ILAG 2023 – Challenges of Access to Justice
Welcome to the 2023 “Challenges of Access to Justice” ILAG conference website! On this webpage, you will find a host of information critical for the the event, including a digital program, conference papers and national reports, a participant list, logistics, and sponsorship information. Please use the information contained as a resource. We will be updating information on a rolling basis.
Conference Program
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Conference Agenda & Papers + National Reports
Conference Papers are linked in the appropriate session. If a paper is missing a link, it has not yet been received by the conference organizers. Note, agenda is in progress.
Wednesday, June 21
12.00-12.45pm – Registration
12.45-1.30pm – Welcome
1.30-2.30 pm – National reports
Osinibi: Access to justice in Nigeria: An oasis or a mirage?
Isidro Garcia Mingo: Legal Aid in Jordan: Expanding Access to the Public System
Overall summary – Avrom Sherr
2.30-3.45pm – Session One: Measuring Access to Justice (Panel)
3.45-4.00pm – Break
4.00-5.45pm Session Two: Recent developments in the USA: What lessons for the wider world?
Catrina Denvir, Jacquie Kinghan, Jessica Mant and Daniel Newman – Exploring the Relationship between Age of Parenthood and Civil Justice Problem Incidence
Neil Steinkamp Tending to the Garden of Justice – Innovative Techniques for Fostering the Development of Thriving Justice Systems
Mallory SoRelle – Race, Class and Democratic consequences of Unequal Access to Justice
Elizabeth Chambliss : The Vanishing Rural Lawyer
6.00pm – Conference Dinner
Thursday June 22
9.00-10.45am – Session Three A: SDG 16.3 and Access to Justice
Adrian Di Giovanni- Supporting Southern-led Research and Evidence to Close the Justice Gap
Vicky Kemp- Access to justice for child suspects drawn into an adversarial system of justice
Katie Kelso and Bianca Dufty – Early legal assistance in child protection
Mies Westerveldt – Access to Justice, a multi-layered concept
9.00-10.45am – Session Three B: Crime and Access to Justice
Sofia Libedinsky and Pablo Aranda Aliaga – Access to Justice and comprehensive services for victims of institutional prison violence
Andre Castro: The Red Room Case – A Landmark application of the Exclusion Rule in Brazil
Miri Sharon, Anat Horovitz & Yoav Sapir : The Challenge of Defending Indigent Clients in a World of Global Enforcement
Anika Holterhof and Wendy O’Brien -Human Rights-Based and Technology-Enabled Approaches to Enhancing Access to Legal Aid
10.45-11.15 am – Break
11.15am-1:00pm – Session Four A: Helping those ineligible for legal aid
Bonnie Hough- Rising to the Challenge – California’s Self-Help Centers in Pandemic Times
Tatiana Grieshofer: Informational justice at risk: An empirical and textual analysis of information and advice provision in family court
Jin Ho Verdonschot, Carla van Rooijen, Susanne Peters, Corry van Zeeland: Steps
towards an evidence-based legal aid system
Mathius Huhtilainen and Tarja Koskela: Financial eligibility and Legal aid in Finland
11.15am-1:00pm – Session Four B: The Justification for Legal Aid
Louise Glanville and Martha Arkalis: What is the cost of not funding legal assistance?
Trevor Farrow and Marcus Pratt: Making the Case for Legal Aid.
Sunil Chauhan: Legal Needs in Rural India: Challenges and responses of legal aid authorities
Matthias Killian: Making it attractive to private lawyers
1.00-2.00 pm – Lunch
2.00-3.30 pm– Session Five Unpacking the concept of Access in Access to Justice
Ab Currie: The First Step in People-Centered Justice
Gabrielle Canny: The role of modern communications in providing legal assistance
Jane Cipants: Is access for all really access to justice?
Matthew Burnett and Rebecca Sandefur: Mapping global access to justice research to support evidence-based policy and practice
3.30-3.45 pm – Break
3.45-5.30pm – Session Six: Where legal aid lawyers will come from in the future?
Cleber Alvares and Livia Casseres: Equality in Ethnic Recruitment in Brazil
Colin Lancaster: Supply problems in Scotland
Megan Longley: The Role of University Teaching Clinics in Access to Justice and Legal Aid
Catrina Denvir; Jacqui Kinghan, Jessica Mant and Daniel Newman: Access to Justice and the Future of Legal Aid – A census of legal aid providers in England and Wales
Friday 23rd June
9.00-10.45 am – Session Seven: Holistic provision : The Way of the Future?
Hazel Genn: “Addressing health inequalities through Health Justice Partnerships: NHS and Ministry of Justice policy and practice developments in England & Wales”
Maaike Langen: Delivering justice and fairness in people’s lives, looking beyond the usual suspects
Sue James: ‘Going to where the people are who need our help – legal empowerment and multidisciplinary innovation
10.45-11.15 am – Break
11.15am-1 pm – Session Eight:Technology and Access
Andrews Kananga The Use of Mobile technology for legal aid delivery
Stefanie Lemke: Ensuring Equal Access to Justice: Is Legal Technology the Answer? Observations and Global Trends from Asia and Europe
Yu-Shan: Not All Clients Are The Same: Exploring the Possibility of Legal Aid Service Innovation with Modern Technology
Steven Gibens: The place of law in social work and social welfare: Droits Quotidiens as a case study
1.00-2.00pm – Lunch
2.00-3.45pm – Session Nine: Technology as the problem?
Aneurin Thomas: AI and Access to Justice: Where are we and Where are we going?
Natalie Byrom: Justice Data Matters: Datafication and access to justice
Riikka Koulu and Frida Westerling: Rethinking Access to Justice through digitalisation: User experiences of digital legal aid services
3.45-4.00 pm Where Next?
Who’s Coming?
Travel Information
The 2023 Conference will be hosted in Wasserstein Hall, Milstein Conference Center (2nd Floor) on the Campus of Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA.
- What is the conference venue’s street address? The conference venue’s street address is 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138. Please note that we ask participants to enter Wasserstein Hall via the entrance on the corner of Massachusetts Ave and Everett Street (which corresponds to the address above). Staff will be on hand to direct you to the Milstein Conference Center within Wasserstein Hall.
- How do I get to (and around) Harvard? Find key information, including a campus map and travel instructions from the airport here.
- How far are the primary conference hotels from the venue? We have also included a map below with the main conference hotels and the conference venue pinned. Both the Porter Square Hotel and Hotel 1868 are about a 15-20 min direct walk to HLS.
- What about public transit around Cambridge/Boston? You can visit the public transit website to find point-to-point directions via the subway or bus routes (including travel time and specific fare information). The conference venue is a 10-15 min walk from either the Harvard Square Subway/T stop or the Porter Square Subway/T stop–both on the “Red” line. “Downtown” Boston (the Boston Common area) is around 15-20 mins on the subway.
- What to do in Boston? June is beautiful in Boston! The City of Boston has a fantastic website dedicated to tourist tips, maps, and other information. Or just ask anyone from the Center/Harvard. We are always happy to provide tips and advice.
- Always check Google Maps! We also encourage participants to use their Google maps for most up-to-date travel information, including directions to HLS, airports, downtown Boston, and more. Boston/Cambridge traffic, public transit delays, and the like can be unpredictable, so it is best to check Google.
Sponsors
- American Bar Foundation