CRIMES, COURTS, AND COMMENTARY
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all geared to the criminal law student community.
all geared to the criminal law student community.
By Nicholas Buhite
By Adrianna Mills The holistic defence model envisions a transformation of the legal system as we know it — into a system that is interdisciplinary, collaborative, and centred around the needs of the client rather than practitioner. But what is it, how far are we from achieving it, and what can lawyers in Canada and the U.S. do to contribute to that goal?
The Criminal Law Students’ Association (CLSA) and the Correctional Law Association (CLA) teamed up to organize a panel this Wednesday to discuss just that. We had the pleasure of hosting the following speakers: Amy Slotek, Staff Lawyer and Project Leader at Legal Aid Ontario; Jessica Swensen, Director at the Centre for Holistic Defence with the Bronx Defenders; and Darcy Bellisle, Advisor at the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion at York University. |
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