... We need to make the case that ensuring that
every American has access to justice is not only a just cause, but a sound investment that is worth our resources.
It is those circumstances that explain why so few
Americans have access to justice.
Not exact matches
He is the current president of the
American College of Trial Lawyers and
has been active in fundraising efforts
to assist various legal organizations as part of his commitment
to improving
access to civil
justice for Alabama's most needy citizens.
Many
Americans, however, do not
have any
access to the
justice system, never mind that of equal
access.
The Civil Legal Aid Oversight Committee, Washington Supreme Court and Washington's Board for Judicial Administration
have all urged congress
to protect funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which seeks
to ensure equal
access to justice under the law for all
Americans by providing civil legal assistance
to those who otherwise
would be unable
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The Civil Legal Aid Oversight Committee, Washington Supreme Court and Washington's Board for Judicial Administration
have all urged congress
to protect funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which seeks
to ensure equal
access to justice under the law for all
Americans by providing civil legal assistance
to those who otherwise
would be unable
to afford it.
We
have received 15 awards in recognition of our contribution
to access to justice, including the Ontario Bar Association's President's Award, the
American College of Trial Lawyers Emil Gumpert Award,
American Lawyer Magazine's Law and Technology Award, Lexpert Zenith Awards and the National Pro Bono Program Award.
I
've greatly appreciated and learned much from many of her articles, such as «The Cost of Law: Promoting
Access to Justice through the (Un) Corporate Practice of Law,» «Life in the Law - Thick World: The Legal Resource Landscape for Ordinary
Americans» (with Jaime Heine), and «Legal Barriers
to Innovation: The Growing Economic Cost of Professional Control Over Corporate Legal Markets.»
The market
has also heard positive words from the
American Bar Association over the summer about the need
to embrace advanced legal tech
to help improve
access to justice.
As noted in the
American Association of Law Libraries
Access to Justice White Paper, legal research instruction
has always been core
to academic librarianship.
Our founder, the legendary Johnnie Cochran, believed that all
Americans should
have access to justice.