LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Legal Aid, Legal Clinic, Bar Association
2 Feb 2016
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Some of the problems: identities and the issue of poverty. Last class: the art of negociation, mediation and arbitration Interrogation about the nature or definition of justice Important: legal aid in canada falls under the provincial jurisdiction, although fed is funding as well . Now, we often have a mixed ratio between both models, according to: judicare (jc, the legal service model (lsm, political susceptibility, bar association pressures. Specific tariff: limit the access to services (both top lawyers and too- small-of-a-claim) Tend to concentrate on the more serious matters: criminal and civil cases in superior court. Emphasizes on problem-solving rather than on addressing prevention mechanisms. Must resist the influence of outsider on how and what cases to take. Under a duty to confidentiality, making collective endeavors somewhat difficult. Use full-time salaried lawyers and non-legal personal working in legal. Clinic locating in poor area of town, to make accessible both physically clinics and psychologically.
