JSCA’s Executive Director addresses the key points of civil justice reform in Chile in Revista El Mercurio Legal

In an extensive report published in Revista El Mercurio Legal (a publication of Chile’s El Mercurio newspaper) on the Chilean government’s decision to revisit legislative discussion about civil justice reform, JSCA Executive Director Jaime Arellano outlined the elements that the Center has identified as essential for moving forward with the modernization of this system and … Read more

JSCA Executive Director: “Electronic processing does not mean digitizing paper files.”

At the XI Meeting of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers and Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA), JSCA Executive Director Jaime Arellano called on member states to energetically work on and develop the components that the region’s justice systems need to guarantee effective access to it to all individuals and noted that digitalization will … Read more

Civil reform and judicial appointments in Chile: “The changes should improve access to justice and comprehensive dispute resolution.”

Following the Chilean government’s decision to revisit legislative discussion of the civil procedure reform and propose changes to the system currently used to appoint judges, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) shared its opinion of both bills as the agency responsible for promoting judicial modernization in the 34 member states of the Organization … Read more

JSCA presents the publication: “Comparative Studies on Civil Justice System Reform in China and Japan”

The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) presents the publication Comparative Studies on Civil Justice System Reform in China and Japan, Volume III in the context of the project “Improving access to civil justice in Latin America,” which is financed by Global Affairs Canada (GAC).   The volume complements the previous installments in this … Read more

CEJA Manual on litigating complex environmental civil cases

On Monday, April 19, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) published the Manual on litigating complex environmental civil cases written by Argentine professor Juan Sebastián Lloret.  The publication was launched during the virtual seminar “Environmental Civil Litigation in Latin America: Challenges and Vision” in the context of the project “Improving access to justice … Read more

Comparative Analysis of Civil Justice Reforms in Latin America

Download the publication here With the financial support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), we are pleased to announce the translation of the first section of the text “Comparative study on civil procedure reforms in Latin America.” The main purpose of this translation is to present a comparative vision of the civil justice reforms that have … Read more

JSCA is accepting applications for a virtual research internship at Osgoode Law School

PRESS/JSCA In the context of the project “Improving Access to Civil Justice in Latin America,” which is financed by Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) invites all interested parties to apply to the virtual research internship at Osgoode Law School (York University, Toronto, Canada), which will be held June … Read more

Jaime Arellano: “Some countries started thinking about collaborative mechanisms for reestablishing judicial services because without them, there is no access to justice.”

PRESS/JSCA One of the main challenges facing the justice system today is related to the degree to which sentences are enforced. This was noted by our Executive Director, Jaime Arellano, in an interview published in the journal Access to Justice in Times of Pandemic. (in spanish) He discussed the need to create alternative dispute resolution … Read more

JSCA Co-organizes Certificate Program on Technological Innovation and Judicial Management

PRESS/JSCA Universidad Champagnat de Argentina and the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), JUFEJUS, REFLEJAR, IFITEJ, INECIP, INECO, INFOLAB, FAM, the National Judicial Offices Institute, Thomson Reuters, and WOLAP have launched the Certificate Program on Technological Innovation and Judicial Management. The goal of the certificate program is to provide specialized training regarding the values, … Read more

[New publication] The Practice of Law in Latin America: In Search of an Agenda Vol. 1 (Spanish-language publication)

One of the study’s objectives is to offer an overview of training and oversight of the practice of law in order to identify the main critiques that have been offered in Latin America and the Caribbean. In an effort to explore the most important aspects of the practice of law, the Justice Studies Center of … Read more