Sentences with phrase «also on access to justice»

Starting in July 2016, prospective lawyers taking the Massachusetts bar exam will be tested not just on traditional topics such as constitutional law, torts and property, but also on access to justice.

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There were also several submissions from IGA stores - most adopting very similar (in some cases identical) wording - these typically focus on misuse of market power, access to justice, zoning restrictions and a supermarket code of conduct.

Switzerland is also a signatory of the 1998 Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision - making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, though does not seem to have ratified it

Linares also discusses other highlights that are new to this year's Techshow, including a startup competition on the opening night, a hackathon to improve veterans» access to justice, and a new academic track.

Access to legal aid is reserved only for the very poorest, while the private bar is reserved only for the very richest, leaving the vast majority out in the cold facing not only exclusion from the justice system based on finances, but also based on knowledge given the complexity of the legal system and the inherent difficulties of self - representation.

Law Society president Jonathan Smithers also expressed concern about the impact on access to justice for highly complex cases.

They could provide not only traditional reference services and access to both print and digital resources, but also seminars and lectures on the law and the justice system.

See also: (1) «Access to Justice: A Critique of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (pdf; posted on the SSRN on, May 21, 2014); and, (2) «Self - Represented Litigants» Tax Money Provides More Funding for Legal Aid Ontario,» (posted on Slaw, on July 31, 2015).

Some critics, as evidenced by the comments to the article on Articling fees and access to justice, also complain that the LPP is enabling an unjustified expansion in the number of lawyers in Ontario.

Marshall's recommendations premised on eliminating the lawyers and experts may save costs but it will also deprive accident victims of access to justice in dealing with legitimate disputes regarding their entitlement to coverage and less treatment for their injuries.

But then he goes on to say that it is «also easy to see how this could be a blow to the present - day legal profession with its hordes of underemployed lawyers» and that it is «also easy to see how programs like Washington's could do a poor job closing the access - to - justice gap.»

Giving women's organizations access to in - house lawyers would not only give abuse victims access to justice, says Track, it would also give social workers the ability to focus on what they're good at.

What Lear doesn't acknowledge, and maybe that's because his focus for this post is on lawyers, is that in the same way that not everyone who needs access to legal services requires access to justice, so also not everyone who needs access to justice requires legal services.

They also wonder if the legal profession isn't focusing its efforts on civility to the detriment of the larger issue of access to justice.

If we were to draw on their collective wisdom to tackle the issues of access to justice with a multi-disciplinary approach, not only would we enhance the discussion, but we would also broaden the range of potential solutions to issues identified.

Former minister of public safety, health and justice in the Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin and also a former law professor at the University of Alberta, Anne McLellan most recently was appointed chairwoman of the Task Force on the Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis, the panel that submitted recommendations to the federal government on the design of a new system to legalize, strictly regulate and restrict access to cannabis.

But I also have some other initiatives that I am going to ask lawyers to be part of this year, and we are all going to work together on access to justice and helping lawyers help their clients, and I will be glad to tell you how.

The disadvantages and marginalization experienced by persons with disabilities, and therefore the barriers to accessing justice they experience, will be heightened depending upon whether they also belong to certain other groups, for example, ethnic groups, and on their status within those groups, for example, status accorded as a result of age, gender, and sexual orientation.

You can also read about our pre-election debate on access to justice, featuring lawyer - politician representatives of the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, on our website and on The Justijustice, featuring lawyer - politician representatives of the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, on our website and on The JusticeJustice Gap.

The Barreau du Québec has issued an in - depth report calling on lawyers to transition away from hourly billing — not only to enhance efficiency for corporate clients but also to foster greater access to justice for individual clients and provide a more balanced professional life for lawyers.

It also integrates new research data on the Access to Justice crisis and the impact of self - represented litigants, and the adaptations and changes this challenge demands in these and other aspects of lawyering practice.

CuroStudio's focus will be on products and services that increase access to justice, but that also extends to products that improve the business side of law practice.

Congratulations are also in order to Justice Marshall Rothstein who has written the majority judgment in Ministry of Correctional Services v. Goodis, a case on public access to information, and claims of solicitor - client privilege.

