Accessible Legal Services for People with a Disability
Accessible Legal Services for People with Disabilities was a unique pilot program developed by Israel Elwyn, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and JDC Israel, that has since been implemented by the ministry.
The goal of the program was to ensure that the Ministry of Justice provides accessible legal services to people with disabilities and the participants included the Ministry of Justice’s Legal Services Department, the State Prosecutor’s Office, and the Office of the Public Defender.
The program’s focus was on imparting information and an understanding of the general characteristics of disabilities – intellectual, developmental, emotional, and communicative – and on creating tools that enable lawyers and other professionals at the Ministry of Justice to provide better, more accessible services to people with disabilities.
Young people and adults with disabilities
- Professional training for lawyers and other professionals at the Ministry of Justice to support them in providing services that are accessible and adapted for people with disabilities.
- Developing tools for making legal services accessible.
- Developing a pool of expert advisors and consultants.
The Ministry of Justice and JDC Israel (the Joint).
Head Office
+972-2-641-5448
+972-2-643-0495
2 Agudat Sport Hapoel Street, Jerusalem 9695102
