Thursday, January 27, 2011

North Hastings Latest to Benefit From Good Legal Help

I am now impressed by the Community Advocacy and Legal Clinic in North Hastings in Ontario, Canada. They have just announced they are holding a trial drop-in legal clinic tailored toward providing legal advice to members of rural communities. Issues covered will include diverse issues like tenant rights, workplace safety, and assistance obtaining public benefits. If I am understanding correctly, the CALC hopes to hold special education sessions in particular neighborhoods to benefit unique needs, such as needs of individuals in particular professions. As this is a new project, it is hard to know precisely where this will go, but I am eager to continue hearing about projects which increases the knowledge of the citizenry and decreases the barriers of access to the legal community by members of the general public.

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