Sentences with phrase «rights lawyers association»

She is on the Executive Committee of the Human Rights Lawyers Association.

He served as the first Chairman of the Human Rights Lawyers Association in 2003, and has edited the Human Rights section of the Civil Court Practice.

She was chosen to be a contributor to the 2016 Human Rights Lawyers Association's Young Human Rights Lawyer Journal with her case analysis of the «DRIPA» Appeal (R v SSHD ex parte Davis, Watson, Brice and Lewis)(available here).

«The Human Rights Lawyers Association plays a crucial role.

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The extradition was welcomed by lawyers for a legal advocacy organisation, The Guernica Group, and the Spanish Association for Human Rights, who in 2008 filed a criminal complaint before the National Court on behalf of the victims.

South - East Based Coalition of Human Rights Organisations, SBCHROs, has called on the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, the umbrella body of lawyers in Nigeria and other rights groups in the country, to direct their members to boycott courts in Nigeria in protest over President Muhammadu Buhari's disobedience to orders of courts in the coRights Organisations, SBCHROs, has called on the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, the umbrella body of lawyers in Nigeria and other rights groups in the country, to direct their members to boycott courts in Nigeria in protest over President Muhammadu Buhari's disobedience to orders of courts in the corights groups in the country, to direct their members to boycott courts in Nigeria in protest over President Muhammadu Buhari's disobedience to orders of courts in the country.

At noon, federal and state judges, lawyers and journalists explore the interplay of First Amendment rights when attending and reporting on criminal trials as well as the Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial, New York State Bar Association, 1 Elk St., Albany.

At 9 a.m., the New York State Bar Association hosts a continuing legal educationprogram for lawyers on how to handle key issues when representing LGBT clients, in light of the Obergefell v. Hodges case that recognized same - sex couples» right to marry across the country, CUNY Graduate Center Recital Hall, 365 Fifth Ave., Manhattan.

Human right lawyer, Femi Falana, has challenged the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, to «Christianise» Nigeria by setting up interest - free banks.

The esteemed experts included: Lene Wendland, the advisor on business and human rights in the office of the United Nations» high commissioner for human rights; Pamela Gillies, president and vice chancellor of the Glasgow Caledonian University; Cherie Blair, a leading human rights lawyer and campaigner for gender equality; Phillipe Fornier, general secretary of the Swiss Better Gold Association and Nöella Coursaris, the founder and chief executive of Malaika, a foundation focused on educating and empowering girls in the Congo.

WASHINGTON — Teachers» unions L violate non-members rights to free dom of speech and association when they use the fees that non-members are compelled to pay for activities unrelated to local collective barL gaining, a lawyer for six Michigan college instructors told the U.S. Su preme Court last week.

Advocacy Institute American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Civil Liberties Union American Federation of Teachers Autism National Committee (AutCom) Center for American Progress Action Fund Center for Law and Education Children's Defense Fund Collaboration to Promote Self - Determination (CPSD) Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPPA) Democrats for Education Reform Easter Seals The Education Trust Educators for Excellence Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) The Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) Mental Health America NAACP NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc..

Even before coming to Harvard, during her years as a lawyer, she worked in LGBT rights as cochair of the New York City Bar Association's LGBT Rights Committee and conducted LGBT - related pro bono work as an attrights as cochair of the New York City Bar Association's LGBT Rights Committee and conducted LGBT - related pro bono work as an attRights Committee and conducted LGBT - related pro bono work as an attorney.

The chief courtroom lawyer for the Bush administration will try to convince the U.S. Supreme Court next month that the Washington Education Association does not have the right to spend money for political activities that it collects from the paychecks of the state's nonunion educators.

Respectfully, Action United Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Alliance for Multilingual Multicultural Education American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education American Association of State Colleges and Universities American Federation of Teachers ASPIRA Association Association of University Centers on Disabilities Autistic Self Advocacy Network Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network California Association for Bilingual Education California Latino School Boards Association Californians for Justice Californians Together Campaign for Fiscal Equity Campaign for Quality Education Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning Center for Teaching Quality Citizens for Effective Schools Coalition for Educational Justice Council for Exceptional Children Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Easter Seals ELC, Education Law Center FairTest, The National Center for Fair & Open Testing Higher Education Consortium for Special Education Justice Matters Latino Elected and Appointed Officials National Taskforce on Education Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Learning Disabilities Association of America Los Angeles Educational Partnership Movement Strategy Center NAACP National Alliance of Black School Educators National Center for Learning Disabilities National Council for Educating Black Children National Council of Teachers of English National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society National Education Association National Latino / a Education Research and Policy Project National League of United Latin American Citizens Parent - U-Turn Parents for Unity Philadelphia Education Fund Public Advocates Inc..

