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«In some of these cases, they had literally left off a comma,» she says, raising a concern about access to justice for those without counsel.

The ABA president raised concerns about access to justice for veterans — many of whom face homelessness due to legal concerns — as well as concerns about planned cuts to federal legal services funding.

The Council of Canadians with Disabilities, a national human rights organization, will be appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada in Mowat v. Canada (Attorney General), an appeal about access to justice for victims of discrimination.

At our Jan 30th Darwin Talk event, LegalShield CEO Jeff Bell spoke very passionately about access to justice for all citizens through technology.

Not exact matches

So far he has talked about foreign policy, social spending, and ballot access, including the possibility of the Justice Party suing the state of California in order to obtain ballot access for 2012.

Each law school appoints a staff member to serve as champion / leader for engaging discussion between the school and justice system stakeholders, including the public, about the role of law schools in supporting equal access to justice.

Law Society president Jonathan Smithers also expressed concern about the impact on access to justice for highly complex cases.

The fact that the majority of Canadians can not afford to seek justice through the current system is a problem which far outstrips in magnitude concerns about maximizing procedural and due process protections for those litigants who are presently able to access the system.

Last year, for example, I wrote about the cloud having come into its own, about competence in legal technology becoming a necessity, about mobile becoming the driving force in tech development, about practice management becoming mainstream, and about technology helping to fill the access - to - justice shortfall.

The Washington LLLT program came about after our Supreme Court commissioned a Civil Legal Needs Study in 2003, which concluded that there was limited access to justice for those with little or no financial means.

For months, representatives from the Access to Justice Commission and legal aid groups have been meeting with members of the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee and the Governor's staff to talk about two things: how legal aid can help Wisconsin residents resolve their legal problems more efficiently and how that assistance helps the state save money.

It is of particular relevance to women's equality and access to justice for a variety of reasons, including the fear that an ICBC adjuster can read about a woman's therapeutic abortion or sexual assault history, which may in turn prevent women from seeking damages in personal injury matters.

Verity regularly writes articles for Legal Voice about access to justice.

Lord Bach wrote for the Law Society Gazette about the need to build a cross-party consensus around access to justice to ensure that the justice system is once again affordable to all.

The first post I wrote for SLAW was called «Of Baked Beans and the Rule of Law», and it was about how we, the legal profession, should be telling the story of access to justice in a way that alters awareness and behaviour on a grander scale.

For example, the CBA's Reaching Equal Justice report stated that «Canada is plagued by a paucity of access to justice research» [3], and noted that «we still know relatively little about what works to increase access to justice and how and why it does.Justice report stated that «Canada is plagued by a paucity of access to justice research» [3], and noted that «we still know relatively little about what works to increase access to justice and how and why it does.justice research» [3], and noted that «we still know relatively little about what works to increase access to justice and how and why it does.justice and how and why it does.»

And in the LAO blog issue for Jan. 22, 2014, see Dr. MacFarlane's photo and article, «Fire in the hole: Why every lawyer needs to care about access to Justice.»

What's especially noteworthy about Free the Law, though, and what distinguishes it from other preservation initiatives, is that it provides for the preservation of historical legal materials in connection with free, public access to them, on the conviction that access to legal information promotes access to justice.

«The Access to Justice movement challenges society to seek ways to educate citizens about the law and legal procedure, expand the appearance of counsel to those most in need, and provide information and programs for those handling their own cases.

Ms. Desormeau's comments focus on access to justice, particularly for victims of family violence; Mr. Giggey talks about the challenges of representing a family law client where the opponent lacks representation.

Aaron Street: I guess with today's conversation with Nicole about technology design and access to justice, it's another good opportunity for us to step back and kind of chat about what this access to justice goal is all about and how our listeners and the small firm legal community in general can support it in a way that makes sense.

Today we're talking with Brad Clark about building a for - profit firm on top of websites that increase access to justice.

I mean it's this interesting dynamic that we've talked about on the show before where there's for sure the distinction between access to justice and access to lawyers, and that you can have your legal problem or your life problem with legal implications solved without necessarily needing to engage a lawyer, so not all access to justice problems are access to lawyer problems.

«I call on you to continue to do what you're doing; advocate for more funding, examine systems and create new systems, work together, be creative and think about the exorbitant fees we charge and what that means for people who need access to justice.»

He also talks about his access - to - justice efforts, from mobile legal clinics to financial aid for criminal expungements.

