Sentences with phrase «of the access to justice crisis»

Speakers have been selected for their expertise and to reflect the varied dimensions of the access to justice crisis.

It also provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the access to justice crisis and the plight of many vulnerable individuals who are without legal representation because of the significant reduction in the availability of legal aid.

While rooted in the very best of intentions, this standard approach to justice reform fails to consider the opinions and suggestions of the only people who can speak fully to the severity of the access to justice crisis — the people who sought to resolve their legal problems through the justice system and who failed somewhere along the way.

The extent of the access to justice crisis in family law warrants immediate attention.

Before arriving at your host sites, the fellows will meet virtually to participate in the «Legal Access Innovation Curriculum», which is a series of eight webinars sessions over a two - day period designed to 1) increase fellows» understanding of the nature and extent of the access to justice crisis 2) provide training on the varied uses of technology in delivering legal services, 3) gain exposure to different technology tools and platform they will use over the summer 4) provide context to the work at their host sites.

Both are technology companies adapted to legal service that are taking a bite out of the access to justice crisis by introducing vast numbers of otherwise disenfranchised customers into the market, And in doing so, these providers are prospering and redefining the public's perception of legal services.

Not exact matches

The extreme lack of access to pet resources for millions of people is an overlooked national crisis and a social justice issue in its own right.

I think a key problem at the root of the articling crisis and ongoing access to justice concerns is that law school, as wonderful as it is (I loved it), simply does not adequately train students with skills that can be applied in a constructive way to benefit clients.

However, that hasn't worked up until now, and without a systemic shakeup of structure that avails potential clients to legal professionals interested in access to justice, the crisis will remain in control of the efficacy desired in all legal systems interested in true justice.

A program of lawyer supervision would have no impact on the access to justice crisis in family law, she wrote, adding that «only licensed and independent paralegals can offer meaningful competition to lawyers.»

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This is the crisis of access to civil justice that we face.

We are wrapped up in our classist history perhaps — we want to be the well - heeled retainers of well - heeled clients, but if lawyers are going to help with the access to justice crisis we will have to be the middle - class (even lower middle - class) agents of middle - class clients.

We need to create an Ontario Legal Corps composed of lawyers and articling students to address the access to justice crisis in this province and we need to do it now.

The result of these two trends is a dwindling number of lawyers practicing in small communities and rural areas of Canada and a looming access to justice crisis if large numbers of lawyers decide to retire without replacements in place.

And for a slew of reasons that I will explore in Part 2 of this column topic, a more elite class of law school graduate spells trouble for the Canadian legal profession's ability to contend with the current crisis of unequal access to justice.

I mean, when you talk to judges about the access to justice crisis, lots of times you'll hear them say, «Oh, it's terrible.

Candidates working in smaller firms and in smaller cities — places where the access to justice crisis is most keenly felt — will not have the benefit of such subsidies.

That said, both Smith and Moorhead are impressed by chief exec Des Hudson who arrived at Chancery Lane in 2006 to knock some shape into what was seen to be an organisation lurching from crisis to crisis — for example, a bruising encounter with the then Lord Irvine over its campaign against the Access to Justice Bill («irresponsible scaremongering») and the bitter recriminations following the departure of Kamlesh Bahl, the first Asian woman to become vice-president, who resigned following bullying allegations.

Bob Ambrogi: Well, I think the bottom line question is, do you feel that the definition of law practice needs to be expanded in order to meet the access to justice crisis in this country?

It also integrates new research data on the Access to Justice crisis and the impact of self - represented litigants, and the adaptations and changes this challenge demands in these and other aspects of lawyering practice.

The pattern of crisis management is familiar at this point; cries of concern over the state of access to justice are finally echoed by high - ranking officials like the Chief Justice and the Governor - General, the mainstream media takes note, and very smart lawyers eventually busy themselves with the task of reforming the same broken system that many of them helped to build and that, in turn, helped all of them to pjustice are finally echoed by high - ranking officials like the Chief Justice and the Governor - General, the mainstream media takes note, and very smart lawyers eventually busy themselves with the task of reforming the same broken system that many of them helped to build and that, in turn, helped all of them to pJustice and the Governor - General, the mainstream media takes note, and very smart lawyers eventually busy themselves with the task of reforming the same broken system that many of them helped to build and that, in turn, helped all of them to prosper.

