Sentences with phrase «access to justice»
Access to Justice (AJ) is a Nigeria-focused human rights organization based in Lagos founded in 1999. (Wikipedia) (See all definitions)
Acquired archives and manuscript collections relating to the history of legal assistance to the poor and equal access to justice; doubled library size enhancing comprehensiveness and research value.
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We are a proud member of a growing network of legal clinics in Alberta and strive diligently to improve access to justice in Central Alberta.
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Outgoing AALS president Paul Marcus of the William & Mary Law School organized the opening plenary on access to justice where he was joined by Cara Drinan of Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law, Associate Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn of the Virginia Supreme Court, veteran legal aid attorney and former executive director of Bay Area Legal Aid Alex Gulotta, and Legal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha Minow.
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The legal profession resists changes that offer the possibility to improve access to justice.
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We are therefore pleased to have been given an opportunity to respond to the Singapore Ministry of Law's public consultation on opening up access to justice in arbitral proceedings within Singapore.
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And if he is successful it will not just help lawyers, but could also help improve access to justice.
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We encourage you to add your voices about how to shape the future of commercial dispute resolution and improve access to justice in the 21st century.
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Judges would no longer be required to take 2 separate hours of instruction on access to justice and fairness in the course but may include such instruction toward their 3-hour judicial conduct requirement.
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There is a broad consensus that access to justice is a good thing and that we need more of it, but there may be less consensus, or at least less clarity, over what this term actually means.
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On the other hand, legal services regulation can also undermine access to justice and suppress innovation, while failing to accomplish any of its lofty ambitions.
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Haben Girma: Some of the barriers that exist in terms of access to justice are physical.
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Beyond those commercial buyers, there is a big access to justice component on the consumer side that is really important to the culture of Neota Logic.
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The Framework is based on the premise that the Court's administration and judiciary must work hand in glove to ensure access to justice.
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Technology, process, and a global view are tools for repairing the legal industry's «wicked» problems — the delta between what law schools teach and what the marketplace demands; access to justice; structural changes in the delivery of legal services; the new division of labor among lawyers, other professionals, paraprofessionals, and machines; and preservation of the rule of law and the defense of democracy.
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The legal industry itself, the profession's self-insulation, and our paralyzing risk aversion, are undoubtedly major contributors to the access to justice crisis in Canada.»
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The Public Legal Information Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (PLIAN) is an independent non-profit that provides general information and education about the law to all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, with the intent of increasing access to justice.
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As Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and former Ontario chief justice Warren Winkler have famously lamented, the costs of going to trial pose a great disincentive to access to justice for many civil litigants.
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Her public service has included advising state access to justice commissions and service on the Right to Counsel Committee of the California Access to Justice Commission, the Research Advisory Board of the Civil Right to Counsel Leadership and Support Initiative, and the Sargent Shriver Civil Right to Counsel Evaluation Committee.
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Nicole's current research explores how design thinking may be used to address complex or «wicked» problems such as access to justice.
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protected access to justice as Acas's conciliation service has been effective in assisting people resolve their disputes.
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As such the articles are a form of free first legal advice, and facilitate access to justice.
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And we share the Minister of Justice's expectation that reinstatement of the CCP «will increase access to justice for vulnerable groups and official-language communities.»
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«This case was a missed opportunity to improve access to justice — and particularly access to human rights protections — for street homeless persons and other marginalized populations.»
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While increasing efficiency has the potential to reduce costs, there are a number of arguments to suggest that this will not have a real impact on access to justice.
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Family matters: A game-changing website is improving access to justice for families across Nova Scotia
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In addition to meeting important access to justice needs, these programs align with the national impetus towards expanding experiential learning opportunities within legal education.
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Janet is passionate about access to justice and family law.
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Forget memory sticks and video conferencing — when it comes to embracing technology, the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has set a new bar for access to justice and it's pretty high: As of June 1, 2017, for the first time ever, anywhere, small claims disputes will be heard and resolved entirely online.
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Their hope is to level the playing field and allow women greater access to justice when going through a family legal matter.
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In other words, the re-configuration in the costs of justice brought about by paralegals may be sufficient to improve access to justice for landlords, but not yet sufficient to improve it for tenants.
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«The Greater Boston team had unprecedented access to the justices and areas rarely seen by the general public.
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Please, if you are still on the wrong side of the rabbit hole — join your colleagues in re-imagining the value that lawyers can bring to clients, re-establishing the credibility of the legal profession among ordinary Canadians, and re-commiting to both the ideals and the reality of access to justice.
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A third category of access to justice initiatives seeks to provide legal support services by delivering legal information to the public through websites or through front line workers who are often not legally trained.
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Susan has used her writing and analysis skills to facilitate access to justice through various positions in public service, non-profit organizations, and as an independent consultant.
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An integrated online referral and booking system is not exactly the most sexy use of technology in the access to justice field.
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It also proposes long term solutions for new lawyers, new models of CLE, and that a commission be established to explore new service delivery options and regulatory reform that would encourage competition, innovation, and increased access to justice while also protecting the public.
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Our efficiency and effectiveness plays a vital role in access to justice: our ability as lawyers to deliver cost-effective and competitive legal services in a way that promotes the public's access to legal services or the courts.
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A2J Author ® is a software tool that delivers greater access to justice for self-represented litigants by enabling non-technical authors from the courts, clerk's offices, legal services programs, and website editors to rapidly build and implement customer friendly web-based interfaces for document assembly.
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I have written previous posts about my skepticism regarding this program, particularly with respect to the unsupported claims by its proponents that the program will lower legal costs and increase access to justice.
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Myers opened his decision with a quotation from the Hryniak ruling: «Ensuring access to justice is the greatest challenge to the rule of law in Canada today.
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The LRF understands that it is not enough to provide the indigent with legal assistance and legal education if the structures within the justice system do not facilitate access to justice for the general population.
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No wonder Grayling wishes to restrict access to justice where the state has to account for its decisions.
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A change is taking place in the way we understand the link between access to justice and the rule of law, according...
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Laura said: «One hopes that it's part of a wider respect for the rule of law and an understanding of the importance of access to justice for everybody.»
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The NYU Law Review has a barn-burning speech from the chief judge of the state's appellate bench, who sees the judiciary as the leader of the access to justice revolution (pdf).
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Over the next several months, we will publish thoughtful pieces written by lawyers, judges, and others that delve into various subtopics of judicial independence, including such characteristics as fairness, impartiality, access to justice, and adherence to the rule of law.
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When it is considering its short term budgetary targets the government must stop and properly consider the long term consequences and the damage which will be done to the public's access to justice.»
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MetaJure's board believes access to justice is a foundational pillar of our democracy.
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Since launching in 2001, Pro Bono Ontario has become one of Canada's most prominent access to justice organizations.
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Developing access to justice portals in every state was one of the recommendations of LSC's 2013 «Report of the Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to Justice.»
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