Their efforts to serve the public by providing an accessible, fair, efficient and innovative forum for justice also include several notable initiatives with direct public impact: In addition to hosting the second - ever Twitter Town Hall, the Court is also taking greater efforts to improve
meaningful access to justice for self - represented litigants (SRLs), and has recently released Guidelines for Using a Support Person in Provincial Court.
How will the legal profession meet the challenge of providing
meaningful access to justice for ordinary and disadvantaged Canadians?
He is also encouraged by evidence that courts are deepening their commitment to access to justice, such as last year's adoption by the Conference of Chief Justices of Resolution 5: Reaffirming the Commitment to
Meaningful Access to Justice for All.
While we all know that this increase is not enough to ensure
meaningful access to justice for all Washingtonians, it is a much needed step in the right direction.
Not exact matches
Our goal is
to develop
meaningful, public - focused
access to justice solutions
for Ontario.
This week's posting focuses on Georgia State's new Center
for Access to Justice, which was founded in 2016 to support those working to ensure meaningful access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.&
Access to Justice, which was founded in 2016 to support those working to ensure meaningful access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.
Justice, which was founded in 2016
to support those working
to ensure
meaningful access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.&
access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal
justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.
justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.»
Open data could provide a critical next step toward the culture - shift that is needed
for us
to realize
meaningful and lasting improvements in
access to justice.
The current federal election campaign provides a key opportunity
for lawyers
to shift the discourse and effect
meaningful change towards greater
access to legal and
justice services.
That these resources, sustained by law societies
for lawyer use, have been made available
to the public is perhaps the most
meaningful and least acknowledged
access -
to -
justice initiative there is.
(10) Seizing the opportunity
to create
meaningful legal jobs
for graduates while helping
to solve the
access to justice crisis
To achieve meaningful access to family justice, we must broaden our focus, and work towards establishing a more prominent role for consensual dispute resolutio
To achieve
meaningful access to family justice, we must broaden our focus, and work towards establishing a more prominent role for consensual dispute resolutio
to family
justice, we must broaden our focus, and work towards establishing a more prominent role
for consensual dispute resolution.
The ten model objectives include, among others, «protection of the public,» «advancement of the administration of
justice and the rule of law,» «
meaningful access to justice and information about the law,» «independence of professional judgment,» and «diversity and inclusion among legal services providers and freedom from discrimination
for those receiving legal services and in the
justice system.»
The legal industry has some «wicked» problems
to confront: the
access to justice crisis, creating
meaningful guardrails
for social media and its potential
to obliterate fact from misinformation, protecting democracy, and training future lawyers — as well as legal service providers —
to ensure they have the competencies, experience, and tools necessary
to tackle these challenges.
... the digital revolution and the modern social and economic forces it has unleashed are creating new modes of delivery of traditional legal services, creating new demands and expectations
for meaningful access to justice, and eroding the fundamental assumptions upon which the legal profession of the past was built.
Particularly, at a time when the gaps in
access to justice continue
to grow, when there are no
meaningful increases in funding
for Legal Aid, and as litigants and accused increasingly represent themselves in court, it is essential that protections are in place
to ensure that every citizen has
access to equal
justice regardless of income level or ability
to pay.
However, the words of support
for creativity in achieving
meaningful access to justice should provide some comfort
for tribunals and adjudicators looking
to design more efficient processes that respect procedural fairness principles.