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Quebec Legal Collective - Quebec Legal (QL) is a non-profit, volunteer organized legal collective, which was formed prior to the Summit of the Americas protest in Québec City, April 2001

Midnight Special - The Midnight Special Law Collective is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to providing legal trainings and accessible, relevant, democratic and accountable legal support to a wide range of activists participating in the struggle for social change.

Ontario Common Front Legal Guide a legal guide for activists by the Common Front Legal Committee. The Common Front Legal Posse has tried to make this guide as inclusive and comprehensive as possible. We have tried to include resources directed to "high risk" groups for which specific legal information is available and valuable.

The Law Union of Ontario The Law Union of Ontario is a group of progressive lawyers, law students and legal workers. This website is a vehicle for legal news, critical commentary and discussion.

Collective Opposed to Police Brutality COBP (French acronym for Collective Opposed to Police Bruality) is an autonomous collective bringing together people who have been victims, witnesses and/or who are simply concerned about police brutality and other abuses perpetrated by the police.

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms this is how it begins -> The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.

Just Law Collective -> The Just Cause Law Collective is a mobile legal team that provides support to activists at every stage of nonviolent political resistance. They operate out of the United States and originally organized around the WTO protests in Seattle.

Canadian Civil Liberties Association -> On this site, you will find information about CCLA's efforts to protect Canadians' rights and freedoms, as well as information on how to join and get involved. CCLA is a lobbying and law-reform, non-profit, non-government organization dealing with issues of fundamental civil liberties and human rights that affect those who live all across Canada

The Canadian Bar Association -> The CBA is the essential ally and advocate of all members of the legal profession; it is the voice for all members of the profession and its primary purpose is to serve its members; it is the premier provider of personal and professional development and support to all members of the legal profession; it promotes fair justice systems, facilitates effective law reform, promotes equality in the legal profession and is devoted to the elimination of discrimination.

New York City Peoples's Law Collective -> The New York People's Law Collective is a collective of activists who are also, organizers, law students, community and legal workers. We are not lawyers. We are people with knowledge of the legal system, its value and limits, and how it can be used for and against us. History and our own experiences demonstrate the need for legal resources offered from a radical perspective. Used in this way, the law is one tool among many for our movements.

 

 


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