Episode 16: Making Change in Law with Dr. Julie Macfarlane

TW: this episode contains discussions of sexual violence and violence against women. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Julie Macfarlane, Order of Canada recipient and founder of the National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSLRP). In addition to discussing the access to justice crisis that impacts self-represented litigants, Dr. Macfarlane also shares about her advocacy work against non-disclosure agreements (NDA's) and Islamophobia. The interview concludes with Dr. Macfarlane's commentary on her book titled, Going Public: A Survivor's Journey from Grief to Action, which details her own experiences and struggles with the legal system as a self-represented litigant and survivor of sexual violence.