Pro Bono Ontario Free Legal Advice Hotline

A phone hotline staffed by volunteer lawyers offering up to 30 minutes of free legal advice, Monday to Friday 9–5; no family, immigration or criminal law.

Free clinic in Ontario-wide. Small business Health & care Counselling Legal help

When: Ongoing; phone Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (powers of attorney mornings only, 9–1)

How to reach them

1. Email info@probonoontario.org.
2. Say who you are and what you are offering or asking.
3. Come back here and tell us if they answered.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

• Hotline 1-855-255-7256 / general emailGo to hotline 1-855-255-7256 / general email
  It workedNo answer

Where else they are

Their website is probonoontario.org.

Good to know

• For whomOntarians who cannot afford a lawyer and have a civil law problem (court process, appeals, employment, consumer/debt, housing, small business/non-profit corporate matters, powers of attorney).
• They welcomeapplications
• Their own adviceRead the eligibility line first, then the deadline and the time zone. Apply from the official page only; keep a copy of what you submit. If it says rolling, apply early in the cycle.

We read all of this on their own website. If something has changed, tell us here. It takes 20 seconds, needs no account, and nothing is deleted: the old fact stays until a person checks yours.