Navigating The Legal Aid Ontario Web Site

Roger Townsend's Legal Resources

Legal Aid

This page is designed to give you a "quick view" of the entire Legal Aid web site. I use this page like a browser "favorites" to find what I am looking for. I hope it is of some assistance to you too.

MAIN PAGE Legal Aid Ontario Vision http://www.legalaid.on.ca/index.htm

Frequently asked questions FAQ

Can I get legal aid?

What kinds of cases are covered?

How do I apply for legal aid?

What do I need to bring with me?

How long does it take?

Does legal aid cost anything?

How do I find a lawyer?

What if I'm turned down for legal aid?

Where is the nearest legal aid office

Whats New

Update on retroactive cheques - March 1, 1999 (Checks for lawyers)

Update on retroactive cheques

Tariff enhancements approved

Report: Proposed Pilot Projects - January 1998

Expansions in criminal coverage

Focussing Duty Counsel Services on Those Who Need it Most - June 1, 1998

Payment of Six Month Accounts

Payment of Six Month Accounts - May 27, 1998

LEGAL AID OFFICES ( Click your way through maps till you get there )

TIMMINS, KAPUSKASING, KIRKLAND LAKE, MOOSONEE,

FORT FRANCES, KENORA, SIOUX LOOKOUT,

THUNDER BAY

ELLIOT LAKE, SAULT STE. MARIE

LITTLE CURRENT, PARRY SOUND, SUDBURY

NORTH BAY

BROCKVILLE, CORNWALL, HAWKESBURY, KINGSTON, NAPANEE, OTTAWA

BELLEVILLE, COBOURG, LINDSAY, NEWMARKET, OSHAWA, PETERBOROUGH

BRAMPTON, DOWNTOWN TORONTO

Advocacy Resource Centre for the Handicapped

Toronto Workers' Health & Safety Legal Clinic

Advocacy Centre for the Elderly

All the following are at the same site WATERLOO

BRAMPTON Community Legal Clinic

BRANTFORD GUELPH,

HAMILTON, Community Legal Clinic

Hamilton Mountain Legal and Community Services

McQuesten Legal and Community Services

KITCHENER MISSISSAUGA OAKVILLE ORANGEVILLE SIMCOE

ST. CATHARINES

WELLAND Community Legal Clinic

All these are on the London Page

CHATHAM GODERICH LONDON SARNIA ST. THOMAS STRATFORD WINDSOR WOODSTOCK

PUBLICATIONS

The Legal Aid Services Act

Tariff Guide - A guide to legal aid services and hourly maximums, December 1998 pdf

1999/2000 Business Plan: The New Begininning

Legal Aid Ontario Vision

Legal Aid Story

Achievements

Core Business Schematic

Providing Client Focused Services

Effective and Efficient Administration

Communication and Relationship Management

Managing the Transition to the Organization

Performance Measurement Reporting

List of Clients and Partners

Report: Proposed Pilot Projects

( The Ontario Legal Aid Plan has long been considered one of the best in the world ....)

            Introduction

            Objective

            Issues

            Choice of counsel

          Financial eligibility

          Evaluation

          Funding

            Change of solicitor

            Conflict

            Effect on the bar

            Length of pilots

            Location

            Staff Offices

            Contracting

            Criminal

            Criminal Law Office

            Expanded Duty Counsel

            Contracting

            Not recommended - Contracting big cases

            Appeal

Report: Duty Counsel Clinics - April 8, 1998

Report: Final Report on Duty Counsel Eligibility - February 1998

Report: Access to Justice: Legal Aid in Ontario (.pdf format) - The Law Society's and Ontario Legal Aid Plan's submission to the Ontario Legal Aid Review - May 1997

Report of the Ontario Legal Aid Review: A Blueprint for publicly funded legal services (McCamus report - executive summary only)