Sentences with phrase «access to legal service providers»

«I will continue to do everything in my power to not just fight this executive order, but to protect the families caught in the chaos sown by President Trump's hasty and irresponsible implementation — including pressing DHS and CBP to provide a full list of those still detained and allow them access to legal service providers,» Schneiderman said.

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According to Robert Half Technology, a provider of IT professional services, 54 % of U.S. corporations restrict employee access to social networks due to concerns about productivity, network security, and legal liabilities.

She advised that this observation was made in the research underlying Woolley, Alice and Farrow, Trevor C. W., «Addressing Access to Justice Through New Legal Service Providers: Opportunities and Challenges» (2015), 3 Texas A & M Law Review 549

«We now have access to hard data that can be used to identify the civil legal needs of Ontario's low - and middle - income communities, as well as the distribution of legal service providers available to meet those needs.

Last but not least, human beings see UPL prosecutions as self - serving and protectionist, and alternative legal services providers helping individuals that were otherwise not getting help from lawyers and paralegals would likely argue that access to justice is being thwarted.

Hogan Lovells» partnership with the alternative legal services provider gives it access to the company's 1,500 lawyers to use when needed.

The government needs to bring in the European virtually automatic 50/50 custody and access system, not bring in thousands more legal services providers.

TouchPoint App refines this suite into tools most suited for smartphones, enabling law firms and legal service providers to offer multiple access points for their customers, dependent upon need and context.

More and more legal firms and service providers are relying on Cloud storage to keep data safe, as it provides access to better security and expert remote management of software / IT as part of the service, and more robust backup procedures than what may be available in house.

Service provider shall mean any natural or legal person who provides his own or third - party telemedia for use or provides access to use; in the case of audiovisual media services on demand, service providers shall mean any natural or legal person who effectively controls the selection and design of the content oService provider shall mean any natural or legal person who provides his own or third - party telemedia for use or provides access to use; in the case of audiovisual media services on demand, service providers shall mean any natural or legal person who effectively controls the selection and design of the content oservice providers shall mean any natural or legal person who effectively controls the selection and design of the content offered,

In its efforts to provide maximum accessibility to some measure of free legal counsel for low - and modest - income British Columbians, Access Pro Bono (BC's largest pro bono legal service provider) operates pro bono legal advice clinics in 100 different locations across BC — in communities stretching from the 59th parallel down to the American border, from the Rocky Mountains over to the Pacific shores.

Also on the basis of Simpson's models, the effect upon competition from private legal services providers (without distinguishing between informal or formal providers) is as follows: In either type of country (wealthy or poor), wealthy social groups are willing to pay hefty premiums for access to private legal institutions, whereas poor or disadvantaged groups will prefer private legal systems only if they are cheaper to access than the state's.

The theme of my paper is that unless law societies solve the, «access to justice, unaffordable legal services causing lawyers to be short of clients problem,» they will never have a persuasive answer to the argument that the resulting conflict of interest should bar them from being the regulators of non-lawyer providers of legal services.

In other words, the regulatory regime in Canada, as in Australian and the UK, is that legal services have to be provided by expensive service providers — and people wonder why access to justice is an issue?

In a recent Slaw blog, Malcolm Mercer thoughtfully explores how information asymmetry between legal service providers and consumers may impact access to justice.

