NEWS
6 Obiter Dicta
Action Committee Meets in Toronto
Event recap
nabila khan ›
canadian forum on civil justice
O
n 13 march 2015, the Action Committee
on Access to Justice in Civil and Family
Matters—which was assembled in 2008
at the invitation of the Chief Justice of
Canada as a catalyst for meaningful action to justice
reform—convened a meeting for provincial and territorial access to justice groups in Toronto, Ontario. The
groups met to discuss the future of access to justice
in Canada following the release of the Committee’s
final report, Access to Civil and Family Justice:
A Roadmap for Change, and last year’s Action
Committee Colloquium.
Over the past few years, the Action Committee
has worked to encourage system-wide improvements
to ensure access to justice for all Canadians. The
Committee has approached this by pursuing a strategic approach to reforms and coordinating the efforts
of all participants concerned with civil justice.
The March meeting provided local access to justice
groups across Canada with a forum to share access
to justice initiatives in their jurisdictions, successes
and failures, and plans to move forward. The meeting provided the groups an opportunity to discuss
potential collaborations across jurisdictions and ways
to increase communication through institutional
support.
The meeting highlighted key issues of relationship-building between local and national access to
justice committees, public education, engagement
and innovation. These discussions included examining existing and potential committee structures and
membership design, as well as approaches to systemwide collaboration amongst the groups and with the
public.
The Action Committee, which is made up of leaders across Canada in the access to justice landscape,
comes together to foster engagement and coordinate the efforts of individuals and organizations concerned with civil and family justice. The Canadian
Forum on Civil Justice is pleased to play a support role
in the execution of research and dissemination activities for the Committee. u
Exam edition
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Preparing summaries can be hard enough! Save your
back and binder space by printing your summary out
on both sides. You can do so at home or in the comfort of t he Osgoode library. After a brief hiatus, the
Law Library once again allows double sided printing for the Hewlett-Packard Printer located in the
Upper Library. Use the print queue called LW-PRINTLIB02-DUPLEX. See the following link for details:
www.osgoode.yorku.ca/resources-and-services/
information-technology-services/services-students/
student-printing/print-computer/
and general tutoring in all
areas provided by lawyer with
over 20 years exerpience
call 416.225.5424
edi tor’s not e
Re: Suspension of printed issues
liane langstaff ›
osgoode sustainabilit y committee
Choose double-sided printing for your
summaries:
for licensing exam
For more information on the Action Committee, visit:
www.cfcj-fcjc.org/action-committee.
Green Tip of the Week
s we lead up to the end of the
semester here are some tips
to reduce the environ mental footprint (although
maybe not entirely the stress) of exams
and final papers.
tutoring
Re-use scrap paper to print paper drafts
and work through old exams:
Have some scrap paper left over from class handouts
and printing out one hundred-page journal articles?
Put the blank side to good use! Re-use scrap paper to
print paper draft version fifty, or for rough notes as
you work through old exams.
Re-purpose old binders, tabs and dividers:
Every year when exams finish there is a certain satisfaction in throwing your summaries promptly into
the recycling bin (good riddance!). Take a moment to
remove the useful school supplies hidden amongst
those pages. Binders, tabs and dividers can be used
again next year, saving you money and the headache
of realizing you need more supplies the night before
your exam.
The Sustainability Committee wishes you the best
of luck over the coming weeks. Have a fantastic
summer! u
After discussing recent operational changes with our
advertisers, it has been clarified that the Obiter Dicta
is contractually obligated to publish a minimum print
run for each issue. We are thereby prevented from
operating exclusively online, as was announced to
students last week. We would like to underscore that
by resuming our printed format, we are not implicitly
condoning or endorsing the crossing of picket lines.
This decision was necessitated by our legal situation
rather than any ideological or political motivations.
The Obiter Dicta remains committed to its neutral
stance with respect to the labour disruption. It has
demonstrated this commitment not only through
publication of differing viewpoints regarding the
strike and resumption of classes, but also in its operational adjustments.
The Obiter’s on-campus activities such as in-person
staff meetings, remain suspended. Furthermore,
we would like to remind students that their oncampus presence is not required to submit to or read
the Obiter; all of our content has been, and will continue to be, accessible online through our website and
Facebook page.
We would like to thank all students for their
thoughtful insights, comments, and submissions on
the labour disruption. We are proud to publish material that has reflected the utmost respect and civility toward all those involved, and we look forward to
continuing to serve Osgoode students by facilitating a
dialogue on this and any other subject. u