Julie Mathews the 2015 Guthrie Award Recipient
Julie Mathews is recognized as an innovator and relationship-builder with an unwavering commitment to making legal information accessible for all people, especially those from marginalized communities.
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Bruce Campbell awarded Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship
Bruce Campbell, Executive Director of Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, has been awarded a Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship. His work will focus on public disasters and associated regulatory failure, including the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster.
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Promoting and Enhancing Access to Justice
Tracy Heffernan, of the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario, was a Community Leadership in Justice Fellow. At Osgoode Hall Law School, Tracy studied how the Charter can be used to address homelessness. More about these fellowships
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Promoting and Enhancing Access to Justice
Ari Kaplan is a former Trustee of the LFO and a current Board Member of the Ontario Justice Education Network, an organization that delivers justice education programming for youth and those who serve youth, to foster public understanding of the justice system.
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Promoting and Enhancing Access to Justice
Amanda Carling completed her articles through the LFO Public Interest Articling Fellowship program at the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted.
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Promoting and Enhancing Access to Justice
Kori Williams, a lawyer at Dentons, is a volunteer mentor in the Law In Action Within Schools Law Firm mentoring partnership program, funded by the LFO.
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Promoting and Enhancing Access to Justice
Albert Lin is a law student and volunteer with Pro Bono Students Canada, a national law student program funded by the LFO that provides legal services without charge to organizations and individuals in need.
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Promoting and Enhancing Access to Justice
Wendy Komiotis is Executive Director of the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women, an organization funded by the LFO that provides legal information to women who have experienced violence.
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How Lawyers & Paralegals Contribute to Access to Justice
The work of Ontario lawyers and paralegals generates millions of dollars in mixed trust account interest revenue that supports Legal Aid Ontario and many diverse projects that enhance access to justice.
Access to Justice and Cy-près
The Access to Justice Fund is a national granting program that benefits people across Canada. It is available to receive and administer cy-près awards to improve access to justice.
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