At the Open Law Lab blog, Margaret Hagan has an idea for an open source legal software hub, as well as posts on the concept of care in legal service delivery, and a research project on how people use the internet for legal services.
Category Legal Services
Nunavut Legal Aid Spending Starts to Level Off
From the North, an article on how legal aid spending in Nunavut has started to level off.
The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law
The Winkler Institute blog has a post on HiiL, the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law.
What Does a “user-centred” Approach Really Mean??
Yarl’s Wood: Legal Black Hole
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.
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.
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