Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) is a community legal clinic that offers free legal services to Black Ontarians with low incomes. The clinic helps with police complaints and legal problems caused by anti-Black racism in the following areas of law:

• education
• employment
• housing
• human rights
• income assistance

For help, fill out BLAC’s intake form and email it to intake@blac.clcj.ca.

Toll Free for people in custody: 1-877-279-0680  or  1-844-302-2694 

The Law Society of Ontario has an online Law Society Referral Service that gives you the name of a lawyer or licensed paralegal who will give free legal advice for up to 30 minutes in any area of law.

If you cannot wait for a lawyer or paralegal to call you back, or if you do not have a call-back number, email lsrs@lso.ca. If you’re in crisis or in custody, call 1-855-947-5255 or 416-947-5255, Monday to Friday, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

JFCY is a legal clinic that helps people who are younger than 18. They can give 30 minutes of free legal advice by phone in many areas of law including criminal, education, and human rights.

They can also help people younger than 25 who:

• came to Canada as children and have problems related to immigration status, or
• are homeless

For immigration law issues, contact JFCY’s Childhood Arrivals Support & Advocacy program. Parents can call if they’re having problems registering their child in school because of their immigration status.