The appointees, each an expert and prominent voice in the field, included current and former education officials from all levels of government, academic and policy researchers, civil rights leaders, the presidents of the national teachers» unions, education policy advocates and associations, and public interest lawyers.

Association of Education Service Agencies Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty Center for Inquiry Clearinghouse on Women's Issues Council for Exceptional Children Council of the Great City Schools Disciples Justice Action Network Equal Partners in Faith Feminist Majority Hindu American Foundation Institute for Science and Human Values Interfaith Alliance International Reading Association Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law NAACP National Alliance of Black School Educators National Association of Elementary School Principals National Association of Federally Impacted Schools National Association of Secondary School Principals National Association of State Directors of Special Education National Black Justice Coalition National Center for Lesbian Rights National Council of Jewish Women National Education Association National Organization for Women National Parent Teacher Association National Rural Education Advocacy Coalition National Rural Education Association National School Boards Association People For the American Way Public Education Network School Social Work Association of America Secular Coalition for America Southern Poverty Law Center Union for Reform Judaism Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries Women of Reform Judaism

Welcoming the review as «a balanced package of reform», David Cooper, council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL), said: «It has long seemed inevitable that the fast - track would be covered by a comprehensive fixed recoverable costs regime, but Sir Rupert is right to recommend that any extension beyond that be done is careful and measured way.»

«The federal government has abdicated responsibility to meet the most basic health care needs of vulnerable refugees and refugee claimants», said Audrey Macklin, Professor and Chair in Human Rights Law at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers.

Co-Chair of the Human Rights Committee and Member of the Extended Bureau of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers).

The department has acted in cases brought under The Terrorism Act 2000, The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, The Terrorism Act 2006 and The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008; its lawyers are well - versed in advising and finding redress for those who find their basic and legal rights, such as freedom of speech, the right to a fair trial and freedom of association, curtailed by state interference.

Premise Liability, Slip and Fall: Alaska slip and fall lawyer, Elliott T. Dennis, represented a 49 - year old woman who fell in a poorly maintained parking lot of a condominium association and suffered a compound fracture of her right leg.

The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers is a trade association of Ohio lawyers who are dedicated to protecting the rights of injured Lawyers is a trade association of Ohio lawyers who are dedicated to protecting the rights of injured lawyers who are dedicated to protecting the rights of injured people.

He also served as president of the American Bar Association, was a member of the ABA House of Delegates, and was a trustee of the Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for three decades.

If you look at the BBC's news website, the headline item is the Khadr interrogation video released as a result of Minister of Justice, Attorney General of Canada, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Appellants v. Omar Ahmed Khadr Respondent — and — British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Criminal Lawyers» Association (Ontario), University of Toronto, Faculty of Law — International Human Rights Clinic and Human Rights Watch Interveners, in which the court held that

The Top 25 Most Influential 2014 Always the most - read story of the year in Canadian Lawyer, the 2014 iteration celebrated some amazing lawyers in five categories: corporate - commercial law; changemakers; criminal and human rights law; government, associations, and non-profits including public inquiries and officers of Parliament; and the all - new world stage.

The Canadian Bar Association has released new information dedicated to explaining child rights to people such as judges and lawyers.

Those same authorities suggest the California Bar Association may soon establish an Allred Award for lawyers who help victims of victims rights attorneys, those who prey on their malleable client - victims for their own political purposes.

«There was a blatant violation of her right to privacy, her right to free speech, her right to free association and her right to due process,» the girl's lawyer, Rita Nahlik Silin, told the Student Press Law Center.

The Civil Rights Appellate Clinic at The Dickinson School of Law at Penn State filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP on behalf of six national organizations — the National Employment Lawyers Association, American Association of Justice, AARP, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco Employment Law Center.

Speaker, «Trademark Rights: Clearance, Use and Registration,» Women Lawyers» Association of Michigan, May 2004

• Named to Leading Lawyers 2018 - Personal Injury, Civil Rights • Named to list of Super Lawyers, 2013 - 2018 • Named as part of the «Nation's Top One Percent» by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2015 - 2017 • Recipient of the Women of Wisdom's Distinguished Service Award, 2009 • Named as one of the American Trial Lawyers Association's «Top 100 Trial Lawyers,» 2008 - 2011 • Recipient of Cook County Bar Association's Harold Washington Historical Award, 2012 • Recognized by legal publications such as the National Law Journal and the Chicago Law Bulletin

Mr. Arze is a strong advocate for the rights of the injured as demonstrated by his active participation as a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and the Brooklyn Bar Association.

