Sentences with phrase «other access to justice issues»

It used to be just about possible to discuss court reform separately from other access to justice issues such as online legal information and advice prior to issue of proceedings.

Not exact matches

Access to justice is a multifaceted issue with complex elements related to the lived experience of race, poverty and a host of other considerations.

Widespread access to legal information via the Internet may help close the justice gap, but the profession has many other access issues to address.

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.

Advocacy Committee: The Advocacy Committee focuses on coordinating efforts to deal with, among other things, issues of barriers to the legal profession by internationally trained lawyers, diversity in the legal community, access to justice, and the role of Canadians in global legal markets.

[ii] I examine this issue for the purposes of this column without examining two other hard access questions namely (i) the source of payment for legal services (i.e. legal aid or pre-paid legal insurance) and (ii) the extent to which the complexity of the administration of justice is part of the access problem.

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.

Data, if it were to be systematically collected from «the Ministry of Attorney General's Office, legal aid organizations and other (non) law - related groups,» could measure the true impact of technologically based responses to access to justice issues.

The national Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters notes in its final report that only about 6.5 % of legal problems ever make it to court, but it is unlikely in the extreme that so many of the people with high school diplomas or less are bundled into the 93.5 % who manage to resolve their legal issues outside of court, especially when we know that for people with low incomes, legal issues tend not come one at a time but cluster and multiply into other areas of the law.

When are we going to stop wasting time and oxygen on ABS and knuckle down and deal with the access to justice problem that dwarfs all other real and trumped up A2J issues combined — the ruinous time and cost of litigation?

In other words, the regulatory regime in Canada, as in Australian and the UK, is that legal services have to be provided by expensive service providers — and people wonder why access to justice is an issue?

The others are so out of it they do not even recognise there are major access to justice issues.

Among other EJC and pre-conference programs, there is one for Access to Justice (A2J) professionals, public law librarians, and those who are interested public law library or public library legal reference services and A2J (access to justice) iAccess to Justice (A2J) professionals, public law librarians, and those who are interested public law library or public library legal reference services and A2J (access to justice) Justice (A2J) professionals, public law librarians, and those who are interested public law library or public library legal reference services and A2J (access to justice) iaccess to justice) justice) issues:

Numerous reports from judicial staff and other access to justice resources cite family law issues as one of the most prevalent legal matters experienced by low income Tennesseans.

The Florida State Courts System, in conjunction with the Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice, offers both a self - help website as well as the Florida Courts HELP App to provide information for people seeking a divorce, adoption, orders of protection, name change, and other family law issues.

Virtually everyone who has looked at access to justice on a macro level recognizes that a continuum of resources and assistance should be available to people facing legal issues, starting with information and self - help resources on one end and full representation on the other, with varying levels of assistance in between.

Green Justice will provide key services for individuals, communities and organizations that might otherwise not have access to important legal representation due to cost, the nature of the issue or other challenges.

You can also link to this article from the SRLN website or from Richard Zorza's Access to Justice blog, where you will be able to find dozens, hundreds, of other practical and provocative articles on Access to Justice issues.

While Access to Justice BC is starting with a focus on the family justice system and issues of concern to Indigenous peoples in BC (including the consequences of their historical and current relationship with the Crown and within Canadian society), the hope is that the lessons learned and improvements achieved in these areas will have a positive impact on other areas of the justice Justice BC is starting with a focus on the family justice system and issues of concern to Indigenous peoples in BC (including the consequences of their historical and current relationship with the Crown and within Canadian society), the hope is that the lessons learned and improvements achieved in these areas will have a positive impact on other areas of the justice justice system and issues of concern to Indigenous peoples in BC (including the consequences of their historical and current relationship with the Crown and within Canadian society), the hope is that the lessons learned and improvements achieved in these areas will have a positive impact on other areas of the justice justice system.

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On a slightly different note, the Governor - General brought up in his speech a variety of issues other than simply that of access to justice, issues which are not often so honestly addressed (see here for an article in the Vancouver Sun).

Encouragement We do, however, welcome the opportunity for discussion on this and all the other issues Jackson LJ has outlined in his lengthy paper, and we are encouraged by his reference to the need for access to justice.

By engaging directly with unrepresented persons experiencing family court issues, and incorporating feedback from other access to justice stakeholders, including lawyers, community service providers, judges and members of the public, points of difficulty within the system are identified and addressed.

Library Canuck: Legal Sourcery's Alan Kilpatrick runs his own blog that looks at law library and access to justice issues, among many others.

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