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Report: Enhanced access to justice needs more than lawyers and paralegals

from Law Times

Report: Enhanced access to justice needs more than lawyers and paralegals Law Times To enhance access to justice in Ontario, more needs to be done than improving access to licensed legal service providers and requires clarity from legal regulators and collaboration with not-for-profit community groups, said a new report from Community Legal Education Ontario. The report “Community Justice Help: Advancing Community-Based Access to Justice,” recommends that the Law Society of Ontario recognize that community justice help aligns with its regulatory regime and that workers in community-based organizations should be empowered with “practical tools and resources” and be supported by “appropriate justice sector partners,” including the Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario, the LSO and others. The report states the LSO or the Law Foundation of Ontario should convene a series of roundtables to discuss and implement the report’s recommendations. READ MORE

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