Downtown Legal Services

Downtown Legal Services Downtown Legal Services is both a community legal clinic and a clinical education program, operated

Downtown Legal Services is the Faculty of Law’s award-winning public interest clinic for low income clients. Working under the close supervision of expert staff lawyers, our law students provide free legal assistance with criminal, family, human rights, refugee and immigration and housing law issues. We also assist University of Toronto students with academic offences and appeals.

12/10/2021

Next year, Downtown Legal Services turns 50 years young.

To celebrate, we want to hear from our U of T Law alumni who worked at the community legal clinic and clinical education program throughout its 50 year history.

Check your inbox for our survey link or contact [email protected].

10/28/2020
07/15/2020

We’re pleased to announce that Lisa Cirillo will be our new CEO, effective September 8, 2020. Lisa has practiced human rights, education, housing, and family law in a wide variety of social justice organizations and has been the Executive Director of Downtown Legal Services since 2010. Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/2Cd62dN

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kicking off our very first "remote" summer term as a   with a new team of students!stay tuned for updates on the reopeni...
05/11/2020

kicking off our very first "remote" summer term as a with a new team of students!

stay tuned for updates on the reopening of DLS intake services to new clients after our students complete their initial training and orientation

Thanks to all who helped get this message out. Absolutely the right call!
03/17/2020

Thanks to all who helped get this message out. Absolutely the right call!

The Ministry of the Attorney General says sheriff’s offices have been asked to postpone any scheduled enforcement of eviction orders set for this week...

Greater Toronto Clinic Housing Advocates call on the Attorney General to halt Sheriff enforcement of evictions, and the ...
03/15/2020

Greater Toronto Clinic Housing Advocates call on the Attorney General to halt Sheriff enforcement of evictions, and the Landlord and Tenant Board to stop all eviction hearings, even by telephone.

Katrina from University of Toronto Student Life Programs & Services and DLS housing lawyer Benjamin Ries are back with a...
02/04/2020

Katrina from University of Toronto Student Life Programs & Services and DLS housing lawyer Benjamin Ries are back with another video on leasing tips for students looking to rent a place for the upcoming year:

Katrina from Housing & Benjamin from Downtown Legal Services answer some popular questions about lease agreements. For more Housing info and events, visit: h...

  blog from our housing lawyer highlights the social justice perspective needed within national housing policy
11/08/2019

blog from our housing lawyer highlights the social justice perspective needed within national housing policy

Downtown Legal Services is both a community legal clinic and a clinical education program, operated by the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. Our free services are provided by law students, who work under the close supervision of our expert staff lawyers.

Address

655 Spadina Avenue
Toronto, ON
M5S2H9

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(416) 934-4535

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