Improving access to justice the future of paralegal professionals proceedings of a conference held 19 20 february aba report on the future of legal services and affordable legal services and the legal profession has a special obligation to advance this goal from 2014 to 2016 the amer ican bar association commission commission on the future of legal services examined various reasons why . Paralegals have employed their strengths in rights empowerment rapport and relationship building into expanding access to justice for prisoners paralegals engage with prison populations by providing legal training and advice clinics to support self sufficiency the product of these efforts includes increased releases reduction of sentencing . Over 30 paralegals from kenya south sudan somalia and uganda as well as various community justice experts convened to advocate for the critical role and contribution that paralegal support networks play in raising legal awareness and supporting access to justice for all at a regional forum held in nairobi on july 22 25 2019. If access to justice is an abstraction to you it wont be once you read the stories in these pages of paralegals and clients seeking justice those stories are unforgettable they hold lessons for all of us mary robinson former president of ireland and former high commissioner for human rights this book brings law to life in a thoroughly original way it charts with great . Improving access to justice the future of paralegal professionals proceedings of a conference held 19 20 february 1990 edited by julia vernon and francis regan kf 320 l4 i54 1990 the rise of legal assistants papers presented at the second annual institute on continuing legal education royal york hotel toronto friday april 15th and saturday april 16th 1977