Sentences with phrase «justice services committee»

City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, chair of the Fire and Criminal Justice Services Committee, warned the plan to shutter 20 fire companies would put New Yorkers at risk.

Queens City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, chair of the Fire and Criminal Justice Services Committee, called the data the latest example of «persistent dysfunction» at the Department of Correction.

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She worked as Minister across nine Canadian government departments, and her service included the role of Vice Chair of the Treasury Board and chair of the cabinet committee for public safety, justice and aboriginal issues.

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He just put out this statement: «Paul Tucker has made a request to attend a hearing with the Treasury select committee as soon as possible following the publication of settlement agreements by Barclays with the Financial Services Authority, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and The United States Department of Justice in relation to the attempted manipulation of LIBOR and EURIBOR.

A congressional committee asked the Justice Department to consider criminally prosecuting a technology services company that was involved in maintaining a private email server for Hillary Clinton.

According to Hamilton's office, the list of organizations involved in the Coalition includes the Vera Institute for Justice, the Northern Manhattan Immigration Coalition, the New York Immigration Coalition, The Black Institute, Brooklyn Legal Services, Urban Justice Center's Domestic Violence Project, Caribbean Women's Health, CAMBA Legal Services, American Friends Services Committee, MFY Legal Services and Central American Legal Assistance.

2 p.m., the Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services will assemble to make decisions on bills directing the Department of Correction to provide a list of all inmates waitlisted for placement or transfer to alternative housing, to expand its report on «enhanced supervision housing,» to publish «their rules and regulations regarding the use of force by staff on inmates,» to post quarterly reports detailing the visitation of incarcerated individuals, the department's grievance system, and the demographic of incarcerated individuals in city jails, and to create «an inmate bill of rights.»

Elizabeth Crowley, chairwoman of the council's Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Service, kicked off the hearing by denouncing the night closings as «irresponsible, dangerous and potentially deadly.»

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

She serves as a Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and has served as a member of the Elder Justice Working Group, NYS Senator Sue Serino's Aging Services Advisory Board, Dutchess County Coalition of Non-Profits, the Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse, and the NYS Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediation Ethics Advisory Committee, among others.

The Howard League's submission to the justice affairs select committee's inquiry on the role of the probation service is timely and radical.

At 9 a.m., before a 10 a.m. joint hearing where members of the NYC Council's Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services and Committee on Health will receive testimony about health care in city jails, New York City Jails Action Coalition supporters and people who received medical treatment while in jail or prison will hold a news conference to criticize Brentwood, Tennessee, subcontractor Corizon Health Inc. and the city Department of Correction, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

In the City Council, I Chair the Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services, which oversees the New York City Fire Department.

Latimer's six issue - based transition committees — health, social services, criminal justice, economic development, operations services, and administrative services — also demonstrates his commitment to listen and work collaboratively.

Latimer also announced six transition issues committees: Health Services; Social Services; Criminal Justice Services; Operations Services; Administrative Services; and Economic Development Services.

At 10 a.m., the Committees on Public Safety and Fire and Criminal Justice Services will hold a joint oversight hearing on prosecuting violence in city jails, and discussion of a proposed law on requiring certain types of bail recommendations.

The committee recommended that states — with assistance from relevant federal agencies, particularly the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — provide universal access to evidence - based treatment for opioid use disorder in a variety of settings, including hospitals, criminal justice settings, and substance - use treatment programs.

The House Approrpriations Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce - Justice - Science (CJS) held a hearing on June 21, 2012 on financial misconduct at the National Weather Service, a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that uses data from the nation's weather satellites.

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Aging in Place: National Council for Aging Care Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly National Adult Protective Services Association National Center on Elder Abuse, U.S. Administration on Aging National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse Nursing Home Abuse Center U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime — Elder Abuse

This latest push to regulate the art market comes after testimony three weeks ago at a closed - door session of the House Financial Services Committee in which prosecutors from the Department of Justice and NY District Attorney's Office gave testimony about recent cases, such as the recent indictment in the Eastern District of New York of six individuals and four corporations in a $ 50 million money laundering scheme in which an undercover agent purchase a Pablo Picasso painting to launder fraudulent profits from a stock manipulation scheme.

Earthjustice represents the Union of Concerned Scientists, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, Coalition For A Safe Environment (Wilmington, CA), Del Amo Action Committee (Torrance, CA), California Communities Against Toxics, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Air Alliance Houston, Community In - Power & Development Association (Port Arthur, TX), Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, Clean Air Council (Philadelphia, PA), Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, and Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (West Virginia).

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She is a member of the BC Access to Justice Committee, Coordinator of the BC Family Justice Innovation Lab, a Board member of the Courthouse Library Society of BC, a knowledge engineer with the Civil Resolution Tribunal and Project Manager of Mediate BC's «Family Unbundled Legal Services project».

Recommendation 3: The Committee recommends that the Government of Canada provide leadership and invest resources in collaborating with provincial and territorial governments in order to develop and make available research on best practices and implementation procedures for mega-trials and for alternatives to the traditional criminal justice system model, including restorative justice programs, integrated service models, «shadow courts» and therapeutic courts.

ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services, Standing Committee on Professional Discipline, Criminal Justice Section Law Practice Division, Standing Committee on Legal Aid And Indigent Defendants, and Standing Committee on Client Protection.

