Trauma-Informed Family Law Legal Aid Services
Our work to establish enhanced, expanded trauma-informed family law legal aid services through Legal Aid BC builds on the outcomes of our charter challenge on access to legal aid. This project supports the implementation of BC’s new trauma-informed family law legal aid clinic model, developed through a collaborative agreement between the Centre for Family Equity, Legal Aid BC, and the Ministry of the Attorney General. Informed by the collaborative LABC and CFE engagement with 71 survivors and hundreds of stakeholders across the province, the initiative focuses on three core areas: implementing best practices in trauma-informed legal aid in BC, fostering collaboration and input across the legal and non-profit sectors to shape and inform the implementation of the new clinic model, and ensuring survivor perspectives help shape and evaluate the new services. The goal is to help create more equitable, accessible legal aid for survivors of family violence in the new clinic and services model.