GTA Legal Clinics Transformation Project vision report / : Greater Toronto Area Legal Clinics Transformation Project vision report

From the outset, we realized that we had to address the fact that the allocation of human resources among the clinics needed to address the changes that have occurred in regards to 2 tHe GtA LeGAL CLINICS trANSFOrMAtION prOJeCt the location of the GTA’s low-income populations. [...] The complexities of the relationship of the clinical legal-education program, the Intensive Program in Poverty Law at Parkdale and the transformed model of service delivery will need to be further explored as the future planning of the program involves significant operational detail. [...] COLLABOrAtION AGreeMeNt A more critical part of the transformed Vision is the extent to which the new clinics will need to work together as a legal clinic system in order to maintain the important aspects of the 12 tHe GtA LeGAL CLINICS trANSFOrMAtION prOJeCt transformed model. [...] Further reductions in the staff sizes would result in the elimination of immigration services, as well as further departures from the commitments to community outreach, team models and the other principles driving the creation of the Model Clinic. [...] The important shortcoming of this option is that it fails to take into account that the large majority of staff in clinics, community partners and our funders (Legal Aid Ontario and the Ministry of the Attorney General) believe that some change is required if clinics are to continue to be effective for the next generation of those living in poverty in the GTA.