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2 Days in #a2j Innovation Bootcamp: Family Justice Design Workshop in Whitehorse, YT

Last month, the Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution, the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, Yukon Courts, and the Yukon Department of Justice collaborated to host an innovative family justice design workshop in Whitehorse, YT. Drawing on social lab theory, design thinking, and communications theory, a2j dynamo Nicole Aylwin led a diverse group of family-justice-system stakeholders

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Guest A2J Blog: Law Students Tackle Access to Justice Crisis from Small Business Perspective

The Law Society of British Columbia, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Chief Justice of Canada all agree – there are serious deficiencies with access to justice in this country. Nearly 12-million Canadians will experience a legal issue within the next three years, and approximately half of them will attempt to solve these problems on

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LawMatters at Your Local Public Library; A History of BC’s Program for Public Legal Information and Education in Public Libraries

This article, written by Janet Freeman, Courthouse Libraries BC LawMatters Program Coordinator and Nancy Hannum, LawMatters Program Consultant, charts the growing role of public libraries and public librarians as partners in access to justice. It includes a timeline of recommendations for an increase in legal information materials in public libraries and more training for public

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Integrating Innovation from Other Jurisdictions: Thoughts From the Innovation and Access to Justice Conference

The A2J debate in Canada and the U.S. includes many perspectives on the challenges of accessing a range of legal services and aid, and offers any number of potential solutions. While my role as Communications and Research Assistant with the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice has, in many ways, provided me with an online platform

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The Global Study on Legal Aid

The United Nations Development Program and the United Nations Program on Drugs and Crime recently launched a worldwide study on legal aid. The study recognizes the significant role legal aid can play in securing people’s rights and entitlements, obtaining redress for grievances and ensuring proper criminal defense. The importance of legal aid was recognized by

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Need a Divorce? Wevorce will help you do it online!

We all know someone who is divorced, divorcing or thinking about it. For most, it is a profoundly unpleasant emotional experience. While it is important to recognize that a divorce is a complex process involving a vortex of emotions, a divorce is also a legal process. For couples looking to “uncouple,” the traditional legal dissolution

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