About Don Valley Community Legal Services

Don Valley Community Legal Services is a community legal clinic funded by Legal Aid Ontario, giving free legal help to low income residents in a defined east Toronto catchment area, from Lake Ontario in the south to York Mills and the 401 in the north, and from Yonge Street and the Don River in the west to Victoria Park Avenue in the east. The clinic formed on April 12, 2019, when two long-running local clinics merged: East Toronto Community Legal Services, first incorporated in 1978 as Riverdale Socio-Legal Services and renamed in 1984, and Flemingdon Community Legal Services, which began serving clients in 1980 and incorporated in 1983.

The clinic advises directly on employment, housing, immigration, and income support matters, and refers people with family, criminal, debt, or wills questions to other legal aid resources and community partners. It works out of the Thorncliffe Park Community Hub at 45 Overlea Blvd, alongside health and settlement services. A Board of Directors and a Community Services Committee that meets monthly guide the clinic's outreach and consultation work. Its written materials are available in ten languages, including Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Pashto, Spanish, Tagalog, and Urdu.

Practice areas

Employment & Labour Law Immigration Law

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In the community

  • The clinic has staffed a table at the Taylor-Massey and Oakridge Community Response Team's Community Health and Information Fair, handing out free legal information resources.
  • The clinic lists a free elder abuse prevention workshop series for seniors and caregivers in the Scarborough community, offered by the Heritage Skills Development Center.
  • The clinic has published tenant tip sheets on residential tenancy changes under Bill 60 and made recommendations on proposed changes to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario's rules of procedure.
  • A Community Services Committee meets monthly and provides community consultation to the clinic's Board of Directors.

Good to know

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Fees & payment

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Lawyers 11

Allison Krochak Staff Lawyer, Team Lead (Immigration) Bhavin Bilimoria Staff Lawyer, Director of Legal Services Christine Da Costa Antunes Staff Lawyer, Team Lead (Income Maintenance) Cosimo Morin Staff Lawyer (Employment) Jennifer Wan Staff Lawyer (Immigration) John Wigle Staff Lawyer (Employment) Marjorie Hiley Staff Lawyer, Executive Director Michelle Choe Staff Lawyer, Team Lead (Housing) Nalini Ramsook Staff Lawyer (Income Maintenance) Rana Ismail Staff Lawyer (Income Maintenance) Zach Morgenstern Staff Lawyer (Immigration)

Where to find them

Thorncliffe Park Community Hub, 45 Overlea Blvd, Unit 200, Toronto, ON M4H 1C3 · 416-441-1764

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