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PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY (402S) Professor Rosemary J. Coombe* FALL 1992 FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FOR THE CLASSROOM USE OF UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO STUDENTS ONLY *With the assistance of Karen Clark FACULTY OF DM BORA I ,An' ”N ! ,V*7/ LIBRARY UNIVhi .L>i i C>i‘ i Oi\ON iO 1 PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY (402S) Professor Rosemary J. Coombe* FALL 1992 FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FOR THE CLASSROOM USE OF UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO STUDENTS ONLY *With the assistance of Karen Clark Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/publicinterestad00coom_0 PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY (402S) Fall 1992 Professor Rosemary J. Coombe Faculty of Law, University of Toronto TABLE OF CONTENTS Week One: Lawyering in the Public Interest David Luban, Lawyers and Justice: An Ethical Study ............... . . 1 Gerald N. Rosenberq, The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Brinq About Social Chanqe? . . . . .18 Week Two: Visions of Lawyering William Simon, "The Ideology of Advocacy: Procedural Justice and Professional Ethics". .... . . .29 Michael Fox, "Some Rules for Community Lawyers", ...... . . .89 William Simon, "Visions of Practice in Legal Thought" ........ . . .96 Week Three: Sources of SuoDort for Public Interest Advocacy "Ontario Intervenor Funding Law to be Reviewed by Law Professors" ........ . 117 Excerpts from Access and Impact: An Evaluation of the Intervenor Fundinq Project Act, 1988: A Report to the Ontario Ministries of the Attorney General, Enerqv and Environment ...... . 118 Intervenor Funding Project Act, 1988. . . . . 171 June Ross, "Canadian Council of Churches v.The Queen: "Public Interest Standing Takes a Back Seat" . . 175 2 Week Four: The Public Policy Development Process I Materials on the organization of the Ontario Government and its procedures, (handout). Week Five: The Public Policy Development Process II David Rayside, "Gay Rights and Family Values: The Passage of Bill 7 in Ontario" ................. 179 "WE COUNT: Lesbians, Gay Men, and Employment Equity". ............. 199 John D. Gregory, "Memorandum re: Consultation" ................ 215 Week Six: Public Interest Advocacy; The Environment "Green Lawyers: Is It Possible?". ...... 221 Andrew Roman & Mart Pikkov, "Public Interest Litigation in Canada" in Into the Future: Law & Policy for the 1990s .................. 223 David Lees, "Street Fight". ......... 233 Rick Lindgren, "Sweet Smell of Success over Landfill". ............... 235 CELA ANNUAL REPORT (1991) .......... 237 Week Seven Public Interest Advocacy: The Disabled Rosalie Abella, Report of the Study into Access to Legal Services by the Disabled. .................. 251 Carla McKague, "Jenny's Story" University of Toronto Feminism and Law Workshop Series Paper (WS91-92(3) ...... 274 Optional: Martha Minow, "Making a Difference", and "The Dilemma of Difference" in Making All the Difference: Inclusion, Exclusion, and American Law (edited). .... 285 3 Week Eight: Public Interest Advocacy: Poverty and Political Disadvantage: The Social Charter Movement Havi Echenberg and Bruce Porter, "Poverty Stops Equality: Equality Stops Poverty: The Case for Social and Economic Rights". ..... . 329 Bruce Porter, "Social and Economic Rights and Citizenship".. 338 Draft Social Charter. ............ 352 Nedelsky and Scott, "Constitutional Dialogue" (Manuscript handout) Optional: Rebecca Arbogast, et^ aJL, "Revitali¬ zing Public Interest Lawyering in the 1990's: The Story of One Effort to Address the Problem of Homelessness". .... 362 Week Nine: Public Interest Advocacy: Refugees and Immigration Issues Felicite Stairs arid Lori Pope, "No Place Like Home: Assaulted Migrant Women's Claims to Refugee Status and Landings on Humanitarian and Compas¬ sionate Grounds". ......... . . 375 Week Ten: Government Intervention from Annual Report of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (1990-91) "Chief Commissioner's Remarks", "Accommodating Special Needs", "Discrimination in the Basis of Race", "Equity Programs", "Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harrassment", "Special Interest Groups", "Employment Agencies", "Benefits for Same-Sex Partners", "Discrimination in Housing", "Legal Services". . . 415 "Revitalized Human Rights Commission: 'Human Rights Ontario'" from Achieving Eouality: A Report on Human Rights Reform. ........ . . . . Robert Miles, "On Signification". . . . 444 4 Stephen Lewis, Report to the Premier of Ontario on Race Relations (June 9, 1992) (to be handed out) Optional Kristin Bumiller, Victims in the Shadow of the Law. ................. .465 Week Eleven: The Public Interest in Private Practice Robert Kagan and Robert Eli Rosen, "On the Social Significance of Large Law Firm Practice". .............. . 475 Rick Abel, "Law Without Politics: Legal Aid Under Advanced Capitalism". . . . . 498 S. Razack, Canadian Feminism and the Law: LEAF and the Pursuit of Equality . . . . 513 S. Razack, "Speaking for Ourselves: Feminist Jurisprudence and Minority V/ o iii c n ...... ...... ....... . 560 Ronald Manes, "Affordable Legal Advice for NonProfit Organizations". ....... . 570 Week Twelve: Presentations Week Thirteen: The Education of Lawyers. The Law School and the Public Interest Gerald Lopez, "Training Future Lawyers to Work with the Politically and Socially Subordinated: Anti-Generic Legal Education". ............. . 573 NAPIL -- Description of Organization and Services: THE NAPIL CONNECTION (excerpts from January, March, July and November 1991); NAPIL Connection Close-Up: "Public Service Scholarship Programs", Loan Repayment Assistance Plans" .................. . 614 Description of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Summer Fellow¬ ship Programme in Public Interest Advocacy; Excerpts from public interest group comments on the Programme; List of Participating organizations to date (and all those who will be approached) (handout)