In October 2013, the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters* released its final report, A Roadmap For Change. The report outlined detailed recommendations, and called on diverse justice system stakeholders to improve access to justice in Canada. The “nine-point roadmap” advocated for increasing funding for legal aid, strengthening the Early Resolution Services Sector...
Data Collection is Complete The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice recently completed a national study that surveyed over three thousand Canadians about their everyday legal problems. The survey is part of “The Cost of Justice: Weighing the Cost of Fair and Effective Resolution to Legal Problems”—an interdisciplinary, five-year long study funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research...
On Friday, February 28th, we had the incredible opportunity to represent Osgoode in the 3rd Annual West Coast Environmental Law Twitter Moot (TwtMoot). We greatly appreciate the support of Saxe Law Office, who sponsored Team #Osgoode Law. This was one of our favourite experiences at #Osgoode, giving us the opportunity to transcend conventional notions of advocacy. Five teams across Canada put the...