{"id":46626,"date":"2012-04-25T17:56:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T21:56:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-10-13T15:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T19:35:21","slug":"legal-aid-ontario-lao","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/legal-aid-ontario-lao","title":{"rendered":"Legal Aid Ontario (LAO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAO provides legal help for low-income people, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A toll-free call centre that gives general legal information and advice, as well as information about other social service providers, in over 200 languages<\/li>\n<li>Help from courthouse lawyers (called duty counsel) for people who are in court without a lawyer<\/li>\n<li>Certificates (vouchers to pay for a lawyer to represent you) for people who need a lawyer for some criminal, family, and immigration and refugee law problems<\/li>\n<li>Legal consultation for victims of domestic violence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To get help from LAO, your legal problem must be one that LAO covers, and you must be financially eligible.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legalaid.on.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legalaid.on.ca<\/a> or call:<\/p>\n<p>Toll-free: <strong>1-800-668-8258<\/strong><br \/>\nTTY: <strong>711<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46626","publications-page","type-publications-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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