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News & Views on Civil Justice Reform

Issues

• Issue 12: Spring 2009
• Issue 11: Winter 2007
• Issue 10: Fall 2007
• Issue 9: Spring 2006
• Issue 8: Spring 2005
• Issue 7: Summer 2004
• Issue 6: Summer 2003
• Issue 5: Fall 2002
• Issue 4: Spring 2002
• Issue 3: Spring 2000
• Issue 2: Fall 1999
• Issue 1: Winter 1998-1999

Issue 12: Spring 2009

Legal Services

Full Issue: English French

In this issue:

• The End of Lawyers? excerpts from Chapter 7 "Access to Justice"
  Richard Susskind, OBE
• This is not the end of lawyers…
  Jordan Furlong
• Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil & Family Matters
• An Emerging Model of Access to Justice
• Public legal education and information in a Changing Legal Services Spectrum
  Rick Craig
• Access to Justice with Legal Advice Lines
  John Simpson
• Paralegals, A Worthwhile Option
  Geneviève Forget
• Unbundling Legal Services: Is the time now?
  Jeanette Fedorak
• Putting Legal Aid in the Path of Clients
  Mark Benton, QC
• Resourcing Access to Justice: Legal Expenses Insurance
  Kenning Marchant, D Jur
• Pro Bono Publico - For the public good
  Lynn Burns & Noah Aiken-Klar
• Connecting On-line – Two Examples
• Finding Help
• Cost of Justice Project
• Cross Country Snapshots – Inventory of Justice System Responses

Issue 11: Winter 2007

Into the Future Conference Report

Full Issue: English French

In this issue:

• Origin of the Into the Future Conference
• Into the Future Part I: Fingers on the Pulse of Civil Justice Systems Today
• Into the Future Part II: The Way Ahead – National Coordination of Civil Justice Reform
• Leading the Action Across the Country
• Carrying on the Dialogue
• Into the Future . . . and Beyond

Issue 10: Fall 2007

Family Law Innovations

Full Issue: EnglishFrench

In this issue:

• The Talking Together Program of Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation
• Excerpts from the Final Report to the Family Court of Australia on The Children's Cases Pilot Project
  Jennifer E. McIntosh, PhD
• Children's Cases Program Evaluation
• Family Court Pilot of Trinidad and Tobago
  Robert G. Hann, Donna Boucaud and Franklyn Murrell
• British Columbia Family Justice Information 'Hub'
  Irene Robertson
• Availability of Family Law in French
• A Self-Represented Family Litigant
  A. Arshad, BA
• Cross Country Snapshots - Family Courts in Transition

Issue 9: Spring 2006

Into the Future Conference Special Edition

Full Issue: English French

In this issue:

• Into the Future: The Agenda for Civil Justice Reform
  Chief Justice J. J. Michel Robert and Justice Eleanore A. Cronk, Honourary Co-Chairs
• A Momentous Anniversary
  Brian A. Tabor, QC, President, Canadian Bar Association
• Into the Future
  Justice Bruce I. Cohen, President, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
• ACCA Learning Event - 2006
  Joanne B. Spriet, President, Association of Canadian Court Administrators
• Into The Future – Users' Perspectives on Access to Justice
  Mary Ellen Hodgins, Chair, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
• A Job for Us All
  Seymour B. Trachimovsky, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, ZENON Environmental Inc.
• Court Technology SCAN - Canadian Centre for Court Technology
  Justice Fran Kiteley, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and Professor Daniel Poulin, University of Montréal
• One Counsel's Experience with Introducing Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in a Corporate Setting
  S. Noel Rea, QC, National ADR Co-ordinator, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP formerly Senior Counsel, Imperial Oil Limited
• Some Industry Responses to Dispute Resolution
  S. Noel Rea, QC
• Some Observations about ADR from a Corporate User
  S. Noel Rea, QC
  [not included in print version]
• Small Business and the Civil Justice System
  Peter Jefferson, President and CEO, N. Jefferson Ltd., Vancouver, BC
• "What does the public really want from their lawyers and from the justice system?"
  Diana J. Lowe, Executive Director, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
• Privatizing our Public Civil Justice System
  Trevor C. W. Farrow
• Cross Country Snapshots - Users' Perspectives on Civil Justice Reform
• Into the Future: The Agenda for Civil Justice Reform — Sponsors and Conference Committee

Issue 8: Spring 2005

Full Issue: English French

In this issue:

