Sentences with phrase «legal aid award»

Angela A. Ciolfi, litigation director at the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville, is the recipient of the Virginia Legal Aid Award for 2017.

Ciolfi is the first lawyer to win both the Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award, in 2003 when she was a student at the University of Virginia School of Law, and the Legal Aid Award.

Not exact matches

As a member of the Legal Aid Society's junior board of directors and recent recipient of their Outstanding Advocacy in Defense of the Accused award, Zellnor cares deeply for the reform of our criminal justice system.

The largest of such grants was awarded to Rockland County Legal Aid for their Landlord Tenant Advocacy and Security Deposit Program, which received $ 36,000 in funding.

Auditors also said that although Legal Aid, as a nonprofit, is required to return any unused county funds, the agency failed to remit a total of $ 38,296 in health insurance rebates and refunds for polygraph tests, legislative awards and short - term disability to the county.

The Chicago Bar Foundation awards assistance to law school graduates who either are presently working, or who have accepted an offer to work for a qualified legal aid and public interest law organization.

The Panthers initiated more than 50 community survival programs including Free Breakfast for School Children, Free Medical Clinics, Free Food, Clothing, and Legal Aid programs, sickle cell screening, an award winning charter school.

I have also witnessed pats on the back for such initiatives as more legal aid money (from a cash - strapped government carrying the largest subnational debt in the Known Universe), more pamphlets, more e-filing, the re-purposing of the Shirley Dennison legacy to pay for an award for people who enhance A2J each year, and encouraging our First Nations people to make more use of (very useful) circles of healing.

a) Would there be a similar provision as under Scottish Legal Aid legislation (Section 18 (2) of the LEGAL AID (SCOTLAND) ACT 1986) «The liability of a legally assisted person under an award of expenses in any proceedings shall not exceed the amount (if any) which in the opinion of the court of or tribunal making the award is a reasonable one for him to pay, having regarding to all the circumstances including the means of all parties and their conduct in connection with the dispute&raLegal Aid legislation (Section 18 (2) of the LEGAL AID (SCOTLAND) ACT 1986) «The liability of a legally assisted person under an award of expenses in any proceedings shall not exceed the amount (if any) which in the opinion of the court of or tribunal making the award is a reasonable one for him to pay, having regarding to all the circumstances including the means of all parties and their conduct in connection with the dispute&raquAid legislation (Section 18 (2) of the LEGAL AID (SCOTLAND) ACT 1986) «The liability of a legally assisted person under an award of expenses in any proceedings shall not exceed the amount (if any) which in the opinion of the court of or tribunal making the award is a reasonable one for him to pay, having regarding to all the circumstances including the means of all parties and their conduct in connection with the dispute&raLEGAL AID (SCOTLAND) ACT 1986) «The liability of a legally assisted person under an award of expenses in any proceedings shall not exceed the amount (if any) which in the opinion of the court of or tribunal making the award is a reasonable one for him to pay, having regarding to all the circumstances including the means of all parties and their conduct in connection with the dispute&raquAID (SCOTLAND) ACT 1986) «The liability of a legally assisted person under an award of expenses in any proceedings shall not exceed the amount (if any) which in the opinion of the court of or tribunal making the award is a reasonable one for him to pay, having regarding to all the circumstances including the means of all parties and their conduct in connection with the dispute».

Author of «Directors Handbook on the Bribery Act» He was awarded Criminal Legal Aid Solicitor of the Year in 2012 and commended for Advocate of the Year in the Law Society Excellence Awards 2013.

In recognition of his active pro bono practice, Matt has twice received the Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Publico Award for individual contributions.

The Brown Award recognizes innovative programs that meet the legal needs of those who do not qualify for legal aid, but can not afford to pay for a private lawyer.

The Equal Justice Council recognized the law firm of Brown, Goldstein & Levy with its Pacesetters Award for the firm's outstanding contribution and service to the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau.

He won the LALY (Legal Aid lawyer of the year) award for criminal defence in June 2015.

The silver awards came for staff writer Robert Todd's «Legal aid: a system in peril,» a critical look at the state of legal aid across this country in the October 2010 iLegal aid: a system in peril,» a critical look at the state of legal aid across this country in the October 2010 ilegal aid across this country in the October 2010 issue.

In further awards news, the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2016 (LALYs) will take place on 7 July 2016 — you can buy tickets at a special discounted rate of # 15 for YLAL membersawards news, the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2016 (LALYs) will take place on 7 July 2016 — you can buy tickets at a special discounted rate of # 15 for YLAL membersAwards 2016 (LALYs) will take place on 7 July 2016 — you can buy tickets at a special discounted rate of # 15 for YLAL members here.

The Awards for Action on HIV / AIDS and Human Rights were established in 2002 by the Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch.

In McIntosh v. Legal Aid Ontario, Superior Court Justice Dan Cornell awarded Patrice McIntosh damages of $ 7,500 after finding a breach under the relatively new tort of intrusion upon seclusion.

A Liverpool solicitor described by judges as «like a dog with a bone» in his work on behalf of families of Hillsborough victims has won recognition at Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards (LALYs), organised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.

We are pleased to announce that Young Legal Aid Lawyers has been shortlisted for a Liberty Human Rights Award 2010.

