How do you make ‘the law’ accessible to everyone? The Research group Access to Justice studies the bottlenecks in legal assistance and legal services. In doing so, we mainly look at new forms of low-level access, such as digital complaints procedures. We also study the legal skills of local professionals, the quality of alternative forms of conflict resolution and legal self-reliance.

Lines of research within the research group


Publications

  • Justice and risk assessment The subjectivity of pre-emptive screening of radicalisation processes
    • Annemarie van de Weert
    • Research group: Access to Justice
    • Article
    • 2022
  • Legal aid and clients with multiple problem A first screening at the Dutch Legal Services Counter, International Journal of the Legal Profession
    • Majda Lamkaddem, Susanne Tonnon, Maaike Keesen, Esther Verboon, Quirine Eijkman, Gerrita van der Veen
    • Research group: Access to Justice
    • Article
    • 2022
  • Focus on client needs - A study on frontline legal aid in the Netherlands Focus op client behoeften -- Een studie over eerstelijns rechtshulp in Nederland
    • Susanne Tonnon, Majda Lamkaddem, Maaike Keesen, Quirine Eijkman, Gerrita van der Veen, Esther Verboon
    • Research groups: Access to Justice, Debt and Debt Collection
    • Article
    • 2021

Education

Our research results are incorporated into practical education and training modules. In this way, we strive to improve the quality of services of social and legal professionals. This also serves to increase the accessibility of the legal system for all citizens.

The research group is involved in the honours modules Access to Law and Human Rights and sustainable development. Students from the honours module Access to Law made a collection of essays (in Dutch) in which they investigated access to law and how it relates to social developments.

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Collaboration

We work together with: Juridisch Loket, Vereniging van Mediators in Strafzaken, U Centraal, Stichting Rijnstad, Sociale Dienst Drechtsteden, Vivenz Maatschappelijke Dienstverlening, Privacy First en The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights.

Our professors and researchers

Querine Eijkman | Researcher | Research group Access to Justice

Quirine Eijkman

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Bjorn Beijnon | Teacher-researcher | Access to Justice

Bjorn Beijnon

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Matthijs Brouwer | Researcher | Access to Justice

Matthijs Brouwer

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Dorien Claessen

PhD candidate Access to Justice Show profile