• The Judge as Counsel
  D.A. Rollie Thompson, Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Court Technology SCAN – How accessible is your court web site?
  Dene Rossouw, President, Global E-learning Interactive
• Self-represented Litigants & Summary Trials
  Rob Curtis, QC
• Target: Fair and Reasonable Public Access to All Legal Information – Improving Access to Justice
  Kathryn Arbuckle, Law Librarian, University of Alberta
• My Experience with a Do-it-Yourself Uncontested Divorce
  A. N. Onymous LLB
• Self-Represented Litigants Project of the Canadian Judicial Council
• Cross Country Snapshots – Rules, Practices and Self-Representation
• A Grateful Farewell...and Welcome

Issue 7: Summer 2004

Full Issue: English French

In this issue:

• Information, knowledge and good communication practices: Some preliminary findings from the Civil Justice System and the Public project
  Diana Lowe and Mary Stratton with Lily Tsui
• Through The Public Lens
• Benefits of Atlas.ti Software Analysis
  James Cresswell
• Dark & Stormy Night: The Power of Observation
  Graham Statt
• The Language of Communication
  Natalie Salvalaggio with input from the Research Team
• The Partner Symposium – Collaboration in Action
  Cam Schwartz
• Finding the Public to Talk With
  Shannon Williams Stawnicky
• Beyond the Headlines
  Naomi Schmold
• Evaluating Communication in Action: A Case Study in Public Participation
  Mary Stratton
• Cross Country Snapshots – Civil Justice System and the Public

Issue 6: Summer 2003

Full Issue: English French

In this issue:

• Civil Justice System and the Public: National Field Research Begins
• The Changing Face of Public Legal Education In Canada
  Lois E. Gander, LLM, Associate Dean (Academic), Professor and Director, Legal Studies Program, Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta
• Alberta Law Review – Call for Papers
• Cross Country Snapshot of Public Legal Education
• CourtTV Canada – Window on the Law
  Lorne Honickman, LLB
• Courtroom Technology SCAN - Electronic Signatures
  Andrew C. L. Sims, QC
• "Technology in the Courts"
• Civil Justice Clearinghouse

Issue 5: Fall 2002

In this issue:

• Civil Justice System and the Public Update
• Saskatchewan and Québec Clearinghouse Projects
• Apology to the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan
• Managing Litigation in Canada
  Doris I. Wilson, QC, Special Counsel to the Alberta Law Reform Institute's Rules of Court Project
• Membership
• Revising Civil Procedure in Québec: A Necessary Process
  Me Anthony Russell, Direction de la recherche et de la législation ministérielle, Ministère de la Justice du Québec
• Why are There Rules of Court?
  Gordon Turriff
• Cross Country Snapshot of Rules & Rules Committees
• Update on Dispute Resolution in Yukon
• With Gratitude We Say Farewell to Outgoing Board Members
• Courtroom Technology SCAN – Electronic Filing
  Andrew C. L. Sims, QC
• CLE on Technology in the Courts

Issue 4: Spring 2002

In this issue:

• Facilitating Access to the Courts Through Class Actions: Canadian Developments
  Margaret A. Shone (Counsel, Alberta Law Reform Institute)
• Negotiating the Future
• Concise and Precise: a review of "A Plain Language Handbook for Legal Writers"
  Reviewed by John Blois
• CLE on Technology in the Courts
• Cross Country Snapshot of Dispute Resolution
• The Civil Justice System and the Public – Expanded Research at the Forum
• New Program Director
• Membership
• Courtroom Technology SCAN
  Andrew C.L. Sims, QC
• Check out our Website

Issue 3: Spring 2000

In this issue:

• Language and Civil Justice
• The Civil Justice System and the Public
• Civil Justice Clearinghouse Projects
• Continuing Legal Education
• Civil Justice Reform Update
• Is There a Constitutional Right to Paid Legal Counsel in a Civil Law Matter?: An Analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada's Findings in New Brunswick (Minister of Health and Community Services) v. G. (J.).
  Barbara Billingsley, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
• An Overview of Civil Case Processing in Ottawa
  Bob Kingsley, Senior Advisor, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
• Acknowledgments

Issue 2: Fall 1999

In this issue:

• At the Forum
• Membership
• The Civil Justice System and the Public
• Did You Know...
• Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program
  Ann Merritt, Provincial Mediation Coordinator, Mandatory Mediation Program, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
• What's New in Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Courts?
• In the Shadow of the Rule of Law: Alternative Dispute Resolution and Provincial Superior Courts
  Dr. Graeme A. Barry, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
• Civil Justice Reform Update
• Next Issue
• Acknowledgments

Issue 1: Winter 1998-1999

In this Issue:

• Welcome to the Forum
• Forum Opening
• We're Online
• Regular Features
• Did You Know
• Simplified Proceedings
  June Ross, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta and Member of the Forum's Board of Directors, and
  Mark Opgenorth, student, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
• Remembering Former Chief Justice Brian Dickson
• Will-Say Report
• Acknowledgments

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