This week Julie talks to Alberta family lawyer, and Chair of the NSRLP Board, Rob Harvie, about access to justice, the self-represented litigant crisis, and client-focused legal services – specifically how Rob’s views on all these have changed with experience, and why he feels that change is now urgent. Plus, great library initiatives for SRLs, and a Halifax law firm hires a social justice lawyer – an innovative move.
“In Other News” Links:
Bend, Oregon’s “Lawyer in the Library” program (The Bulletin)
Windsor Law Library waives fee for “external borrower” card for SRLs
Halifax firm Pink Larkin hires social justice lawyer Vince Calderhead (Globe and Mail)