I had suggested on Slaw that the LSUC create 200 access to
justice articling positions.
With 40,000 lawyers, this will create 200 fully - funded Access to
Justice Articling positions paying annual salaries of $ 40,000.
Not exact matches
Not only would such a model help address concerns about post-graduate
articling positions and work experiences, but it would also help facilitate the access to
justice and technology focuses of the proposed law school.
Variations of this model include the creation of
articling positions for duty counsel in Small Claims, Legal Corps dedicated to improving access to
justice, clerkships in Family Court, and increasing funds to legal clinics in order to hire students.
In Ontario, an
articling task force was created in response to a shortage of
articling positions, especially those more oriented to social
justice.
Within the neoliberal economic model of doing more with less, law students are being saddled with more debt with the discouraging prospect of fewer
articling positions, fewer jobs and no immediate prospect of doing work in areas serving low income clients, sole practice and areas of social
justice.
Ms. cross
articled and worked to her current
position as the Family Counsel for the Office of Chief
Justice of the Ontario Court of
Justice.
As the
article points out, in July 2010 the U.S. Department of
Justice issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that took the
position that websites operated by entities that are public accommodations under the act must be compliant with the ADA, and sought comment on that issue and on the development of regulations that would implement that requirement.