Request an adjournment
"I know a girl who just lost her lawyer for an assault charge.
How can she get a court appointed one when her trial is this week in Brampton?"
Duty counsel don't usually run trials. She can ask for an adjournment of the trial to get another lawyer. She should not have a problem getting the adjournment so long as this is the first adjournment of the trial request. Judges tend to give the unrepresented a break so long as the unrepresented have not been abusing the process. However, in order for the crown to consent, she may be asked to waive her right to a "speedy trial".