About The Seniors’ Legal Info Navigator Program
Seniors’ Legal Info Navigators help people to create a personal directive using an online app and a guide about personal directives. The Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia (LISNS) created the app and guide.
Navigators help others in their communities by connecting them to reliable legal information. Navigators follow the practices set out in this online orientation.
The Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia is a not-for-profit organization that gives people information about the law and their rights and responsibilities.
The role of a Seniors’ Legal Info Navigator
As a Seniors’ Legal Info Navigator you will:
- give callers legal information over the phone and online
- help them to use the Personal Directive App on the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia website
- help them fill out the information needed to create a personal directive
- keep all information confidential
- use LISNS’ lawyer referral service as appropriate
- follow the practices in this online orientation.
A Navigator’s responsibilities
As a Navigator you will not:
- give legal advice
- give opinions about medical treatment or end-of-life care
- present yourself as a legal or health care professional
- accept money or presents from callers
- accept money or presents from a lawyer in exchange for services
- meet with callers in person
- act as a delegate under a personal directive
- ask for specific financial or banking information such as PIN numbers, SIN numbers, bank account numbers or balances, credit card or debit card information
- be named as a delegate, executor, attorney or beneficiary under any a personal directive, will, or power of attorney.
Navigator skills and qualities
While LISNS gives you resources and information to fulfil this role, we expect that as a Seniors’ Legal Info Navigator, you will be:
- comfortable speaking with others on the phone
- comfortable using technology and email
- patient
- able to work independently
- able to relay and explain information to others.
LISNS’ mission is to provide accessible and free legal information to others. We need Navigators to help us do that, and we expect you to:
- protect people’s privacy and keep their personal information confidential and to
- follow the LISNS practices you see in the online orientation.
Important: In order to volunteer with the LISNS, you must read and agree to the program terms. This includes agreeing to LISNS Terms of Use Policy, LISNS Privacy Policy, Mentorease Terms of Use Policy, and a Criminal Code declaration.
Next step
Please become a Seniors' Legal Info Navigator and complete the free Seniors' Legal Info Navigator Orientation by clicking the button below:
