Sentences with phrase «empirical justice research»

The Canadian Bar Association and the national Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters have been trying, over the last couple of years, to stimulate interest nationally in empirical justice research.

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LA JOLLA — With forensic science facing mounting scrutiny as it plays an increasingly prominent role in the administration of justice, six scientists who recently served on the National Commission on Forensic Science are calling on the scientific community at large to advocate for increased research and financial support of forensic science as well as the introduction of empirical testing requirements to ensure the validity of outcomes.

The idea that limited scope work could improve access to legal help has been cited by many reports on access to justice, but no one has ever conducted any empirical research to test the idea, says [/ span] John - Paul Boyd, executive director of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family in research to test the idea, says [/ span] John - Paul Boyd, executive director of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family in Research Institute for Law and the Family in Calgary.

This will be done to ensure that BC is fully aware of all current or previous attempts in any other jurisdiction to enhance justice data quality, encourage data sharing and expand the use of empirical research and justice program evaluation.

This project will focus on the questions of what empirical access to justice research already exists and how that research could best be collected and shared.

As the Colloquium Report states, «It was agreed that there is a strong need for more evaluation, performance measurement and empirical research in the BC justice system, and that the system's current capacity for such research is extremely limited.

[48] The Defense Research Institute argued «there is no empirical evidence that greater access to justice has been achieved in jurisdictions that allow [for alternative structures].»

The American Bar Foundation is the world's leading research institute for the empirical study of law: we have an established track record of research on legal diversity, equality of opportunity, and equal justice.

The Neukom chair was created to build upon the work of the ABF's Research Group on Legal Diversity, a network of scholars who conduct empirical research on diversity in the legal profession and institutions of justice, as well as the impact of diversity on legal processes and instiResearch Group on Legal Diversity, a network of scholars who conduct empirical research on diversity in the legal profession and institutions of justice, as well as the impact of diversity on legal processes and instiresearch on diversity in the legal profession and institutions of justice, as well as the impact of diversity on legal processes and institutions.

NOTE: Eligible courses include but are not limited to the 2007, 2009 and 2011 Meaningful Child Participation in Family Justice Processes courses presented by IICRD and CLEBC, and may cover such topics as: effects of separation and divorce on parents and children; communication skill development of children; family dynamics; adult and child dynamics; parent and child bonding and attachment theory; child development; empirical research on developmental needs, children's ages, gender systems and structural family theory; opinions and effects of parenting arrangements; ethno ‐ cultural family dynamics; family violence, power imbalance, and control issues; alcohol and substance abuse issues.

But these claims reflect a basic misunderstanding of empirical access to justice research, which is otherwise unexamined in the CBA Report.