Archives: Grants (page 88)

The comprehensive grant will support activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.

The comprehensive grant will support activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.

Pro Bono Law Ontario will continue to carry out its mandate to promote access to justice in Ontario by promoting opportunities for lawyers to provide pro bono (free) legal services to persons of limited means.

AIDWYC will continue to coordinate and administer its pro bono program that provides review and assessment of claims of innocence, and legal assistance for adopted cases of wrongful murder convictions.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust will conduct in-class seminars, workshops and lectures to students in elementary and high schools, and to pre-service teachers in faculties of education across Ontario via two programs: Teaching Civil Liberties and Civil Liberties in the Schools. The focus is on engaging students in critical thinking and respectful debate about rights and freedoms.

The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History will study and promote public interest in the history of the law, the legal profession and the judiciary in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada, and to stimulate research and publication on these subjects.

The Victim Justice Network will organize, promote and deliver an online-based planning symposium and webcast to engage its Board of Directors and Advisory Committees that consist of victims of crime, legal researchers and academics, victim services and other experts in the field.

Egale will create and distribute the LGBT Parental Recognition Ontario Info Brochure Series to provide legal guidance reflecting the complex realities LGBT couples face when attempting to achieve parental recognition in the province.

Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO) will organize and lead Law Day 2014 activities aimed at Francophone Ontario high school students in five different regions of the province.

The BLSAC Annual Conference promotes professional development, legal education, mentorship, cultural awareness and access to justice.