Access to Justice Week examines reducing barriers
Posted on: November 15, 2019
TRU Law embraced Access to Justice Week with events for students and the community to learn about the issues and how to access services.
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Legal Practice news from the Faculty of Law.
Apps increase access to justice
Posted on: December 7, 2017
In their course Designing Legal Expert Systems, TRU Law students created apps that enhance access to justice.
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Peruvian Indigenous leader speaks to students
Posted on: October 20, 2017
A Latin American Indigenous leader from the northern Amazon region of Peru visited TRU Law to speak to students about her people’s struggle.
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Law students launch pro bono club
Posted on: September 12, 2017
TRU Law officially launched a chapter of Pro Bono Students Canada, a club that will provide free legal services to local organizations.
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Law students compete in Battle of the Apps
Posted on: April 20, 2017
TRU Law students presented apps they created this semester to a panel of judges. The apps are designed to enhance access to justice.
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Law students advocate for social justice
Posted on: February 20, 2017
Law students and their peers and mentors from across the country gathered to share their work in the area of social justice.
Read moreInnovative law course unique in Canada
Posted on: November 17, 2016
Katie Sykes’ new course will teach students to develop apps that will automate the application of legal knowledge.
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Research provides clarity for conflicted overseas mining ops
Posted on: August 2, 2016
TRU Law Assistant Professor Charis Kamphuis is examining what the legal response of Canadian embassies should be when overseas Canadian mining operations become mired in social conflict.
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Social justice law group supports Ecuadorian community
Posted on: September 8, 2015
The Justice and Corporate Accountability Project, co-founded by TRU Law faculty member Charis Kamphuis, was one of four social justice groups who intervened successfully in an international environmental case at the Supreme Court of Canada in support of an indigenous Ecuadorian community.
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