Helping Clients with Legal Issues
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Welcome to the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta’s (CPLEA) Helping Clients with Legal Issues self-directed course. The purpose of this course is to help you identify when your client has legal issues and to effectively connect them with reliable legal information and services.
This course consists of three short modules and will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
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A client needs help
You are a professional working with clients who experience legal issues. Your client comes to you and shares their story.
They might be facing eviction from their home, have recently separated from their partner or spouse, not be able to pay their bills, have lost their job, need help accessing social assistance, or have court documents with them. These are everyday legal problems. Each issue refers to a different area of law, each with its own rights, processes, and remedies. Rarely can life be sorted into neat buckets. Your client’s issues may all be connected. Some may be legal while others are not.
So how can you help?
The purpose of this course is to help you identify when your client has legal issues and to connect them with reliable and appropriate legal information and services. This course is not meant to train you to give legal advice.
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The goal of this module is to make you aware of the common legal problems Canadian face.
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The goal of this module is to introduce a 6-step process you can use to help you identify and triage the legal issues your client faces.
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The goal of this module is to help you recognize and respond to common signs of legal issues, including where to get more help.
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We are always looking to make our resources better and your opinion about your experience with this course is extremely valuable for our work!
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