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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.

MyLawBC Empowers People to Solve Family Disputes

In response to the surge in self-represented litigants bringing family law matters before the courts, Legal Aid BC (LABC) created MyLawBC.com.
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.
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.
Rise Women’s Legal Centre Unbundled Services

Rise Women’s Legal Centre has unbundled legal services to help women
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

Time for action: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 29, 2021

On September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, time has been set aside to honour lost children and…

An “ordinary” legal problem; an extraordinary person

May 27, 2021

When Access to Justice BC first began to take form, it was clear that A2JBC should be oriented towards the…

The pandemic-era justice system: one year in

May 5, 2021

People’s legal problems have not taken a hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic. In what for some has felt like the…

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Chief Justice Bauman's Blog

Time for action: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

An “ordinary” legal problem; an extraordinary person

The pandemic-era justice system: one year in