The British Columbia Law Institute resource on technology-assisted and remote evidence presentation has just been posted to the Social Science Research Network.
Category Legal Services
Can Law Schools be Incubators of Innovation?
At Open Law Lab, Margaret Hagan’s posting on whether law schools can be effective innovation incubators.
Is The Internet a Place for Legal Help?
At Open Law Lab, Margaret Hagan has an interesting piece titled “Is the internet the place for legal help?”.
This means that we should not stake all our work on exclusively Internet-based resources — but that we should still be investing a much larger amount of research, money & development into making the Internet more usable as a legal resource.
What If…
On SLAW, Karen Dyck asks “What If…” – a sort of desiderata for improving access to justice. What would you add to the What ifs?
Legal Services Map
Your Legal Rights provides a Services Map – an interactive guide to key legal and social services in Ontario. Many organizations listed on the web site may have their offices located in Toronto but can help people who live anywhere in Ontario so make sure to browse more than just the map to find the help you need.
Bilingual Accès Justice Access Centre Now Open in Halifax
Great work by our friends in Nova Scotia! What’s new in access to justice for 2015: Nova Scotia’s first bilingual access to justice centre! The Accès Justice Access centre opened recently at 1663 Brunswick Street in Halifax, as an initiative of the Association des juristes d’expression française de la Nouvelle-Écosse (AJEFNE). The centre offers services in both official languages on site and by telephone, email and online. Free consultations with a lawyer will be available by appointment.
Digital Delivery of Legal Services to People on Low Incomes
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
Wonderful work from the The Legal Education Foundation.
“We are very pleased to have commissioned this Report from Roger Smith. We hope that the Report will stimulate others to let us know of advances that they are making or are aware of others making in this important area of using information technology to provide low cost legal service to people. These developments are not a magic bullet but taken together they can make a difference to the lives of a lot of people. We intend to update the Report on an annual basis as a record of developments in the provision of IT based legal service.”
Guy Beringer
Chairman of Governors
Unified Family Courts: An Established Mechanism for Improving Access to Justice
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
Are unified family courts a magic bullet? J.P Boyd of the Canadian Research Institute for Law explores the potential on the CFCJ blog. http://ow.ly/FmW41
Access to Justice Advocate – Dianne Wintermute
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
We are excited to announce our new blog series Access to Justice Advocates! The series is a response to recent reports that have underscored the importance of innovation and imagination in the pursuit of access to justice. At the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, we understand that such efforts come down to people – to the diverse advocates working in different and important ways across the access to justice landscape. Our first Advocate is Dianne Wintermute, Staff Lawyer at the ARCH Disability Law Centre. Check out her interview and profile here http://lnkd.in/eA2PWSsless
Data Collection Completed for “Cost of Justice” Project
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
We have completed the data collection stages for our Cost of Justice national survey project! Here are some of our initial findings: – Over 35% of people reported stress, health, family and/or social issues as a result of experiencing legal problems. – Over a three-year period over 50% of adults reported experiencing one or more legal problems. – The most common problems were related to consumer, debt, and employment issues. Read more: http://obiter-dicta.ca/2014/10/14/data-collection-completed-for-cost-of-justice-project/
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