Sentences with phrase «aid sector»

A clear trend to emerge from the survey data was the proliferation of unpaid work experience in the legal profession and in the legal aid sector in particular.

Most of my work was in the humanitarian aid sector, though I also worked on a few development projects.

While leaders in the civil legal aid sector are responding creatively to expand their capacity to serve more people.

«The foreign aid sector has historically been dominated by intermediaries — organizations that collect money on behalf of the poor and then spend it on their behalf as well.

With part funding from the Legal Services Commission, Matrix Chambers — a barristers» chambers well known for its innovative approach to delivering legal services, has set up a unique project called the Legal Aid Link to support the legal aid sector through this difficult time.

Abuses in the mobility aids sector — such as inflating prices by 400 % in door - step sales to house - bound individuals — illustrate some of the worst practices.

This new role will enable me to work closely with many colleagues and friends from the legal aid sector as I help to shape and develop the Law Society's support to its members in legal aid and the not for profit sector.»

Adam Makepeace, Practice Director at Tuckers, has been reflecting on two years of consultations and litigation in relation to the proposed changes to the criminal legal aid sector.

According to GiveDirectly, the «foreign aid sector has historically been dominated by intermediaries», who «collect money on behalf of the poor and then spend it on their behalf as well».

As she learned more about the relational dynamics that existed between Westerners and Ugandans in the nonprofit and aid sectors, she remembers thinking, «I don't think I could be a part of something like this.»

Carillion's legal services ambitions are clearly beyond the beleaguered legal aid sector.

The legal aid sector is under great pressure, and so the LAPG welcomes any initiative that provides tangible support to legal aid practitioners.

Social mobility survey: YLAL is updating its research on social mobility and diversity in the legal aid sector, and we need your help!

Funds should be allocated to facilitate work experience placements in the legal aid sector.

YLAL is pleased to announce the publication of our latest report on social mobility and diversity in the legal aid sector: «One Step Forward, Two Steps Back».

All of these will impact to varying degrees on social mobility in the legal aid sector.

Promoting social mobility and diversity in the legal aid sector has always been a central part of the work of the Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL).

We do not wish to duplicate work or efforts made by such groups, but we believe it is crucial for junior lawyers working in (and wanting to work in) the legal aid sector to have their own voice.

The Group meets regularly when Parliament is sitting to discuss topics that are important in the legal aid sector and to hear from those that work within it.

To promote the interests of new entrants and junior lawyers and provide a network for likeminded people beginning their careers in the legal aid sector.

The LRAP is designed to support the recruitment and retention of qualified staff attorneys working in the legal aid sector.

It seems our concerns for the legal aid sector were ignored.

This week Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) will publish its third report on social mobility in the legal aid sector, «Young Legal Aid Lawyers: Social Mobility in a Time of Austerity».

In relation to the legal aid sector we warned that paying trainees at the National Minimum Wage rate would deter good quality individuals from entering this crucial area of work for vulnerable clients.

Reacting to this disappointment, Andrew Holroyd, deputy vice president of the Law Society, said: «The government is sticking its head in the sand, ignoring warnings from MPs, leading social welfare charities, legal aid lawyers and even its own economic research about the extreme fragility of the legal aid sector and the threat to access to justice.»

In the face of this crisis, leaders in the civil legal aid sector are responding creatively to expand their ability to serve more people.

The financial blow to civil legal aid was shocking and is of grave concern to the legal aid sector but if we, the lawyers, are prepared to drive the revolution, it need not spell disaster for the clients that depend on our services.

The potential to deliver returns on investment through mergers (horizontal and vertical) in the legal aid sector is certainly not out of the question.