Experiments in Promoting Legal Literacy: Rural and Linguistic (Deaf) Communities Michele Leering Executive Director/Lawyer Community Advocacy & Legal Centre.

Experiments in Experiments in Promoting Legal Promoting Legal

Literacy: Rural and Literacy: Rural and Linguistic (Deaf) Linguistic (Deaf)

CommunitiesCommunities

Michele LeeringMichele LeeringExecutive Executive

Director/LawyerDirector/LawyerCommunity Advocacy & Community Advocacy &

Legal CentreLegal Centre158 George Street158 George Street

Belleville, Ontario K8N Belleville, Ontario K8N 3H23H2

[email protected]@lao.on.ca(613) 966-8686 ext. 27(613) 966-8686 ext. 27

Radio Programming

Common andJoint Outreach

Community

LEARN LAWLEARN Legal Literacy

Building a StrongerCommunity

LEARN

The Way Forward

“TrustedIntermediaries”

A2J Toolkit

Newspaper LegalInfo Column

InteractiveReferral Tool

Legal AwarenessWorkshops

Webinars

Innovative use of Technology

ASL Resources

Public Libraries

A Regional Plan

Outreach ProjectsOutreach Projects

• Rural and Small Urban LibrariesRural and Small Urban Libraries

• LEARN LAW Newspaper ColumnsLEARN LAW Newspaper Columns

• LEARN LAW Lunch Series: Family LawLEARN LAW Lunch Series: Family Law

• Linguistic Access (Deaf) – ASL videosLinguistic Access (Deaf) – ASL videos

Rural & Small Urban Libraries InvitationRural & Small Urban Libraries Invitation 66

Sample AgendaSample Agenda 77

OverviewOverview

Tweed / Centre HastingsTweed / Centre Hastings November 2011November 2011 99

Belleville Belleville November 2011November 2011 1010

Public Libraries - Resource Public Libraries - Resource Materials with free standMaterials with free stand 1111

LEARN LAW Newspaper LEARN LAW Newspaper ColumnsColumns

• Jointly produced Jointly produced monthly newspaper monthly newspaper columns being columns being published in rural published in rural newspapers newspapers throughout five throughout five counties in Eastern counties in Eastern Ontario Ontario

• Project of Five County Project of Five County LAO-funded Service LAO-funded Service Providers NetworkProviders Network

Rural Access & Increasing legal literacy and capability

LEARN LAW Columns: IncreasingLEARN LAW Columns: Increasing Distribution Distribution (stylized tip sheets for info packets, (stylized tip sheets for info packets,

CALC website posting, additional sharing via CALC website posting, additional sharing via yourlegalrights.ca)yourlegalrights.ca)

LEARN LAW Lunches: Family LawLEARN LAW Lunches: Family Law

Increasing Access for the Deaf: Increasing Access for the Deaf: Producing American Sign Language Producing American Sign Language

Video ClipsVideo Clips

Promoting ASL Videos & Promoting ASL Videos & VRI EquipmentVRI Equipment

• Ontario Association for the Deaf Ontario Association for the Deaf Conference, November2, 2011Conference, November2, 2011

Promoting ASL Videos & Promoting ASL Videos & VRI EquipmentVRI Equipment

• CALC Open House, May 24, 2012CALC Open House, May 24, 2012

Promoting ASL Videos & Promoting ASL Videos & VRI EquipmentVRI Equipment

• Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf and Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf and Public Presentations - April 2012Public Presentations - April 2012

• True or False QuestionnaireTrue or False Questionnaire