How We Can Help

We provide free legal services for low income residents of Windsor and Essex County.

We can help with your problems with:

Employment law, like employment standards, employment insurance, and wrongful dismissal
Housing law (tenants or co-op members only – not landlords), like evictions
Immigration (not refugee claims), like sponsorships and permanent resident status
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), like applying for ODSP or problems once you are getting it
Ontario Works (OW), applications and problems once you are getting it
Canada Pension Plan (CPP-Disability or regular CPP)
Small Claims Court

We also give legal information presentations to community agencies and members of the public.

If we can’t help you, we will try to refer you to someone who can.

We can’t help you with . . .

Criminal law problems
Family law problems
Refugee law problems

Click on the links above for information on getting help from Legal Aid Ontario.

How We Help

We start with advice for your problem. Some people need more help than advice. Sometimes we will help you by preparing documents (for example, an application to the Landlord and Tenant Board).

And sometimes we can represent you in a court or at a tribunal, such as the Social Benefits Tribunal or the Landlord and Tenant Board.

We start with advice and then consider providing other services for you.