The Access Legal Care «system» is based on 12 key components: 1) be profitable for the attorneys and legal - services providers; 2) apply the Pareto principle — focus on the 20 % of all legal services that 80 % of lower - and moderate - income people will likely ever need; then prune / refer - out those that are high - complexity / high - dollar (too risky) and contingency cases (already affordable); 3) process - map the remaining services into individual steps; 4) functionally - decompose each process step to the lowest - cost provider who can perform the step legally and with excellence; 5) streamline processes with Six Sigma and manufacturing principles; 6) centralize operations for economies of scale; 7) collaborate and out - source to expand reach; 8) leverage technology to minimize costs and maximize productivity; 9) make affordable with both terms and price; 10) generate high demand, high - volume; 11) develop multiple revenue streams; and 12) package up the system and re-sell it to other law firms and cliLegal Care «system» is based on 12 key components: 1) be profitable for the attorneys and legal - services providers; 2) apply the Pareto principle — focus on the 20 % of all legal services that 80 % of lower - and moderate - income people will likely ever need; then prune / refer - out those that are high - complexity / high - dollar (too risky) and contingency cases (already affordable); 3) process - map the remaining services into individual steps; 4) functionally - decompose each process step to the lowest - cost provider who can perform the step legally and with excellence; 5) streamline processes with Six Sigma and manufacturing principles; 6) centralize operations for economies of scale; 7) collaborate and out - source to expand reach; 8) leverage technology to minimize costs and maximize productivity; 9) make affordable with both terms and price; 10) generate high demand, high - volume; 11) develop multiple revenue streams; and 12) package up the system and re-sell it to other law firms and clilegal - services providers; 2) apply the Pareto principle — focus on the 20 % of all legal services that 80 % of lower - and moderate - income people will likely ever need; then prune / refer - out those that are high - complexity / high - dollar (too risky) and contingency cases (already affordable); 3) process - map the remaining services into individual steps; 4) functionally - decompose each process step to the lowest - cost provider who can perform the step legally and with excellence; 5) streamline processes with Six Sigma and manufacturing principles; 6) centralize operations for economies of scale; 7) collaborate and out - source to expand reach; 8) leverage technology to minimize costs and maximize productivity; 9) make affordable with both terms and price; 10) generate high demand, high - volume; 11) develop multiple revenue streams; and 12) package up the system and re-sell it to other law firms and clilegal services that 80 % of lower - and moderate - income people will likely ever need; then prune / refer - out those that are high - complexity / high - dollar (too risky) and contingency cases (already affordable); 3) process - map the remaining services into individual steps; 4) functionally - decompose each process step to the lowest - cost provider who can perform the step legally and with excellence; 5) streamline processes with Six Sigma and manufacturing principles; 6) centralize operations for economies of scale; 7) collaborate and out - source to expand reach; 8) leverage technology to minimize costs and maximize productivity; 9) make affordable with both terms and price; 10) generate high demand, high - volume; 11) develop multiple revenue streams; and 12) package up the system and re-sell it to other law firms and clinics.

Re: lawyers practising in association with non-lawyers: - Absolutely necessary because: (1) technology will be the basis of almost all laws, therefore we will have to practice with other experts in that technology; (2) records management law will be a major area of practice because, records are the most frequently used form of evidence and e-records depend for everything on their e-records management systems (ERMSs), and they must be compliant with the National Standards of Canada for e-records management, which standards require legal opinions, and every significant change to an ERMS requires a legal opinion re ability to produce records able to satisfy laws as to e-discovery, admissibility of evidence, privacy & access to information, electronic commerce, tax laws, and compliance with National Standards of Canada for e-records management; (3) all new technologies require a legal framework, which means more work for lawyers; and, (4) otherwise, other professions and service providers who now provide «legal information,» will begin to provide «legal advice» and other services that only lawyers should be providing.

«Law firms, corporate legal departments and other legal service providers are invited to submit innovations from any practice area or business function to four broad sections: legal expertise, the business of law, and new sections looking at collaboration, and the rule of law and access to justice.»

Under the Ontario Human Rights Code (Code), employers, unions, housing providers and service providers have a legal duty to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities to the point of undue hardship, to ensure that persons with disabilities have equal opportunities, access and benefits.

These services include a broad range of governmental and non-governmental service providers providing access to legal information and assistance through self - help guides, drop - in centres, and web resources.

We were founded by a group of volunteer lawyers and rabbis who saw a need in the community there, around Fairfax and aging population, folks who were getting evicted from their homes as the area redeveloped, stories like that, and very quickly after opening their doors for their first Wednesday night walk - in clinic realized that the need for legal services extended far beyond the community there and quickly decided that there needed to be a legal services provider for Los Angeles, for all of the neighborhoods of LA, for all of the people in LA who could not afford a lawyer, but needed one to ensure access to the basic necessities of life.

To access services, individuals may contact us directly, attend our weekly Law Student Drop - in Legal Clinic, or be referred to us through their health care provideTo access services, individuals may contact us directly, attend our weekly Law Student Drop - in Legal Clinic, or be referred to us through their health care provideto us through their health care provider.

Physical security concerns can be addressed by taking the same precautions a responsible legal services provider would implement in the United States: restricting public access to the review space, and, if necessary, forbidding reviewers to carry mobile phones into the review space.

