a lawyer through the Law Society of BC’s Lawyer Directory.
BC Lawyer Referral Service
You can receive 15 minutes of free consultation with a lawyer by following these steps:
- Call the BC Lawyer Referral Service telephone line at 604-687-3221 from 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.
- Briefly explain your legal problem to get the name and contact information of a suitable lawyer to help you.
- Get 15 minutes of free consultation to determine your legal needs and how you can serve them.
- If you want more help from the lawyer, you must pay their fee. Only 15 minutes is free consultation.
Everyone Legal Clinic
You can also receive low-cost representation services through an online referral to a supervised articling clinician at Everyone Legal Clinic if you:
- Have a family, tenancy, employment, wills/estates, civil, corporate, consumer or criminal law issue
- Have the ability to pay for the fixed-fee after an initial meeting
- Are willing to work with the clinician by telephone or videoconference
- Can communicate in English
If you meet all of the above criteria, call 778-200-4478 to schedule an initial meeting with a clinician (up to 30 minutes) by videoconference or telephone. Articling clinicians work under the supervision of practising lawyers, and provide legal services on a lower-cost, fixed-fee basis.
