Access to Justice Fair
Monday, September 24, 2018, from 12:00pm-1:30pm at the Student Lounge, Murray and Anne Fraser Building, University of Victoria

• UVic Clinics and Offices and community organizations that provide students with opportunities for access to justice legal work will have tables and materials available. This is an opportunity for UVic students to talk with these groups and explore opportunities to do legal work. The participants will be:
  • The Law Centre
  • Environmental Law Clinic
  • Business Law Clinic
  • Law Co-op Office
  • UVic Pro Bono Student Canada
  • Together Against Poverty Society
  • Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and Litigation

Self Represented Litigant Project Interactive Game
Wednesday, October 3, 2018, from 12:00pm-1:30pm at the Student Lounge, Murray and Anne Fraser Building, University of Victoria

• The SRL Game, developed by Julie MacFarlane and Sue Rice, is a cooperative simulation through which participants learn about challenges in self represented litigation. The game unpacks some of the stereotypes surrounding self-represented litigants and aims to build empathy towards the SRL experience. Throughout the game, participants will also be exposed to the type of support and assistance that SRLs typically need.
• No registration required!

Dr. Julie Macfarlane - Talk
Thursday, October 4, 2018, from 12:00pm-1:00pm at Room 158.

• What Challenges and Opportunities does the Self-Represented Litigant Phenomenon Present for Legal Practice? The huge rise in the numbers of people coming to court without lawyers has a significant impact on justice system actors - counsel on the other side of a case, judges hearing cases in which self-represented people appear – and on the overall business and culture of the justice system. At the same time, there is a clear decline in public confidence in the legal system and in lawyers. What can future lawyers do to respond to the urgency of the Access to Justice crisis, to what has caused the crisis, and work with the “primarily self-represented” in family and civil matters (unbundled legal services, legal coaching, McKenzie Friends). Finally, what can law students do?

Reflecting on A2J Week
Friday, October 5, 2018, and all week long
Anyone who participated in an A2J Week event is encouraged to share their reactions to the week - and any ideas they have about improving A2J - on Twitter using the #a2jweekbc hashtag.

​Dr. Julie Macfarlane is a Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at the University of Windsor, and Director of the National Self-Represented Litigants Project. Professor Macfarlane has published widely in the area of conflict resolution, mediation, and legal practice. She is the author of The New Lawyer: How Clients Are Transforming the Practice of Law (2nd ed), Dispute Resolution: Readings and Case Studies (4th ed), and Islamic Divorce in North America: A Shari'a Path in a Secular Society. For more information about Dr. Macfarlane, please see her university webpage.

​You can also follow her on Twitter: @ProfJulieMac

See the National Self-Represented Litigants Project website for SRL resources, research, and more.

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