The Ontario Legal Aid Program is available to person’s of limited means for certain types of legal services.  Locally, Legal Aid has an office located at 50 Queen Street North, 8^th floor, Kitchener, Ontario.  The telephone number is (519) 743-4306.  Legal Aid offers a Wednesday night advice clinic.  For more information regarding Legal Aid, please visit http://www.legalaid.on.ca/. Legal Aid will issue certificates for certain types of matters.  These certificates permit the client to obtain Counsel of choice as long as the lawyer is on the Legal Aid panel.  Jane is pleased to accept Legal Aid certificates, depending on her availability.  Jane is on the Family Law and Child and Family Services panels.  Jane is not on any other panels as she limits her practice to the area of family law.

Local Court houses offer Family Law Information Centers (FLIC). Duty Counsels supplied by Legal Aid assist clients in completing forms. The Cambridge Courthouse offers these clinics on Fridays and the Kitchener courthouse offers these services on Wednesdays and Fridays.  For more information on FLIC, please contact your local courthouse.  Please note that Financial Eligibility tests may be performed at FLIC at the beginning of the interview.