Sentences with phrase «advocates in the public interest»

I don't mean to overstate this, and for certain the Crown can and does advocate in the public interest on lots of issues in public law and policy.

During the meeting, two motions were proposed pursuant to Rule 33 (2)(b) of the Rules of the Law Society of Alberta, in particular: (a) that the law society publicly advocate in the public interest for an adequately publicly funded legal aid system with a statutory foundation that is independent of the government and (b) that the law society request that the Legal Aid Society immediately rescind the recent changes including the changes to the financial eligibility guidelines and the choice of counsel provisions.

Technology Law and Policy Clinic — Students advocate in the public interest concerning technology issues in front of regulatory entities, courts, legislatures, and standard setting bodies.

Not exact matches

I have long been a strong advocate of debt - financed public investment in the context of low interest rates and a decaying US infrastructure, so I was glad to see Mr Trump emphasise it.

The letter echoes the demands trade justice advocates have long called for: transparent and democratic negotiations; strong and enforceable labour rights, including for migrant workers; protection of public services; enforceable environmental standards; and the right to regulate in the public's interest.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer group that advocates healthier restaurant food for children, last year sued McDonald's to stop it from using Happy Meal toys to lure children into its restaurants.

Drawing on the biblical motifs of community and solidarity, the document formulates several principles of economic justice and then advocates community interests above private interests, and calls for public ownership and worker management in corporations.

«MGA is the leading advocate for the state's food industry, representing the business interests of retailers and their suppliers in daily communication with legislators, regulatory agencies and the public,» the association says.

MomsRising.org members, joined by advocates at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, urged the chain to improve the nutritional quality of its kids» meals by removing soda from the kids menu.

IPRA is a not - for - profit organization and public interest group who is an advocate in providing quality park, recreation and conservation education, resources and services to professionals and citizens throughout the state of Illinois.

They joined forces with the Center for Science in the Public Interest in advocating for the proposed bill.

I graduated from a small high school, where the principal was very much interested in the poor and the hungry, and in public policy; he taught us how to be an advocate for the helpless people in our community and in our state.»

Similarly, James Weill, president of Food Research & Action Center, a leading anti-hunger group, referred to the bill in a press release as «ill conceived» and «deeply flawed,» while Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, stated that the bill «would roll back key progress that schools, health advocates, and the Administration have worked so hard to achieve over the last six years.»

AAPD members interested in public policy issues in their state as well as policymakers and advocates for children's oral health at the state level should feel free to contact the PPA in your state.

The group's original mission statement read: «To provide a medium through which parliamentarians and organisations with an interest in religious education can discuss the current provision of religious education, press for continuous improvement, promote public understanding and advocate rigorous education for every young person in religious and non-religious world views.»

NYC Public Advocate Tish James is calling state lawmakers to express her interest in the AG post, and Fordham Law School Prof. Zephyr Teachout, a former House and gubernatorial candidate, is also interested.

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

This is a particularly interesting development because it differentiates Liu from NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, against whom the comptroller might be running for mayor in 2013.

Both State Senator Eric Adams and City Councilman Charles Barron have expressed interest in a run, although Adams is said to be considering a run for Public Advocate, and Barron has expressed interest in running for a number of different city, state and federal offices.

Who claims to: «To support democracy and promote public dialogue in a rapidly changing media environment, is a member - supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest.»

He vowed to reinvent the lieutenant governor role into a public advocate position representing the «people's voice in Albany» and that he would take on the «issues that pit a tiny concentrated interest against the broader interest.»

The latest push comes from an unusual coalition of progressive labor interests, political (Democratic Party, that is) and environmental groups, health care interests and good government advocates who are urging Cuomo to enact a «voluntary» public campaign finance system early in the 2011 legislative session — one of the many camapign promises outlined in his «New New York Agenda» books.

While in law school, he served as a student advocate at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, an intern at Cardozo Beth Tzedek Legal Service.

Senate Democrats, who are the minority party in that house, held a news conference with government reform advocates to push for public financing of campaigns, a bill Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson says will lessen the influence of big money special interests in politics.

In 2009, Bill de Blasio and Mark Green, both Democrats running for public advocate, were asked to name the most interesting New Yorker they knew.

Debates for citywide races in New York — for Mayor, Comptroller, and Public Advocate — have played no small part in helping New Yorkers decide which candidates best represent their interests.

