Sentences with phrase «canadian public legal information»

Knomos is committed to making Canadian public legal information freely available, which is why you can search for laws, regulations, case decisions, and user - provided legal commentary for free.

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Though it used to be a big topic in legal circles (especially back in the days of CLIC, the Canadian Law Information Council, if your memory extends that far back), there's not much talk these days about PLEI (Public Legal Education and Informatlegal circles (especially back in the days of CLIC, the Canadian Law Information Council, if your memory extends that far back), there's not much talk these days about PLEI (Public Legal Education and InformatLegal Education and Information).

Whether a researcher at a university, a legal information publisher looking to enter the Canadian market, or a legal tech start - up that seeks to build a niche service to address a public need or market gap, in the absence of a wholesale market how do you go about acquiring the content you seek?

These statements, according to the government website on the issue, «are intended to provide legal information to the public» on «some of the key considerations that inform the review of a proposed bill for consistency with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.»

The Older Women's Legal Education Project, a collaboration between West Coast LEAF and the Canadian Centre for Elder Law, aims to address a serious gap in existing public legal education resources: information tailored to older women fleeing aLegal Education Project, a collaboration between West Coast LEAF and the Canadian Centre for Elder Law, aims to address a serious gap in existing public legal education resources: information tailored to older women fleeing alegal education resources: information tailored to older women fleeing abuse.

It's one of Courthouse Libraries BC's special projects, used by a growing number of BC legal organizations — including the Canadian Bar Association BC Branch and several others — to deliver public legal education and information (or «PLEI») in a cost effective way that ordinary citizens can easily find and use.

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

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Created by the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta and made available on LawCentral Schools, the first part of this narrated powerpoint focused on Canadian law presents information on how the legal structure of Canada is organized, the history of our laws and an explanation of the Rule ofLegal Education Alberta and made available on LawCentral Schools, the first part of this narrated powerpoint focused on Canadian law presents information on how the legal structure of Canada is organized, the history of our laws and an explanation of the Rule oflegal structure of Canada is organized, the history of our laws and an explanation of the Rule of Law.

The report also talks about creating a centre for expertise and information on the Canadian legal profession, which would be developed in part to collect and present the law school data — as well as more general data — to the profession and the public.

However, a number of factors negatively impact this access, including the complexity of the Canadian legal system, the small size of the Canadian legal publishing industry, Crown copyright, contradictory government information policies, and a shrinking public domain through the digitization of information and other roadblocks on the Internet.