Sabbaticals for Directors, Instructors, and Supervisors at Ontario's Teaching Legal Clinics: Christine Sinclair
This program will enable instructors at teaching legal clinics to take a sabbatical to reflect on their work, on pedagogy, and to contribute to the debates on access to justice through writing on the issues that arise for them in the course of their work. Ms. Sinclair of Community & Legal Aid Services Programme proposes to develop A How-To Guide for Interdisciplinary Experiential Clinical Education in Law and Social Work.
$ 40,000
March 22, 2012
Muslim Marriage Contract Orientation in West
The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (Gananoque, ON) will hold a “train the trainer” session on its Muslim Marriage Contract Kit for members of its chapters in Western Canada.
$ 40,880
March 22, 2012
Legal Clinic Coordinator Position
The Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (Calgary, AB) will create a position of a part-time coordinator at its onsite pro bono legal clinic to help clients with paperwork, provide ongoing support to clients, and provide referrals to those not eligible for legal clinic services.
$ 29,900
February 23, 2012
Centre de justice de proximité de Rimouski
The Centre de justice de proximité de Rimouski will provide plain language legal information, assistance and support, referrals to other community organizations, professionals, and government resources, and help filling out court forms to the general public.
$ 55,000
February 23, 2012
Centre de justice de proximité de Québec
The Centre de justice de proximité de Québec will provide plain language legal information, assistance and support, referrals to other community organizations, professionals, and government resources, and help filling out court forms to the general public.
$ 78,000
February 23, 2012
Centre de justice de proximité du Grand Montréal
The Centre de justice de proximité du Grand Montréal will provide plain language legal information, assistance and support, referrals to other community organizations, professionals, and government resources, and help filling out court forms to the general public.
$ 221,500
February 23, 2012
Court Support Pilot Project
The John Howard Society of Grande Prairie (Grande Prairie, AB) will provide court support for self-represented litigants in criminal and family law courts, including help with paperwork, general information about the court processes, options for legal representation and referrals as appropriate.
$ 242,930
February 23, 2012
Building Bridges: Legal Advocacy Outreach and Service Delivery in the Central Coast of BC
The Social Health and Economic Development Society of Bella Coola (Bella Coola, BC) will conduct outreach to expand the services of its legal advocate to remote communities in B.C.'s Central Coast area.
$ 44,648
January 26, 2012
Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants: An Empirical Study
The applicant would conduct research on the needs of self-represented litigants in Ontario. The study would identify three to five courts (including Windsor and Ottawa) as pilot sites.
$ 48,280
January 26, 2012
Evolving Legal Services in Canada and Access to Justice
This proposal is to conduct the first stage of a two stage project to explore the value and effectiveness of public legal education services throughout the continuum of legal services delivery.
$ 41,500
January 26, 2012
