Sentences with phrase «advancing access to justice»

This session features a panel discussion about how paralegals are advancing access to justice in their communities.

You also can provide important leadership and support by serving on the board, auxiliary board or other advisory bodies of the pro bono and legal aid organizations serving our community, or serving on bar or court committees or similar initiatives that are focused on advancing access to justice.

This approach recognizes that factors external to the law can make the law inaccessible, and that problems that are framed as legal may really be caused by other societal problems such as lack of economic resources, education, healthcare or employment: Patricia Hughes, Advancing Access to Justice through Generic Solutions: the risk of perpetuating exclusion, 31 Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 1 (2013)[Hughes, Access to Justice and Generic Solutions], online http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/WYAJ/article/view/4308.

With your help, the EJC has made outstanding progress in advancing access to justice for low - income Washingtonians.

As part of its renewed approach to advancing access to justice, the CBA has released a 125 - page research report, Moving Forward on Legal Aid: Research on Needs and Innovative Approaches.

This concept of access to justice recognizes that factors outside the law can make even «good» law inaccessible, and that a problem that has been framed as legal, may really be about other conditions affecting a person that are outside of the law: Patricia Hughes, Advancing Access to Justice through Generic Solutions: the risk of perpetuating exclusion, 31 Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 1 (2013)[Hughes, Access to Justice and Generic Solutions], online http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/WYAJ/article/view/4308.

Certainly all key elements to advancing access to justice.

The purpose is directly related to the function of the law society under the Law Society Act, to protect the public interest and advance access to justice (see minority view, para. 204).

On the other hand, the resolution of an important claim against a key party could significantly advance access to justice, and be the most proportionate, timely and cost effective approach.

Among its many commitments (and with the assistance of local law firms), PBLA operates two programs to advance access to justice in Calgary and Edmonton courtrooms:

PBLA offers a variety of programs to advance access to justice.

As Charter litigation often involves some of Canada's most vulnerable communities, a flexible approach to these two issues has relieved some of the financial and emotional burdens of Charter litigation, and advanced access to justice.

They are taking bold steps to achieve a regulatory scheme that promotes competition, advances access to justice, encourages diversity, modernizes legal education, and creates a marketplace where the interests of legal consumers and providers are better aligned.

It is also designed to benefit all of those persons and organizations working to advance access to justice by offering a better understanding of the public's perception of access to justice issues.

This blog first appeared on Law, Technology and Access to Justice, a resource for all those interested in the use of technology to advance access to justice around the world.

Over the last several decades, Dick has advanced access to justice in Washington by raising private funds for civil legal aid, mentoring countless attorneys and legal professionals, and serving in numerous leadership positions.

The guiding spirit behind [these guidelines] is to promote the commitment by those providing legal and related services to a deliberate use of technology to advance access to justice, particularly for members of communities facing exclusion from the legal system and barriers in using technology.

I am asking for milk and cookies because everyone sits down together to talk and share ideas together when milk and cookies are on the table, and my wish is for all the stakeholders in the justice system — including the public and SRLs — to sit down and talk about how we work together to advance Access to Justice in Canada.

We are inviting our friends, colleagues and NSRLP subscribers to contribute to this letter by telling us know what you would like to request from Santa this year, that would advance Access to Justice in Canada.

Not exact matches

That, in fact, in many places, the operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no legal redress?

Emboldened by the pope's overt approval of his regime, made manifest in their meeting in Rome this past spring, the octogenarian dictator boasted: «We have founded an equitable society with social justice and extensive access to culture, attached to traditions and to the most advanced ideas of Cuba, Latin America, the Caribbean and the world.»

Launch the «New York Promise» Agenda to Advance Social Justice and Affirm New York's Progressive Values - Reforms of the Criminal Justice System including «overhauling New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, raising the age of criminal responsibility, improving witness identification procedures, recording police interrogations for serious offenses, and extending the Hurrell - Harring settlement reforms statewide.»

As regards access to tertiary education, they are treated as if they are international students who are required by immigration policy to be self reliant and economically independent.9 South African social justice policies focus primarily on advancing the historically disadvantaged and such focus has an implication of excluding refugees from benefiting from socio - economic scheme.

The annual LSUC filing does not require lawyers to attest that they have abided by the terms of the oath they swore when they were called to the bar, it does not require them to attest that they have generally complied with the Rules of Professional Conduct, nor does it require them to attest that they have sought to advance any other principles or goals (e.g., justice, access to justice, fairness, quality client service, etc.).

After all, we would argue that being able to read at an advanced level, or having access to a lawyer are far greater advantages than access to a computer and, if such is the case, then the status quo is much more problematic with regard to the equality of arms principle that is a building block towards access to justice than any well conceived online platform could ever be.

Quite a few individual lawyers who work harder and make less money than others, because they want better access to justice and are willing to make sacrifices to advance that goal, are the praiseworthy exceptions.

