This article on opendemocracy.net examines the effect of UK legal aid cuts on immigration detainees at Yarl’s Wood detention centre.
Month March 2015
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Flags Refusing New Clients Amid Funding Uncertainty
From 7 News in Australia, this article describes how the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency expects to stop taking on clients due to funding uncertainty.
We Won’t Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage by Cutting Legal services
Here is a comment article in The Guardian criticizing recent Australian legal aid cuts for their effect on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Exciting Job Position at ABA on Access to Justice
Richard Zorza’s access to justice blog notes that the ABA is looking for director for its Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiative.
What is Legal Aid? Do I qualify?
This article in The Hamilton Spectator discusses what legal aid is and who qualifies.
Legal-Aid Clinics Dodge Closures
Here is a longer article at Torontoist.com discussing some recent changes and challenges faced by some Toronto legal clinics.
Alleviating Client “Suffering” – the Changing Nature of Client Care
The National Self Represented Litigants Project blog has this post on how lawyers can strive to alleviate the suffering of their clients by changing how they deal with clients.
A Remarkable, Plain Language Judgment From the Ontario Court of Justice
JP’s blog features this post about the use of plain language in a recent Ontario Gladue court judgment.
Alternative Business Structures Proposals or Solving the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem
JP Boyd’s access to justice blog features this post on alternative business structures by guest columnist Ken Chasse.
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