Following the successful conclusion of our seven-year-long constitutional challenge regarding BC’s family law legal aid system, we undertook an in-depth consultation in collaboration with Legal Aid BC to gather the experiences of survivors and their input into legal aid service design innovations

In February 2024, the Centre for Family Equity, the Ministry of the Attorney General, and Legal Aid BC announced a multidisciplinary intensive family law clinic model for people experiencing family violence. The government is investing $29.1 million over the next three years to support LABC in implementing these changes. 

The new clinic model aims to provide better access to legal aid for lone mothers escaping domestic violence and parents who have faced financial and other barriers to obtaining legal services.

Read the findings from our community engagement in this Legal Aid BC report: Family Legal Aid Expansion Engagement Safe, Heard and Protected: What We Heard Report.

We thank our members who trusted us with their personal, traumatic, and in some cases, on-going experiences of navigating the legal aid system.

Thank you to our outreach partners through out the province who supported the speedy engagement process.

We will continue to monitor the implementation of the new clinic model and engage our members about their experiences.