Sentences with phrase «court provides access to justice»

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Under a grant from the State Justice Institute (SJI -01-N-210-C03-1), the National Center for State Courts Institute for Court Management, in collaboration with the American Judges Association, is pleased to provide judges access to an online course on Substance Abuse.

February 24, 2017 — Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have or will soon hear cases involving the appropriate scope of services guaranteed by federal special - education law, government aid to religious institutions providing educational services, and restroom access for transgender students.

«It is crucial for a democratic society to provide all of its schoolchildren with fair access to an unsegregated education,» Ellen A. Peters, then chief justice of the state's High Court, wrote in the majority opinion in July 1996.

One final remark that arises from this case, is that although the Court is willing to use Article 47 CFR to provide greater access to justice before national courts, its approach towards standing in direct actions by individuals on the basis of Article 263 (4) TFEU appears to remain rather conservative, regardless of the inclusion of the Charter since Lisbon.

Lord Justice Moses concluded that the common law right of access to a court — as demonstrated in cases such as Witham — would not provide a basis to challenge the Lord Chancellor's decision on the test (para 57 — 59).

Finally, a global initiative hosted by the United Nations and led by high profile policymakers, including US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.»

[38] I would point out that an order under section 140 (1) does not deprive a person of access to justice; rather, it provides extra scrutiny by the court, and impresses potential claims with a form of orderliness without prejudicing their merits.

Until our justice system is color - blind and able to treat immigrants equally under law, we must end the cycle of incarceration that defaults to locking immigrants behind bars rather than providing meaningful access to our courts.»

As a PhD student studying the use of knowledge technologies and access to justice strategies, I am following with interest the development of the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT)[Civil Resolution Tribunal Act, SBC 2012, c. 25;] in BC — an online dispute resolution process which will provide an alternative to the courts for small claims and strata property disputes.

(4) Reports, dated May 2012, of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, recommending that legal services be provided by non-lawyer professionals who provide related services: Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group; and, Report of the Court Processes Simplification Working Group.

... in order to provide the users of our court with real access to justice we must make available to them a variety of ways for communicating with the court, including electronic communications.

The problem, they say, is that the courts are failing to use technology to open up the justice system and provide meaningful access to justice to the extent possible in the internet age:

The main challenges are: 1) working your way through an ad - hoc process that rests on a yes / no decision of a Chief Justice; 2) juggling a mix of standards and unique requirements that reduce the possible uses of the whole to the strictest of terms imposed by one; and 3) the court actually finding a way to provide or facilitate access to both current and historical decisions in a usable format.

In addition, itnrecommends an immediate increase legal aid funding, the establishment of videoconferencing facilities to increase access to the courts in rural areas, and investment in mental health programs that provide alternatives to the criminal justice system.

The Canadian Bar Association's Envisioning Equal Justice consultation paper, Underexplored Alternatives for the Middle Class, recognizes the need to «re-engineer» dispute resolution processes and explores a number of court process reforms as potential means to provide better access to judicial dispute resolution.

CRT adjudications will have the same effect as court orders and will provide the population inexpensive, fast, and easy access to justice for a range of civil disputes.

The Supreme Court of Virginia and the Virginia Access to Justice Commission have launched a new website to provide help and information for self - represented litigants.

«By a 3:2 majority, the Supreme Court judges reaffirmed the previous line of authorities which provide greater access to justice through the English courts for English domiciled claimants who are seriously injured in a non-EU Member State.

Litigation funding has been endorsed by the Jersey Courts as a means of providing access to justice and various case - law has cleared the way for the greater use of litigation funding in this jurisdiction.

Supported by both the Government and the Judiciary of England and Wales, the motivation behind online courts is to provide greater access to justice at lower cost than the conventional court system.

«We agree with Judge O'Neill's order recommending that the Los Angeles County Superior Court's complex litigation department will provide the most efficient access to justice for all of the victims of the Southern California Fires and Mudslides.

The Courts view litigation funding as a means to level the playing field and provide access to justice, and they have set out the parameters within which the Courts would expect third party funding to function.

This video provides an overview of the Tennessee Supreme Court's Justice for All Initiative, an effort to improve greater access to the courts in civil legal matters.

However, in the end, the suspension was overturned by the California Supreme Court, and the justices ruled the Jacoby and Mayer were acting in the highest principles of the legal profession in trying to provide access to legal services to the middle class.

The Divisional Court reinforces the importance of paralegals in making the «justice system more accessible» and describes arbitration in relation to the Small Claims Court as «another parallel process also designed to provide increased access to justice».

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 -LSB-...]

The Florida State Courts System, in conjunction with the Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice, offers both a self - help website as well as the Florida Courts HELP App to provide information for people seeking a divorce, adoption, orders of protection, name change, and other family law issues.

