Special Issue 39-3: Person-Centred Justice: Reimagining Law, Institutions, and Process

It has been more than a decade since the publication of three major reports on access to justice in Canada. These reports, namely Access to Civil and Family Justice: A Roadmap for Change 1 by the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, Reaching Equal Justice: An Invitation to Envision and Act 2 by the Canadian Bar Association, and the final report of the National Self-Represented Litigants Project, 3 spurred considerable discussion, research, and action to understand and improve the state of access to justice in Canada. Importantly, all called for some variation on making the justice system “user-centered,” 4 “people-centered,” 5 or “user-friendly.” 6