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About Us
Purpose:
The University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic (the
"Clinic") exists for two purposes:
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first, to provide legal services to the community, including
providing legal education, advocacy and law reform for, and on behalf
of, people of low income, members of historically disadvantaged
groups, and students; and
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second, the Clinic exists to provide legal education to law
students in the Common Law Section of the University of Ottawa. Law
students working as caseworkers gain practical legal skills and
court/tribunal experience while making a contribution to the Ottawa
community.
Areas of law:
The Clinic is organized by the following divisions:
Under the supervision of Review Counsel, the law students assigned to
these divisions interview clients, provide legal advice, represent clients
at court or tribunals, and provide legal education to the public.
The Clinic provides legal services free of charge to all those
who qualify financially and whose cases fall within our mandated areas of
service. Levy-paying undergraduate students are automatically financially
eligible.
We provide legal services in both official languages.
The Clinic’s funding:
The Clinic has two main sources of funding. The Clinic’s primary
funder is Legal Aid Ontario, which is an independent but publicly funded
and publicly accountable non-profit corporation that issues Legal Aid
Certificates and funds Clinics and Student Legal Aid Societies throughout
Ontario so as to ensure access to justice for all persons needing legal
assistance. The Clinic also receives funding through student levies paid
by all undergraduate students at the University of Ottawa and Carleton
University. Additionally, the Faculty of Law contributes to the Clinic.
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