Legal Research

Public Legal Ed in New Brunswick via Twitter

By Simon Fodden

The Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick (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 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 (English Updates) or www.twitter.com/SPEIJ_NB (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.

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on June 24, 2010 (boomark / email).