Prioritizes improving access to justice and identifies overwork and low pay among lawyers as barriers to adequate service, particularly in remote communities, with consequences for children in care and people in custody.
Topic 2 of 5
Rural
Rural and Remote Practice
Positions from 2 of 38 candidates
What this topic covers: Both client access in rural or geographically remote communities and the practical challenges of lawyers serving those communities. More on this topic
Position summaries interpret each candidate's statements. They aren't the candidates' own words and haven't been endorsed by them. How positions are assessed
Candidate positions on Rural and Remote Practice
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JC Rees
Full profile for JC ReesEvidence and limits
Explicit · Stated priority, Issue recognition. A relevant principle, priority, issue recognition or reported practice is directly expressed. This does not necessarily mean a specific policy change is proposed.
I particularly care about improving Access to Justice. Overworked and underpaid lawyers are unable to adequately serve communities, especially remote areas. This leads to increased risk of children staying in foster care, or criminally charged individuals staying in custody, longer than they should.
Both the client-access problem and the lawyer workload and compensation problems are expressly connected to remote communities.
What this doesn't show
- No specific compensation, staffing or service-delivery remedy is proposed.
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Stephanie L. Dobson, KC
Emphasizes competent representation in communities with limited legal-service access and supports Law Society education, training and practice support, drawing on practice in Lloydminster and its surrounding region.
Full profile for Stephanie L. Dobson, KCEvidence and limits
Explicit · Policy principle. A relevant principle, priority, issue recognition or reported practice is directly expressed. This does not necessarily mean a specific policy change is proposed.
Practising in Lloydminster has reinforced for me the importance of competent legal representation, particularly in communities where access to legal services may be limited. This experience has strengthened my belief that the Law Society must continue to promote high standards of education, training, and practice support to maintain public confidence in the profession.
The statement connects regional practice and limited local service access to an expressed need for education, training and practice support.
What this doesn't show
- No recruitment, retention, funding or rural service-delivery program is specified.
No candidates match.
Not stated
The statement does not provide enough topic-specific evidence. It does not mean opposition or lack of relevant experience.
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- Yue (Roger) Song
- Kyle Kawanami, KC
- Shannon G. Emery
- Sandra Petersson, KC
- Saqib Javaid
- David Girard
- Afshan Naveed, KC
- Damian J. Rogers
- Jonathan Selnes
- Kate Andrews
- Ryan P. Krushelnitzky
- Koren Lightning, KC
- Michelle Kai
- Erin Runnalls, KC
- Adam Drew, KC
- Fatima Shariff
- Elaine Ahn
- Allison Sears
- John Lemieux
- Bianca Kratt, KC
- Kelsey J. Meyer, KC
- Michael G. Bates, KC
- Gavin Price
- Pat Heinsen, KC
- Suzanne M. Alexander-Smith, KC
- D. V. Tupper, KC
- John D. Evans, KC
- Ronald A. Sorokin, KC
- S. Peter MacKenzie, KC
- R.J.A. Gregory, KC
- P. L. Moreau, KC
- C. J. Skrobot
- Jim Lutz, KC
