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The Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia (LISNS)
• Since 1982 LISNS has helped Nova Scotians deal with their legal problems and become better informed about the law by providing them with legal information and resources.
• LISNS is a registered charity
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LISNS Divorce Fair
I’m going to talk about the first LISNS Divorce Fair which we organized in 2010
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Why a Divorce Fair?
• Family law is consistently the area of law that we get most questions about and the most accessed information on our website and through our Dial-a-Law program
• Around 70,000 divorces in Canada annually
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Why a Divorce Fair …
Impacts on:• the couple, • children• extended familiesbefore, during and after the break-up
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Purpose
To bring together in one venue a range ofprofessionals and services that people mightneed to access if they are thinking aboutor are separating or divorcing
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Purpose
To bring together in one venue a range ofprofessionals and services that people mightneed to access if they are thinking aboutor are separating or divorcing
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Target audience
•Married, common law, same sex partners who are separating or divorcing
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Target audience …
• Extended family : grandparents, adult children, aunts and uncles – potentialimpacts on family relationships
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Format
• Trade show – participants could ask questions one on one
• Information sessions• Keynote speaker• Separate days for men and women
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Communications strategy
• The title – immediately caught media attention = free publicity in print, radio and television
• Makes people sit up and take notice• Clear target audience and subject matter
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Audience Engagement
• Steady stream of people – probably about 300 over two days
• Most visited a number of booths and stayed for a couple of hours or more
• Most attended one or more info sessions• Keynote presentation was standing room only
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Expected use of information
Attendees would:• Have a better understanding of the range of
services they might need to use and the best options for them
• Understand the impact of separation on children
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Expected use of information…
• Understand how their behaviour during and after separation/divorce affects them and their children
• Use the information to change their negative behaviour
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Feedback
“My wife left two weeks ago, I had no ideawhere to find out whatto do. The Divorce Fair has helped me plan my next steps – thank-you.”
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Feedback
“I’m in my 60s. I started to my divorce years ago and never followed it through. My daughter encouraged me to get down here to the Fair to find out how to finish the divorce. I now know what I have to do and who to see.”
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Repeat Performance
• We ran the Divorce Fair again the following year
• This year we tried to expand it to a more general topic and it was not successful.
• We are planning a Divorce Fair next year in Cape Breton a much smaller city than Halifax
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