Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS)

Provides free legal assistance for low-income people in BC. Services include information, referral, summary advice, and full representation. Practice areas include human rights cases before the Human Rights Tribunal, advice to people who have experienced sexual harassment or gender discrimination in the workplace or who are survivors of sexual assault, and representation of people detained under the Mental Health Act or subject to the mental disorder provisions of the Criminal Code. Also reviews final decisions by administrative bodies in the areas of workers' rights, income security, housing, mental health and human rights; includes the Residential Tenancy Branch, Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal, Employment Standards Branch, Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal, and the Social Security Tribunal. Also does systemic advocacy about related legal issues. Telephone intake hours are 9 am to 12 noon and 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday. Nonprofit society.