Sentences with phrase «aid clinic lawyers»

in - house corporate counsel government lawyers, educators and others not in active private practice retired lawyers, estate trustees, emeritus lawyers, judges and others no longer practising law legal aid clinic lawyers (not directly employed by Legal Aid Ontario) lawyers who engage in only occasional practice in Ontario and are resident in a Canadian jurisdiction other than... Read More»

• in - house corporate counsel • government lawyers, educators and others not in active private practice • retired lawyers, estate trustees, emeritus lawyers, judges and others no longer practising law • legal aid clinic lawyers (not directly employed by Legal Aid Ontario) • lawyers who engage in only occasional practice in Ontario and are resident in a Canadian jurisdiction other than Ontario The standard Run - Off coverage

Called to the Ontario Bar in 2014, Scott practiced as a legal aid clinic lawyer in some of Toronto's highest - need communities before joining Martha McCarthy & Company LLP as an associate in 2016.

Not exact matches

It costs over a thousand dollars to hire lawyer, legal aid clinics can only handle a fraction of demand, and it's virtually impossible to file on your own.

The project involved sending its lawyers to the Moira refugee camp to volunteer in ELL's legal aid clinic for two - to three - week stints, as well as giving strategic advice and financial assistance to the charity (it paid to rebuild the clinic after it was destroyed in a fire).

The Civil Rights Appellate Clinic at The Dickinson School of Law at Penn State filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP on behalf of six national organizations — the National Employment Lawyers Association, American Association of Justice, AARP, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco Employment Law Center.

While an early aspiration to create a specialized legal aid clinic was stymied by lack of funding, ACLA now serves as an important bridge between Toronto's Arab community and the profession, offering a lawyer referral service, information about legal aid, legal workshops and general legal information resources.

During law school, Gina was a legal intern at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, served as a Clinic Legal Intern at the National Health Law Program, worked as a Public Policy Project Law Clerk at the Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and was a Public Benefits Unit Legal Extern at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.

The following Houston - based groups will receive grants: Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse ($ 295,870), Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston ($ 145,652), Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program ($ 265,754), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ($ 167,579), South Texas College of Law ($ 59,425), Southeast Texas Legal Clinic ($ 24,202), the University of Houston Law Center ($ 122,556), and YMCA International ($ 145,652).

For years, our attorneys and staff have dedicated countless hours to numerous organizations, including the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago's Lawyers in the Classroom program, the John Marshall Law School's Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, and the Legal Aid Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.

Traditional thinking has been to attempt to increase the supply to deal with the demand: more lawyers, more money for legal aid, more clinics, more judges, more courts, etc..

Of course, for every lawyer like Dave Dineen taking a fully - subsidized slot in a legal aid clinic, there's another lawyer like Jeremy Dyme who's displaced.

One lawyer in attendance noted the ability of students to gain more practical experience through working at legal clinics such as Parkdale Community Legal Services in Toronto, a legal aid clinic established by York University's Osgoode Hall Law School in the 1970s.

AARP Foundation Litigation, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, American Association for Justice, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California Alliance for Retired Americans, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, California Labor Federation, California Reinvestment Coalition, California Teamsters, Public Affairs Council, California Women's Law Center, Center for Justice and Democracy, Coalition of Disability Access Professionals, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Designing Accessible Communities, Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Gray Panthers, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Legal Aid Society, Employment Law Center, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Mexican, American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Center for Youth Law, National Consumer Law Center, National Immigration Law Center, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Protection & Advocacy, Inc., Public Advocates, Public Counsel, Public Interest Law Project, Speak Out California, Strengthening Our Lives (LA County Federation), Teamsters Union Local No. 70 Utility, Consumers» Action Network, Western Center on Law & Poverty, Women's Employment Rights Clinic, and the Youth Law Center.

PLEA differs from a lawyer's office or a legal aid clinic in that it provides general information on the law rather than legal advice for specific problems.

If we are unable to help you, we will provide you with contact information for other organizations, legal aid clinics, or lawyers who may be able to assist you.

It is lawyers who work in legal aid clinics.

A lawyer by training, Ruth Carey was executive director of the Toronto - based HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic (Ontario) from 1996 to 2007.

Below are additional examples from the US, Canada and Australia — Illinois Legal Aid Online, the use of A2J software in Ontario's legal clinics and Robot Lawyers in Melbourne.

Representing Abused, Abandoned, Neglected Unaccompanied Minors in State Court Proceedings, Continuing Legal Education Pro Bono Seminars held in January, 2003 (co-sponsored by Children & Youth Law Clinic, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center and the American Immigration Lawyers Association; March, 2003 (co-sponsored by FIAC and Holland & Knight); and July, 2003 (co-sponsored by Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Broward Lawyers Care, and FIAC).

