This section provides an overview of each strategic objective and the initiatives identified to implement each strategic objective. The data collected during the comprehensive needs assessment process forms the basis for your company`s board and employees to develop a strategic plan. A strategic plan provides guidance on how to fulfill the organization`s mission with maximum efficiency and impact. Strategy 1: Improve the accessibility of the justice system While access to justice is not limited to legal aid, the ministry recognizes the critical difference that access to legal aid can make when it comes to helping people understand and make decisions about legal issues. Indeed, access to legal aid is directly linked to better outcomes in judicial proceedings. Although criminal counsel is a constitutional right, public defenders handle a very large number of cases that may compromise their ability to provide quality and timely representation. The Division will reaffirm its commitment to supporting the highest standards of criminal defence, including through training, legal assistance and the exchange of best practices with State, local, tribal and territorial colleagues. We will also work to support public advocacy and ensure that defence counsel have a voice in government commissions, committees, task forces, and in legislative and policy decisions. By developing a strategic plan, your business can: We believe in empowering people to solve problems. We believe there is a deep value in serving people directly. We believe that everyone is entitled to our respect and compassion. We believe that our services and resources must work for the people who use them.
We believe that problem solving improves lives and families. We believe that improving lives and families makes our community a better place. Every year, thousands of Arkansans find themselves in the judicial vacuum: they struggle with legal problems without the help of a lawyer because private lawyers are not affordable and free legal aid is not available due to high demand and lack of available resources. The legal gap is widening, but legal aid does not have the resources to bridge it. This lack of resources means that legal aid must use the resources at its disposal prudently and diligently. The Legal Support Centre strives to empower members of our community to manage and resolve legal challenges, ensure access to justice, and thereby improve the stability and prosperity of individuals, families and communities. Strengthen LSC`s role as the primary organizer and advocate for access to justice and strengthen civil justice services for eligible people living in poverty in the United States. In working and achieving these goals, Legal Aid will provide practical assistance to the legal issues facing clients, while seeking to change some of the fundamental principles that underpin such conditions. These strategies: The LSC Program Performance Office hosted a webinar on strategic planning, a key tool that provides strategic clarity to internal stakeholders – board members, management and staff – as well as external stakeholders, including funders, community partners and the public. Strategic planning also ensures accountability and allows companies to focus on the effective and efficient use of their resources. The nation needs greater and more focused leadership to meet the civilian needs of the poor.
As the largest provider of civil law services in the United States, LSC works with 132 legal advisory organizations to serve every state and territory. LSC has the opportunity and obligation to expand its leadership role to be a leading voice in raising awareness of the need for civil justice services and ensuring access to civil justice for the poor. The Legal Support Centre exists to advance the goal of access to justice for all by serving as a central resource for all those in need of legal assistance. After serving as a personal service and peer support centre for 15 years, LAC is now looking to define and create the Next Generation Legal Resource Centre, a unique source to meet the current and future legal needs of our community.