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