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.

The Justice Bot provides access to inexpensive tools and legal resources to help people navigate the courts, resolve disputes, translates legalese to common terms effectively ensuring in the process that they obtain jJustice Bot provides access to inexpensive tools and legal resources to help people navigate the courts, resolve disputes, translates legalese to common terms effectively ensuring in the process that they obtain justicejustice.

This facility is provided for the private use of the EU supreme courts, the European Commission and the European Court of Justice (using an identifier and a password) and gives access to all the available databases and online translation tools.

However, we must be careful not to think about access to justice as simply a question of how to provide more litigants with legal representation in the courts.

Topics include: the digital divide and the risk of two tiers of justice; the role of the courts and law schools in providing legal services; the impact of technology on access to the legal system; basic practices for using technology to increase access; and the implications of technology - based dispute resolution mechanisms outside of the courts; a comparative analysis of the US approach to access to the legal system and other countries.

Those who wish to apply should have an idea that bridges the access - to - justice gap in the U.S.; utilizes technology to deal with a vital legal need; designs or builds a more effective way of delivering legal services; provides the public with easier access to legal information; reduces the backlog of cases in various courts throughout the country; creates tools that allow lawyers to better represent their clients; or helps pro se litigants represent themselves more effectively.

You also can provide important leadership and support by serving on the board, auxiliary board or other advisory bodies of the pro bono and legal aid organizations serving our community, or serving on bar or court committees or similar initiatives that are focused on advancing access to justice.

NCSC will provide specialized expertise and training to further project objectives in court technology and facilitating access to justice.

In its important decision in Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, the Supreme Court of Canada signalled the need for lawyers and judges to re-think their approach to the civil justice system in order to provide timely and affordable access to the courts.

This would expand the access to these services that are desperately need to reduce the burden on the Courts, to expand access to justice, and provide a more wholistic process for the resolution of disputes.

While the Court stopped short of conferring a freestanding constitutional right to healthcare, it stated that s. 7 of the Charter (which provides that everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice) confers a right to equitable access to medical services legally available in Ontario.

The project leverages LawHelp Interactive (LHI), a national online document assembly service that provides support to access to justice initiatives by legal services, court, pro bono, and law school programs in more than 40 states.

However, provided that Lord Neuberger's guidance is respected, with «ready and effective access to the civil justice system» retained, the court structure and appeals process beyond it is unlikely to differ.

«The Settlement Agreement in the case at bar has undergone the court's scrutiny, and it appears to me that in entering into the Settlement Agreement and in seeking certification on consent for settlement purposes, the plaintiffs and the defendants, with the assistance of their legal counsel, have provided the social good of access to justice and adequate compensation in accordance with Canadian law for perhaps thousands of citizens who may have been harmed by the Listeriosis outbreak and who decide not to opt - out of the settlement, which remains the individual choice of class members.»

The Los Angeles Superior Court is dedicated to serving our community by providing equal access to justice through the fair, timely and efficient resolution of all cases.

A single mother who raised two sons in San Francisco, she is committed to providing equal access to the court for all citizens and ensuring equal justice.

Susskind noted various online dispute resolutions already in place around the world that provide greater access to justice by obviating the need for costly counsel; compressing the time for resolving disputes; providing online access; and reducing court administration costs.

Often, such bodies are created to provide greater and more efficient access to justice through less formal procedures and specialized decision - makers that may not have legal training,» the court stated.

An important advantage provided by codification over statutory amendments and court decisions is that it more effectively improves «access to justice.»

The Legal Aid Bureau ensures equal access to justice to persons of limited means, by providing them legal aid, including representing them in court.

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[20] Departing from the open court principle, which in this case would entail restricting the public right of access to the reasons of the Court, should not be embraced lightly, and, as the Court policy provides, should generally only involve exceptions recognized by law, serious risks to privacy, and other important interests such as the administration of juscourt principle, which in this case would entail restricting the public right of access to the reasons of the Court, should not be embraced lightly, and, as the Court policy provides, should generally only involve exceptions recognized by law, serious risks to privacy, and other important interests such as the administration of jusCourt, should not be embraced lightly, and, as the Court policy provides, should generally only involve exceptions recognized by law, serious risks to privacy, and other important interests such as the administration of jusCourt policy provides, should generally only involve exceptions recognized by law, serious risks to privacy, and other important interests such as the administration of justice.

Their efforts to serve the public by providing an accessible, fair, efficient and innovative forum for justice also include several notable initiatives with direct public impact: In addition to hosting the second - ever Twitter Town Hall, the Court is also taking greater efforts to improve meaningful access to justice for self - represented litigants (SRLs), and has recently released Guidelines for Using a Support Person in Provincial Court.