Learn how to find, work with or complain about your lawyer
Guide to getting legal help: stepstojustice.ca/legal-topic/tribunals-and-courts/getting-legal-help
- The Law Society of Ontario has a Law Society Referral Service. This online service gives you the name of a lawyer in your area who can talk to you for up to 30 minutes for free. Also Law Society of Ontario crisis line at 1-855-947-5255 or 416-947-5255 in Toronto.
The Law Society of Ontario has a Directory and a Directory of Certified Specialists that lists lawyers by area of law. - Legal Aid OntarioCommunity Legal Clinics
Pro Bono Ontario
If you can’t afford a lawyer, you can call Pro Bono Ontario’s legal advice hotline at 1-855-255-7256.
JusticeNet
Justice Net is a not-for-profit organization that helps people access legal services when their income is too high to qualify for legal aid but too low to afford legal fees.
Family and friends
Make a Complaint
To make a complaint to the Law Society of Ontario(link is external) (LSO), you must fill out a complaint form(link is external). You can get the form online or by mail by calling the calling the Complaints & Compliance Department at 1-800-668-7380.
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