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. Our goal is to offer friendly, client-centred services that are designed to provide our clients with practical solutions.

Our services are available, free of charge, to low-income individuals and levy-paying University of Toronto students living in Toronto who need assistance with a legal matter that falls within the clinic’s areas of practice. We use Legal Aid Ontario’s financial eligibility criteria to determine if you are eligible for services from DLS. This means that if you are receiving social assistance, such as Ontario Works, Ontario Disability Support Program, or Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefits, you will automatically qualify financially.