Lawyers will receive referrals that are consistent with their preferred areas of practice. When a referral is made, the client is instructed to contact the lawyer and set up an initial appointment. For each day's referrals, confirmation letters are sent to both the client and the lawyer. These letters set out the names, addresses and telephone numbers of both the client and the lawyer, as well as the general area of law the referral involves. In the event that a client fails to contact the lawyer pursuant to the referral, the lawyer should inform the Law Society of this fact and in turn, the Law Society will endeavour to substitute another referral.
Some lawyers are fluent in languages in addition to English.
The client should indicate their language of preference or other special communication requirements to the Law Society when they call. For further information, please contact the Law Society of the Northwest Territories.