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CFCJ Senior Research Fellow Ab Currie in Rotterdam
In June 2026, Ab Currie, Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, attended the semi-annual meeting of the Working Group on the Legal Professions, held at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Working Group brings together researchers from around the world who study the legal professions and their role in justice systems.
Read Now2019 International Legal Aid Group Meeting in Ottawa
The semi-annual meeting of the International Legal Aid Group (ILAG) was held in Ottawa in June from June 17 to 19, 2019. ILAG conferences are held every two years in a different country. The last time that an ILAG conference was held in Canada was in 1999 in Vancouver. This conference was hosted by Legal
read nowFacilitating Access to Justice Through Innovation
Many people experience civil justice problems, but few involve the courts. Rebecca Sandefur, an associate professor of sociology and law at the University of Illinois, has researched the frequency of justice problems and found that less than a quarter of Americans experiencing civil justice issues used the courts to resolve their disputes. Findings from the
read nowThe Codify Project: Building a Free Database of Global Legislation
My name is John Wu. I’m a JD / MBA student between Osgoode Hall and Schulich School of Business. With my team, I’m currently building a free database of global legislation. Why are you doing this? I’m going to start off with a premise I hope most of you can get behind: legal information is
read nowAccess to Justice: Next Year a Big One for the National Action Committee / Accès à la justice : prochaine année occupée pour le Comité d’action
La version française suit. There are big transitions occurring at the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters. Former Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin has this month assumed the chair of the committee which she had convened a decade ago. The Chief Justice of Canada, Richard Wagner, has agreed to take on
read nowThe Problems Canadians Experience in Key Areas of Life May Be Greater Than We Think
Millions of Canadians live with serious debt, persistent housing problems and face ongoing issues with unemployment. These problems have profound effects on their quality of life. They signal lives of adversity that are impacted by the economic and social constraints that these problems impose. The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice’s (CFCJ’s) 2014 national survey of
read nowAccess to Justice: Highs and Lows of Pro Bono Week
This article originally appeared on The Lawyer’s Daily on November 5, 2018. It is the twelfth article in The Honourable Thomas Cromwell’s exclusive Lawyer’s Daily column dedicated to access to civil and family justice. The last week of October is Pro Bono Week, a global celebration of the pro bono ethic in our profession. Across
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