Hello from your summer JFCY Blogger!

Hi everybody, hope everyone is coping well with exams, just remember… summer is just around the corner!

My name is Daniel Lo, I am a law graduate and will be starting my Master of Laws degree at the University of Toronto in September 2011.

I have recently accepted the volunteer role as Public Legal Education (PLE) Team Lead for Justice For Children and Youth (JCFY) for the 2011 summer. I found out about JCFY through contacting the Pro Bono Students Canada – UofT Chapter, and was told of this great opportunity to engage in children and youth rights. Throughout my academic and personal life, I have been an active supporter and volunteer at pro bono clinics and human rights organizations. The work that JCFY does interests me immensely as this is the first exposure that I have had to age-based legal rights for those under 18 years old, and I feel that it is a vital area of the law that is neglected by many.

At JCFY, my role entails helping a staff lawyer to lead the PLE Team, which consists of a committee group of youth and adults who assist in devising strategies to inform young people about their legal rights and responsibilities; the JCFY blog with regular weekly updates; and the Facebook account to ensure as many people become aware of it as possible.

During my time at JCFY, I hope to continue the great work that the PLE Team and the previous PLE Team Lead had done, while also searching for ways to help JCFY grow. I welcome any tips/advice/recommendations/ideas that anyone has in this regard. I can be reached via email. 

That is all for now, I hope that you will keep updated with JCFY through this blog or our Facebook account, we have a lot of interesting projects for the summer planned, don’t miss out!

Daniel

Mark your calenders! Next PLE Committee - May 9 at 5:30pm

The Public Legal Education Committee is having its next meeting on Monday May 9 at 5:30pm. We meet at the JFCY offices at 415 Yonge Street, 12th floor.

We are gearing up for some interesting summer projects and will be using this meeting to share ideas and get organized.

Snacks and student TTC tickets provided.

We welcome new members of any age, but are especially interested in having input from high school students.

For more info, please contact Dre at JFCY: 416.920.1633.

JFCY thanks law student Akosua Matthews for a job well done!

JFCY says a big thank you to University of Toronto law student Akosua Matthews for her amazing work in coordinating the Public Legal Education Committee for the past seven months. Akosua is a first year law student volunteer from the Pro Bono Students Canada program at U of T law school. Her efforts have helped to improve and expand the PLE Committee and its projects.


JFCY is grateful for Akosua's hard work and dedication. She is now preparing for her law school exams and then will be starting a summer job at Downtown Legal Services.


Akosua, we wish you all the best!

Evidence of Fun! The PLE Committee Meets Again

JFCY's Public Legal Education (PLE) Committee met on 10 February to discuss our latest project (details to be soon announced!). We had a fantastically productive and fun meeting! See our group photo. If anyone is interested in joining this great committee, the details can be found here.

The PLE committee hard at work and having a good time!