Coalition of legal aid clinics, workers» compensation lawyers, injured worker groups, doctors address provisions in amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act regarding chronic mental stress entitlement and the expansion of Board policy - making powers.

I'm a staff lawyer at IAVGO, a legal clinic funded by Legal Aid Ontario to advise and represent low income and vulnerable injured workers.

The Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic (CACLC) provides legal advice and information to people who can not afford a lawyer and do not qualify for legal aid.

A former litigator, Julia has worked as a lawyer at Linklaters, a legal aid clinic and the United Nations.

Having completed both an undergraduate and graduate degree in Criminology prior to law school, I initially thought I should take the logical step and become a criminal lawyer; I even spent one semester working with a legal aid clinic through my school's Criminal Law Cclinic through my school's Criminal Law ClinicClinic.

In addition to aiding gay and lesbian couples in various issues, the clinic has also made great strides for people in the transgender community, helping to leverage the legal resources available for transgender and trans - identifying people to give them the legal voice they need.Now, with approximately 70 lawyers volunteering their time and over 400 people assisted by the clinic, the Washington State Bar Association is honoring the center with the Pro Bono Award.

It would be legal, I suggest, under section 18 of the Ontario Human Rights Code for a lawyer working in legal aid clinic established to serve African Canadians to refuse to provide services to a white potential client (I certainly hope it would be legal, since Legal Aid Ontario funds such a cliniaid clinic established to serve African Canadians to refuse to provide services to a white potential client (I certainly hope it would be legal, since Legal Aid Ontario funds such a cliniAid Ontario funds such a clinic).

He says Manitoba has a system in place to track the success of both types of providers, private lawyers and those being represented by a lawyer at a legal aid clinic.

Mario Santos, chairman of Legal Aid Manitoba's management council, says his province's mixed system of retaining private lawyers and creating legal aid clinics has kept both sides honeAid Manitoba's management council, says his province's mixed system of retaining private lawyers and creating legal aid clinics has kept both sides honeaid clinics has kept both sides honest.

The clinics run by legal aid programs provide short meetings with lawyers, usually ranging from 20 to 30 minutes, and clients are screened for eligibility, always by income and sometimes by issue.

In general, lawyers working as in - house counsel, who are employed by the government, who work in education, or who work for a clinic funded by Legal Aid Ontario are exempt from the requirement to pay insurance premiums.

The result will be: (1) a Canadian Clementi Report solution; or, (2) the legalization of non-lawyer provided legal services — every commercial and institutional organization will be able to employ lawyers to provide legal services to their clients and customers so as to occupy the market that the legal profession has priced itself beyond; or, (3) a government - sponsored program using a recommendation from the report of University of Toronto Law Professor Michael Trebilcock, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008, to convert Legal Aid Ontario's (LAO's) more than 70 legal clinics to provide legal services at cost to the middle class, along with promoting the purchase of legal services insurance like we buy home and auto insurance.

First, the reality is that the nature of the legal profession is that there aren't a lot of jobs for young lawyers and new calls in legal aid clinics, non-profits, etc..

In contrast, a legal aid clinic or non-profit often can't afford to train a new call or need someone who already knows the ropes (which is why they tend to hire more established lawyers).

The solution, if there is one, is either to (i) provide greater public subsidies for legal aid / community clinics to serve a broader range of Ontarians or (ii) change the regulatory environment to allow for the cheaper provision of «routine» legal services by paralegals (this latter approach, I suspect, would go over like a lead balloon amongst my fellow lawyers).

93 The relationship between a lawyer who provides legal aid services and the individual who is receiving those services is the customary solicitor - client relationship, whether the legal aid services are provided pursuant to a certificate, in a legal aid services staff office, clinic, student legal aid services society or other entity funded by the Corporation or by any other method under this Act.

90 (1) A member of the board of directors, an officer or employee of the Corporation, an area director, a member of an area committee, a lawyer, a service - provider or a member, officer, director or employee of a clinic, student legal aid services society or other entity funded by the Corporation shall not disclose or permit to be disclosed any information or material furnished to or received by him or her in the course of his or her duties or in the provision of legal aid services.

(2) All legal communications between a lawyer, student or service - provider at a clinic, student legal aid services society or other entity funded by the Corporation, or any other member, officer or employee of a clinic, student legal aid services society or other entity funded by the Corporation and an applicant for legal aid services are privileged in the same manner and to the same extent as solicitor - client communications.

If you have a very low income, you may be able to receive free or low - cost assistance from your local legal aid clinic or through a lawyer working on a pro bono basis.