Does My Case Qualify?
Your case must have merit to qualify for legal aid. To decide whether or not your case has merit, Legal Aid Manitoba considers:
- Do you have a reasonable chance of success based on the information provided by you and your lawyer, if you have one?
- Is a court action necessary?
- Can some other agency or service help you solve your problem?
- Is your case a serious legal problem that reasonable people of modest means would pay a lawyer to handle?
Legal aid services may be available for types of cases that are not listed on this website.
Cases Not Covered
- Real estate transactions
- Property divisions
- Wills and estates
- Corporate or commercial matters
- Civil suits such as people suing each other
- Fee-generating cases
University of Manitoba Community Law Centre
The University of Manitoba (U of M) office handles criminal (summary conviction), family (uncontested divorces), and prison matters. In addition, it may provide assistance for Highway Traffic Act offences, other offences prosecuted under the Provincial Offences Act, and individual disputes with Manitoba Public Insurance.
UMCLC is primarily staffed by second and third-year law students. The UMCLC’s Prison Law Clinic includes a staff lawyer and articling student.
While students have the primary responsibility for their client files, they are supervised by practicing lawyers, including LAM staff lawyers.
Members of the faculty, other Legal Aid staff and a roster of private bar counsel, are available to provide information or advice when matters require special expertise.
UMCLC provides an important training function. Students refine their interviewing techniques, issue identification, research, problem-solving, negotiation and litigation skills.
If you wish to find out if you qualify for this assistance, you can phone the Centre at 1-833-502-0022.
The U of M Community Law Centre is supported by a grant from the Manitoba Law Foundation.
Public Interest Law Centre
