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May 21, 2010

Recent welfare changes

Here's an overview of the changes to welfare legislation that came into effect April 1, after the 21st edition of Your Welfare Rights was published in February 2010. read more>>

Aboriginal Legal Services: Do you know about Gladue rights?

This latest article in our series about new initiatives from LSS Aboriginal Legal Services describes Gladue rights. read more>>

Justice Education Society introduces new online resources

The Justice Education Society of BC produces a wide variety of public legal education programs and resources. Here’s a look at some of the newest resources produced in the last year. read more>>

New RSS feed now available for LSS publications

Subscribe to our new RSS feed, "Hot off the press from LSS," to find out about the latest LSS publication as soon as it comes out! read more>>

On June 16, the Law Society of BC is holding a free public event at which Aboriginal leaders will share their inspirational stories and secrets to success in the legal profession. See the poster for more information.

We’ve changed the home page visuals on the Family Law in BC website. This updated Flash visual will feature more of the site content (several of the images/links will change once a week). Click on each image to go to the page it describes.

One of the most frequently asked questions we get through the Family Law in BC website is what age children must be before parents can stop paying child support. For more information on this topic, see our fact sheet When does child support end?

Wondering if your LSS publications are still current? We’ve now added a Discontinued Publications list to the Publications page on the LSS website, where you can check to see if your publications are still current or should be recycled and replaced with later editions. The link to this list appears at the bottom of the left-side column, just above the RSS feed. We'll update this list regularly as publications are discontinued or replaced.