Sentences with phrase «better access to legal aid»

From an access to justice perspective the (partial) solution is drop dead obvious — quit using taxpayer dollars to provide affluent doctors with taxpayer subsidized Cadillac lawyering and instead use that $ 200 million to help alleviate some of the problems you list — such as using the $ 200 million (Ontario's alone — but then add the contributions of the other provincial governments to CMPA) to provide the poor and the destitute with better access to legal aid.

Vulnerable people are to be offered better access to legal aid after the Legal Service Commission (LSC) has decided to buy more than 40,000 extra cases of face - to - face civil legal aid.

Not exact matches

The Northeast Charter Schools Network submitted a letter to the members of the Connecticut General Assembly urging them to support H.B. 7000: An Act Equalizing Access to Student - Generated Financial Aid, as well as S.B. 17: An Act Assisting Students Without Legal Immigration Status With The Cost Of College.

After analyzing FTC complaints from different areas, he concluded that complaints tend to be higher where people have greater access to legal aid, as well as places where more Hispanic families receive food stamps.

[10] «Resolution 4: In Support of the Statement of Best Practices for State Funding of Civil Legal Aid Prepared by the ABA Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives,» 2015, 2, http://ccj.ncsc.org/~/media/Microsites/Files/CCJ/Resolutions/07252015-Support-Statement-Best-Practices-State-Funding-Civil-Legal-Aid.ashx.

He created the Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services, which includes leaders from the bench, bar, law schools, and legal aid, as well as legislators and representatives of unions, corporations, foundations and the medical commuLegal Services, which includes leaders from the bench, bar, law schools, and legal aid, as well as legislators and representatives of unions, corporations, foundations and the medical commulegal aid, as well as legislators and representatives of unions, corporations, foundations and the medical community.

In addition to volunteer legal assistance at the centers, the Hawaii State Judiciary has also partnered with the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Public Library System to make self - help interactive court forms software available at the Self - Help Centers and Access to Justice Rooms and public libraries across the state as well as onlegal assistance at the centers, the Hawaii State Judiciary has also partnered with the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Public Library System to make self - help interactive court forms software available at the Self - Help Centers and Access to Justice Rooms and public libraries across the state as well as onLegal Aid Society of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Public Library System to make self - help interactive court forms software available at the Self - Help Centers and Access to Justice Rooms and public libraries across the state as well as online.

We maintain a 24 - hour call service to protect your rights and to ensure that you have access to justice at all times and accept cases on private retainers as well as Legal Aid.

It is well known that Canadian lawyers have worked to promote access to justice through both legal aid and pro bono work for many years, and this has generally been conducted at a provincial level.

Speaking to people who know him well, he comes across as someone with a deep understanding of the importance of access to justice and legal aid.

As well, in recent years considerable popular and legal media attention has focused on the lack of access to justice and the high cost of legal representation, often making connections to concerns about the adequacy of available legal aid.

This decision although lengthy comes at a good time as more and more people chose to represent themselves or have no choice because legal fees are too high or they can not access legal aid.

I realize that cost is often a major impediment to access to justice, hence I accept legal aid clients and Cba referrals as well as offer unbundled services, all on a case by case basis.

The other winners were: Legal Aid Newcomer — Tom Royston, Garden Court North; Legal Aid Barrister — Philip Rule, No5 Chambers; Family Private (inc Mediation)-- Mary Shaw, David Gray Solicitors; Family Public — Sheila Donn, Philcox Gray Solicitors; Social & Welfare — Stuart Luke, Bhatia Best; Public Law — Keith Lomax, Minton Morrill Solicitors; Criminal Defence — Graeme Hydari, Hodge, Jones & Allen; Children's Rights — Solange Valdez - Symonds, Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens / Migrant Resource Centre; Legal Aid Firm / Not - for - profit Agency — Community Law Partnership; and Access to Justice through IT — Advicenow, Law for Life.

During his term, Sandy worked tirelessly to bring awareness to the need for increased legislative funding for these programs and to explore ways the courts and the legal aid community could better work together to improve equal access to justice for all litigants.