You claim that «the duty to advance the cause of justice and the rule of law, as well as to undertake measures to facilitate access to justice and protect the public interest, is also synonymous with a duty to «promote».

But, access to justice is much more than just access to an opportunity to advance a legal claim.

The benchers are to regulate the legal profession so as to, «maintain and advance the cause of justice and the rule of law,» and, «facilitate access to justice,» and, «to protect the public interest,» being, for example, among the express duties of LSUC (the Law Society of Upper Canada), [2] being duties expressly set out in legislation such as... [more]

The Law Foundation of Ontario used to provide grants to Ontario's law school libraries as part of its mandate to promote access to legal information as part of advancing its vision for a truly accessible justice system.

In Ontario, the Law Society Act instructs that the Law Society has duties to (i) maintain and advance the cause of justice and the rule of law, (ii) facilitate access to justice for the people of Ontario and (iii) to protect the public interest.

This situation violates the duties imposed upon the Law Society of Upper Canada by s. 4.2 of Ontario's Law Society Act, to maintain and advance the cause of justice and the rule of law, and to act so as to facilitate access to justice for the people of Ontario.

If you know of a worthy Manitoban engaged in advancing the rule of law, through that activities support an independent judiciary, an independent legal profession, access to legal services, access to justice, and public interest advocacy, submit your nomination before July 31.

While I was not blessed with a theme song like my namesake, I did get a great experience and possibly an early peek on New York state's latest advance in the promotion of access to justice.

I am pleased to see the recognition that access to justice can be advanced by good legislation.

LSUC has an outmoded system of management that is not under sufficient public or political pressure to make perform its duties under s. 4.2 of the Law Society Act, specifically as to: (1) advancing the cause of justice and the rule of law; (2) facilitating access to justice; (3) protecting the public interest; and, (4) acting in a timely, open and efficient manner.

Stanford Law School's Center on the Legal Profession and Stanford University's Institute of Design (d.school) together host the Legal Design Lab «to bring designers, lawyers & technologists together to advance legal innovation and access to justice.»

The Boston Bar works to advance the highest standards of excellence for the legal profession, facilitate access to justice, and serve the community at large.

The keynote will be followed by workshop sessions on a wide variety of topics of interest to criminal, juvenile, child welfare and mental health practitioners, including but not limited to the wrongful conviction and exoneration of Frederick Clay, litigating nursing home admissions, appellate advocacy, criminal case law update, how to use social science research in your case, the new sentencing guidelines, restorative justice, ensuring language access, advanced issues in Superior Court litigation, representing emerging adults, how to contest preliminary drug test results, a practicum on mindfulness, as well as the latest from the immigration impact unit.

David joins other NJSBA leaders in the Association's commitment in advancing the practice of law, providing education to both the public and to other attorneys, and promoting access to the civil justice system to -LSB-...]

They include demographic shifts, like the aging of the profession and depopulation of rural lawyers; disruptions, like advances in technology and competition from non-legal entities; and a well - documented crisis of access to legal services and the justice system.

That is a violation of the duties imposed on the law society by s. 4.2 of Ontario's Law Society Act, to: (1) maintain and advance the cause of justice and the rule of law; (2) to facilitate access to justice for the people of Ontario; (3) protect the public interest; and, (4) to act in a timely, open an efficient manner.

The Academy does not produce practice and market - ready graduates equipped to address the industry's wicked problems: defending the rule of law, ending the access to justice crisis, advancing diversity, and participating in a global effort to advance human rights.

This bold and commendable initiative, tentatively titled «Standards of Excellence for Conduct,» is intended to advance the interests of accident victims, by promoting better service and access to justice.

The judge concluded: «A class proceeding will substantially advance this litigation, including the question of common issues, having regard to the principles of judicial economy, access to justice, and behaviour modification.»

The following segment highlights some of the major issues, current initiatives and future problems that must be addressed in advancing access to civil justice in Alberta.

For example, one of our keynote speakers is, I am going to totally mispronounce her name, and I apologize to her in advance, but, Haben Girma, and she is the first blind deaf attorney to graduate from Harvard Law School, and she is going to come and talk about the idea of accessibility, both for clients and how there are accessibility challenges in terms of accessing justice, but also for lawyers, and how the different challenges that each lawyer face are surmountable, and she will use her personal example to walk you through that.

Essentially, the Laboratory uses advances in research and technology developed in Montreal to improve access to justice not only in Canada, but globally as well.

Stevie Ghiassi is the CEO and co-founder of Legaler.com, an Australian legal technology company focused on advancing the delivery of legal services and expanding access to justice through the blockchain.

In this context, the advance of technology in access to justice is slow and halting, dependent on individual foundations making individual decisions in the midst of a sector that would, by and large, regard keeping going as a pretty major success.