In the first of these three Issues Papers («New Categories of Legal Services Providers» [80]-RRB-, the Commission sought feedback on whether persons (individuals, not companies or other organizations), referred to as «LSPs» should be allowed, via judicial authorization and regulation, «to perform discreet and limited legal tasks with the goal of improving access to legal services.&rLegal Services Providers» [80]-RRB-, the Commission sought feedback on whether persons (individuals, not companies or other organizations), referred to as «LSPs» should be allowed, via judicial authorization and regulation, «to perform discreet and limited legal tasks with the goal of improving access to legal servicesServices Providers» [80]-RRB-, the Commission sought feedback on whether persons (individuals, not companies or other organizations), referred to as «LSPs» should be allowed, via judicial authorization and regulation, «to perform discreet and limited legal tasks with the goal of improving access to legal services.&rlegal tasks with the goal of improving access to legal services.&rlegal servicesservices.»

At the same time, «technology, globalization, economic and other forces» transform how legal services are accessed and delivered, with new, untraditional, providers emerging online and offline to offer services in very different ways.

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Can access to legal services be improved if the pool of available providers is expanded to include people without a J.D. and full law license?

The ten model objectives include, among others, «protection of the public,» «advancement of the administration of justice and the rule of law,» «meaningful access to justice and information about the law,» «independence of professional judgment,» and «diversity and inclusion among legal services providers and freedom from discrimination for those receiving legal services and in the justice system.»

As the legal industry's interest in technology increases as a way to improve efficiency, find new ways to deliver legal services, create access to justice for consumers, and more, Theory and Principle is poised to be the premiere provider of strategy, design and development services to this market globally.

The legal industry has some «wicked» problems to confront: the access to justice crisis, creating meaningful guardrails for social media and its potential to obliterate fact from misinformation, protecting democracy, and training future lawyers — as well as legal service providers — to ensure they have the competencies, experience, and tools necessary to tackle these challenges.

Doug provides legal policy support for the Access to Legal Services Advisory Committee, as well as numerous task forces and working groups, including: the Cloud Computing Working Group, the Mirror Imaging Working Group, the Family Law Task Force, the Delivery of Legal Services Task Force, the Legal Service Providers Task Force, the Legal Services Regulatory Framework Task Force, and the Unbundling of Legal Services Task Flegal policy support for the Access to Legal Services Advisory Committee, as well as numerous task forces and working groups, including: the Cloud Computing Working Group, the Mirror Imaging Working Group, the Family Law Task Force, the Delivery of Legal Services Task Force, the Legal Service Providers Task Force, the Legal Services Regulatory Framework Task Force, and the Unbundling of Legal Services Task FLegal Services Advisory Committee, as well as numerous task forces and working groups, including: the Cloud Computing Working Group, the Mirror Imaging Working Group, the Family Law Task Force, the Delivery of Legal Services Task Force, the Legal Service Providers Task Force, the Legal Services Regulatory Framework Task Force, and the Unbundling of Legal Services Task FLegal Services Task Force, the Legal Service Providers Task Force, the Legal Services Regulatory Framework Task Force, and the Unbundling of Legal Services Task FLegal Service Providers Task Force, the Legal Services Regulatory Framework Task Force, and the Unbundling of Legal Services Task FLegal Services Regulatory Framework Task Force, and the Unbundling of Legal Services Task FLegal Services Task Force.

From legal service providers to access - to - justice commissions (and everything in between), this guide will walk you through the world of public interest law.

As I sat in the auditorium full of law school administrators and legal service providers at my first Annual Law School Access to Justice Conference, I anticipated a long day of theoretical discussions about diversifying the profession and getting law schools more involved in access to justice initiatives in New York Access to Justice Conference, I anticipated a long day of theoretical discussions about diversifying the profession and getting law schools more involved in access to justice initiatives in New York access to justice initiatives in New York State.

To expand access to justice, state supreme courts, state bar associations, admitting authorities, and other regulators should devise and consider for adoption new or improved frameworks for licensing or otherwise authorizing providers of legal and related serviceTo expand access to justice, state supreme courts, state bar associations, admitting authorities, and other regulators should devise and consider for adoption new or improved frameworks for licensing or otherwise authorizing providers of legal and related serviceto justice, state supreme courts, state bar associations, admitting authorities, and other regulators should devise and consider for adoption new or improved frameworks for licensing or otherwise authorizing providers of legal and related services.

Legal technology will benefit consumers by affording greater visibility and access to a wide range of legal services and proviLegal technology will benefit consumers by affording greater visibility and access to a wide range of legal services and provilegal services and providers.

