This week Jonathan Rudin from Aboriginal Legal Services talks with Julie about the social and historical reasons why it is important to offer legal and other services for Indigenous people that are designed by and for their communities. Among other services, Jonathan describes the work of ALS in providing Gladue Reports to judges considering bail and sentencing for aboriginal offenders (under s.718 of the Criminal Code). Julie and Dayna discuss the importance of a restorative justice approach for the larger Canadian community.
In other news: Windsor Law hosts the World Indigenous Law Conference; the latest Supreme Court of Canada decision affecting self-represented litigants; and a new NSRLP blog post, written by an SRL.
Related:
Aboriginal Legal Services website
Jonathan Rudin – “Glenora Ferry” (YouTube)
Other News:
2018 World Indigenous Law Conference (UWindsor)
SCC upholds order for new trial after language rights infringed (Canadian Lawyer)
The Costs of Self-Representation (NSRLP)
Jumping Off the Ivory Tower is produced and hosted by Julie Macfarlane and Dayna Cornwall; production and editing by Brauntë Petric; Other News produced and hosted by Ali Tejani; promotion by Moya McAlister and Ali Tejani.