Sentences with phrase «justice system reform»

He is a strong advocate of criminal justice system reform and speaks publicly about his wrongful conviction and imprisonment.

This piece falls short of that standard, and there is so much at stake in justice system reform that I hope a higher standard will apply.

This announcement comes on the back of the implementation of the most significant family justice system reforms in a generation.

In a previous column, we described the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice's Inventory of Reforms, a freely accessible, online database that contains descriptions of civil justice system reform initiatives from across Canada.

The report, which has been shared with Attorney General David Eby and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, as well as the opposition critics, proposes overarching areas of proposed justice system reforms categorized into 10 main areas of law and policy, including but not limited to: policing, access to justice, family law, corrections, human rights, mental illness and addiction, poverty and income inequality, and government compliance with outstanding legal protections.

Our Justice Reform for BC report, which has been shared with BC's Attorney General, Solicitor General, and opposition critics, proposes justice system reforms categorized into 10 main areas of law and policy, including but not limited to policing, access to justice, family law, corrections, human rights, mental illness and addiction, poverty and income inequality, and government compliance with outstanding legal protections.

If your main social concern at the moment is the Black Lives Matter movement, there are countless children living in poverty in the U.S., and hundreds of ways to volunteer, mentor, give back and get involved, as well as ways to advocate for justice system reform.

Panelists mentioned various important changes that needed to be made such as a juvenile justice system reform, access and support for early childhood education, comprehensive support services for parents that includes job training, a professional teaching structure, high schools that build pathways beyond just a four - year college degree, and educational supports for children living with undocumented immigrant parents.

With respect to the last comment, it is extremely dangerous to equate so - called social justice law (really just activist lawyers with ideological agendas and patron funding) with justice system reform or access to justice.

Michel - Adrien points out the Civil justice system reform underway in Ontario, and reading it I realize I've been a bit remiss in not reporting earlier on the success of the Into the Future Conference, organized by my workplace, the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice in partnership with the Canadian Bar Association, the Association of Canadian Court Administrators, and the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice.

This was one of the major concerns about justice system reform over that past few decades — reports with tons of wonderful ideas and recommendations for what other people should do but little in the way of actual action on the ground.

Excerpts: pages 134, 137 - 38 (selected by the author, who has a companion website: Administrative Justice System Reform)

Justice system reform efforts definitely require an affinity for asking generative, open questions requiring deep thought.

These include: professional regulation and turf - sharing; innovations in the form and costs of legal and para-legal services; how to work with self - represented litigants; the relationship of the judiciary to the public; simplification of court procedures; and the inclusion of the public in justice system reform.

The group and The Rikers Debate Project have been collaborating since August to host weekly workshops that help Fortune clients learn the art of debate while discussing issues critical to criminal justice system reform.

I'm researching the criminal justice system reform...

«However, investors continue to lack trust in the Albanian judiciary, hence I think that the successful completion of justice system reform that is currently under way, will be an enormous step towards improvement of the business climate and that obviously goes hand to hand with addressing other issues raised by investors such as transparency of public procurement and PPP processes, frequency of changes to legislation etc.».

The summit culminated in a compilation, by the participants, of ideas and concrete strategies for legal and justice system reform.

To address these and other issues facing the justice system, the Ethiopian government supported by the World Bank and several bilateral donors initiated the Justice System Reform Program and significant changes have since been achieved.

Topics will include: justice system reform, supporting self - represented litigants, serving Indigenous communities, unbundled legal services, reduced rate legal services, paralegal pro bono services, the politics of access to justice, using new technologies and good corporate citizenry.

In addition to this, Paul is a volunteer and supporter of the Criminal Law Project of Student Legal Services of Edmonton, as well as the Founding Director of Innocence Alberta, a project that shared the dedication of their parent organization, Innocence Canada, to identifying, advocating for, and exonerating individuals convicted of a crime that they did not commit and to preventing such injustices in the future through legal education and justice system reform.

Demonstrated understanding of and have a history of action / organization on social justice issues, including issues of systemic racism, LGBTQ rights, and criminal justice system reform; experience working on issues related to commercial sex trafficking and / or sex work will have preference.

Plenary and workshop topics will include: justice system reform, supporting self - represented litigants, serving Indigenous communities, unbundled legal services, reduced rate legal services, paralegal pro bono services, the politics of access to justice, and good corporate citizenry.