Conference Dates
The conference will begin on Wednesday, June 25 at 1 pm and run for two and a half days until early Friday afternoon.
There will be nine sessions, all but one organized as plenaries, on the following subjects:
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
National Reports
Session 1: Germany - Access to Justice (Host Nation Session)
- Presentation by Matthias Kilian: Legal Aid in Germany - Principals and recent developments
- Presentation by Thomas Lämmrich: Legal expenses insurance and its key role in access to justice in Germany
Session 2: Managing Resources for Access to Justice
Reception at the Fritz Thyssen Foundation
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Session 3: The importance of representation for Access to Justice
- Presentation by Ab Currie and Trevor Farrow: Representation Pathways: Efficiency for the Courts and Better Outcomes for the Accused in the Ontario Court of Justice
- Presentation by Sue James: The importance of Representation - lessons from England and Wales
Session 4: Client-Centred Solutions
- Presentation by Yu-Shan Chang, Wan-Chin Lan, Yi-Shih Su, Cheng-Han Lee and Zih-Ching Lin: From Footsteps to Systems: Rethinking and Reshaping Legal Aid Service Systems Through Customer Journey Research
- Presentation by Jin Ho: Feedback loop for legal aid: experiences of citizens and professionals during their search for justice and restoration
- Presentation by Dara Read and Daniel Kennard: Child-centred services for children and young people in alternative care
- Presentation by Vicky Kemp: Access to Justice for Children in Police Custody in England and Wales
Session 5: Thinking strategically about Access to Justice
- Presentation by Matthew Burnett and Rebecca Sandefur: The Future is Justice Work
- Presentation by Hazel Genn: Reframing Access to Civil Justice
- Presentation by Madhurima Dhanuka: Strengthening Access to Justice through Legal Aid: The Indian Experience
- Presentation by Jan Winczorek, Karol Muszyński, Mikołaj Ryśkiewicz: Modelling Demand for Free Legal Aid in Poland: The Impact of Social Inequalities and Legal Capability
Session 6: Where legal aid lawyers will come from in the future?
- Presentation by Stuart Kelly : Whither legal aid? Scottish law students and legal aid lawyering
- Presentation by Tomoki Ikenaga : A Lack of Civil Legal Aid Providers in Japan?
- Presentation by John Boersig: The National Legal Aid Practitioner Census for Australia
- Presentation by Ciara Daly and Carey Pearson: Local Solutions to a global problem: Piloting a place based response to legal aid provider market failure in Regional NSW
Conference Diner at the Früh Lounge at the Eden Hotel Früh
Friday, June 27, 2025
Session 7A: Overcoming Access to Justice Challenges
- Presentation by Anželika Banevičienė: Requirements for Legal Aid from the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union
- Presentation by Tatiana Grieshofer: A Critical Review of Access to Justice Assessments
- Presentation by Olli Vilanka: Tackling the challenges related to Access to Justice in Finland: the role of the new Legal Services Authority
Session 7B: Renvisioning a People-Centred Access to Justice Research Agenda
Session 8: Legal Aid and Mass Harm
- Presentation by Andre Castro: Access to Justice for All: Legal Aid for Vulnerable Groups in Rio de Janeiro
- Presentation by Alan Paterson: Can Legal Aid assist victims of a Mass Miscarriage of Justice?
- Presentation by Mies Westerveld: Mass harm and public interest: what legal aid system is most promising in terms of effectiveness and cost efficiency?
Session 9: AI - Solution or Problem?
- Presentation by Wendy O’Brien: Legal Tech and the Promise of Enhanced Access to Justice
- Presentation by Bonnie Hough: Artificial Intelligence - Promise and Caution
- Presentation by Jayne Mallin and Charlene Moore: Integrating AI into Legal Aid: Enhancing Efficiency, Improving Outcomes, and Addressing Workforce Challenges
Download the full program HERE.
Programs in paper format will be available at the conference.