The suggestion that there is an analogy between their struggle to achieve equality and these petitioners» concerted efforts to deny women equal access to a constitutionally protected privilege may have rhetorical appeal, but it is insupportable on the record before us...» Justice Stevens also noted that Bray «presents a striking contemporary example of the kind of zealous, politically motivated, lawless conduct that led to the enactment of the Ku Klux Act in 1871 and gave it its name.»

Also published on the Access to Justice in Canada blog: Part 1, August 12, 2014; and Part 2, August 14, 2014; and pp. 1 - 3 excerpted on the Slaw blog, Sept. 11, 2014: «Thursday Thinkpiece: Chasse on Law Societies and Unaffordable Legal Services.»

And also posted on the, Access to Justice in Canada blog on October 7, 2014

The Dutch courts are also making progress in promoting access to justice through developments on collective redress.

She is also an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she teaches courses on access to justice, legal services design and legal technology.

I asked a colleague teaching a course focused on access to justice about who is in that course and learned that class is also more than 75 % women.

Students with a strong interest in access to justice would also likely to be excluded, which would have a significant effect on law schools where this theme is prominently featured:

She also serves on the NC Equal Access to Justice Commission.

Naturally, we'll often feature issues related to SRLs and Access to Justice, but in the first dozen episodes we're also taking on topics such as sexual violence, racism and Islamophobia, disability rights, and legal education, to name a few.

Jeff is also the representative of the Federation on Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin's Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, where he is a member of the Steering Committee.

«Law apps are a growing part of the legal landscape and working with partners like Youthlaw enables our students to have an impact on access to justice and while also building skills in this important area.»

«Access to Justice: Katie Sykes on Designing Legal Expert Systems» is published on The Lawyer's Daily website here and can also be accessed online here.

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I am also very excited and encouraged about the impact unbundling will have on access to justice over the years to come.

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.

You can also link to this article from the SRLN website or from Richard Zorza's Access to Justice blog, where you will be able to find dozens, hundreds, of other practical and provocative articles on Access to Justice issues.

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Although the province can establish hearing fees under its power to administer justice under s. 92 (14) of the Constitution Act, 1867, the exercise of that power must also comply with s. 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867, which constitutionally protects the core jurisdiction of the superior courts... the fees impermissibly infringe on that jurisdiction by, in effect, denying some people access to the courts».

The CCLA argued that the legislation breached s. 8 of the Charter — which the court confirmed — but also that the legislation would have a detrimental impact on access to justice.

We also have to be exceedingly careful not to harm the true public interest by attacking the many areas of legal advice and services that are affordable by thoughtlessly sacrificing them to profit - seeking, anti-competitive nonlawyer investors on a trumped up altar of access to justice simply to avoid dealing with the real A2J problem.

His interest in promoting «access to justice» is also reflected in his work on the Massachusetts Bar Association's Judicial Administration Section Council, which he chaired in 1997 - 1998, and Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section Council which he chaired in 1998 - 1999.

But a different argument, advanced by the West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, was to the effect that the right of access to courts was a component of the right to liberty, and maybe also of that to the security of the person, protected by section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and that the hearing fees infringed this right contrary to principles of fundamental justice, due to their disproportionate effect on women and the least well - off.

The Jomati Foundation also fund a range of charities focussing on access to justice issues both in the UK and internationally.

The Forum is giving also input to DG Environment of the European Commission while developing proposals for EU legislation with a particular relevance for judges, as that is the case with the access to justice proposal, the legal instrument on environmental inspections or when it is evaluating existing legislation such as the environmental liability directive.

The Conference will also include a two - day 12 CPD hour Accessible Practice CLE stream on skills and resources relevant to legal practitioners seeking to provide pro bono or reduced rate legal services to increase access to justice.

Also, Noel Semple has tweeted a link to his paper on ABS Access to Justice: Is Legal Services Regulation Blocking the Path?

And reducing personal income taxes increases disposable income, which also increases the amount of money people can spend on legal services, thereby, one would assume, increasing access to justice.