For the first time, Law, Justice and Development Week 2011 will be a Bank Group-wide event organized by the World Bank Legal Vice Presidency, IFC and MIGA Legal Departments, and ICSID. This will be a forum to explore how legal innovation and empowerment can contribute to development. Registration now open !
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Study reports access to justice gaps in many South Pacific nations
via Access to Justice Blog by mgramatikov on 10/27/11
Recently published Needs evaluation survey by the South Pacific Lawyers Association reveal significant access to justice gaps in most of the studied countries:
Recently published Needs evaluation survey by the South Pacific Lawyers Association reveal significant access to justice gaps in most of the studied countries:
- Australia
- Papua New Guinea
- Cook Islands
- Republic of the Fiji Islands
- Kingdom of Tonga
- Samoa
- Kiribati
- Solomon Islands
- Nauru
- Timor Leste
- New Zealand
- Tuvalu
- Niue
- Vanuatu
- Norfolk Island
Tools to Create an Unbundled-Orriented Lawyer Referral Service
via Richard Zorza's Access to Justice Blog by richardzorza on 10/31/11
The time is long past for every jurisdiction that allows unbundling — and of course now most do, to have such services available through lawyer referral and information services, ideally through a panel of the existing lawyer referral system. Lets face it, thats where the clients without lawyers enter into the system, and it is hard to understand why more LRIS do not offer this crucial affordability tool, particularly given the poll data on the public's interest in exploring the option.
So it is important to draw attention to these LRIS Unbundling materials developed to assist in the creation of such a panel. (Remember, of course that state law governs as to who is allowed to operate such a lawyer referral service.)
The time is long past for every jurisdiction that allows unbundling — and of course now most do, to have such services available through lawyer referral and information services, ideally through a panel of the existing lawyer referral system. Lets face it, thats where the clients without lawyers enter into the system, and it is hard to understand why more LRIS do not offer this crucial affordability tool, particularly given the poll data on the public's interest in exploring the option.
So it is important to draw attention to these LRIS Unbundling materials developed to assist in the creation of such a panel. (Remember, of course that state law governs as to who is allowed to operate such a lawyer referral service.)
About the MetaLex Document Server for legal information
via Legal Informatics Blog by legalinformatics
Dr. Rinke Hoekstra of the University of Amsterdam's Leibniz Center for Law has posted The MetaLex Document Server, on the VoxPopuLII blog, published by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School. In this post, Dr. Hoekstra describes the technology of the MetaLex Document Server, a new service that provides free public access to Read more of this post.
Dr. Rinke Hoekstra of the University of Amsterdam's Leibniz Center for Law has posted The MetaLex Document Server, on the VoxPopuLII blog, published by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School. In this post, Dr. Hoekstra describes the technology of the MetaLex Document Server, a new service that provides free public access to Read more of this post.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
20 Innovations in Legal Aid by the LSC
2011 Innovations Session Workshop Book Now Available!
At the 2011 Centennial NLADA Conference, Legal Services Corporation, AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly andManagement Information Exchange offered a series of presentations at a session titled Innovations in Civil Legal Services. The book by the same name features 20 innovations ranging from a PBS-aired documentary, to smartphone legal aid apps, to new approaches to intake, and many more.
Please click here to access the full version of the of the workshop book. The book is also broken up into sections below.
Addtionally, workshop books from 2007-2010 can be found here.
2011 Innovations Workshop book:
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
At the 2011 Centennial NLADA Conference, Legal Services Corporation, AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly andManagement Information Exchange offered a series of presentations at a session titled Innovations in Civil Legal Services. The book by the same name features 20 innovations ranging from a PBS-aired documentary, to smartphone legal aid apps, to new approaches to intake, and many more.
Please click here to access the full version of the of the workshop book. The book is also broken up into sections below.
Addtionally, workshop books from 2007-2010 can be found here.
2011 Innovations Workshop book:
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Fail Faire DC 2011 Impact: A Renaissance of Failure in ICT4D
via ICTWorks by Wayan Vota on 10/24/11
Two weeks ago, ICTworks led the organization of Fail Faire DC, an amazing celebration of failure as a mark of leadership, innovation, and risk-taking in pushing the boundaries of what is possible in scaling ideas from pilots to global programs.
Our goal was to continue the Fail Faire movement started by Mobile Active, and make failure more acceptable in the international development community. So far, the impact of Fail Faire DC 2011 is greater than we anticipated. Yes, the event itself was amazing, and others agree, but more importantly, it spawned a greater conversation around failure and the need to fail if we are to expand our profession.
Here is a quick tour of the Fail Faire DC impact to date:
Two weeks ago, ICTworks led the organization of Fail Faire DC, an amazing celebration of failure as a mark of leadership, innovation, and risk-taking in pushing the boundaries of what is possible in scaling ideas from pilots to global programs.
Our goal was to continue the Fail Faire movement started by Mobile Active, and make failure more acceptable in the international development community. So far, the impact of Fail Faire DC 2011 is greater than we anticipated. Yes, the event itself was amazing, and others agree, but more importantly, it spawned a greater conversation around failure and the need to fail if we are to expand our profession.
Here is a quick tour of the Fail Faire DC impact to date:
- Learn about the 10 levels of ICT4D failure, including the "epic fail", better know as the face palm
- Check out the FailFaireDC photos on Flickr. Relive your favorite slides and remember your favorite presenters.
- Read the Slate.com article. We had a great write up, complete with the academic underpinnings to our erstwhile activities.
- Read a presenter's first-person account. Tessie San Martin, CEO of Plan International USA was a FailfaireDC presenter and is proud of her failures
- Learn how NOT to plan a FailFaire. Ian Thorpe explains that going big is not a path to success
- And how to fail successfully. Or that's the boast from NDI Tech, who somehow failed to attend FailfaireDC.
- Join Admitting Aid Failure, the second Aid Blog Forum. The aid bloggers are taking our idea to the Internets.
- While "just say no" to admitting failure is the American Public Health Association's contribution, as talking about failure might scare off donors
- Yet EWB admits failure annually and still somehow gains funding and buzz
Saturday, October 1, 2011
World Bank's Law, Justice and Development E-Newsletter, September 2011
The newest Law, Justice and Development E-Newsletter is out. Started last year, this is a quarterly e-newsletter providing news, perspectives and events relating to Law, Justice and Development topics. It is produced by the World Bank's Legal Vice Presidency with contributions from experts inside and outside the World Bank.
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