The B.C. Justice Education Society has launched a new website to help non-experts with legal issues.
Found at www.JusticeEducation.ca, it features JES, a virtual assistant who can guide users through any of 10 topics. The list includes everyday issues like working, housing, family, and crime.
The virtual assistant provides some basic information about the selected topic, and then site users can get more information from 36 legal help guides, 158 information sheets and 93 videos.
During weekdays, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., users can click "Ask JES" to ask questions about any of the topics and the answers are provided by live chat. During offline hours, users can submit their question plus their e-mail address to receive an answer.
The new website also introduces the JES Online Academy, a hub for online justice courses that covers a range of legal issues, such as renting, parenting after separation, cyber safety, youth crime and more.
It also highlights the Society's international program which focuses on justice system capacity development work in 15 countries - including active projects in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Guyana and Panama.
