Sentences with phrase «access to justice challenges»

The AFCC Access to Family Court Services Task Force was appointed by AFCC President Dick Altman in 2014 to examine access to justice challenges in the family courts.

The law society can't fix the access to justice challenges on its own, but it can be more active in working with government, the courts, Legal Aid Ontario, and others, and pushing for changes and improvements in how legal services are delivered in Ontario.

Many access to justice challenges, including meeting the needs of the public and helping people achieve their goals within the law, would benefit by reviewing and using this approach.

Participants worked in teams to develop a tech solution to one of three access to justice challenges:

For context, we'll do a deep dive into the current state of the legal profession, to understand the range and scope of service delivery challenges faced across the spectrum, from access to justice challenges to BigLaw struggles, and everything in between.

One of the most pressing access to justice challenges facing low and middle - income countries is being able to offer basic legal services in a financially viable manner.

As long as access to justice challenges are only understood within the justice system, the possible solutions will be limited to the scope of influence, resources and imagination of the justice system.

The Buterman decisions demonstrate some of the access to justice challenges faced by the Alberta Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the parties when the settlement agreement is at issue.

With new tools to address access to justice challenges comes a key turning point in the application of data to solve complex social problems.

The cost - effectiveness of cloud technology that enables lawyers to deliver online legal services is one of best methods to address access to justice challenges.

While there are many dedicated individuals and organizations working towards solutions to access to justice challenges in Ontario, there is also a recognized and critical need to increase efficiency, coordination and innovation.

The cost - effectiveness of cloud technology (aka «virtual law office» or VLO) that enables lawyers to deliver online legal services has been touted as one of best methods to address access to justice challenges, increasing as a result of a prolonged economic downturn.

The logic being that a better link with the public will inform more meaningful and innovative solutions to access to justice challenges.

The Action Group on Access to Justice (TAG) is catalyzing solutions to Ontario's access to justice challenges by facilitating collaboration with institutional, political and community stakeholders.

It was recently announced, for example, that the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Legal Innovation Zone at Ryerson University will partner to launch the Ontario Access to Justice Challenge (A2J) which will «foster the growth and success of startups that are developing products, technologies, processes, and solutions that have a direct positive impact on access to justice in Ontario.»

I think the number of even higher because the 4 billion assumes that the justice systems in rich countries don't face an access to justice challenge.

Although neither the Ontario Access to Justice Challenge or The Pitch is limited to apps, they do reflect the growing recognition that technology holds considerable potential to transform the delivery of legal services in Canada.

Ryerson University's Legal Innovation Zone (LIZ) launched the Ontario Access to Justice Challenge with support from the Ministry of the Attorney General.

We are one of six finalists in the Ministry of the Attorney General's Access to Justice Challenge, which is set to conclude in November.

July 11, 2016 — «The Legal Innovation Zone at Ryerson University, in partnership with the Ministry of the Attorney General, announced the ten startup finalists in the Ontario Access to Justice Challenge.

Not exact matches

With exclusive access to Valle, Erin Lee Carr's unflinching documentary asks a fundamental question that challenges our beliefs about the criminal justice system, and even the very nature of right and wrong: can you be guilty of a crime you only thought about committing?

You'll also be visiting locations like the Hall of Justice, the Batcave, and the Justice League Watchtower, while Batman's Bat Computer will allow you to access training modules where you can take part in various challenges, battles, and races.

The certificate explores the challenges of creating sustainable food systems based on social justice and democratic decision - making that will ensure the right of dignified access to healthy food.

She advised that this observation was made in the research underlying Woolley, Alice and Farrow, Trevor C. W., «Addressing Access to Justice Through New Legal Service Providers: Opportunities and Challenges» (2015), 3 Texas A & M Law Review 549

One of the greatest challenges of dealing with legal reform and public members demanding access to justice is the perception that lawyers are rather indifferent to the problems.

Why is the idea of asking service users what they need in terms of access to justice so challenging to those working in the justice system?

