Connect Legal is a registered charity formed to provide legal education and assistance to low-resource immigrants engaged in launching and growing independent businesses. Connect Legal provides educational services to hard working immigrant entrepreneurs by way of seminars and the dissemination of legal knowledge. Connect Legal also matches low-resource immigrant entrepreneurs with volunteer commercial lawyers who provide pro bono (free) commercial law services. (Connect Legal does not provide assistance with non-commercial, litigation or insolvency matters.)

If you are a newcomer to Canada and you are starting or operating a business, read more here about how Connect Legal might be able to help you address legal issues for your business.

Connect Legal on CBC's Metro Morning with Matt Galloway:

Matt Galloway spoke with Marion Annau, the founder and president of Connect Legal, a charity that provides legal advice to low-resource immigrant entrepreneurs. Click here to listen.

Connect Legal's Fall Newsletter:

Connect Legal's Fall Newsletter highlights the story of Sanjay Pandrala, who was able to connect with a lawyer from Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP through our pro bono program and create contracts he needed to run his company. Click here to read.

Connect Legal In The Globe and Mail:

Connect Legal in The Globe and Mail about the importance of immigrant entrepreneurship. Click here to read.

Read What They're Saying About our Legal Workshops:

"WOW, standing room only!!" - Canadian Youth Business Foundation

"...the work you're doing is just amazing." - Learning Enrichment Foundation

For the full text of letters from these organizations, please click here.