Agency Brochure - Calgary Legal Guidance

Know Your Rights
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Do you have upcoming court dates?
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Have you experienced violence or abuse
by a family member or partner?
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Are you unsure of your legal rights
relating to child support, spousal support,
separation and divorce, parenting,
housing?
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Are you facing a criminal charge?
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Are you facing eviction or having
problems with your landlord?
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Do you need ID?
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Are you an older adult needing help
understanding your legal rights? Do you
need help with estate planning or advance
care planning?
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Are you a newcomer who is seeking legal
advice, information and assistance in
various immigration matters?
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Are you having problems with government
benefits such as Alberta Works, AISH and
Canada Pension Plan benefits?
WE CARE
WE LISTEN
WE CAN HELP
ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Empowering Lives Through Law
Do you need legal help?
CLG staff lawyers and advocates may be able
to help you with your legal problem if:
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You cannot afford a lawyer, and
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You do not qualify for Legal Aid
As a client focused organization, CLG provides
free, confidential, legal representation,
information, advice and advocacy to individuals
in a positive, inclusive and supportive
environment.
How to Contact the CLG Office:
Address:
100, 840 – 7 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 3G2
Phone:
Fax:
403.234.9266
403.234.9299
Email:
Website:
clg@clg.ab.ca
clg.ab.ca
Office Hours:
If you answered yes to any of the above
questions and you can’t afford a lawyer, call
CLG and we will do our best to help.
Calgary Legal Guidance
Monday to Thursday: 9:00am to 4:30pm
Friday: 9:00am to 4:00pm
@calgarylegal
Calgary Legal Guidance
Offering free legal advice to
individuals in our community who are
experiencing financial hardship.
CLG Programs
Family Law Program: We help adults with
family law problems where abuse, trauma,
violence or vulnerabilities exist. We give legal
advice and services along with emotional
support and social agency referrals through our
lawyer and non-lawyer advocate team.
General Family Law questions can be
addressed at the CLG Downtown Evening
Clinics.
Homeless Outreach Program: We help
people who are homeless or at risk of
becoming homeless. We can give answers to
many different legal questions and help with
criminal charges and evictions.
Immigration Law Program: We help people
needing support with permits, visas, and
sponsorship. We also help with applications
for permanent residence and refugee
protection.
Elder Law Program: We help older adults
understand and protect their legal rights using
documents like wills and powers of
attorney. We empower people to live
independently.
Social Benefits Advocacy Program: We help
people who are having problems with their
income, employment, or human rights. We
give legal advice and assistance to people
applying for benefits like AISH and CPP or
whose workplace or human rights have been
violated.
For more information on our programs,
services or clinic dates and times, please call
our office at 403.234.9266 or visit our website
at clg.ab.ca.
CLG Legal Clinics
CLG offers free and confidential legal clinics
where lawyers give advice in many areas of law:
CLG Downtown Evening Clinic: Answers to all
kinds of legal questions, except for immigration
law 403.234.9266.
Do Your Own Divorce Clinic: For people who
have settled their child support, property & debts
and want help with their divorce forms
403.234.9266.
ID Clinics: Get a free photo ID card notarized by
a lawyer (not government identification). Clinics
are at CLG 403.234.9266 and the Women’s
Centre of Calgary 403.264.1155.
Additional CLG Services
Dial –A– Law: General information on a variety
of legal topics you can read or listen to 24 hours
a day. Call 403.234.9022 or toll free
1.800.661.1095 or visit the website at clg.ab.ca.
Lawyer Referral Service: An information service
where you will be given the names and contact
numbers of three lawyers you can talk to about
your legal questions. Call 403.228.1722 or toll
free 1.800.661.1095 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday
to Friday.
Outreach Clinics:
Aboriginal Friendship Centre: Answers to all
kinds of legal questions for Indigenous persons
403.270.7379 ext.226.
Calgary Chinese Community Service Association:
Answers to all kinds of legal questions except for
immigration law. Cantonese and Mandarin
interpretation available 403.265.8446.
Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association: Family
and Immigration law advice. Interpretation for
different languages available 403.263.4414.
Centre for Newcomers: Family and Immigration
law advice 403.569.3325.
Immigrant Services Calgary: Immigration law
advice for permanent residents and Canadian
citizens 403.265.1120.
Metis Nation of Alberta: Answers to all kinds of
legal questions for Indigenous persons
403.569.8800.
Public Legal Education: Workshops and
presentations are delivered throughout the year
at different community locations on a variety of
legal topics.
For more information or to sign up for a clinic or
presentation call 403.234.9266 or visit our
website for workshop topics, dates, times and
locations at clg.ab.ca.
1000 Voices at the Genesis Centre: Answers to
all kinds of legal questions 403.716.6476.
Wood’s Homes Eastside Family Counselling
Centre: Family Law advice 403.299.9696.
Bridging the Justice Gap