]> http://www.molinu.org/taxonomy/term/23131/0 Auto generated by aggregator2 autotaxonomy en http://www.molinu.org/legal_aid_ontario <p><hr /> <div><b>Legal Aid Ontario</b> (LAO) is an agency which provides legal assistance to financially disadvantaged persons in the province of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario">Ontario</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada">Canada</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal aid">Legal aid</a> is provided primarily for criminal or family matters, for a few specific other types of proceedings, and for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/duty counsel">duty counsel</a> support in some circumstances. Its mandate includes financial support for 79 community legal clinics in Ontario. <p> The Toronto-based LAO was formed in 1998 and is primarily funded by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government of Ontario">Government of Ontario</a>, although it operates as a separate organisation. </p> Wikipedia New Pages 1998 establishments legal aid ontario law organizations based in toronto Sun, 11 May 2008 02:18:51 +0000