Chris believes passionately in providing
access to justice for marginalized and disenfranchised people as well as educating law students on the values of poverty law work and community engagement.
We are proud to provide professional opportunities and resources for black students, as well as a forum for formal and informal discussions about many subjects, including legal policy issues, effective career strategies, evolutions in substantive law, and
access to justice for marginalized groups.
Typically an intern host organization will conduct work in the areas of human rights, good governance and / or the rule of law, and will be working towards increasing
access to justice for marginalized or underserved populations.
Not exact matches
Common challenges include: legal education reform and preparing lawyers
for a future that is already here; solving
access to justice; defending the rule of law; creating appropriate guidelines
for social media, ensuring that its role in the court of public opinion does not
marginalize the legal system; and narrowing the delta between current legal delivery methods and customer needs and expectations.
Professors Alain Roussy and Michelle Flaherty are currently conducting a study of the University of Ottawa LPP, which is delivered only in French and which has a mandate «
to promote
access to justice for francophones and other
marginalized groups by training future lawyers
to provide high quality legal services in French.»
Moreover this increased
access via the internet is a unique opportunity
for career counselors and other career development helping professionals
to be agents of social
justice in helping traditionally
marginalized groups of society utilize such interventions.