Today were replaying a conversation with Brad Clark about building websites that let him solve potential clients problems before they meet him and about his creative access to justice efforts from Mobile legal clinics to financial aid for criminal expungement.

Shauna Mireau asks, «Does it say anything about access to justice in Canada that civil claim monetary limits for our small claims courts are generally quite substantial sums?».

Sam, since today's conversation is about access to justice and potentially advocating for a civil right to counsel, we thought it would be interesting to kind of check the pulse of our listeners and see both how they feel about the concept of creating a civil right to counsel, and also about kind of what their commitment to access to justice and pro bono work is, and so we created a really simple two question survey in the show notes for today's podcast episodes.

Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.

Does it say anything about access to justice in Canada that civil claim monetary limits for our small claims courts are generally quite substantial sums?

If the public comes to perceive that unequal access to justice is more about class dissonance than straightforward affordability, then the cries for professional deregulation and system overhaul will finally tip the legislative scales.

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Her goal is to reform the entire legal system by helping as many people as possible to understand their general rights, encouraging individuals to be proactive about legal issues, increasing access to justice for low and middle income individuals, and providing education to the community so that re-entering individuals can have seamless and successful returns to the community.

I promised at the beginning of this podcast that I want to talk about our member benefit initiative, just as voting and veterans and education are very basic, that's how we feel about member benefits, and we are going to be looking back to basics that the ABA does incredible things for access to justice for the legal community, for the court system, but we are going to also do incredible things for our members and potential members.

This should be a game changer for access to justice and I'm very excited about seeing these projects to completion.

Sir Henry Brooke blogged about his recent visit to Hackney Law Centre and legal aid for housing law, and Michael Mansfield reflected for Legal Voice on how access to justice has been «denigrated and downgraded».

Lord Bach wrote for the Law Society Gazette about the interim report and the need to build a cross-party consensus around access to justice to ensure that the justice system is once again affordable to all.

YLAL co-chair Oliver Carter wrote for The Justice Gap, expressing concern about the impact of further cuts to the MoJ budget on the LASPO review and access to justice genJustice Gap, expressing concern about the impact of further cuts to the MoJ budget on the LASPO review and access to justice genjustice generally.

Earlier in November, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, expressed opposition by judges to «the succession of significant fee increases» which have left the judiciary «very concerned about the implications for access to justice», as reported by The GuJustice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, expressed opposition by judges to «the succession of significant fee increases» which have left the judiciary «very concerned about the implications for access to justice», as reported by The Gujustice», as reported by The Guardian.

I am personally encouraged to see Law Day events in communities outside of major provincial urban centres as engagement with the public in these communities is integral to ensuring that all citizens of Canada are educated about the justice system and that access to justice is equal for all people, no matter where they choose to reside.

Whenever there is a conversation about using technology to enhance access to justice for the poor, there is sure to be talk of A2J Author.

That will be truly mind - blowing, and I am excited about the implications for the access - to - justice gap.

For my column this week at Above the Law, I write more about the Access to Justice Lab and its work.

Indeed, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada has recognized one aspect of this demand in numerous recent speeches where she has referenced the access to justice «crisis» in the country, brought about by in part, she asserts, by a legal system that is too costly and too complicated for most CanJustice of the Supreme Court of Canada has recognized one aspect of this demand in numerous recent speeches where she has referenced the access to justice «crisis» in the country, brought about by in part, she asserts, by a legal system that is too costly and too complicated for most Canjustice «crisis» in the country, brought about by in part, she asserts, by a legal system that is too costly and too complicated for most Canadians.

The national Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters notes in its final report that only about 6.5 % of legal problems ever make it to court, but it is unlikely in the extreme that so many of the people with high school diplomas or less are bundled into the 93.5 % who manage to resolve their legal issues outside of court, especially when we know that for people with low incomes, legal issues tend not come one at a time but cluster and multiply into other areas of the law.

Of course, no one ever speaks about «equal access to justice» or, for that matter, «access to equal justice.»

And Bob Munroe hits the nail on the head when he says, «ABS is about «access to profits» for giant off - shore law firms and their investors not about «access to justice».»

For example, in our compulsory Access to Justice course students read about and discuss the barriers faced by women experiencing domestic violence while also living in poverty, struggling with precarious immigration status, and supporting their children.

That, admitedly, will require broader regulatory changes, beyond what the law society can do, but anyone seriously concerned about access to justice should be pushing for those changes.

In the United Kingdom, academics Hazel Genn and others have used research about justiciable problems to reorient how access to justice policy is developed, making it more focused the paths to justice available to users for resolving their problems.