International report explores community legal services for better access to justice
Examples of what community-based justice can include. credits: Exploring Community-Based Services, Costs and Benefits for People-Centered Justice (2023). Community legal clinics, paralegal services, social workers and others assisting those who cannot easily access legal help, are several ways of narrowing the gap in accessing justice that's prevalent across the globe, says York University legal expert Professor Trevor Farrow, co-author of a new international report released today. The report, Exploring Community-Based Services, Costs and Benefits for People-Centered Justice, is a review of recent studies conducted by researchers in Kenya, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Canada, to understand how effective grassroots support systems are in alleviating, if not eliminating, barriers to justice. The research is part of the Community-Based Justice Research (CBJR) project. The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ), based at…