We are excited to announce that at FJIL’s 2024 AGM we welcomed four amazing new members of the Board of Directors. Below are brief summaries of their impressive skills and experience. Please click on the links to learn more about each: Bev Churchill Bev is an experienced and respected BC collaborative family lawyer, mediator, arbitrator […]
Read postReposted from Slaw.ca November 8, 2024 with permission Professor John Lande has just published a terrific article “Theory and Practice of Mediation Representation”. He has also posted a summary here. Professor Lande acknowledges that there is much more written about how to mediate (as mediator) than how to represent clients in mediation (as counsel). Given that it is […]
Read postIn the recent case of S.S.C.M v. A.C.W., 2024 BCSC 1694, Mr. Justice Morley refused to recognize a Texas court’s order that the children reside in Texas (rather than their current home of B.C.) on the basis, in part, that: The Texas Order principally at issue here was made without hearing the Children’s views. Having […]
Read postDo you want to help make the BC family justice system work better for families and children? Family Justice Innovation Lab Society (FJIL), a BC registered society, is seeking people who are excited about this goal to join its Board of Directors. We are committed to advancing access to justice for families, children and young […]
Read postExciting news from the Family Justice Innovation Lab Society! FJIL (through its Youth Voices initiative) and the Transform the Family Justice System Collaborative have jointly received funding from the Representative for Children and Youth to create the Youth Participation Expansion Project. We are looking for a part-time contract Project Coordinator to work with us to […]
Read postBC’s Access to Justice Week begins on February 4th! This is a great opportunity to find out more about A2J and initiatives across the province and country. Click here for a list and description of the many interesting events planned for this year. Thank you for your support for Access to Justice in BC! BC […]
Read postThis March, the members of the Youth Voices Leadership Group are participating in a two-part virtual event hosted by Access to Justice BC and the Representative for Children and Youth of BC. The Child & Youth Champions event is part of the multi-sector Transform the Family Justice System (TFJS) Collaborative that is focusing on achieving […]
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In the summer of 2019, the Lab received a very warm invitation to work with a group from Ulster University in Northern Ireland. Led by Professor Gráinne McKeever, the group was eager to use a human-centred design process as part of their research project to create and test supports for litigants in person (“LIPS”) in […]
Read postAlmost two years ago, our Lab received a wonderful invitation to contribute a paper to a Special Edition of the Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice focusing on “access to justice & innovation”. Jane Morley QC and I (with help from many others who kindly read and re-read the article) dove into the task of […]
Read postThe Lab is involved in supporting a new initiative which is seeking participation from family members in Kamloops, BC. The initiative seeks to improve the BC family justice system by starting with an exploration of the experiences of families who have used the system to deal with separation and divorce. The team will be in […]
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