Legal Aid, Courtworker, and Public Legal Education and Information Needs in the Yukon Territory: Final Report

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Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.2 Methodology
    • 1.2.1 Key Respondent Interviews
    • 1.2.2 Statistical Data
    • 1.2.3 Document Review
    • 1.2.4 Focus Groups
  • 1.3 Methodological Limitations
• 2. How Court Structure, Geography and Culture Impact the Demand for Legal Services, Pattern of Service Delivery and Quality of Services
  • 2.1 Data on Court Cases and on Clients Receiving Legal Aid Services
  • 2.2 Changes in Patterns of Service Delivery
    • 2.2.1 Delivery of Court Services
    • 2.2.2 Delivery of Legal Aid
    • 2.2.3 Delivery of Courtworker services
  • 2.3 Trial by Jury
  • 2.4 Unmet Needs
• 3.   Circuit Courts
  • 3.1 Background
  • 3.2 Advantages of Circuits
  • 3.3 Disadvantages of Circuits
• 4.   Courtworkers
  • 4.1 Structure
  • 4.2 Federal and Territorial Contributions
  • 4.3 Courtworker Roles
  • 4.4 Client Data
  • 4.5 Supervision, Communication, Co-ordination and Training
• 5.   Justice of the Peace Court
  • 5.1 Statistical Data
  • 5.2 Client Representation in JP Court
  • 5.3 Needs of JP Courts
• 6.   Civil Legal Aid
  • 6.1 Coverage of Civil and Family Matters
  • 6.2 Civil Data
  • 6.3 Practical Limitations on Family/Civil Delivery
  • 6.4 Family and Civil Needs
  • 6.5 Delivery Strategies
• 7.   Current Scope of Activity Prior to First Appearance
  • 7.1 Statistical Data
  • 7.2 Issues Prior to First Appearance
• 8.   Interplay Between Criminal and Civil Issues
• 9.   Public Legal Education and Information (PLEI)
  • 9.1 Extent of PLEI Activities in the Yukon Territory
    • 9.1.1 Yukon Public Legal Education Association
    • 9.1.2 PLEI Activities by Criminal Justice System Workers
  • 9.2 Linkages
  • 9.3 Unmet PLEI Needs
    • 9.3.1 Substantive and Procedural Information Needs
    • 9.3.2 Access and Delivery Needs
• 10.  Cost Drivers
  • 10.1 Georgraphy and Community Size
  • 10.2 Demographic and Socio-Economic Factors
  • 10.3 Corporate Factors
  • 10.4 Other Contextual Factors
• 11.  Federal and Territorial Legislation and Policies
• 12.  Conclusions
  • 12.1 Corporate Needs
  • 12.2 Aboriginal Needs
  • 12.3 Gender Needs
• Appendix

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