Access to Justice Week Highlight – National Focus on A2J Initiatives

October 25, 2016

By Brea Lowenberger
Access To Justice Coordinator, University of Saskatchewan, College of Law

On Tuesday, October 25^th, The Honourable Mr. Justice Cromwell, recently retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and Chair of the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, will be presenting “Movement on Access to Justice or An Access to Justice Movement? Where Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters Goes from Here”.

• Time: 7:00 pm
• Location: Neatby Timlin Theatre, Room 241, Arts Building, University of Saskatchewan
• Target Audience: All welcome
• Host: Board of Editors for the Saskatchewan Law Review, The 19^th Annual Saskatchewan Law Review Lecture

And did you know that Ontario has also been celebrating Access to Justice Week? Please see The Action Group on Access to Justice (TAG) website for more information on resources and events that occurred in Ontario.

Other national and provincial initiatives follow.

Canadian Working and Action Groups on Access to Justice

In a previous post highlighted during Access to Justice Week, we shared that the Saskatchewan Access to Justice Working Group was created this year. Learn more about the access to justice related working and action groups in other provinces by following the links below.

• The National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
• Access to Justice BC (British Columbia)
• TAG – The Action Group on Access to Justice (Ontario)

Has your province formed a working or action group that is not listed here? Contact us!

Canadian Access to Justice Research Organizations and Initiatives

Learn more about Canadian access to justice related research initiatives by following the links below.

• The Access to Justice Research Network (AJRN)
• The Canadian Bar Association’s Equal Justice Initiative
• The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
• The University of Victoria Access to Justice Centre for Excellence
• The Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution
• The National Self-Represented Litigants Project

Have you created a research organization that is not listed here? Contact us!