Downtown Legal Services & PBSC cited in Law Commission of Ontario's family law report

In its final report Increasing Access to Family Justice through Comprehensive Entry Points and Inclusivity, the Law Commission of Ontario cited the Faculty of Law’s Downtown Legal Services—the only law school clinic with family law services—and Pro Bono Students Canada’s family law project as examples of diverse access and entry points to the legal system with supervised law students.

DLS and PBSC are mentioned on: pages 27-28, p. 68, p. 91, p. 93 and p. 98 footnotes 127 – 130.

The legal profession has researched and discussed simplifying and streamlining the complicated family law system for many years, and family law was one of the major components of the Faculty of Law’s Middle Income Access to Justice initiative.

DLS’s Lisa Cirillo was interviewed on CBC’s Metro Morning on the issues raised in the report, and its ideas for solutions. She and host Matt Galloway were able to highlight the good work of the DLS.

Listen to the CBC Radio interview. [Runs: 8:15]