Legal Services

Legal Services offers free legal advice through the SA Legal Services lawyer, Bill Reid.

If you are a full-time, fee-paying Durham College or UOIT student, you are eligible to meet with Bill Reid to discuss any personal legal issue.

Bill Reid can be consulted on legal issues like family law matters through landlord and tenant, employment or debt problems, criminal charges, accident claims, immigration applications, and other dealings with the government.

Appointments are Wednesdays between 8:15 am - 12:45 pm. To book an appointment email your SA at sa@dc-uoit.ca

Here is a full list of legal matters you can discuss with lawyer Bill Reid:

Family Law

• Divorce
• Separation
• Custody, access and support

Other Civil Matters

• Debts owed to or by students
• Personal injury cases
• Employment Law
• Landlord and tenant law

Criminal and Other Offence Matters

• Criminal charges
• Provincial offences
• Obtaining pardons and other record-related matters

Administrative Law

• Immigration law
• Human rights
• Workplace safety and insurance board, criminal injuries and compensation board and employment insurance

Corporate Matters

• Corporations, partnerships and sole proprietorships
• Commercial matters
• Intellectual property
• Notarization and commissioning of documents