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We Need to Get Family Justice Services and A2J on to the Political Agenda: The View from British Columbia
I have just returned from three days in British Columbia (Victoria and Vancouver) spent talking about the SRL Phenomenon - the numbers,...
The Great Equalizer: Why Both Represented & Self-Represented Litigants are Asking the Same Questions about the A2J Crisis
We know that the experience of self-representation in our justice system is remarkably consistent.
It takes enormous work and effort.
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New York State introduces “SRL Navigators”: Can We Narrow Judicial Discretion on Allowing McKenzie Friends into Canadian Courtrooms?
Last week Justice Jonathan Lippman - Chief Judge of New York State - announced a pilot program that will allow non-lawyer “Navigators” ...
Realizing the Pro Bono Potential of the “Third Flank”: Suggestions for What Every Lawyer Who Cares about A2J Can Do (Right Now)
Last week’s blog “’Lawyers do more pro bono work than any other profession”: Why Pro Bono Will Not and Can Not Save Us from the A2J Cri...
“Lawyers do more pro bono work than any other profession”. Why Pro Bono Will Not and Can Not Save Us from the A2J Crisis
I have many times heard lawyers make the following statement (often with some irritation or a measure of defensiveness)
“You know, law...