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A2JBC seeks to be a catalyst for action. We encourage an approach to action that requires a justice system culture shift.

A User’s Perspective on the Justice System during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jennifer Muller, a former self-represented litigant, is caught in the uncertainty of the justice system responding to the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic.
Youth Voices Initiative gets children’s voices heard

BC Family Justice Innovation Lab has developed a platform where young people can share their stories.
A Law Firm’s Story of Evidence-Based Innovation

Spraggs Law gathers data to determine and improve client satisfaction
BCCA Collaborates to Streamline Appeal Process

The BCCA digitizes the process for bringing an appeal.
Property Assessment Appeal Board Improves User Experience

The Property Assessment Appeal Board has an Online Dispute Resolution service
Helping Families - FMEP Goes Online

The Family Maintenance Enforcement Program (FMEP) is using modern technology to make the system easier to use.
The Triple Aim Signing Ceremony

The Triple Aim, borrowed from the health care sector, is a single goal with three elements: improved experience for the users of the justice system, improved population access to justice and improved costs.
The Access to Justice BC Wolf Factor

We think that A2JBC’s “wolf factor” is that we are aligning justice system stakeholders around a new approach to changing the justice system – an approach that requires a shift in justice system culture.
Invaluable Assistance for Self-Represented Litigants

With an increasing number of self-represented litigants, the process needs to be simplified.
Rise Women’s Legal Centre Unbundled Services

Rise Women’s Legal Centre has unbundled legal services to help women
BC Provincial Court and “Clicklaw” collaborate on one-page guides

The BC Provincial Court and the website Clicklaw are collaborating to provide one-page, up-to-date summaries of the most useful online resources.
Skills for Changing Families

Intractable, high conflict disputes between parents experiencing separation and divorce have devastating psychological, emotional, social, and physical effects - particularly on children.

Chief Justice Bauman's Blog

Preserve what matters; innovate where necessary

November 19, 2020

The Law Society of British Columbia regulates the legal profession in our province in the public interest. In my brief…

An “ecology of exclusion”: Indigenous people’s experiences of the justice system

November 5, 2020

At the most recent meeting of the A2JBC Leadership Group on October 27, 2020, we heard Indigenous leaders, lawyers and…

In praise of advocacy, and a challenge to the legal profession

March 12, 2020

This blog post is based on the Advocates’ Society Keynote delivered February 20, 2020. Full text of the speech is…

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Chief Justice Bauman's Blog

Preserve what matters; innovate where necessary

An “ecology of exclusion”: Indigenous people’s experiences of the justice system

In praise of advocacy, and a challenge to the legal profession