ABA Commission On The Future Of Legal Services, Standing Committee On Professional Discipline Criminal Justice Section, Law Practice Division, Standing Committee On Legal Aid And Indigent Defendants, Standing Committee On Client Protection.

How The Criminal Justice System Should Think About Thinking Machines: Avoiding Algorithmic Bias in Criminal Justice - David Colarusso, Committee for Public Counsel Services

(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 Workinservices 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 Workinservices: Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group; and, Report of the Court Processes Simplification WorkinServices Working Group; and, Report of the Court Processes Simplification Working Group.

The final report of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters recommends an Early Resolution Services Sector (ERSS) that embodies this idea.

Conducted by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, the survey, Supporting Justice: A Report on the Pro Bono Work of America's Lawyers, is the first national survey of lawyers» pro bono activity.

But law societies are expanding the field of professionals they authorize to give legal advice: see the Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group, May, 2012, of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.

According to the Chief Justice of Ontario's Advisory Committee on Professionalism, the building blocks of professionalism include scholarship, integrity, honour, leadership, independence, pride, spirit and enthusiasm, collegiality, service, and balanced commercialism.

The committee will inventory existing federal, state and private funding opportunities that might be used to support parts of a continuum of services to give people access to the Florida civil justice system.

In addition, McLeroy serves on the ABA Business Law Today Editorial Board, and National Public Service Award Selection Committee, and chairs the board of the Florida Justice Technology Center.

AARP Foundation Litigation, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, American Association for Justice, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California Alliance for Retired Americans, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, California Labor Federation, California Reinvestment Coalition, California Teamsters, Public Affairs Council, California Women's Law Center, Center for Justice and Democracy, Coalition of Disability Access Professionals, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Designing Accessible Communities, Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Gray Panthers, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Legal Aid Society, Employment Law Center, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Mexican, American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Center for Youth Law, National Consumer Law Center, National Immigration Law Center, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Protection & Advocacy, Inc., Public Advocates, Public Counsel, Public Interest Law Project, Speak Out California, Strengthening Our Lives (LA County Federation), Teamsters Union Local No. 70 Utility, Consumers» Action Network, Western Center on Law & Poverty, Women's Employment Rights Clinic, and the Youth Law Center.

Jeff currently chairs the Federation's Standing Committee on Access to Legal Services and represents Council on Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin's Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.

2004 Montana State Bar Association Distinguished Service Award, Access to Justice Committee 2010 Montana State Bar Association Distinguished Service Award, Access to Justice Committee 2011 Montana State Bar Association Neil Haight Pro Bono Award 2014 Montana Justice Foundation Champion of Justice 2016 Yellowstone Area Bar Association Professionalism Award

Law society efforts and access to justice committees have been in effect for several years now, but the victims of unaffordable legal services continue to grow in size and number.

Recipient, John Adams Award for service to the Criminal Justice Act Committee of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland

Those recommendations include «The Court should form a standing committee to maintain accountability for closing the justice gap and to monitor the effectiveness of reform initiatives,» «The Court should encourage the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Access to Justice Commission, and local bar associations to create pipelines of services for modest - means clients,» and «A primary objective of future rulemaking projects should be to make the civil justice system more accessible to modest - means clients.justice gap and to monitor the effectiveness of reform initiatives,» «The Court should encourage the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Access to Justice Commission, and local bar associations to create pipelines of services for modest - means clients,» and «A primary objective of future rulemaking projects should be to make the civil justice system more accessible to modest - means clients.Justice Commission, and local bar associations to create pipelines of services for modest - means clients,» and «A primary objective of future rulemaking projects should be to make the civil justice system more accessible to modest - means clients.justice system more accessible to modest - means clients.»

The Society is engaged in similar dialogue at the national level, through the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, which is working to improve access to legal services, and with groups such as the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice and the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.

Gonzalez v. Pritzker — The team consists of Adam T. Klein, Ossai Miazad, Lewis M. Steel, Samuel R. Miller, Deirdre A. Aaron, Sally J. Abrahamson, and Christopher F. McNerney of Outten & Golden LLP, New York, N.Y.; Jon M. Greenbaum of the Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, New York, N.Y.; Darius Charney of the Center for Constitutional Rights; Jackson Chin of Latino Justice PRLDEF, Inc., New York, N.Y.; Judith M. Whiting of the Community Service Society, New York, N.Y.; Michael T. Kirkpatrick and Julie A. Murray of the Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C.; Robert T. Coulter of the Indian Legal Resource Center, Helena, Mont.; and Sharon Dietrich of Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa..

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 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.

Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. — Consumer Justice firm Leopold Law, P.A. was awarded a Distinguished Service Award for Community Service by the Traffic Safety Committee of the Palm Beaches today.

For the first time, National Action Committee members — leaders in the legal profession, members of the Bench, justice system policymakers and those providing A2J services — had the opportunity to work directly with SRLs at a Vancouver meeting of the Committee on March 22.

Massachusetts Wrongful Conviction Day October 2, 11:00 - 2:00 State House, The Great Hall, Boston Please join the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the CPCS Innocence Program, the New England Innocence Project, the Harvard Criminal Justice Policy Program, and the Boston College Innocence Program to find out why Wrongful Convictions happen, how they can be prevented, and how to better assist exonerees.

In connection with multijurisdictional practice, Runyon served on the Advisory Committee on Pro Bono Service by In - House Counsel in New York State and has spoken on the topic at numerous access to justice summits as well as before the Conference of Chief Justices and the Wisconsin Supreme Court.