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Any residents of Guelph and Wellington County can call the Legal Clinic for legal advice in the areas of law the Clinic handles. To be eligible for a brief service or representation, your income and assets cannot exceed a certain amount.
Anyone can call the Legal Clinic for general information. To get legal advice on your case, your problem must be one of the kinds the clinic handles, and your income and assets cannot be above a certain level. To find out if you qualify, contact the Legal Clinic.
When you contact the Clinic, the staff will ask for some general information about your situation. You may be given some general information the first time you call and you may be asked to call back to speak with an intake worker.
The Legal Clinic offers Summary Advice, which is information provided when you call the Clinic. It may include a referral to another legal resource.
The Clinic may assist with a Brief Service, which is help with a legal process such as filling out documents or reviewing legal paperwork. You must be financially eligible to receive this service.
Representation is when the Legal Clinic provides you with a Caseworker. Before the Legal Clinic will offer you legal representation, they will check your income and assets, assign a Caseworker and a retainer will be signed.
The Legal Clinic is staffed by Lawyers, Community Legal Workers and a Clinic Assistant. You will first speak with the Clinic Assistant and then you may speak with a Lawyer or Community Legal Worker, depending on your need and staff availability. Community Legal Workers are supervised by Lawyers.
