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On the 23rd of November the School launches Kyiv Legal Empowerment Practical Programme (Kyiv LEPP) – innovations’ incubator in the field of A2J. This year we look at the innovations through the ‘role of (non)lawyers in inclusive access to justice ecosystem’   It was extremely difficult to choose the finalists in the competition. Semifinals gathered 9 teams of innovators from different countries. Each team offered a practical solution in the field of A2J in their country. We pay attention to the fact that activists in the field of access to justice globally are generally concerned with similar problems. In Kyiv

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Design thinking is a non-linear iteration method for the creation of the product that tries to understand the product user with risk assumption, proposed innovation approaches to prototypes and product testing.  The Kyiv LEPP Programme of the Ukrainian School of Practice is based on the design thinking method for idea incubation as regards the practical solution of issues of access to justice. The Kyiv LEPP Programme is the School’s International Programme the purpose of which is to find viable and human-focused practical solutions in the area of A2J. The Programme provides for participation of up to five teams from different

The Kyiv Legal Empowerment Practical Program enables intellectual cooperation of the experts in access to justice from all over the world on an annual basis. The purpose of the Programme is to find and pilot the viable, innovative and human-focused practical solutions for access to justice with an account of the national context. While commenting on the event, Roman Romanov, the Director of the Human Rights and Justice Programme of the International Renaissance Foundation, emphasized the importance of the exchange of experience among the countries to understand the causes and pre-conditions for intellectual breakthroughs in access to justice. Last year,

The Programme Council of the Kyiv Legal Empowerment Practical Program suggests treating inclusive access to justice as joint responsibility. It is shared by everyone who wishes to change and effects such changes, including lawyers, mediators, paralegals, care works and others. Paralegals will be of use where it is not clear whether the issue is legal, and it will be forwarded to the necessary service. Care workers will help settle the issue comprehensively since social issues generally have a legal context. For instance, the IT industry representatives can help resolve the legal issue by means of technical solutions. This year’s theme