As part of its public legal education work for the Young Justice Champions Project, IARS has been invited by Educaloi to present its findings at a national conference in Montreal, Canada.
The conference titled "Plan Language & the Law: how it concerns you" will focus on the subject Explaining the Law to Others: Message Received… and Understood! It will take place on October 21st and 22nd at the Centre Mont-Royal in Montreal. Lawyers, notaries, judges, commissioners, legislative drafters, linguists, journalists and communicators will mull over the many facets of legal plain language. The conference aims to push forward thinking and practices in the field of PLE worldwide.
Dr. Theo Gavrielides will present the IARS findings on public legal education with young people. Following our research report "Measuring Young People's Legal Capability" with the support of A Glimmer of Hope Foundation and our partner PleNet , we have developed a training programme offering basic legal tools to young people. Our work focuses on the empowerment of the most marginalised sections of young people, and includes modules such as employment law and housing rights, human rights, stop & search, domestic violence and consumer rights. For more information on our skills development programme click here
IARS' presentation will be complemented with evidence presented by the Ontario Justice Education Network. The session titled "Preparing the citizens of tomorrow through public legal education" will also feature a film prepared by IARS' young people. This will evidence the views of IARS young people who have been involved in the Young Justice Champions Project.
For more information on the project please contact Lewis Parle, Programme Director or Dr. Theo Gavrielides, IARS Director.
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