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...

Legal Aid Ontario and Community Legal Clinics in Ottawa

Connecting Ottawa has a 2-page info sheet that clarifies the difference between Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) and community legal clinics. It includes the specific areas of law that LAO and community legal clinics cover, and the financial eligibility criteria for each.

Navigating the Legal Help Landscape Part 2: Legal Help Phone Lines

Recorded on December 13, 2022

Learn about free legal support telephone services that could help your clients.

Our speakers answer questions about their legal help phone lines, including:

• Types of legal support available and topics they cover
• Who is eligible for what kind of help
• How to help your clients prepare for the call
•...

Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act 1 Year On

Recorded on November 10, 2022

This webinar walks through what is new in the ONCA, the steps nonprofits need to take to transition to the ONCA, and how CLEO’s free resources can help you create ONCA compliant bylaws or revise your current ones. To learn more about the ONCA, visit nonprofitlaw.cleo.on.ca.

This session is for: senior...

Navigating the Legal Help Landscape Part I: Community Legal Clinics and Legal Aid Ontario

Recorded on October 3, 2022

Learn about legal services that your clients may be able to access at community legal clinics and Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). The presenters give an overview, and answer questions, on:

• what services community legal clinics and LAO offer, and how people can access them
• who is eligible for what kind of...

Helping Clients with Civil Legal Issues Toolkit

A one page infographic from John Howard Ontario to help community workers and other trusted intermediaries learn how to spot legal issues, steps to help a client, the difference between legal information and legal advice, and what makes a good referral.

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.

What Makes a Good Referral?

Recorded on May 25, 2022

Using examples, 11 Ontario show us how 211 operators build trust, identify needs, then deliver useful information and referrals to people who contact them with problems with a legal aspect. 211 information and referral specialists also tell us how community agencies partner with 211 to serve their clients. And...

John Howard Society Learning Hub

An online platform for frontline workers serving justice-involved people in Ontario with skills-based training, resources on housing, income assistance, employment and accessing legal aid and a referral map.

 

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...