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Bridging the Gap Between Access to Justice and Business Law
At first glance, access to justice (A2J) might seem more relevant to areas like family, criminal, or poverty law. But through my unique position as both an Osgoode Hall Law School JD/MBA student and a research assistant for the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ), I’ve come to recognize a crucial and sometimes overlooked intersection
Read NowNudging the Paradigm Shift, Everyday Legal Problems
How do we define a legal problem? What is meant by justice and access to justice? What ought to be encompassed within the concept of a justice system? In “Nudging the Paradigm Shift, Everyday Legal Problems in Canada”, Dr. Ab Currie, Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, discusses the responses to
read nowCivil Justice and Economics: A Matter of Value / La Justice civile et économie : une question de valeur
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice is thrilled to partner with the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ) for the upcoming Civil Justice and Economics: A Matter of Value conference. The conference will take place from October 5-7 at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa and will include a series of panels and
read nowThank You For Your Donation
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice would like to express our sincere gratitude to the following for supporting our 2016 fundraising campaign: The Yukon Department of Justice The Nova Scotia Department of Justice The Alberta Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General The Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General The Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice and Attorney
read nowProblèmes juridiques quotidiens et les coûts de la justice au Canada – Fact Sheet
Le forum canadien sur la justice civile est très heureux d’annoncer que notre fiche descriptive sur les problèmes juridiques quotidiens et les coûts de la justice au Canada est présentement disponible en français! Cette fiche descriptive fait partie du projet sur les coûts de la justice (2011-2017) qui examine les coûts sociaux et économiques du
read nowCost of Justice Project Presentations
Members of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice staff and research alliance presented research and findings from the SSHRC-funded Cost of Justice project at several conferences in Spring, 2016. Here are the links to the slides from some of those presentations: Law and Society 2016 Annual Conference : Discussing the Future of Access to Justice
read nowWe Are Here to Help: the changing culture of legal aid in Nova Scotia
The traditional legal aid model has focused on providing legal solutions to a series of problems that have been narrowly defined as “legal.” The reality, however, is that strictly legal problems are often embedded within a cluster of non-legal problems. Therefore, in order to effectively respond to the growing legal need in this country the
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