Details on Legal Aid Ontario’s financial eligibility increase for 2019
Published March 20, 2019
On April 1, 2019, Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is raising the eligibility threshold by six per cent for its certificate program and for clinic law services. LAO implemented the first of multiple six per cent increases on Nov. 1, 2014. Certificate program The certificate program provides eligible Ontarians with publicly funded legal representation. A certificate guarantees that a lawyer will be paid for…