There are many roads to
enhancing access to justice across Canada and I have been fortunate to travel several of these via involvement with Manitoba organizations like Legal Aid Manitoba, Community Legal Education Association, Fort Garry Women's Resource Centre and Legal Help Centre of Winnipeg.
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.
(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.