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WEDNESDAY 18th JUNE
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2:00 - 3:00 |
Registration
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| 3:00 - 3:15 |
Jeanne Charn, Alan Paterson and Frank Strickland
- Welcome
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| 3:15
- 5:00 |
Session One: Introduction to the Conference - Setting the Scene
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National Reports including: Belgium, Canada, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland and South Africa.
Chair: Alan Paterson
Discussant: Earl Johnson |
| 5:00-5:15 |
Coffee/Tea |
| 5:15-6:30
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Session Two: Setting the Scene II - Poverty Legal Services in the USA - an Overview
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- "Civil Legal Aid in the United States: Recent Developments and
Long-Term Directions" - Alan Houseman
- The Legal Services Corporation - Frank Strickland and Randi
Youells
- "Description of California Courts' Programs for Self Represented
Litigants" - Bonnie Hough
Chair: Alan Paterson
Discussant: Roger Smith |
| 6:30 onwards |
Reception and Buffet Supper
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THURSDAY 19th JUNE
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| 9:00
- 10:45 |
Session Three: Needs Assessment Research
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- "Needs Assessment and Community Legal Services in England and Wales" - Pascoe Pleasence
- "The Nature and Extent of Unmet Need for Criminal
Legal Aid in Canada" - Ab Currie
Chair: Jeanne Charn
Discussant : Jon Johnsen
Group Discussion Leaders: Alan Paterson; Colin Lancaster; Richard Moorhead |
| 10:45 - 11:15 |
Coffee/Tea |
| 11:15
- 1:00 |
Session Four The Mixed
Model I |
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- "The Public Defender Office in England & Wales" - Lee Bridges
- "From Pilots to Practice: Ontario's Family Law Experiments" - George Biggar
Chair: Jean Couper
Group Discussion Leaders: Ab Currie; Hennie Van As; TBA |
| 1:00 -2:15 |
LUNCH |
| 2:15
- 4:00 |
Session Five: The Mixed Model II
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- "The Use of Contracts in England and Wales"
- Steve Orchard
- "The Experience of Contracting in Australia"
- Don Fleming
- "Mixed Delivery Models in Canada: A Tale of
Two Provinces" - Fred Zemans and Aneurin Thomas
Chair: Frank Goodman
Group Discussion Leaders: John Hodgins; Hilary Sommerlad; Roger Hamilton
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| 4:00 - 4:15 |
Tea/Coffee |
| 4:15
- 6:00 |
Session Six: Keeping the
Private Profession Interested in Legal Aid |
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- "Putting legal aid at a distance: Recent trends in the Netherlands" - Nick Huls
- "Big Case Management" - Angela Longo
- "Legal Aid and the Decline of Private Practice: Blue Murder or Toxic Job" - Richard Moorhead
Chair: Sydney Linden
Group Discussion Leaders: Lindsay Montgomery; Don Fleming; Andrew Carnson
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| 6:30 onwards |
CONFERENCE OUTING AND DINNER |
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FRIDAY 20th JUNE
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| 9:00
- 11:00 |
Session Seven: Community Legal Services
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- "Community Legal Services in Scotland" - Colin Lancaster
- "Local, Regional or Super?: Australian Community Legal Centres in the Purchaser-Provider Age" - Jeff Giddings and Mary Anne Noone
Chair: TBA
Group Discussion Leaders: Avrom Sherr; TBA; TBA |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Tea/Coffee |
| 11:30
- 12:45 |
Session Eight: Visions of the Future I
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- "On-line Legal Services for Low and Moderate Income Clients: Private Market Solutions to Meeting Legal Needs" - Richard Granat
- "Technology, the Courts and Self-Help Clients"
- Ron Staudt
- "LawHelp: Creating a National Legal Information System for Low and Moderate Income Clients"
- Mike Hertz
Chair: TBA
Group Discussion Leaders: Richard Zorza; Angela Longo; Jeff Giddings
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| 12:45 - 2:00 |
LUNCH |
| 2:00
- 3:45 |
Session Nine: Visions of the Future II
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- "The Irish Refugee Legal Service and the Asylum
Process" - Frank Goodman
- “The Impact of Group and Prepaid Legal
Services: Plans to Meet the Needs of Middle Income People”
– Wayne Moore
- "LEI and Legal Aid - Two sides of the Same Coin" Germany & Sweden: Matthias Killian/Francis Regan
Chair: TBA
Group Discussion Leaders: Pascoe Pleasence; Noel Synott; Nye Thomas
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| 3:45
- 4:00 |
CLOSURE - Where Next? - Alan Paterson
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| 6:00 onwards |
DINNER |