What Legal Supports Are Available to Me?

With guests Hilary Jahelka (she/they), MSW, RSW and Sasha Best (she/her)We are all aware that being exposed to sexual violence is an incredibly difficult and traumatic experience. What many people may not know is that turning to legal systems to deal with sexual violence can bring with it its own unique challenges and questions.Increasingly, people who have experienced sexual violence are seeking legal advice to make sense of their own experiences and to better understand the legal processes they may choose to engage with, or may already be involved with.Learn more about a free program in Calgary that provides summary legal advice as well as connections to non-legal supports with a trauma informed lens and a collaborative approach.Resources:Calgary Legal Guidance (CLG) is a non-profit legal organization offering free legal help for no-to-low-income people and those in need, including people experiencing family violence, homelessness, or health issues and who cannot afford a lawyer or have access to paid services.Calgary Legal Guidance offers a number of programs focused on particular areas of law and on specific situations that our clientele may be dealing with. One of these programs is the Sexual Violence Survivors Legal Advice Program.