Sentences with phrase «access to the legal system»

The real reason for this opposition is protecting lawyer's incomes at the expense of easier access to the legal system for consumers.

In addition to the information and ideas we share with our community of innovative lawyers, we seek out opportunities to use our resources to further access to the legal system and legal solutions.

We aim to provide quality legal services to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged sections of society who, without our assistance, would be denied access to the legal system and to their rights.

We aim to provide quality legal services to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged sections of society who, without our assistance, would be denied access to the legal system and to their rights.

Mr. Ruby, who specializes in criminal, constitutional, administrative and civil rights law, has devoted his professional career to ensuring that those who are underprivileged and those who face discrimination are given equal access to the legal system of this country.

As far back as the Levinson Report in 1970 (co-sponsored by The Florida Bar and the University of Florida), the legal community in Florida has been faced with documentation of the overwhelming unmet legal needs of the poor in Florida, and the adverse effect this lack of access to the legal system has not only on the poor, but on the entire legal system.

AFAs provide access to the legal system for clients with worthy claims but insufficient funds to sue.

The center's mission is to increase informed access to the legal system by providing education, information, legal forms, community referrals, and other support services to self - represented parties with civil matters in Clark County, Nevada, regardless of income, assets or citizenship.

Justice Education Society the Justice Education Society (JES) has been dedicated to improving access to the legal system through hands - on, targeted, two - way education between the public and those working in the justice system.

Apps that increase access to the legal system satisfy this deep urge to engage with the world outside the classroom and draw on the digital facility students developed before they came to law school.»

But for pro se litigants, it could mean fairer access to the legal system.

In contrast, the wealthiest 1 percent have almost unlimited access to the legal system.

Stanford Law School: CodeX At CodeX, researchers, lawyers, entrepreneurs and technologists work side - by - side to advance the frontier of legal technology, bringing new levels of legal efficiency, transparency, and access to legal systems around the world.

What matters is not what the impact of change will be on the «legal profession,» but whether those changes will make it easier, in an inequitable world, for people to find access to the legal system.

Class actions permit a large number of people to have access to the legal system in circumstances that would be too complex or costly for one person to bring an action on their own.

In the last month, lawyers in Illinois and across the state have taken steps to streamline their practices and create greater access to our legal system.

These days, Rittelmeyer spends his work time advocating for people with disabilities who might otherwise lack meaningful access to the legal system.

The legal implications of s. 35 and s. 25 remain filled with uncertainty, but their inclusion represents a continuing civilizing of the Canadian constitution and its recognition of indigenous rights, and an expansion of indigenous access to the legal system to assert and defend those rights.

«If the poor and the powerless do not have free access to our legal system, government by law is a failure,» Democratic Sen. Walter F. Mondale said during a September 8, 1971 floor debate.

The MBF is the state's premiere legal charity, committed to ensuring equal access to the legal system for all, particularly those most vulnerable and in need.

Advanced technology is considered the new panacea for improving access to the legal system.

He was a member of the management team that created the U.S. Legal Services Program when it was housed at the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity («the original poverty program»), and has had a long career in developing solutions that provide access to the legal system for everyone.

The MBF, through its grant programs and charitable activities, represents the commitment of the Massachusetts legal community to improve the administration of justice and to ensure equal access to the legal system for all residents.

Students will have gained an understanding of new career roles that are emerging with courts, non-profits, and legal service agencies that involve the application of technology to the problem of access to the legal system.

«A lack of information and knowledge creates a barrier for individuals to know their rights and access to the legal system,» said THOMAS SOOHYUN KIM, President of Korean American Association of Queens.

Comment 6 to the Preamble states «as a public citizen, a lawyer should seek improvement of the law, access to the legal system, the administration of justice and the quality of service rendered by the legal profession.

According to the Preamble to the Rules of Professional Conduct, lawyers must use their training to «seek improvement to the law, access to the legal system, and to the administration of justice.»

Access to the legal system is too important a principle to let the legal profession regulate itself.

I am interested in working with companies developing apps that reduce friction between consumers and access to the legal system.

Sal devotes his energy to seeing that people who otherwise wouldn't have access to the legal system have access.

The course familiarizes law students with the next generation of innovative systems and platforms that challenge the way law has been practiced to date, but promise to increase the efficiency of and access to our legal system.

A new website, The Justice Index, provides a state - by - state scorecard of resources and initiatives designed to ensure that everyone has equal access to the legal system.

Since 1975, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach has worked to level long - standing barriers that have denied Asians and Pacific Islanders equal justice and equal access to our legal system.

We recognize the legal issues that can arise during daily life in Randolph County and our experienced injury attorneys are ready to work hard to protect your rights and ensure your access to the legal system.

He says two factors are driving people to self - representation: frustration with the cost and access to the legal system, and a lack of legal information that people can access.

In addition, for devoting his career to ensuring that those who are underprivileged and those who face discrimination are given equal access to the legal system of this country, Mr. Ruby was awarded a rare Doctor of Laws degree (honoris causa) by the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2006.

Redeye finds out about a recent report making the case that access to our legal system is one of the basic pillars of society along with education, health care and social welfare.

In addition to handling cases that call out for justice, Howard supports a variety of community causes and also provides leadership to organizations that help ensure access to the legal system, such as the Orange Country Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, Consumer Attorneys of California, and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.