With the help of the public interest law firm Advocates for Justice and the organization's attorney Arthur Schwartz, a 60 - page document was filed in federal court on Tuesday, August 7.

Democrats who have expressed interest in running for the job this fall include Dutchess County resident Zephyr Teachout, a previously unsuccessful candidate for governor and New York's 19th Congressional District seat; New York City Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James; and state Sen. Michael Gianaris, D - Queens.

Mr. de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, reported $ 165,047 in adjusted gross income for 2013, a combination of his pay as public advocate, a tax refund and $ 45 in interest.

But the public advocate did appear to praise Cuomo's willingness to take on labor in what he believed were the interests of the state.

Bots have become a periodic, and controversial, method used by some political advocates, companies, and others to simulate a groundswell of public interest in an issue or product and, thus, potentially shape public attitudes.

Today's decision in the Washington Alliance case demonstrates that this is not true,» says a statement by Dale Wilcox, executive director of the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), a nonprofit «public interest legal education and advocacy organization dedicated to advocating for the rights and interests of United States citizens in immigration - related matters,» according to its website.

In addition, both organizations advocate the use of synthetic «monster» hormones, and as such, represent the financial interests of the synthetic hormone industry (such as Wyeth and Abbott), rather than the health of the public.

Since 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court held that education was not a «fundamental interest» under the federal constitution, education advocates, frustrated by continuing inequities in the funding of public education, have turned to the state courts.

We insist that «charter schools are public schools» not only as a means to advocate for equitable funding, but as a means to hold ourselves accountable for working in the public interest.

In a lengthy statement, Jed Wallace, president and CEO of the California Charter Schools Association, said, «We agree with the ACLU and Public Advocates that charter schools must be open to any student interested in attending.&raquIn a lengthy statement, Jed Wallace, president and CEO of the California Charter Schools Association, said, «We agree with the ACLU and Public Advocates that charter schools must be open to any student interested in attending.&raquin attending.»

The ACLU and Public Advocates recommends that they not be used to rank applicants but perhaps as an indicator of the seriousness of a student's interest in a school.

Over 1 in 5 of California's charter schools have restrictive admissions requirements or other exclusionary practices that keep out many students with the greatest academic needs, a report released Monday by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the public interest law firm Public Advocates alpublic interest law firm Public Advocates alPublic Advocates alleges.

Both CCSA and CCSA Advocates work together to thwart legislative efforts that would increase charter oversight, such as AB 709 that would make charter board meetings public, allow the public to inspect charter school records, and prohibit charter school officials from having a financial interest in contracts that they enter into in their official capacity.

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.

We congratulate all our colleagues for their excellent work — particularly those at The New Orleans Advocate, Fox 8 News and WWNO, who have taken a special interest in our public - service journalism.

2) National: In a big win for public interest advocates and the general aviation industry, Bill Shuster throws in the towel on air traffic control privatizatioIn a big win for public interest advocates and the general aviation industry, Bill Shuster throws in the towel on air traffic control privatizatioin the towel on air traffic control privatization.

(Calif.) Marshall Tuck, charter advocate and candidate for state schools chief, has called for an increase in beginning teacher salaries as well as no - interest loans to college students willing to commit to teaching in the public schools.

As a teacher, organizer, and parent advocate, I highly recommend those interested in improving conditions in public education investigate the LSC model as an archetype for change,» said Mark Friedman, a PAA member from Rochester, NY.

As community leaders, school board members serve as advocates for the children in local public schools and must study, evaluate and decide what actions are in the best interest of those students.

A resource for public officials, advocates and others interested in strengthening state policies to create healthy school environments that support learning and academic achievement

But in public, I mostly see people advocating for the traditional publishing world who come across as mired in 20th thinking about publishing and selling books, ignorant of the self - publishing world, making sweeping assertions which they can't support, making the mistaken assumption that the writer's best interests are identical to the publisher's best interests, clearly unaware of how many traditionally - published writers (including bestsellers) are engaging in self - publishing (and comparing the experiences and numbers with their under - contract books), and / or contemptuous of writers and dismissive of readers.

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Advocating to overturn long standing principles of public health, purely in the interest of maintaining outdoor colonies of feral and stray cats, is untenable and unacceptable.

I was the individual who orchestrated these «public condemnations» by responsible breeders, and I thought at the time that you would be ecstatic with the fact that a sincere, genuine and substantive effort was being made to advocate what was in the best interest of animals.