For this reason, the American Bar Association awarded Access Legal Care with the 2013 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access, which is given to one organization per year that shows innovative and successful methods of providing affordable legal care to lower - and moderate - income people who do not qualify for free legal aid, and who can not afford typical attorLegal Care with the 2013 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access, which is given to one organization per year that shows innovative and successful methods of providing affordable legal care to lower - and moderate - income people who do not qualify for free legal aid, and who can not afford typical attorLegal Access, which is given to one organization per year that shows innovative and successful methods of providing affordable legal care to lower - and moderate - income people who do not qualify for free legal aid, and who can not afford typical attorlegal care to lower - and moderate - income people who do not qualify for free legal aid, and who can not afford typical attorlegal aid, and who can not afford typical attorneys.

Young Legal Aid Lawyers was elated to receive an outstanding achievement award from LAPG at their silver jubilee Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards on 23 June 2009.

23 October 2009: Gwendolen Morgan, a solicitor at Bindmans LLP and founding member of Young Legal Aid Lawyers, was last night highly commended in the Junior Lawyer of the Year category of the Law Society Excellence Awards 2009.

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The following toolkit will help you to recognize when it is appropriate to consider court awards for civil legal aid, and how to most effectively approach the process.

Please take the time to learn about cy pres and the wonderful impact you can make on your community when you choose to direct court awards to support access to justice through civil legal aid.

LAPG have announced that Gwendolen Gwynn - Morgan has been shortlisted for the Young Legal Aid Solicitor of the Year award and Felicity Williams has been shortlisted for the Young Legal Aid Barrister of the Year award!

Nominations are due in by 27 April 2015 for the 2015 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards, otherwise known as «the LALYs».

The Legal Aid Society hosted our 41st Annual Awards Dinner last night at Cipriani 42nd Street where we presented Richard J. Davis, Chair of Legal Aid's Board of Directors, and Herb Sturz, Senior Advisor to the Open Society Foundations, with the Servant of Justice Award in recognition of their extraordinary accomplishments and contributions to the advancement of justice and equality.

Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards: the annual award ceremony for lawyers carrying out publicly - funded work, the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) Awards, will take place on 5 July.

A solution involves the provision of Legal Aid to cover all legal expenses, the quick identification of a lawsuit as a SLAPP, and a mechanism for awarding damages against the SLAPP filer to discourage further SLLegal Aid to cover all legal expenses, the quick identification of a lawsuit as a SLAPP, and a mechanism for awarding damages against the SLAPP filer to discourage further SLlegal expenses, the quick identification of a lawsuit as a SLAPP, and a mechanism for awarding damages against the SLAPP filer to discourage further SLAPPs.

The statutory charge: The Suesspicious Minds blog featured this piece on human rights claims and the legal aid statutory charge, following the judgment in P v A Local Authority, which found that the statutory charge did not apply to compensation awarded in separate proceedings.

Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation has awarded 1.2 million to various Hosuton Legal Aid Groups.

LALY Awards: the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2016 (LALYs) took place on 7 July 2016, with the Outstanding Achievement award given to all of the lawyers involved in acting for the families of the deceased in the Hillsborough Inquests.

Martha Spurrier, a shortlisted candidate for Legal Aid Barrister award at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards, the incoming director of Liberty and all - round YLAL hero, told the Guardian that «human rights will be the fight of our generation» and that halting repeal of the Human Rights Act will be her top priority at Liberty.

According to several news outlets, an alleged «Jihadi terrorist», who is currently fighting deportation form the UK, has been awarded # 250,000 in legal aid handouts despite being found with instruction manuals on bombing nightclubs and airports.

The search for the winners of the 2014 LALYs — the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards — has launched.

Under the proposed scheme, the MoJ would have skimmed off 25 per cent from general damages awarded to legally aided clients and used it to supplement the legal aid fund.

These awards highlight the life - changing work that these lawyers do, day in, day out, and also just what would be lost if the government goes ahead with its ill - considered reforms to the legal aid scheme.»

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Kaweh Beheshtizadeh, of Barnes, Harrild & Dyer, a former asylum - seeker who was inspired to become an immigration lawyer by seeing how hard his own legal aid solicitor fought for him after he arrived in the UK in 2004, won the Immigration and Asylum law award.

Nominations have opened for the 16th annual Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards (the LALYs).

Booth, who chaired the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards judging panel, said that legal aid was as important as having properly funded health services or adequately provided houLegal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards judging panel, said that legal aid was as important as having properly funded health services or adequately provided housiAid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards judging panel, said that legal aid was as important as having properly funded health services or adequately provided houlegal aid was as important as having properly funded health services or adequately provided housiaid was as important as having properly funded health services or adequately provided housing.

• I have received an annual Award in Recognition and Appreciation from the Montgomery County Volunteer Pro Bono Legal Aid Program for 2009 through the present year.

The Louis M. Brown Award recognizes programs and projects that employ innovative means to enable affordable access to legal services for those of moderate income, who do not qualify for legal aid yet lack the discretionary funds to pay the traditional costs of legal services.

In recognition of her work as a member of a team of lawyers who brought an unprecedented civil rights class action against New York City to end the use of excessive force against inmates at Rikers Island and other New York City jails, Ms. Enenajor was honoured with a 2014 Pro Bono Publico Award by the New York Legal Aid Society.

The foundation selected us to receive the award for our «thousands of hours of pro bono service and investment of time and dedication from its attorneys in providing direct service through legal aid agencies.»

Travis Mock, an associate in the litigation practice, received an award from the New York Legal Aid Society for his work litigating to keep a severely ill and indigent woman and her son from being evicted from their apartment based on allegations that they conspired with the managing agent to enter a fraudulent rent - stabilized lease.

The winners included Lucy Scott - Moncrieff, vice president of the Law Society, who won the award for «Best Woman Solicitor Managing a Legal Aid Practice».