The Winkler Institute blog has a post on justicefundr.ca.
Category Technology
ODR to Become the Norm in Quebec?
AJRN member Karim Benyekhlef and Nicolas Vermeys look to the future of online dispute resolution in Quebec.
WillowNet.ca: New Resource Aims to Provide Clear Information About Domestic Abuse
Here’s a CBC report on the launch of WillowNet.ca in Alberta by the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta, which provides legal information about domestic violence.
Washington State Moves Around UPL, Using Legal Technicians to Help Close the Justice Gap
From the US, there is an article in the ABA Journal on Washington state’s move to use “legal technicians” to help solve the “justice gap”, and two response pieces (#1 and #2) in Above the Law.
Can We Use TV-Law-Love to Improve Real-Life Legal Services?
At Open Law Lab, Margaret Hagan asks if we can use TV-law-love to improve real-life legal services.
Technology-Assisted and Remote Evidence Presentation: A Practice Resource for BC Lawyers
The British Columbia Law Institute resource on technology-assisted and remote evidence presentation has just been posted to the Social Science Research Network.
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.
Creating the Conditions for Justice Innovation: How (NOT) to Solve Complex Problems
Nicole Aylwin of CFCJ explores the ideal conditions for justice innovation http://www.slaw.ca/2014/12/19/creating-the-conditions-for-justice-innovation-how-not-to-solve-complex-problems/
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
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