Neighbourhood Legal Services remains open to serve our community during the COVID-19 crisis. We are primarily providing legal consults by phone or video. In-person appointments are assessed on a case-by-case basis.
  • If you are an existing client, please contact your legal caseworker directly about your case. 
  • For new matters, we encourage you to do an intake by phone, online, or during our drop-in days
    1. ​​By phone: please call 416-861-0677 X702 and leave a message. Your call will be returned within 1-2 business days; please be patient with us. If you have an email address, leave it with your phone message; this will help us connect with you faster.
    2. Online: Please see our ONLINE intake page. As with a phone intake, you will be contacted within 1-2 business days. 
    3. Drop-in Hours: 
    • Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays - 10:00am - 4:30pm
    • Tuesdays - 10:00am - 1:00pm  
​Our drop-in hours are for people who face barriers to connecting by phone or online. Please note you will not see a lawyer at our drop in: we will get your information and set up a later appointment time. We can only admit a few clients into our office at a time. To keep our clients, staff and volunteers safe we are screening for Covid symptoms at the door and providing masks for those who do not have one. Service may take longer than usual.

We are committed to keeping you informed about policy changes and your legal rights during this time. Please visit our new page COVID-19 & Legal Resources and check back here, and on our Facebook or Twitter feeds, for ongoing updates.

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