Research Snapshot: Improving Communication of Legal Information
A QUICK LOOK AT THE PROJECT (CLICK THE SNAPSHOT ABOVE TO ENLARGE)
About the project: This project takes an interdisciplinary, research-driven approach to evaluating the accessibility of legal information. In particular, the project will evaluate whether newcomer populations understand certain modes of communication better than others. Using focus groups and experimental surveys, our team will study why certain methods of communication may be more effective than others. It is our hope that our user-testing methodology will provide an evidentiary foundation for developing future plain language legal resources.
Collaborators: This interdisciplinary project is spearheaded by CREATE Justice, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice, USask College of Law, and the Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research (CHASR). Numerous other organizations & individuals have offered support and guidance, for which we are grateful.
Project news:
- Reflections from project team and advisory committee members on operationalizing this research (December 2023)
- A research snapshot – a bite-sized 1-page summary of for the Evaluation Report (October 2023)
- A standalone document with the recommendations and future directions based on the Evaluation Report (October 2023)
- A standalone executive summary for the Evaluation Report (October 2023)
- A final copy of the evaluation report, Effectively Communicating Legal Information to Newcomers in Saskatchewan: Evaluation Report [the Evaluation Report] (October 2023)
- CREATE Justice Receives Inaugural Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin Access to Justice Fund Grant to improve access to justice for the people of Saskatchewan (April 6, 2022)
- The McLachlin Fund Announces Inaugural Grant Recipients (April 6, 2022)
- Julie Sobowale, “Supporting innovation” (March 17, 2022)