Sentences with phrase «equal justice project»

Observers, including the CBA's own Envisioning Equal Justice Project, have suggested responses ranging from strengthening the voluntary sector to greater use of alternative dispute resolution to some form of conditional and contingency fee arrangements or third - party litigation funding.

Prior to launching Consensus, Anton also led UN Youth New Zealand, co-directed The Equal Justice Project and worked as a senior advocate at the Auckland University Students» Association.

Access isn't always about money, but that is an undeniably large part of the problem for many Canadians, as the CBA's own Envisioning Equal Justice project, launched last summer at the same time as Futures, has discovered.

The Canadian Bar Association's Access to Justice (A2J) Committee is currently working on its Envisioning Equal Justice project.

For people living on low income, ABSs may have little to offer, both because lack of money will still be a barrier and because there is more to taking advantage of legal services than just money (a point recognized by the CBA's Envisioning Equal Justice project and report).

Not exact matches

The Civil Rights Project at Harvard is an interdisciplinary initiative engaged in assessing the prospects for justice and equal opportunity under the law for racial and ethnic minorities in the United States.

While Valenzuela's projects center on ideas of social justice and equity, his approach is always oblique and metaphorical, with equal attention given to formal concerns.

Although Valenzuela's projects center on ideas of social justice and equity, his approach is always oblique and metaphorical, with equal attention given to formal concerns.

Pretty much every report on self - represented litigants, from the work of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family to the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters to the CBA's Envisioning Equal Justice Initiative to the National Self - represented Litigants Project, agrees that the cost of legal representation is the number one barrier to accessible jJustice in Civil and Family Matters to the CBA's Envisioning Equal Justice Initiative to the National Self - represented Litigants Project, agrees that the cost of legal representation is the number one barrier to accessible jJustice Initiative to the National Self - represented Litigants Project, agrees that the cost of legal representation is the number one barrier to accessible justicejustice.

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Fellowships API Legal Outreach invites project proposals from qualified third - year law students or recent law graduates for Equal Justice Works, Skadden, Borchard, Abascal, Echoing Green, New Voices, Berkeley, Columbia, Harvard, Stanford Law Foundations, Bridge, or other fellowships.

Following her clerkship, Tammy was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, where she founded the Center's Juvenile Justice Project, helping children incarcerated in juvenile detention centers and prisons.

But that's why I'm excited: Equal Justice Works has extended the application deadlines for two subsets of their Project - Based Fellowships.

The Legal Foundation of Washington is pleased to announce that Tarra Simmons, 2017 J.D. candidate from the Seattle University School of Law, has accepted the 2016 Goldmark Equal Justice Internship, a 10 - week summer internship with Northwest Justice Project's Re-entry through Service and Education (RISE) project in Seattle, WashProject's Re-entry through Service and Education (RISE) project in Seattle, Washproject in Seattle, Washington.

Regular readers may recall that in my post on Project - Based Fellowships a few weeks back, I noted that Equal Justice Works Fellowships are about the most prominent (along with Skadden Fellowships).

Thanks to a grant from Equal Justice Works and Americorps, LSNV launched the Veterans Law Project in 2015.

The Equal Justice Works Fellowship program funds hundreds of public interest attorneys annually, each assisting vulnerable populations through a project of their own creation.

Job Title: Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps Legal Fellow Supervisor: Immigrant Youth Advocacy Project Supervising Attorney Deadline for applications: Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their applications by May 14, 2018; however, applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

How to Apply: The World Justice Project is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity.

For more information on the Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellows Program, Fellows, and project, please visit our AmeriCorps page.

Join the Washington Council of Lawyers, Equal Justice Works, NALP, the Partnership for Public Service, and Georgetown University Law Center, as they co-sponsor an interactive panel discussion of the ins and outs of project - based fellowship programs.

Mr. Burgess was a client of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP), the host organization of Equal Justice Works alumna Susan Friedman.

FIND YOUR CANDIDATES Equal Justice Works does not match Host Organizations with candidates; rather, Fellowship candidates and organizations must come together to design the project and complete the application.

«I was lucky to have great mentors at the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project and formed great friendships with other Equal Justice Works Fellows,» she said.

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Justice: including developing trust and a sense of equal research partnership with Aboriginal peoples, ensuring that the project reflects Aboriginal research priorities;