Legal Resources & Articles
Overtime there may be changes in law, legislation or policy since the articles were written and published. The following Legal Articles were previously published in NALSC newsletters. You can also find them in our Archives link
Criminal Law
Steps to Justice: CRIMINAL LAW
Know Your Rights! Speak to Duty Counsel (2005)
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (2005)
What Sureties Need to Know (2005)
Domestic Violence: Spousal Abuse (2006)
Youth Records and Youth Justice (2006)
What is a Gladue Court? (2006)
A Court of Our Own: More on Gladue Courts (2006)
What is the Special Investigations Unit (2006)
Victim/Witnesses of Crime: The Criminal Injury Compensation Board Process (2008)
Family Law
Child, Youth and Family Services Act
Child Support for Children Over the Age of Majority
Culturally Appropriate Mediation (2008)
Talking Together: An Alternative Approach to the Mainstream Adversarial Child Welfare System (2008)
Police
Ontario Provincial Police – Indigenous Policing
Information for Demonstrators (OPP Provincial Liaison Team)
OIPRD-Broken Trust: Indigenous People and the Thunder Bay Police Service
Class Actions
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: REPORTS
Federal Indian Day School Class Action
First Nation Drinking Water Class Action
Aboriginal Law
Kinship and Sheltering Rights(Meshake Case) (2007)
What to Do When an MNR Officer Approaches You (2005)
Wills and Estates
Continuing Power of Attorney for Property for On-Reserve Residents (2005)
Estate of a Deceased Indian (2006)
Miscellaneous
Contingency Fee Arrangements: What are They and What Do They Mean to You? (2005)
Justice Network Links
Public Legal Education & Communications Coordinator
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