The Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick [1] (PLEIS-NB), celebrating more than 20 years of service, makes its information pamphlets available online. (Because New Brunswick is a constitutionally bilingual province, there’s a version of the site en français [2] aussi.)
What drew my attention to the site now was the announcement that PLEIS-NB is “helping the public know the law — one tweet at a time!” Of course, advice in 140 characters might be a trifle curt, so they’ve adopted the interesting strategy of tweeting questions, the kind that non-lawyers might ask, and linking those tweets to their longer answers on the site. You can follow them at www.twitter.com/PLEIS_NB [3] (English Updates) or www.twitter.com/SPEIJ_NB [4] (French Updates).
Matters addressed on their site include:
- Abuse and Violence
- Consumer and Non-Profit Law
- Criminal Law
- Family Law
- Going to Court
- Housing & Property
- Planning Ahead
- Self-Help Guides
- You & Your Rights
- Youth & the Law
The legal information is, of course, almost entirely province-specific; however, agencies elsewhere that work directly with the public may well find assistance and inspiration here, and there are matters of general interest discussed that can be helpful everywhere.