Legal Services Agency

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This week is Māori Language Week and the Legal Services Agency has refreshed the Māori language page on its legal information website, LawAccess: www.lawaccess.govt.nz
Ko tēnei wiki e kīa nei ko te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Nō reira, kua whakahoutia e te Pokapū Ratonga Ture te whārangi reo Māori i runga i te paetukutuku ā-ture LawAccess.

LawAccess links to the law-related resources of 147 contributing organisations. Go here to see the Māori language resources.
Kotahi rau e whā tekau mā whitu ngā rōpū whakariterite nāna ngā rauemi ā-ture kei runga i te paetukutuku LawAccess. Hōpara atu ki tēnei whārangi kia kite i ngā rauemi Reo Māori.

And click here to view the Legal Services Agency's Māori language publications on legal aid.
Kātahi, pāwhiria a konei kia kite i ngā pānui Reo Māori ā te Pokapū Ratonga Ture mō āwhina ture.

LawAccess

Legal Aid Review Panel

Community Law Centres

The Legal Services Agency is responsible for helping people access justice, by funding legal aid, initial criminal legal services and community law centres, and producing law-related education and information. Education and information resources are available online or as publications.

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Response to the consultation on preferred lawyer and criminal legal aid assignment

The Legal Services Agency has been consulting on proposed preferred lawyer and criminal legal aid assignment changes. We thank everyone who made submissions and you can see the response document here.

This section is for lawyers and others who have been approved by the Agency to provide legal aid, and for lawyers and others who want to become listed providers. It includes information and resources to assist you to provide legal aid services, including forms and the online manual.

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Revised proceeding steps for Family Court early intervention process

The Early Intervention Process (EIP) is an initiative being introduced by the Family Court Judiciary. The new process sets out rules for intervening earlier in urgent cases and places more emphasis on mediation in non-urgent or standard cases. The process will commence in family courts throughout the country on 12 April 2010. The Agency's revised proceedings steps for Care of Children Act 2004 matters are available here