As I see it, Google's free legal research services won't put a dent in LEXIS or Westlaw, at least not for a long, long time,  Instead, they pose a threat to what I've collectively termed the «second city» providers like Versuslaw, Casemaker, FastCase or Loislaw. Right now, most lawyers are able to access those services for free or cheap through deals with the bars — but will bars continue to support those subscriptions when there's a robust free option available? My heart goes out to these companies because they served as an oasis for solos when no other options, save the law library and manual research, existed. Yet I don't see all of them able to survive the Google onslaught.

If you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll know that I'm convinced of a couple of things: (1) Fundamental shifts in the legal services environment will spawn a diverse population of new providers that will expand access to those services while destroying lawyers» market exclusivity; and, (2) This is, on balance, a good thing.

Both are technology companies adapted to legal service that are taking a bite out of the access to justice crisis by introducing vast numbers of otherwise disenfranchised customers into the market, And in doing so, these providers are prospering and redefining the public's perception of legal services.

«What machines give you is the option to get access to more and more data faster and cheaper — that's the real core of it,» explains David Holme, chief executive officer and founder of Exigent Group Limited, a global provider of legal process outsourcing services that leverage machine learning technology for discovery and contract processing.

The impact of these services on access to justice is significant for residents of rural Canada and will likely become even more important as providers of legal information and legal services seek new ways to serve rural communities that are increasingly losing lawyers in their communities to retirement.

The importance of community - based intermediaries was also identified in the Manitoba Bar Association's 2010 Report and Summary: Town Hall Meetings on Access to Justice and resulted in recommendations to: enhance access to community based advocacy and legal support services; support efforts to enhance cooperation among and coordination of community based - services; and provide training opportunities for community service providers in relation to domestic violence and cultural awareness, in partiAccess to Justice and resulted in recommendations to: enhance access to community based advocacy and legal support services; support efforts to enhance cooperation among and coordination of community based - services; and provide training opportunities for community service providers in relation to domestic violence and cultural awareness, in partiaccess to community based advocacy and legal support services; support efforts to enhance cooperation among and coordination of community based - services; and provide training opportunities for community service providers in relation to domestic violence and cultural awareness, in particular.

For policymakers the goal should not be deregulation for its own sake, but rather increasing access to legal services that the public can trust delivered by legal service providers who are part of a larger legal community that sees furthering the public good as a fundamental commitment.

Through partnerships with other public service providers such as public libraries, Legal Guidance or other pro bono agencies, the law library will benefit through increased exposure, and SRLs will ultimately benefit by learning how to access a significant resource that is freely available to them.»

Sam suggested (and I agree) that opening the market to providers outside the legal profession would substantially enhance access to justice, probably at a (short - term) cost in the range of quality in legal services.

The public now has access to an increasingly wide array of legal service providers other than lawyers and law firms.

At the same time, the Bar, legal services providers, and the judiciary formed the first Access to Justice Board in Washington to coordinate the ATJ movement and consider larger, more conceptual changes.

Several groups of which Legal Aid is a member or with which we work closely — the D.C. Access to Justice Commission, the D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers, the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, and the Washington Council of Lawyers — submitted comments seeking changes to the rule, which had needlessly prevented competent lawyers affiliated with legal services organizations from offering free legal assistance to low - income cliLegal Aid is a member or with which we work closely — the D.C. Access to Justice Commission, the D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers, the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, and the Washington Council of Lawyers — submitted comments seeking changes to the rule, which had needlessly prevented competent lawyers affiliated with legal services organizations from offering free legal assistance to low - income cliLegal Services Providers, the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, and the Washington Council of Lawyers — submitted comments seeking changes to the rule, which had needlessly prevented competent lawyers affiliated with legal services organizations from offering free legal assistance to low - income Services Providers, the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, and the Washington Council of Lawyers — submitted comments seeking changes to the rule, which had needlessly prevented competent lawyers affiliated with legal services organizations from offering free legal assistance to low - income clilegal services organizations from offering free legal assistance to low - income services organizations from offering free legal assistance to low - income clilegal assistance to low - income clients.

By Dean Andrew Perlman, Chair, ABA Center for Innovation The public now has access to an increasingly wide array of legal service providers other than lawyers and law firms.

In another barrier - smashing exercise, in order to address access to justice issues, the proposed merger of the Society of Notaries Public of British with the Law Society of British Columbia will occur and the joint entity will create new niche providers of discrete legal services with qualifying examinations and designations.

If the FCC is able to change the rules, service providers in the US will now have the legal sanction to throttle a Netflix and force you to pay more for accessing this data - intense service.