Lord knows that much of the present crisis in unequal access to justice is due to the complexity and delays of the current system.

«After years of acknowledging a crisis in access to the justice system in this province, the government continues to respond with a budget that denies additional financial assistance to those who need it most,» said CBA - BC President Kerry Simmons in a statement.

Indeed, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada has recognized one aspect of this demand in numerous recent speeches where she has referenced the access to justice «crisis» in the country, brought about by in part, she asserts, by a legal system that is too costly and too complicated for most CanJustice of the Supreme Court of Canada has recognized one aspect of this demand in numerous recent speeches where she has referenced the access to justice «crisis» in the country, brought about by in part, she asserts, by a legal system that is too costly and too complicated for most Canjustice «crisis» in the country, brought about by in part, she asserts, by a legal system that is too costly and too complicated for most Canadians.

This raises real access to justice issues and will tend to anonymise even further a service that consumers in a crisis are scared enough of.

In an initiative the Law Society of Upper Canada's outgoing treasurer is touting as his legacy, the regulator brought some 100 members of the justice sector under the same roof for the first time this week to put their heads together on the access to justice crisis.

If we can (1) ramp up the pace and (2) do this really well, the difference we would make to the access to justice crisis — especially if we also pay attention to the role of the non-lawyer «intermediaries «as Professor Friedland and others have emphasized — would be enormous.

They include demographic shifts, like the aging of the profession and depopulation of rural lawyers; disruptions, like advances in technology and competition from non-legal entities; and a well - documented crisis of access to legal services and the justice system.

But, in our current crisis of access to justice, these changes are exactly what we should be considering, or, in the case of the Civil Resolution Tribunal, working to implement as soon as possible.

The Academy does not produce practice and market - ready graduates equipped to address the industry's wicked problems: defending the rule of law, ending the access to justice crisis, advancing diversity, and participating in a global effort to advance human rights.

In light of this crisis, it seems worthwhile to look at a snapshot of cases involving issues concerning access to justice, the impact of self - represented litigants on the courts» resources, and how the courts have been handling such issues.

Here are a few back - of - the - envelope calculations to try to convey just how unrealistic it is for lawyers to focus only on legal aid / public funding and pro bono as a solution to the access to justice crisis.

In a sign of the unbundling movement's maturity, Mosten and Scully integrate discussion of client vulnerabilities, disadvantages and sources of mistrust of lawyers and new knowledge about the access to justice crisis among family law clients.

Recent Canadian studies on access to justice describe it as being in a state of crisis.

At a moment of crisis for access to justice, Lippman told a gathering of D.C. lawyers today, the judiciary and the legal profession «must be bold and proactive.»

The inability of the vast majority of individuals and small businesses to secure legal representation due to lack of access and high cost is an acute problem often referred to as «the access to justice crisis.»

It's a great example of technology being deployed to further the public interest and to address the access to justice crisis.

The initiative, started by Attorney General Eric Holder in March 2010, aims «to address the access - to - justice crisis in the criminal and civil justice system» by helping to ensure that the justice system is accessible to all people, regardless of income.»

The findings of the Civil Legal Needs Study Update are the basis of OCLA's Civil Justice Reinvestment Plan, which essentially seeks to solve the access to justice crisis in ourJustice Reinvestment Plan, which essentially seeks to solve the access to justice crisis in ourjustice crisis in our state.

If we are to address the twin crises of articling and access to justice we must do so on our own.

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We are smart people, we are deeply committed to our work, and we can and must figure out how to respond to this crisis — in multiple small ways since there is no magical single fix here — but first, we have to care about the question of access to justice.

And while many lawyers maintain that «self - help» and «being your own lawyer» can be precarious, consider that those same lawyers are doing little to address the access to justice crisis and the imbalance of legal resources Derek Bok described.

It's hard to rationalize the 3X thumbs down of regulatory reform in the U.S. where most of our population — including small businesses — can not afford representation due to its sky - high cost — the «access to justice crisis,» and corporate clients are migrating work from law firms, the incumbent provider source.

Doing things as we have always done them has created a crisis of access to justice (or inaccessibility of justice).

These translational skills will, in return, prepare students with varying career interests to participate and lead the next wave of innovations to solve the access to justice crisis.

The experiential portion places our fellows at a legal aid organization that is engaged in the development of innovative technology projects to address the crisis in access to justice and enhance service delivery.

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