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People-Centered Justice Has Become the Norm in Access to Justice
*This blog was originally published on Slaw.ca on December 6, 2024* People-centered approaches have quickly become the norm in access to justice. By the term norm I mean essentially the same thing as the use of the term in sociology, a widely accepted expectation or rule of behaviour – a way of doing things. People-centricity
Read NowCourt Delays and Inadequate Funding: An Equation for Vulnerability for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Canada
Through last year’s R v Jordan ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada illuminated what it dubbed a “culture of complacency” within the Canadian courts. This issue revolves around ongoing delays and has been the subject of many discussions on efficiency in the courts and the importance of timely judicial appointments. While most commentary on this
read nowAccess to Justice: New Book Will Spark Deep Debate about the Meaning, Causes of Injustice
This article originally appeared on The Lawyer’s Daily on August 16, 2017. It is the third article in Thomas Cromwell’s exclusive The Lawyer’s Daily column dedicated to access to civil and family justice. Will we recognize injustice when we see it? And what is injustice anyway? I suspect that these questions are never far from
read nowThe Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family and the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice are Studying the Cost of Resolving Family Law Disputes
The Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family (CRILF) and the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice are tackling a piece of the access to justice puzzle together by conducting a study on the cost of resolving family law disputes. “Part of the whole access to justice inquiry has to involve the accessibility of different
read nowMaking A2J Matter to the Public
The Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters launched the #justiceforall campaign designed to raise public understanding of accessible justice challenges as a component of a healthy democracy. A next step in transforming the A2J landscape is to engage the public by raising awareness of the importance of justice issues in
read nowIntéresse le public de A2J
Le Comité d’action sur l’accès à la justice en matière civile et familiale a commencé la campagne #justicepourtous vise à faire réaliser au public que l’accès à la justice est, en fait, l’accès aux solutions de leurs problèmes juridiques de tous les jours et un élément d’une saine démocratie. L’étape suivante dans la transformation du
read nowAccess to Justice: Justice System Could Learn From Nova Scotia Veterans Outreach Program
This article originally appeared on The Lawyer’s Daily on July 19, 2017. It is the third article in Thomas Cromwell’s exclusive The Lawyer’s Daily column dedicated to access to civil and family justice. Life isn’t organized like the Canadian Abridgement. The real problems of real people don’t sort themselves into neat categories and they are
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