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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

Anatolii Levchuk, the community adviser and participant of the educational visit of the Ukrainian delegation to Canada in spring 2019, has told about the special aspects of operations of the legal clinics in Canada. – Anatolii, could you please briefly describe the trip? Why were you focused on the legal clinics? The trip was a part of the project “Accessibly and High-Quality Legal Aid in Ukraine”. It has existed since 2014, and its purpose is to improve the equal access to justice for the Ukrainians and to increase the level of public awareness of the rights to free legal aid.

The challenges faced by the community advisers, partnership support from the non-government organisations, ways of cooperation with the government and non-government legal aid providers were discussed.  The discussion was joined by the representatives of the donor organisations, the Coordination Centre for Legal Aid and the non-government organisations as well as community advisers themselves. The discussion was moderated by Iryna Slavinska.  “A community adviser is the guide into the world of law, the world of governmental services for the people who frequently ignore such services. People often settle their legal issues with their friends’ and acquaintances’ help. Thus, development of the articulated

It is difficult to manage projects, delegate tasks and coordinate work among the teams even in goods times, but it can be next to impossible when unexpected circumstances arise. Information technology could be of help here. Luckily, there is a wide range of software for project management and improved performance of the team today, and it can be free of charge. You do not have to plan your project work on the small board any more, explain the main idea to the colleagues and worry whether everyone has understood their role. Given the preliminary results of the research, the Legal IT

Since most Ukrainians have to stay at home and limit any direct social contacts with people due to the spread of COVID-19, we have decided to express our opinion on how to keep in touch and be efficient in this situation. According to the scientists, communication is much more efficient when you can see the person you are talking to. Luckily, there are numerous types of video conference software that are capable of satisfying most demand for remote communication today. You can meet eye-to-eye or as a group of people regardless of how far you are from each other. Below

According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control as well as the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2019, there are around 237,000 people living with HIV and almost 650 thousand people vulnerable to HIV residing in Ukraine. Stigmatization and discrimination (including self-stigmatization) of this group threatens human rights and even poses a threat to their life.  At the Ukrainian Access to Justice School of Practice, there is the Laboratory of Initiatives to Increase Access to Justice for the Groups Vulnerable to HIV. The Laboratory carries out research, analysis, and verification of the legal issues,

On 28 November 2018, the International Conference “Community Advisers in Ukraine” was held in Kyiv at Unit City. It was attended by the Ukrainian and international legal experts, representatives of the Ministry of Justice and the free legal aid system as well as first Ukrainian community advisers. In many countries of the world, community advisers (or paralegals, as they are most often called abroad) render “emergency” legal aid to residents of their communities: they give advice, furnish legal information and forward people to specialized lawyers.  “We have conducted the survey and asked the citizens who they turn to most often