Sentences with phrase «afford full legal representation»

But overall, she stresses that mediation can be an effective tool to meet the needs of individuals who can not afford full legal representation while, at the same time, decreasing the number of family - law cases making their way through over-burdened courts.

Apart from taking out loans, selling some assets or borrowing from family and friends, there is another option if you can't afford full legal representation in a divorce.

The firm views this as a project designed to enhance access to justice by those unable to afford full legal representation.

Not exact matches

Unbundling (or limited scope representation as it is commonly referred to in the U.S.) is becoming more recognized and highlighted as a key tool to increase access to justice, particularly for those who do not qualify for legal aid services but can not afford full representation (the CBA, NAC and Macfarlane reports for example).

As many of you know, unbundled legal services help to fill the gap for people who do not qualify for legal aid and can not afford full representation.

One of the major advantages of unbundled legal services is to provide at least some legal services for those who simply can not afford full representation by a lawyer and do not meet eligibility guidelines for legal aid coverage.

This is great for clients with deep pockets, but it leaves out the «middle class» of clients: those who can not afford full representation but do not quality for help from Legal Aid.

The concept of unbundled legal services has been recognized as a measure to improve access to justice for those who fall into the wide and growing gap between Canadians who can afford full representation and those who qualify for legal aid.

However, I also don't believe that litigants should be deprived of any legal assistance solely because they can not afford full representation.

And how can they be deployed to advance individual rights at a time when a majority of Canadians can not afford to retain a lawyer for anything more than a brief period of full representation (and references to overstretched pro bono services doesn't fill the implementation gap here — in any case, why should the protection of legal rights be relegated to charity?)

Few, if any, law school classes allude to the realities of well - documented and hardly «new» changes in legal practice including: the «vanishing» trial, clients who no longer want to buy into the paternalism of the I'll - take - care - of - it - for - you model, or the extraordinarily large number of self - represented litigants who can not afford full representation.

The event brings SRLs together with law students in the hopes of providing future lawyers with a better understanding of the challenges faced by self - represented litigants face, and deepen their understanding of the potential for legal services innovations for those who can not afford full representation.

Unbundling (or limited scope representation as it is commonly referred to in the U.S.) is becoming more recognized and highlighted as a key tool to increase access to justice, particularly for those who do not qualify for legal aid services but can not afford full representation (the CBA, NAC... [more]

Raising the possibility that lawyers might even consider providing legal services any differently than their present model — and pointing out that most Canadians can not afford full - representation, traditional retainers and hourly fees for anything other than short - term emergency assistance — is labeled «lawyer - bashing».

Many people can afford to pay something for legal services; they often can not afford the cost of the full representation model.