Sentences with phrase «enhance access to justice as»

One of the justifications for a local final appellate court was that it would enhance access to justice as litigants would not have to bear the costs of travel to the United Kingdom.

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We look forward to a robust and collaborative relationship with Governor - elect Murphy and Commissioner Repollet as we work together to support social justice in New Jersey by enhancing access to high - quality educational opportunity for all and improving the outcomes of education for all New Jersey's students.

ABS was first proposed as a means of enhancing access to justice.

This is the question that I was asking myself as I participated a recent workshop on enhancing access to justice in the area of family law, coordinated by the Manitoba Law Foundation and facilitated by John Paul Boyd.

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

As part of its mandate to protect the public interest, the Nova Scotia Barristers» Society is engaged in access to justice issues across Nova Scotia, through its Equity Program and enhanced consultation with other key players in the administration of justice.

I am honored to serve as a trustee of this important charitable organization, which is dedicated to ensuring equal access to justice and to enhancing the administration of justice and understanding of the law.

I suspect that the real heavy lifting in enhancing access to justice is a matter of procedural reform — specialized decision - making bodies with extremely simplified procedural rules for specific civil law issues (something that actually already exists in certain areas such as Landlord / Tenant, but could be further improved upon), wider permissions for over-the-counter motions, fewer unnecessary court appearances, fewer procedurally - mandated appearances (e.g., going from a Case Conference to a Settlement Conference to a Trial Management Conference, and possibly further, before you can get to a family law trial), and so on.

The projects I have participated in as a supervising lawyer have without exception been well organized and effective both to develop and strengthen students» legal skills and to enhance access to justice through the enthusiastic effort of the student volunteers.

These developments illustrate a fundamental issue that most common law jurisdictions will need to address as they turn, increasingly, to consensual dispute resolution («CDR») processes like mediation and JDR in an effort to enhance access to justice in an environment of fiscal restraint.

I spoke on active adjudication as a tool to enhance access to justice.

For several years now we've seen great rewards supporting public libraries as invaluable intermediaries in the mission to enhance justice access.

Although we often refer to restructuring legal services and increasing funding for legal aid as means for enhancing access to justice, if we can not properly fund the existing system we put unnecessary pressures our justice system.

(a) an internal focus on access to justice as a strategic objective underpinning all of the Law Society's work, which will include: (i) designating appropriate resources to enhance the Law Society's approach to developing access to justice objectives integrated across program areas; (ii) strategically reviewing, reconsidering and, where appropriate, amending the Law Society's rules, regulations, policies and practices to foster change and innovation and achieve the Law Society's access to justice objectives; and (iii) developing metrics to measure the effectiveness of actions taken; and.

Most Canadians will be forgiven for failing to be as joyful as the Benchers were that day, as the agreement does much to enhance lawyer mobility (and hence fee - earning capability), but does nothing to address access to justice.

Ultimately, I am not sure whether these decisions will assist in enhancing access to justice for family law litigants; but, I am hopeful that as a consequence, at least some will pause to reflect for a moment or two on the problems that continue to arise as demand for judicial and court resources increasingly exceeds supply.

We hope and believe that sensible and dedicated members of the Ontario Family Bar can and will get behind this proposal, make sure that the new licensing training program is as good as it can possibly be, and work alongside family paralegals to enhance Access to Justice for Ontarians.

As I write in my column this week at Above the Law, these grants provide tangible, real - world examples of how technology is being used to enhance access to justice and narrow the justice gap.

Though they may be providing access to justice services and supports for different reasons (whether for profit, for the public good or as a public service more generally) the resulting innovations show great promise to enhance access to justice and reduce gaps.

An explicit aspect of the Law Commission of Ontario's mandate is to «consider technology as a means to enhance access to justice».

By providing lawyers and legal advice to people living at or near the federal poverty level, civil legal aid programs enhance their clients» ability to access justice and can serve as a powerful tool to combat poverty.

Since the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark decision in Hryniak v Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, summary judgment has been lauded as an effective tool to enhance access to justice and achieve cost - effective results for litigants.

Pro bono law is consistently characterized as something that lawyers should do, as well as an important tool for enhancing access to justice, especially for Canadians of limited means.

Enhanced public access to justice will promote the rule of law without which lawyers — and society as a whole — are out of business.

The use of intermediaries as an effective means to enhance access to justice was confirmed in the August 2013 CLEO report, Public Legal Education and Information in Ontario Communities: Formats and Delivery Channels.