Poverty Law Publications - Public Legal Education
Public Legal Education: Helping People Understand Their Rights
April 16, 2008 - 8:10pmSpeaking notes for a conference in Beijing, China highlights the purpose of public legal education (including enhancing access to justice, public knowledge, self help and community organizing for legal or social change), how do you decide what topics to address, who is your audience, how do you ensure that the information you provide is useful and accurate and how do you distribute it.
The Role of PLEI in Poverty Law Services
April 16, 2008 - 8:15pmThis paper explores the role of Public Legal Education and Information (PLEI) in the delivery of poverty law services, specifically within the context of the Ontario legal clinic system. It reviews the poverty law scholarship to highlight the potential of PLEI and then examines its role within the context of the clinic system. Finally, PLEI is examined from an adult education framework, informal learning, to focus on the tensions that practitioners face daily with their clients.