The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a group of young lawyers to launch a project to offer free legal advice remotely to anyone in the country.
will not have to first show they're broke. Each client, however, will be capped at a maximum of five hours of service.
To date, he said, more than 300 lawyers with varying experience and law students, some of whom have lost their summer jobs due to the pandemic, have signed on to a goal of providing more than 40,000 hours of services at no charge. Most are in Ontario but others are located across the country, and their expertise spans many areas of the law.
"I'm especially inspired by the fact that it's young lawyers who've taken the initiative just to get it off the ground," Carson said. "It's a silver lining out of everything that's going on to try to help other people and also students getting experience as well." Those accessing the service via the website need to provide contact information and indicate the legal nature of their problem. The person is then matched with an appropriate legal adviser, who, if needed, can seek help from more experienced mentors.
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