The Child-centred Family Justice Strategy:
Survey on the Practice of Family Law in Canada, 2004-2006

Figure 2.4 Respondents' Reports of How They Keep Informed About Family Justice Services, 2006

This figure is a bar chart showing in decreasing values the percentage of respondents who commonly use various sources of information for keeping current with the availability of family justice services. The most common source of information in 2006 was colleagues. According to the 2006 survey, other helpful sources of information were: provincial/territorial continuing legal education courses; national or international conferences; local professional seminars; professional associations and meetings; and professional publications (reporting services, journals, etc.). Sources of information that were mentioned by fewer respondents included newsletters and the Internet. This pattern was very similar to that obtained in the 2004 survey. When asked which of these sources is most helpful to them in keeping informed about family justice services, 22 percent of the 119 respondents said colleagues, 21 percent said provincial/territorial continuing legal education courses, 21 percent said professional associations and meetings, and 19 percent said local professional seminars.