Sentences with phrase «economic justice the lawyers»
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Moreover, for nearly two decades under the leadership of Dr. Norman Kurland, an economist and lawyer, the Center for Economic and Social Justice in Washington, D.C., has advised businesses as well as governments on expanded capital ownership, based on the ideas of Louis Kelso and Mortimer Adler (the latter a Thomist philosopher) in their book The Capitalist Manifesto (1958).
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«I've seen Eric in action and have no doubt that he will continue his lifelong fight for criminal justice reform, for economic fairness and for progressive change as New York's next people's lawyer,» Thompson said in a statement released by the Schneiderman campaign.
«His special concern for rural communities, his work on Indian Point and on economic justice, qualify him to be an outstanding peoples lawyer in every sense of the word.»
Eric Corngold, now a prominent white collar criminal defense lawyer, served as deputy attorney general for economic justice from 2007 to 2009 when Cuomo was state attorney general.
At the resumed hearing, Rotimi Jacob who is prosecuting for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) informed Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf that the defendant refused to come to court on the ground that his lawyers, Joseph Daudu and Ahmed Raji would not be in court.
Justice Raliatu Adebiyi, in a lenghty four - hour judgment, found the embattled senior lawyer guilty of counts three to 17 of the 18 - count charge slammed on him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
«Alarmingly, the percentage of teachers of color in BPS is basically what it was 24 years ago, when the final judgment in Boston's desegregation case was signed,» said Matt Cregor, Education Project Director at the Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice.
And back in the Bay State, advocates for ending the overuse of harsh school discipline will likely leverage a report released last week by the Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice to push legislators to go their way.
The principal mission of the Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice for all, particularly in the areas of criminal justice, fair housing and community development, economic justice, educational opportunities, and voting rights.
A logical solution to solve access to justice and lawyer affordability would be to bring in big business and economic minds to help.
Three cheers for the fact that Mississippi Chief Justice Jim Smith who was backed by the «reform group,» Mississipians for Economic Progress, lost to the great trial lawyer Jim Kitchens (who is perhaps best known outside the legal community for representing the only child of blues legend Robert Johnson) and won with 54 percent of the vote!
While Justice Stinson agreed with the Master that lawyers should be permitted to share resources for economic reasons, ``... those arrangements must take into account the need to preserve public confidence in the administration of justice by implementing in advance measures that will protect client confidentiality...Justice Stinson agreed with the Master that lawyers should be permitted to share resources for economic reasons, ``... those arrangements must take into account the need to preserve public confidence in the administration of justice by implementing in advance measures that will protect client confidentiality...justice by implementing in advance measures that will protect client confidentiality...»
The cost - effectiveness of cloud technology (aka «virtual law office» or VLO) that enables lawyers to deliver online legal services has been touted as one of best methods to address access to justice challenges, increasing as a result of a prolonged economic downturn.
The National Lawyers Guild honored Howard M. Cooper as a one of its 2010 honorees as Lawyer of the Year, recognizing his «long and proud record of outstanding legal and activist work in the fight for political, social and economic justice.»
Texas Appleseed promotes social and economic justice for all Texans by leveraging the skills and resources of volunteer lawyers and other professionals to identify practical solutions to difficult, systemic problems.
Thus freed from the insuperable burden of plodding from library to library, refreshing his recollection upon index systems of various books, pulling them out and ploughing through them, and then making laborious niotes in longhand, the lawyer can devote his time and mind to the social, political, and economic aspects of law and justice.
[13] Chief Justice James Allsop of the Federal Court of Australia summarised the ethical issues which arise as a result of the conflict the billable hours system creates between the economic pressure on a firm to maximise its profit and the ethical pressure on lawyers to work in their client's best interest: «Only a very slight change of focus needs to be made by a lawyer to change from (a) expecting a profitable return from running as well and efficiently as possible a large case in court, to (b) planning how to make as much money as possible from running the same large case in court.»
The Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice has honored several Foley Hoag associates with their Pro Bono Civil Rights Award: Kristyn Bunce DeFilipp and Caroline Donovan in 2014, Amanda Vendig in 2016, and Michael Hoven in 2017
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) seeks a Director for Economic Crime and Procedural Justice.
Affordability: Our accident lawyers believe the legal system should be a place where everyone, regardless of economic status, can receive justice.
[A] ll lawyers should devote professional time and resources and use civic influence to ensure equal access to our system of justice for all those who because of economic or social barriers can not afford or secure adequate legal counsel.