According to the article, Shanghai human rights lawyer Ma Tianlin believes the suspension of licenses is retaliation by the Beijing Justice Bureau over the fact that many Beijing lawyers have demanded direct election of members to the Beijing Bar Association.

A British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint filed by a Vancouver lawyer who alleges his former employer asked him not to bring his male partner to a firm social event, and that he remove references in his online firm bio to involvement in the Canadian Bar Association's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity group.

The International Bar Association (IBA) has endorsed ground - breaking guidance for business lawyers on how to practice law with respect for human rights.

H. Bruce Hillyer Award by the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the cause of civil justice and for exemplifying the spirit of OTLA in fearlessly advancing the cause of individual rights by the effective use of trial advocacy

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.

For this reason, lawyers at the firm belong to organizations such as the Orange Country Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice and Consumer Attorneys of California — groups that work to ensure the American people's right to live in a society predicated on a fundamental sense of fairness, honesty and accountalawyers at the firm belong to organizations such as the Orange Country Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice and Consumer Attorneys of California — groups that work to ensure the American people's right to live in a society predicated on a fundamental sense of fairness, honesty and accountaLawyers Association, American Association for Justice and Consumer Attorneys of California — groups that work to ensure the American people's right to live in a society predicated on a fundamental sense of fairness, honesty and accountability.

Jennifer is a member of the Association of Human Rights Lawyers.

Mr. Mazaheri is academically and professionally involved with the Federal Labor Legislative Committee of the America Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section, where he has given time as a contributing author to Mid-Winter reports for the subcommittees of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Uniform Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), as well as actively participating with the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA).

The Florida Justice Association (FJA), formerly the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (AFTL), is dedicated to strengthening and upholding Florida's civil justice system and protecting the rights of Florida's citizens and consumers.

You are the lawyers that the American Bar Association is fighting for, because we agree that it is disgraceful to make a promise and then take it away and that's exactly the problem and you put your finger right on it.

Further, state and local bar associations and other groups of practicing attorneys who do not have political accountability also play pivotal roles in the process — are they the right persons and do they have the necessary objectivity, expertise and resources to make decisions of this kind — which have profound repercussions not just for all lawyers but also for the public and for the country as a whole?

He was the president of the New Jersey Association for Justice, which is New Jersey premier association for educating lawyers to be better trial attorneys and advocates for the right to a trial by jury and for the rights ofAssociation for Justice, which is New Jersey premier association for educating lawyers to be better trial attorneys and advocates for the right to a trial by jury and for the rights ofassociation for educating lawyers to be better trial attorneys and advocates for the right to a trial by jury and for the rights of consumers.

As part of the association's continued efforts to protect the legal rights of lawyers, clients and other travelers crossing the U.S. border, the ABA Criminal Justice Section recently established a new Task Force on Border Searches of Electronic Devices.

Though money was the main public focus of the lawyers» contract demands (a pay increase of 10 per cent over four years, the same conditions an arbitrator awarded Quebec's 450 Crown counsel), Dion says the real driver that triggered the civil lawyers» strike on Oct. 24, 2016 — and fuelled their desire to stay out even after the LANEQ's war chest was depleted and many members were in dire personal financial straits — was their indignation over the government's refusal to grant them the same right to a binding arbitration process in exchange for the right to strike as they did to the province's 450 - member Crown attorneys» union (the Association des procureurs aux poursuites criminelles et pénales).

She serves as Co-Chair of the Diversity Outreach Committee of the California Employment Lawyers Association, working to increase diversity among workers» rights advocates.

«The New York State Bar Association commends the many lawyers who have worked around the clock to protect the legal rights of individuals who found themselves in limbo as a result of the uncertainty created by the Executive Order issued by the President on Friday.

The following applications for permission to file an amicus / amici curiae brief in support of plaintiffs / respondents / cross-appellants Andrea Savaglio et al. are granted: (1) Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California et al., (2) La Raza Centro Legal and Equal Rights Advocates, (3), California Employment Lawyers Association, and (4) Alameda County Central Labor Council et al..