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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C. to speak on middle-income access to justice issue, Feb. 10, 2011

February 9, 2011

TORONTO, ON — The Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Fac­ul­ty of Law will host the Chief Jus­tice of the Supreme Court of Cana­da, The Right Hon­ourable Bev­er­ley McLach­lin, P.C., Thurs­day, Feb­ru­ary 10, 2011, as part of its Mid­dle Income Access to Civ­il Jus­tice Ini­tia­tive. Madam Chief Jus­tice McLach­lin will speak on this issue at 5 pm. She will be intro­duced by The Hon­ourable Attor­ney Gen­er­al of Ontario Chris Bent­ley.

While many low­er income earn­ers can draw on gov­ern­ment-sup­port­ed legal aid, mid­dle-class Cana­di­ans are increas­ing­ly unable to pay the sky-rock­et­ing costs of civ­il (non-crim­i­nal) legal mat­ters.  This uni­ver­si­ty-based ini­tia­tive, unique to UofT law school, is the first con­cert­ed effort to tack­le this mid­dle income access to jus­tice prob­lem, and could have far-reach­ing impact right across Cana­da.  It brings togeth­er experts on access to jus­tice from across Cana­da, the UK, Aus­tralia, and the Unit­ed States, and aims to gen­er­ate pro­pos­als for address­ing the increas­ing inabil­i­ty of most mid­dle-class Cana­di­ans to afford to pay for civ­il legal ser­vices.

EVENT DETAILS:

WHAT: Remarks on mid­dle-income access to jus­tice issue by the Chief Jus­tice of the Supreme Court of Cana­da, The Right Hon­ourable Bev­er­ley McLach­lin, P.C
Intro­duc­tion and brief remarks by The Hon­ourable Attor­ney Gen­er­al of Ontario Chris Bent­ley

WHY: Host­ed by the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Fac­ul­ty of Law as part of its Mid­dle Income Access to Civ­il Jus­tice Ini­tia­tive

WHEN: Thurs. Feb. 10, 2011, 5:00 pm

WHERE: 1 Devon­shire Place (The Munk School of Glob­al Affairs Building–South Wing)
Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to, St. George (Down­town) cam­pus

INFO: http://uoft.me/a2j

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For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

Lucian­na Cic­co­ciop­po
Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to
Fac­ul­ty of Law
Direc­tor, Exter­nal Rela­tions
Phone: 416–946-0334
Lucianna.ciccocioppo@utoronto.ca
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