Upcoming WWFF Events
The Will Work For Food programs are presented primarily by and for attorneys, mediators and arbitrators. Each Thursday at 8am Pacific an amazing colleague joins us to give a webinar presentation about a timely topic. These programs are free. You can join us for all or one. We don’t ask you to pay for these invaluable webinars, instead we hope that you’ll make a donation of any size to your local food bank.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
We’re frequently asked if Continuing Education Credits/Units are available. Will Work For Food’s “The New Possibilities Hour” presentations are not pre-approved for CE. However, if you’d like a Certificate of Attendance to self-submit an application to your chosen licensing organization, please email Natalie with your request at Natalie@WillWorkForFood.news with your complete name as well as the name and date of the program you attended.
Access to Justice in North America- What We Are Missing
Access to Justice is the foundation of the administration of justice in most parts of the world. It means many things to all stakeholders involved – a society in general, government, parties in dispute, the legal profession and our courts. As recently stated (2018) by the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C. – Chief Justice of Canada – “ … Ultimately, it is about getting good justice for everyone, not perfect justice for a lucky few. It’s a democratic issue. It’s a human rights issue – It’s even an economic issue … “.
Until recently, the delivery of acceptable Access to Justice was the exclusive domain of our courts and traditional litigation. Over the past decade, in particular, private dispute resolution has emerged in Canada, the United States, the U. K. and elsewhere as a significant parallel system to traditional litigation. With this shift comes a concurrent responsibility for lawyers and professionals serving as mediators to appreciate and discharge our work to a standard that not only maintains but indeed enhances Access to Justice for all.
The exploding demand for and use of private dispute resolution services, while encouraging, has also revealed less than optimum understanding and utilization of these dispute resolution platforms by counsel, clients, mediators and arbitrators.