Increasing capability to challenge unlawful decisions
Grant: £103,086
July 4, 2018
Increasing legal knowledge and capability among non-legal professionals to challenge unlawful decisions.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
People Working in the Law | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Law and Policy
Grant: £84,466
June 20, 2018
Supporting LCNI's policy advocacy work so as to support the Centre to engage effectively and strategically with emerging law and policy developments on civil justice in NI.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
People Working in the Law | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Online Resource Portal
Grant: £69,600
June 20, 2018
Developing the LegalVoice web-site into an online resource portal hosting guidance, templates, policies and procedures, best practice and other information critical to not for profit and SME legal aid and advice providers. LegalVoice will also hold webinars and conferences to give a platform for innovation and discussion across the sector.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
People Working in the Law | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Peer Review On-Line Platform (PROP) Pilot Phase
Grant: £32,030
June 20, 2018
Piloting an approach to establishing an on line peer review process for legal advice services, including developing a training programme and assessment process for peer reviewers.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
People Working in the Law | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Access to justice through automated transcripts proof of concept
Grant: £74,409
June 20, 2018
Developing an automated transcription system to enable court transcripts to be provided much sooner and at low cost.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
People Working in the Law | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Developing & Hosting an Introduction to Legal Aid Training Programme
Grant: £11,387
June 20, 2018
Developing and delivering a training programme providing an introduction to legal aid aimed at trainee solicitors, paralegals and other practitioners in order to promote best use of the legal aid scheme to help clients and to sustain legal practices.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
People Working in the Law | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Ensuring children’s access to services and their legal rights and protections in a post-Brexit NI
Grant: £40,000
June 20, 2018
Expanding work to map the potential impact of Brexit on children rights by developing work with academic partners and NGOs.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
People Working in the Law | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Coordinating the civil society response to Brexit Bills
Grant: £84,375
June 20, 2018
Supporting civil society organisations to engage with parliamentarians and government officials in the policy making process arising out of the decision to withdraw from the EU, focusing on promoting open and accountable law making.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
People Working in the Law | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Law Centres 5 year Digital Vision
Grant: £8,800
June 20, 2018
Creating a 5-year digital strategy for LCN examining how the digital operations and infrastructure of Law Centres can best be structured to support effective services for clients and to promote organisational efficiency and sustainability.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
People Working in the Law | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Data processing, AI, and the Rule of Law
Grant: £15,000
June 20, 2018
As artificial intelligence “AI” and “data science” expand, the risk increases of algorithms operating in a discriminatory fashion arises where, for example, the algorithm is developed using machine learning which depends on data sets ‘teaching’ the algorithm how to operate as those data can be skewed.
The cost savings of automatic data processing over manual processing are significant drivers of public policy.
As technological developments proceed a modern interpretation of what it meant to be compliant with the rule of law, the use of AI by public bodies will similarly have to show itself as compliant.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
People Working in the Law | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
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