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Announcing CFCJ Director: Jean-Paul Bevilacqua
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice is pleased to announce the appointment of Jean-Paul Bevilacqua as its next Director, effective May 1, 2026. Jean-Paul brings a distinguished record of leadership in access to justice through legal education, research, and community engagement. Most recently, at the Ontario Justice Education Network, he collaborated with schools, communities, and
Read NowHappy Holidays!
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice wishes you the very best this holiday season! We look forward to bringing you excited new research and initiatives in 2015.
read nowUnified family courts: an established mechanism for improving access to justice
Lawyers practicing in jurisdictions with multiple trial courts and no unified family court will be aware of the challenges facing litigants without counsel. First there’s choosing the right law, because of the overlapping federal and provincial legislative jurisdiction in family law matters. Then there’s choosing the right court, because of the trial courts’ simultaneous but asymmetric subject matter
read nowLives on Simmer! Early Intervention For People Living on the Margins
This is the third post in a series following the developments of the Halton Community Legal Clinic’s Legal Health Check-Up Project. Previous posts can be found here and here. The Legal Health Check-Up Project developed by the Halton Community Legal Clinic has been running for about three months through the early phase of implementation, monitoring and course
read nowBritish Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal Launches Implementation Website
This week British Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) launched an implementation website that will provide BC residents with information about the progress and development of the CRT’s work. According to the website, “the CRT is going to be very different from other dispute resolution options that been available in British Columbia. The CRT will give you choices
read nowThe Cyberjustice Laboratory: where justice processes are modeled and re-imagined.
The scope of the research being conducted by the Cyberjustice Laboratory is extensive. According to the website, there are over 33 projects underway by various researchers affiliated with the Laboratory. The Laboratory’s projects range from the development of new online dispute resolution platforms (more on this project below) to the development of a framework to assess
read nowHow lawyers resolve family law disputes
This past July I was able to sample the views of 167 lawyers and judges attending the Federation of Law Societies of Canada‘s National Family Law Program in Whistler, British Columbia through a survey designed and implemented by two prominent academics and the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family. The survey asked questions about participants’ views on
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