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CFCJ at the 2023 OECD Global Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice
Ab Currie, Senior Research Fellow at CFCJ, represented the CFCJ at the 2023 OECD Global Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice: Making People-Centered Justice Happen in Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 6 to 8, 2023. The meeting included two technical workshops, one on “Building Evidence for People-Centered Justice” and a second on “Access to Justice for Children
Read NowInsights into the Cost of Evidence
How do you get credible and testable evidence without making the justice system even more unaffordable than it already is? This question was the sum of the discussion at the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice’s (CIAJ) first-ever student workshop held on October 10, 2013. The workshop titled, The Cost of Evidence, was facilitated
read nowIs “Business” a Dirty Word in Law?
I remember being told at law school (not that long ago) that lawyers were more than “mere” legal plumbers. The implication was that law was a profession (i.e. good, reputable), not a vocation (i.e. bad, dirty). And indeed, as Professor Wesley Pue has noted, there is a long history within the legal profession of praising
read nowThe National Self-Represented Litigants Project
“I have no choice – I am unrepresented not self represented. Its not that I think I can do this better than a lawyer, I have no choice. I don’t have $350 an hour to pay a lawyer.” “I was scared out of my mind. But I had a hard choice – either learning to
read nowReaching Equal Justice: An Invitation to Envision and Act
The post was originally published on the Oxford Human Rights Hub blog. The year is 2030 and all people living in Canada have equal access to justice regardless of means, capacity or social situation. The justice system is designed around people’s needs taking into consideration differences in the legal needs of different individuals and groups
read nowClimbing the HiiL of innovation: A book review of Innovating Justice: Developing New Ways to Bring Fairness Between People
Innovating Justice by Sam Muller and the team at The Hague Institute for the Internationalization of Law (HiiL) is a very timely and valuable source of ideas about developing and implementing innovations in the justice field. Based on their pioneering work at the Justice Innovation Lab in The Hague, the authors provide food for thought
read nowBreaking the Barriers to Family Justice
On July 22, 2013, the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) released the final report for their Family Law Project: “Increasing Access to Family Justice through Comprehensive Entry Points and Inclusivity”. The report, which the result of over three years of consultation and study, makes a number of innovative recommendations and adds a welcome voice to
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