What a shattering change to the self - image of courts this requires, and what a challenge to access to justice, and what a rethink of our whole court management, indeed whole civil justice system, challenge.

That the provisions meant the costs of litigation were no longer «reasonably predictable», which would dissuade parties from pursuing challenges and compromise access to justice

Lord Justice Moses concluded that the common law right of access to a court — as demonstrated in cases such as Witham — would not provide a basis to challenge the Lord Chancellor's decision on the test (para 57 — 59).

States are changing criminal justice procedures to grant inmates more access to DNA evidence, address questions about witness identifications, change the way evidence is handled and modernize other procedures, hoping the changes will result in better convictions and fewer challenges, The New York Times reports.

As the challenges and realities of the SRL explosion have become clearer, I have been shocked by the strength of the resistance not only to responsive change but even to accepting that there is an Access to Justice problem that needs to be understood and addressed.

The Challenge sought to «foster the growth and success of startups that are developing products, technologies, processes, and solutions that have a direct positive impact on access to justice in Ontario.»

Access to justice is a challenge to the legal system and our society, but it is also a potential new market ready to keep many resourceful and efficient young lawyers

Access to justice and legal services is a central challenge both for society and for the legal profession.

Chris Bentley, executive director of Ryerson's LPP, and director Gina Alexandris say they are evaluating all aspects of the program over the summer, such as doing more work on client development and the access to justice innovation challenge.

As far removed geographically as the participants were, it was also clear that no one believes that technology alone is a silver bullet for the challenges faced by those who can't get access to justice or by the legal profession as a whole.

«The choice of such a hot - button issue, which will attract a great deal of attention but won't actually have I would think that much of an impact at the end of the day, risks being a distraction from the more important and pressing access - to - justice challenges that we as Ontario lawyers ought to be concerned about,» says Adam Goldenberg, a lawyer with McCarthy Tétrault LLP.

The United Nations Development Program maintains that «[i] n the absence of access to justice, people are unable to have their voice heard, exercise their rights, challenge discrimination or hold decision - makers accountable.

In a presentation at the Action Group on Access To Justice's Access to Justice Week, University of Toronto sociology professor Ronit Dinovitzer and PhD candidate Jonathan Koltai discussed their recent work and the imperative for the legal community to meet challenges it faces in mental healtTo Justice's Access to Justice Week, University of Toronto sociology professor Ronit Dinovitzer and PhD candidate Jonathan Koltai discussed their recent work and the imperative for the legal community to meet challenges it faces in mental healtto Justice Week, University of Toronto sociology professor Ronit Dinovitzer and PhD candidate Jonathan Koltai discussed their recent work and the imperative for the legal community to meet challenges it faces in mental healtto meet challenges it faces in mental health.

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-- and a good article once we're into it, but Messrs Ford and Jobs had a very different challenge from those of us who care about 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.

Inevitably many will be denied access to justice and those most affected being the vulnerable such as psychiatric patients, the elderly and disabled, whose cases can be the most complex and challenging.

As was very competently illustrated by these layperson panel members, the legal profession has much to learn from those outside our profession who have observed and often, lived the challenges of seeking access to justice.

[1] Ensuring access to justice is the greatest challenge to the rule of law in Canada today.

At the Canadian Bar Association 2012 annual meeting in Vancouver, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin again made the case that access to justice is probably the most urgent policy challenge facing Canada's justice Justice Beverley McLachlin again made the case that access to justice is probably the most urgent policy challenge facing Canada's justice justice is probably the most urgent policy challenge facing Canada's justice justice system.

In addition to challenges in regards to legal advice and legal advocacy however, rural communities face additional challenges in another important access to justice factor, that being access to legal... [more]

The first is the lack of early access points in the justice system to address legal problems and challenges.

However, numerous stakeholders, including many in the legal community share a growing concern that access to justice is increasingly posing challenges to those who need it, and obstacles such as time, expense and representation stand in the way of securing this right for all Quebec citizens.