Canadian Advisory Committee

Diana J. Lowe

Civil Justice Specialist

Diana Lowe is the Executive Director of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. The Forum is a national organization established in May 1998 as a direct result of the CBA's Systems of Civil Justice Task Force Report (1996) to help meet the challenges of modernizing the civil justice systems in Canada. It is dedicated to bringing together the public, the courts, the legal profession and government in order to promote a civil justice system that is accessible, effective, fair and efficient. The Forum's work touches every aspect of the civil justice system in each jurisdiction, and includes access to justice issues, rules of procedure, ADR, court administration, the judiciary, the bar, public legal education, technology and statistics. The Forum is the only organization in Canada which addresses the need for information sharing, research and collaborative efforts, aimed at improving Canada's civil justice systems and fills a gap which existed prior to 1998. Its work is increasingly sought out by Departments of Justice, the judiciary, court administration, the bar, educators and justice system users. Diana Lowe has extensive experience coordinating law reform initiatives undertaken by multi-disciplinary coalitions including the public.

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