In Canada, the Action Committee adopted its nine Justice Development Goals after working collaboratively with people across the country to examine how to advance access to justice (A2J). These nine goals map out a path to improve A2J that everyone, whatever they are working on, can follow to align their work toward a more inclusive and accessible system. This progress report indicates 6,254,736 people were impacted by 2021 A2J projects.
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Justice Development Goal 5: Work Together
Be Bold; Take Action
Recommendation 21: Local and national coordination must lead, take action and inspire others to tackle access to justice.-
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Justice Development Goal 5: Work Together
Work with Institutions
Recommendation 22: In addition to coordinating across the justice system, access to justice should be a serious focus within judges’ organizations, lawyers’ and paralegals’ associations, courts and institutions.-
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Justice Development Goal 5: Work Together
Coordinate Across Canada
Recommendation 23: Keep momentum and sustained attention to these issues across the country to complement local and regional activity.-
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Justice Development Goal 6: Build Capability
Educate Law Students and Legal Professionals
Recommendation 24: Offer training on access to justice, emerging approaches, changing social situations and the skills to meet people’s needs, both at the start of and throughout legal careers.-
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Justice Development Goal 6: Build Capability
Expand Justice Education in Schools
Recommendation 25: Introduce legal capability into elementary and secondary schools to prepare people for legal issues in their lives; Offer training about access to justice issues in post-secondary programs to integrate legal, health, social and education services.-
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Justice Development Goal 7: Innovate
Keep Track of What is Working
Recommendation 26: Create a culture of innovation in the justice system by focusing on new ideas and learning about successes and failures.-
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Justice Development Goal 7: Innovate
Share Good Ideas
Recommendation 27: Promote the sharing of new models, ideas and successes to expand the impact of innovation.-
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Justice Development Goal 8: Analyze and Learn
Develop Metrics
Recommendation 28: Establish benchmarks and standardized metrics to build a shared understanding of legal services, models and needs.-
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Justice Development Goal 8: Analyze and Learn
Work with Researchers in All Fields
Recommendation 29: Coordinate research between institutions and universities, and between social scientists, economists, system users, and legal institutions to better understand the issues.-
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Justice Development Goal 9: Improve Funding Strategies
Coordinate to Spend Money Well
Recommendation 30: Learn what the real costs of legal issues are and divert funding to prevent legal issues and minimize the demand on other social services.-
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