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The Access Review, which is a project of the Edmonton Community Legal Centre, aims to keep legal practitioners up to date on developments in poverty law and access to justice in Alberta.
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- Making a List and Checking it Twice: Barriers to Access to Justice
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Increasing Access to Justice with Alternative Fee Structures
Individuals who find themselves unable to afford legal services may find assistance in the form of pro bono legal services or online self-help resources. While these are important ways that the legal community is improving access to justice, they are … Continue reading
Language Barriers: Lost in Translation
Language Barriers: Lost in Translation As a volunteer in family docket court, I frequently watch litigants struggle to communicate with judges, duty counsel, and even their own lawyers. If English or French is not someone’s first language, it is extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Litigation, Human Rights / Constitutional Law, Legal Resources, Poverty law, Public Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged access to justice, accomodation, court procedure, discrimination, Edmonton Community Legal Centre, Edmonton Immigrant Services Association, Emerging Needs, English fluency, Family Centre, Family Law, interpreters, law, lawyers, legal jargon, litigants, miscommunication, Multicultural Family Law Facilitators Project, Multicultural Health Brokers, Poverty law, resources, trial
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Repost from LawPRO: Providing High Quality Service to Indigenous Clients
A recent issue of LawPro Magazine was devoted to considerations specific to working with Indigenous clients. This post introduces and summarizes Nora Rock’s article, “Providing high-quality service to indigenous clients,” available here. The article provides introductory comments on how to … Continue reading
Repost from ABlawg: Status of Women Deputy Minister Visits the University of Calgary
This is a repost of University of Calgary Professor Jennifer Koshan’s recently published wishlist of matters for the new provincial Status of Women Ministry (together with the Ministry of Justice) to address. http://ablawg.ca/2016/01/15/status-of-women-deputy-minister-visits-the-university-of-calgary-a-wish-list/ A suggestion of key interest to us … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Litigation, Human Rights / Constitutional Law, Public Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged access to justice, Alberta, Alberta Human Rights Act, Alberta Human Rights Commission, discrimination, Edmonton Community Legal Centre, employment, equality, Homelessness, lawyers, Ministry of Justice, Ministry on Status of Women, poverty, Poverty law, social condition, social disadvantage
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Repost from Richard Zorza’s Access to Justice Blog: New York Making Big Progress on Multi-Lingual Court Orders
Please find below a link to a post from accesstojustice.net, authored by internationally-renowned access to justice expert Richard Zorza. In it, Mr. Zorza, who coordinates the (American) national Self Represented Litigation Network, comments on the compliance and efficiency benefits of … Continue reading
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Tagged access to justice, accomodation, court, Court Orders, Emerging Needs, Employment Agencies, English fluency, ESL, immigrants, lawyers, literacy, OPCA Litigants, Poverty law, Residential Tenancies Act, Richard Zorza, technology, Temporary Foreign Workers, translation
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Volunteering with ECLC Provides an Opportunity to Benefit the Access to Justice Cause
Here are a few reasons among many why it is rewarding to volunteer with ECLC. Like most Canadians, lawyers come home from work on some days feeling spent, underappreciated, and ready to rest. Why would I suggest that you stop … Continue reading
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