Instead of operating a less well funded legal aid style program, perhaps the profession could start addressing the structural issues that are contributing to the problem amorphously referred to as «access to justice» (which I am defining as a person's inability to obtain legal representation at a price they can afford) by:

All members of the legal profession, as part of our commitment to the rule of law, should be concerned about the manifest inadequacies of the legal aid system, and work for a better way of promoting access to justice.

The Commission solicited feedback from the private bar including the Tennessee Bar Association, court clerks, trial and general sessions judges, legal aid attorneys, and other access to justice stakeholders to create the best possible version of these forms and instructions.

Ready access to the most essential resources to aid attorneys in better understanding the many complexities of day - to - day legal practice.

Bonnie received the Faye Stender award from California Women Lawyers, the Opening Doors to Justice award from the Public Interest Clearinghouse, as well as the Award of Merit from the Legal Aid Association of California and the California Commission on Access to Justice for her work to increase access to the courts for low - income peAccess to Justice for her work to increase access to the courts for low - income peaccess to the courts for low - income persons.

This provides the opportunity for law firms and legal departments to do well by doing good, partnering with law schools and legal aid organizations to improve legal - service delivery and access to legal services for everyone.

Our team will guide you through every step of the legal process and ensure that you have the best possible chance at accessing the compensation to aid your recovery.

The Press Release states that «Improving access to justice for all Ontarians begins with better, easy - to - use legal information,» a point made by lawyers, the judiciary, legal organizations, the 2007 Osborne Civil Justice Report and the 2008 Trebilcock Legal Aid Relegal information,» a point made by lawyers, the judiciary, legal organizations, the 2007 Osborne Civil Justice Report and the 2008 Trebilcock Legal Aid Relegal organizations, the 2007 Osborne Civil Justice Report and the 2008 Trebilcock Legal Aid ReLegal Aid Review.

And therefore, the solution to the currently massively damaging «access to justice» problem of unaffordable legal services, is to make CanLII as good a national support - service as LAO LAW is for Ontario's legal aid lawyers — see: (1) my Slaw blog of Oct. 24th; (2) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 25th: «Access to Justice: Courts and Technology: A Twitterchat»; and, (3) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 4th: «Innovation and the Legal Profession: A Twitter Chat.&access to justice» problem of unaffordable legal services, is to make CanLII as good a national support - service as LAO LAW is for Ontario's legal aid lawyers — see: (1) my Slaw blog of Oct. 24th; (2) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 25th: «Access to Justice: Courts and Technology: A Twitterchat»; and, (3) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 4th: «Innovation and the Legal Profession: A Twitter Chat.&rlegal services, is to make CanLII as good a national support - service as LAO LAW is for Ontario's legal aid lawyers — see: (1) my Slaw blog of Oct. 24th; (2) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 25th: «Access to Justice: Courts and Technology: A Twitterchat»; and, (3) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 4th: «Innovation and the Legal Profession: A Twitter Chat.&rlegal aid lawyers — see: (1) my Slaw blog of Oct. 24th; (2) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 25th: «Access to Justice: Courts and Technology: A Twitterchat»; and, (3) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 4th: «Innovation and the Legal Profession: A Twitter Chat.&Access to Justice: Courts and Technology: A Twitterchat»; and, (3) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 4th: «Innovation and the Legal Profession: A Twitter Chat.&rLegal Profession: A Twitter Chat.»

«This gap between being eligible for legal aid and being able to afford counsel that she fell into meant she wasn't able to get the legal assistance that could have prevented the crime from happening,» said Lorne Sossin, dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, addressing members of the legal community who came together last week in Toronto to launch the second year of Flip Your Wig For Justice, the pledge - based fundraiser, which aims to raise awareness as well as money for access to justice programs in Ontario.

However, the paper also suggests that there are reasons to believe that non-lawyer ownership will not lead to significant access gains because (i) those in need of civil legal services often have few resources and, for them, legal aid is the answer, (ii) non-lawyer ownership is likely to be attracted to profitable sectors of the market, (iii) some legal services require the individualized attention of an experienced practitioner who charges high rates and the traditional worker owned partnership model may be the better approach in this context and (iv) there may be reasons other than price causing people not to address civil legal needs.