News in Legal System
Frank Iacobucci to report on exclusion of aboriginals from Ontario's juries
Former Supreme Court of Canada justice Frank Iacobucci delivers a report Tuesday on whether on-reserve aboriginals have been systematically excluded from Ontario's juries.
Legal Aid Ontario expands duty counsel role
Legal Aid Ontario is pioneering an innovative service delivery model in Barrie and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Report: Public legal education – ideas for improving practice from a Canadian experience
A UK researcher reports on Canadian public legal education (PLE) projects, including Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO), with a view to helping develop the practice of the PLE community in England and Wales.
Register today for PLEI Connect Web labs - Delivering PLEI Training Using Technology
Weblab in English: Friday February 22nd 2013 at 9:30 AM PST / 12:30 PM EST
Make sure to register at http://clbc.webex.com!
Weblab en français: le vendredi 22 février 2013 à 11 h 00 HNP / 14 h 00 HNE
Inscrivez-vous au http://clbc.webex.com!
PLEI Connect is a project to help organizations across Canada identify and share technology tools to effectively deliver public legal education and information (PLEI) services. Key components of this project are webinars and web labs in English and French. This month's webinar and web lab in English will be on the subject of Delivering PLEI Training Using Technology including webinars, on-line courses and live streaming events. There are still spaces available in Friday's web lab.
Recordings of 4th set of PLEI Connect Webinars Now Available! / Les enregistrements des 4èmes webinaires maintenant disponibles!
The 4th PLEI Connect webinar, Delivering PLEI Training Using Technology, is now available.
Alberta court rules police must provide an accused with internet access to exercise their right to counsel
After a 19-year old accused man struggled to find a lawyer using the telephone, the court ruled that police must provide an accused with Internet access in order to exercise their right to counsel.
Common-law partners shouldn't have to testify against each other: judge
A couple in a common-law relationship shouldn't have to testify against each other, the same way married people can't provide evidence in court against their spouse, the Superior Court has ruled.
Why people representing themselves in court are clogging the justice system
A Macleans article discusses what happens when do-it-yourselfers flood a system set up for lawyers and judges.
Register today for the PLEI Connect interactive web lab on PLEI for Mobile
PLEI Connect - 3rd Web lab: PLE for Mobile - Jan 29, 2013 12:30 p.m. EST To register, please visit: http://clbc.webex.com
PLEI Connect is a project to help organizations across Canada identify and share technology tools to effectively deliver public legal education and information (PLEI) services. Key components of this project are webinars and web labs. There is still space available in this month's web lab on the subject of PLEI for mobile.
Free legal advice website helps youth protect their rights
As profiled in this CBC article, the free, confidential, and anonymous site is called teenlegalhelpline.org and will connect Ontario teenagers in need of legal advice with lawyers via online queries.
