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CFCJ In Ottawa
Justice Karakatsanis delivering her galvanizing opening remarks at the Supreme Court of Canada. Last week, our new director Jean-Paul Bevilacqua was proud to represent the CFCJ at the Action Committee on Access to Justice / Comité d’action sur l’accès à la justice‘s inaugural national conference on advancing people-centred justice in Canada. This conference, curated with
Read NowThe Legal Health Check-Up Project Is Growing
The Legal Health Check-Up (LHC) project that was developed by the Halton Community Legal Service (HCLS) is expanding to an additional twelve community legal clinics in southwestern Ontario. The new clinics include: the Chatham-Kent Legal Clinic, Community Legal Assistance Sarnia, Elgin-Oxford Legal Clinic, Huron-Perth Community Legal Clinic, Justice Niagara, Legal Assistance of Windsor, Neighbourhood Legal
read nowChecking In on the Halton Legal Health Check-Up Project: Internal and Collateral Developments
The Legal Health Check-Up Project (LHC) developed by Halton Community Legal Services (HCLS) is pioneering an intermediary partnerships approach to legal aid delivery. The LHC form is a tool for Halton’s community-based intermediaries to identify and respond to everyday legal problems experienced by their clientele. Legal problems are identified during the course of standard interactions
read nowRural and Remote Access to Justice A Literature Review
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice is thrilled to have partnered with the Rural and Remote Access to Justice Boldness Project to produce “Rural and Remote Access to Justice A Literature Review”. This seminal document presents an extensive look at the current trends, gaps in research, and promising practices in legal service delivery related to
read nowThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Access to Justice
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has begun examining the potential of legal aid to help reduce poverty and, more broadly, its impact on economic development. The OECD recently convened two expert roundtables on equal access to justice— the first meeting focused on research and literature relating to various aspects of the cost
read now2 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
read nowGuest 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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