There remains lots to talk about
how improved access to justice and legal services can be achieved without giving up ownership or bringing about an anti-competitive concentration of delivery (and this is where I pray the benchers will go).
Not exact matches
It is important not
to take our foot off the gas and
to consider further just
how much the unbundling concept can
improve access to justice.
Third, and bringing together normative and pragmatic angles, not only has the Canadian legal profession in general, and many of the provincial self - regulatory organizations more particularly, opened up a policy - making space for considering
how to reformulate the future of legal services
to improve access to justice, but also, the provincial self - regulators all have an implicit and, sometimes, as in the case of Ontario, an explicit duty
to facilitate
access to justice in their regulatory activities.
The question of
how much public pressure would be required
to improve the historically stubborn problem of adequate funding for legal aid and other
access to justice services is a separate issue that can be set aside for now.
Raising the small claims cap is not the only mechanisms available (the Supreme Court in BC has «Fast Track» simplified procedures for claims under $ 100k), but I can see
how a higher limit
improves access to justice in at least three ways: 1.
The debate about
how to improve access to justice most often discusses what lawyers and court institutions can do.
In fact, as part of my job with Pro Bono Net, a nonprofit that works with legal aid organizations, pro bono programs, and courts
to improve access to justice through increasing volunteerism, collaboration, and effective use of technology, I've had the opportunity
to work with Pro Bono Law Ontario and seen
how adding technology
to their service delivery (both as support for their programs and as information for the general public) has allowed them
to be more effective and efficient in their work.
Billie's success demonstrates
how an offering
to improve both
access to justice and a firm's bottom line is achievable.
How does extending the two - year limit (LT below) square with the recommendation
to pick up the pace of litigation so often recommended in the
improving «
access to justice» chatter?
Access to justice is a common debated theme, most notably
how to get the necessary resources
to improve the accessibility
to and of our judicial system.
The Envisioning Equal
Justice initiative will bring together stakeholders to discuss how to meet their shared responsibility to improve access to justice, starting with a summit April 25 - 27 in Van
Justice initiative will bring together stakeholders
to discuss
how to meet their shared responsibility
to improve access to justice, starting with a summit April 25 - 27 in Van
justice, starting with a summit April 25 - 27 in Vancouver.
The primary purpose of this research was
to «identify
how computerizing
justice can
improve access to it and increase its efficiency».
Last June I posted on
how Canadian courts and creative counsel are using the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Hryniak v. Mauldin
to improve access to justice by crafting procedures
to bring cases
to trial in a more efficient and cost effective way.
Tune into Pro Bono Institute's newest podcast «CLO and Pro Bono Series» and listen
to chief legal officers of Corporate Pro Bono Challenge ® signatories discuss the pro bono efforts at their departments and
how they are working
to improve access to justice.
We encourage you
to add your voices about
how to shape the future of commercial dispute resolution and
improve access to justice in the 21st century.
It builds upon the efforts of the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable and the US Department of
Justice Office for
Access to Justice to demonstrate
to federal agencies
how civil legal aid can help meet program goals and
improve delivery of services in areas such as health care, housing, and veterans» affairs.
The Foundation is currently focused on the
access to justice crisis; legal education — and more specifically the delta between academic training and market readiness; and
how to harness technology
to improve legal
access and delivery, especially in the «retail» market segment.
CPBO's CLO & Pro Bono Podcast series is a collection of insightful discussions with chief legal officers of Corporate Pro Bono Challenge ® signatories about the pro bono efforts at their departments and
how they are working
to improve access to justice.
Joanna Sidhu discusses
how crowdfunding can be applied
to the law and
how it can
improve access to justice.
Katherine Alteneder will explain
how we understand the range of IT solutions designed
to improve access to justice.
People are realizing
how much can be done
to improve access to justice.
Participants explored the
justice system from the «user» perspective and approach
access to justice as a hands - on design challenge — they gathered the information needed on
how the
justice system works, imagined
how best
to respond
to the gaps and weaknesses of the current system, and had
to develop a prototype that will
improve it.
«This project, made possible with a grant from the ABA Enterprise Fund, shows
how we can harness the power and reach of the ABA
to improve access to justice by providing much - needed legal assistance
to vulnerable populations.»
February 21, 2017 — «The Law Foundation of Ontario has issued grants
to the Winkler Institute at Osgoode Hall Law School and Ryerson University's Legal Innovation Zone so they can examine
how technology and innovation can
improve access to justice for young people.
In a survey distributed after the hackathon, several participants described
how they made amazing personal and professional connections and learned
how technology and innovation can be harnessed
to improve access to justice.
If we're going
to take advantage of the Internet as a tool
to help lawyers connect with clients and
improve access to justice we need
to understand
how people act online and offline, and why.
Her current work explores
how human centered design can be used
improve the delivery of legal services and examines the impacts of legal technology on the legal profession and
access to justice.
Consider
how increased involvement from in - house lawyers can
improve the dialogue about legal services and
access to justice (many of the things in - house counsel struggle with are barriers
to justice for the average person), and start thinking about representation on your governing boards and
how it might be restructured
to better reflect the composition of those governed.
The question was:
how could technology
improve access to justice and provide viable solutions
to families in these situations?
How the Federal Circuit Court can
improve access to justice for Indigenous litigants Relationships Respect Opportunities Tracking progress and reporting