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Banks step in to support Community Law
After a three-year period of discussions, several major trading banks are stepping up to support the Community Law movement. Over the years, community law centres (CLCs) have been funded from the interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts. But when the global financial crisis struck in 2008,…
First of its kind chatbot launches this week
Community Law Wellington has launched a chatbot for problems at school. Wagbot is a chatbot that knows the answers to many questions about problems parents and students have with schools in Aotearoa. You can chat to Wagbot here: http://m.me/wagbot. “There is nothing…
Spotlight on Community Law Otago
Community Law Otago has a roster of about 80 lawyers, 60 of whom are on an active rotation of five to six weeks. The centre also has about 90 law students on fortnightly rotation who work in groups…
Self-represented litigants and access to justice
The hidden underbelly of the rise in self-litigants are those claimants who simply give up their just claims because the legal process is too hard. It is a special breed of person who represents…
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