Founded in 1970, the Dalhousie Legal Aid Service is the oldest clinical law program in Canada and remains the only community law clinic in Nova Scotia.

Founded in 1970, the Dalhousie Legal Aid Service is the oldest clinical law program in Canada and remains the only community law clinic in Nova Scotia.  DLAS provides pro bono legal services to clients on Legal Aid Certificates and non-certificate clients that meet a certain income cut-off.  DLAS also offers community outreach, advocacy workshops, legal information sessions, lobbying and test case litigation that focus on the injustices that affect persons with low incomes in Nova Scotia.  DLAS provides third year students of Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law with an intensive learning opportunity where students spend a semester working with DLAS clients.

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