Resource collection

Helping people with legal problems and finding reliable legal information

Recorded on May 25, 2023

Many people with day-to-day problems don’t realize that their issues may have a legal aspect.

In this webinar, you learn to:

• consider life events
• listen for legal language
• look at legal documents

The CLEO Connect team helps you:

• find reliable legal information
• know...

Critical Judicial Decisions for Self-Represented Litigants

This primer from the  National Self Represented Litigants Project summarizes case law that establishes the rights of self-represented litigants. It provides templates to help people representing themselves in course use the case law to support their cases.

Navigating Steps to Justice: A Webinar

Recorded on: January 18, 2022

CLEO's Deborah Bourk offered a free, one-hour workshop on how you can use Steps to Justice.ca to help you respond to common legal questions. This workshop was for municipalities and community workers in Southwest Ontario.

Participants learned how to navigate Steps to Justice to find easy-to-understand legal...

So you’re representing yourself: A primer to help you get ready to represent yourself in family or civil court

This resource, produced by the National Self-Represented Litigants' Project, provides tips to self-represented litigants on how to participate in family and civil law mediation, negotiation, and court processes.

Guide – Using Legal Services: A Guide for persons with disabilities in Ontario

This Guide from ARCH Disability Law Centre is intended for persons with disabilities who are seeking or receiving legal services and provides information on the right to accessible legal services in Ontario. It includes information on disability accommodations, where to find free legal advice and assistance, and provides tips on communicating...

Guide for Lawyers Working with Indigenous Peoples

The Guide is meant to act as a resource for lawyers to learn about historical and cultural elements that provide context for the professional relationship between an Indigenous person and their lawyer. It also provides tools to help lawyers represent Indigenous clients as effectively as possible, and a number of resources to encourage lawyers to...

“My Learned Friend”: Building Constructive Working Relationships between Self-Represented Litigants And Opposing Counsel

This resource has been developed to assist SRLs in working with opposing counsel, and to assist counsel working with SRLs. It is addressed to both SRLs and legal counsel and offers an overview of the problems articulated by each.

Questions – Your Lawyer and You

This section of the Law Society of Upper Canada provides questions and answers on how to manage a relationship with a lawyer.

Your Legal Bill – Too High?

This section of the Law Society of Upper Canada website explains what clients should do if they believe that their lawyer or paralegal's bill is too high.

Law Society of Ontario’s Public Resources

This section of the the Law Society of Ontario website has list of topics that cover the services they offer the public: