Law for the Layman

Courthouse Libraries BC
Not-for-profit site of information on BC law, court rules and recent cases, including a database of recent BC Provincial Court Judgments. The New Westminster Courthouse Library is the closest branch.

Dial-a-Law
Get basic information on many subjects like marriage, divorce and child support from  Canadian Bar Association, which also provides inexpensive introductory legal advice through its Lawyer Referral program.

Duhaime's Legal Information
Vancouver law firm provides public information on many legal issues, plus a dictionary of legal terms.

Legal Services Society
Select from a wide list of publications.

LawLINK
The Legal Services Society provides several topic areas for low-income needs. Visit the Electronic Law Library for more detailed legal research needs. 

People's Law School 
The current Public Legal Education and Information Resource Catalog lists plain language information  brochures about many areas of BC law, including child support, power of attorney, representation agreements, volunteering, etc. Some of these publications in the catalog are also available online; the Catalog provides web addresses for others. 

UBC Law Student's Legal Advice Program Manual
2007 edition of the LSLAP Manual of public legal information coveris subjects from automobile insurance, creditor/debtor remedies, family law and child support, immigration and human rights law, the Young Offenders Act, etc.

Canadian Law in Other Languages

MultiLingoLegal.ca
Read selected public legal information brochures in a variety of languages, including Chinese, Punjabi, Korean and Vietnamese.

People's Law School 
Plain language information  brochures about many areas of BC law, are available in other languages, including Punjabi, Chinese, French and Spanish .

Miscellaneous

ACJNet: Access to Justice Network 
Legislative materials, teacher lesson plans on legal issues, and resources for specific issues such as elder abuse & young offenders.

CANLII 
Searchable site of the Canadian Legal Information Institute covers federal and provincial law & regulation, plus tribunals & other decisions. CanLII belongs to the Free Access to Law Movement,  collaborative projects around the world,  making law accessible through information technologies.

Cyberlaw Encyclopedia 
Resources on law in information technology, including Electronic Commerce and On-Line Banking.