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"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice."
                                                                                             -Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

Welcome!


Neighbourhood Legal Services (NLS) is located at 333 Queen Street East just west of Parliament street on the south side of Queen Street East. 

NLS is a non-profit and independent community legal clinic that has been serving the community since 1973.  We provide FREE legal services and assistance to low income individuals who live within our catchment area and qualify for our services.  

We are funded by Legal Aid Ontario 

We are part of the Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario


























































































































News & Events

Congratulations to our articling student Nazareth Yirgalem on her well deserved call to the Ontario bar!
NLS is participating in CASSA's 5th Annual Racism Free Ontario initiative. CLICK HERE to get involved and learn more about the campaign.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Partner Agency Questionnaire

We have developed a brief Questionnaire to solicit input from our agency partners on the GTA Legal Clinics Transformation Project which could lead to a number of important changes in how we operate, including the size and location of our clinic, numbers of staff, the size of our catchment area, and the areas of law that we cover. If you are from a community agency in our catchment area and/or that works with clients in our catchment area, please help us out by completing this brief Questionnaire. All responses will be strictly confidential in keeping with our Privacy Policy.

CLICK HERE to begin the Questionnaire or follow the navigation tab above. Thanks in advance for taking the time to assist us in this consultation!
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Legal Clinics are looking at how we can improve our services

We believe we can give clients more service, more access to justice and provide it closer to home. This involves transforming the way clinics operate. Click here for more details and to give us your thoughts.

Resources from NLS's 40th Anniversary Symposium

Please check out photographs, documents and presentation papers from the event on our 40th Anniversary web page, also accessible in the Navigation Menu above. The event was also professionally video taped (thanks to funding generously made available by the Provincial Learning Advisory Committee), and we'll make edited videos of the entire Symposium available on the 40th Anniversary page as soon as they become available. We hope you'll enjoy these materials, and please feel free to use them with attribution for any lawful non-commercial purpose. 
NLS's History

In commemoration of our 40th Anniversary, we have compiled an overview of our history of serving the community since 1973. Click here to read Our History, or find it under 'About Us' in the navigation menu.
You can find older events that were advertised on this website on our Events Archive. 


























































































































Blogs


IMPORTANT NOTICE: Legal Clinics are looking at how we can improve our services

Right to Housing Case: NLS Representing Intervenors

Why do people become homeless?

Vision Report: The GTA Clinics Transformation Project

Submissions to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on Bill C-24 - Strengthening Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Act

Submission to the Law Society on Accrediting Trinity Western University's Law School

This Family Day, NLS Celebrates Launch of Family Reunification Knowledge Hub

Buried Alive: The Human Rights Implications of Compulsive Hoarding in a Landlord-Tenant Context

Submission to the Land Use Planning and Appeal System Consultation

Supreme Court Strikes Down Prostitution Laws

Ontario has reinstated basic health care for refugees

Addressing trauma is part of recovery

New Co-op Housing Laws: Less than meets the eye

Immigration Law Update: Proposed Changes to the Definition of "Dependent Children"

NLS: Past and Future

Important Changes to Social Assistance (OW and ODSP)

Landmark 'Right to Housing' Case dismissed by Superior Court

Access to Justice in Canada is "abysmal"

Key Issues in ODSP Reform

200 Wellesley Street Fire - Class Action Law Suit Settled 

Ontario tenants hammered with double-digit rent hikes

Legal Advocates Call for Action by TCHC, City of Toronto, the Province: Ombudsman Finds Seniors in Community Housing Unfairly Evicted

Co-operative Housing, Eviction and Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) Subsidies

Apply for Citizenship Now to Protect your Status!

Toronto’s Housing Stabilization Fund Replaces Community Start up & Maintenance Benefit