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The Landlord-Tenant Division, Dan Macdonald

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Pcls Clinic Manual 6.17 - Policy On Spousal Assault

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Parkdale Community Legal Services: Community Law Office, Or Law Office In A Community?, Doug Ewart

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Catch Your Dreams Before They Slip Away: The Parkdale Dream Revisited, Doug Ewart

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Ellis Archives-1972 To 1981: An Early View From The Parkdale Trenches, S. Ronald Ellis

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

The author was intimately involved with PCLS from 1972 to 1981. Significant extracts from a recently uncovered, personal horde of archival materials--framed by the author's description and explication of the materials' original context--provide old perspectives on a wide range of surprisingly current issues--perspectives which the author believes readers will find still useful. The subject matter includes: the private bar's role in the ultimate success of PCLS and the clinic system; legal aid services; the bar's role in the legal aid system; the need for customized legal services in low-income communities; the role and operation of community based legal clinics; a …

Poverty Law And Community Legal Clinics: A View From Parkdale Community Legal Services

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

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The Demystification Of Legal Discourse: Reconceiving The Role Of The Poverty Lawyer As Agent Of The Poor, Cherie Robertson

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

By employing traditional methods of legal representation when acting on behalf of those living in poverty, lawyers act to perpetuate the disempowerment of poor people.. While the systemic barriers confronting the poor must be addressed, so too must the power of the poor to help themselves through organization and resistance. The task of the poverty lawyer committed to facilitating the agency of the poor is made difficult by the exclusivity and formalism of legal discourse, the constraints of the Rules of Professional Conduct, and by traditional understandings of the appropriate role of lawyers. However, a reconceptualization of the role of …

Reflections On 22.2 Years As Receptionist At Parkdale Community Legal Services, Dorothy Leatch

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

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Letter To The Editor: The Parkdale Citizen, S. R. Ellis

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

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Pcls Clinic Manual 6.18-Policy On Landlords, S. R. Ellis

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The West Lodge Files: Joining Clinic And Community To Overcome Tenants' Subordination, Mary Truemner, Bart Poesiat

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Organizing with members of the community is an essential part of realizing change through legal advocacy. This article explores how organizing with tenants' associations in the Parkdale community created a foundation for success in the courtroom in what are perhaps Parkdale Community Legal Services' most famous files-The West Lodge Files. The article traces the long history of legal and other battles surrounding the West Lodge towers, beginning with a groundbreaking Supreme Court of Canada case for tenants' rights in the 1970's and ending with the tenants' 1997 attempt and courtroom battle to buy the buildings and turn them into a …

The Legal Advocate And The Questionably Competent Client In The Context Of A Poverty Law Clinic, Diana A. Romano

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Advocates representing the poor must, above all, take into account the extreme vulnerability of their clients. This challenge is heightened where one suspects that a client may lack the capacity to provide appropriate instructions. This article considers the issue of how competency should be defined and the options available where incompetency is determined. Ultimately, advocacy must include personal empowerment as well as legal representation.

Psychiatric Survivor Pride Day: Community Organizing With Psychiatric Survivors, Lilith Finkler

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

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The Spousal Assault Policy: A Critical Analysis, Leah Rachin

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This article examines the complex relationship between PCLS's spousal assault policy and the clinic's mandate to practice poverty law. The author addresses the conflict which arises from the clinic's attempt to reconcile two goals-access to justice for all members of Parkdale's poor community and advocacy in the area of violence against women. The article also examines whether poverty can serve as a catalyst for violent behaviour or whether such a hypothesis is based on classist myths and assumptions. Ultimately, the author concludes that if battering can be linked to poverty, then PCLS (as a poverty law clinic) has an obligation …

Safe At Home: Protecting Female Tenants From Violence, Lori A. Pope

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This article deals with the tension for legal aid clinics between a policy of not representing landlords and a policy of acting for abused women rather than their alleged abusers. Many women face violence where they live, which can jeopardize their tenancies. To combat the resulting legal problems effectively, clinics may need to work indirectly or even directly for landlords. Clinics ought also to consider lobbying for changes to legislation to allow tenants to take action directly against other tenants who threaten their safety. Parkdale Community Legal Services (PCLS), which led the way for other clinics in their adoption of …

Parkdale: Law In The Filthy Lane No More?, Hart Schwartz, Bob Cooper

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

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Trespass-Ten Years Later, Patrick M. Case, David R. Draper

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

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The Perils Of Poverty: Prostitutes' Rights, Police Misconduct, And Poverty Law, Ray Kuszelewski, Dianne L. Martin

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This article is divided in two parts. In Part I, Ray Kuszelewski details the history of setbacks in representing street prostitutes faced by community-based initiatives at Parkdale Community Legal Services (PCLS). It is a personal, anecdotal, account of the clinic's evolutionary role in tackling the perils of poverty for street prostitutes. In Part II, Dianne Martin complements the first section by addressing the specific problem of police misconduct. The commentary is historical and theoretical in examining prior efforts at reform and argues for the development of a new, collaborative approach. The context is local and particularized in a community legal …

Clinics In A Cold Climate: Community Law Centres In England And Wales, Roger Smith

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Legal aid clinics in England and Wales, known as law centres, have struggled since they were set up in the early 1970s. They overcame the initial protests of the private profession, which saw the centres as competition, and established an important presence in social welfare law during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1986, the government began implementing financial cuts to the system. Over the next decade, the increased cuts led to a race towards "contract culture" and the introduction of "franchising" within the legal aid system. The implications of fiscal restraint on the efficiency and the quality of the service …

The Campbell Lawyer, Volume 9, Number 2

Alumni Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Weekly Challenger, June 28, 1997, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The June 28, 1997, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

The Weekly Challenger, June 21, 1997, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The June 21, 1997, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Vol.25 N.20 June 19th 1997, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Gross Receipts Tax By Standard Industrial Classification: Monthly Summary -- Business Activity Reported In May, 1997, Taxation And Revenue Department, State Of New Mexico

New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax Monthly Reports

Report No. 080 - Business activity reported during the reporting period.

1997 Commencement Exercises, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Commencement

Order of Exercises

Processional:

Michael Eric Herz, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Herald

William Schwartz, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Yeshiva University; Chief Marshal

Presiding:

Norman Lamm, President, Yeshiva University

National Anthem:

Cantor Ira W. Heller, The Jewish Center, New York City

Invocation:

Rabbi Mark Wildes, Class of 1993, Assistant Rabbi, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun

Welcome:

Paul R. Verkuil, Dean, Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law

Commencement Address:

Jerome J. Shestack, President-Elect of the American Bar Association

Remarks:

Earle I. Mack, Chairman, Board of Directors, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Alumni Greetings:

Karel L. …

The Weekly Challenger, June 14, 1997, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The June 14, 1997, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

23rd Symposium Program, Maine Gay Sumposium

Series 10, Symposium materials

23rd Symposium took place June 13-15, 1997at Southern Maine Technical College

Vol.25 N.19 June 12th 1997, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

June 11th 1997, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

No abstract provided.

Vol.25 N.18 June 5th 1997, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.