Sentences with phrase «by legal aid service»

The system in Slovenia is somewhat similar: the lawyer is chosen by the litigant; where none is chosen, a lawyer whose name is on a list drawn up by the regional Bar is appointed by the legal aid service; if that lawyer declines the appointment, they must give reasons and the legal aid service assesses the reasons given after consulting the national chamber of attorneys.

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).

The statutory basis for this relationship is established by the Legal Aid Services Act (LASA), 1998.

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To be an essential resource for the community by providing free or heavily subsidized services in critical areas such as health, legal aid and senior support

Additionally, refugee and asylum - seekers movements across Europe, such as Kein Mensch ist Illegal in Germany, have responded to state hostility and neglect by providing their own legal aid, language courses, housing and other social services.

The letter was signed by Tina Luongo, attorney - in - charge with the Legal Aid Society, Lisa Schreibersdorf, founder and executive director of Brooklyn Defender Services, Justine Olderman, executive director of The Bronx Defenders, Matthew W. Knecht, managing attorney with The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, and Stan German, executive director of New York County Defender Services.

Dissenting justice campaigners, legal aid lawyers and those who've witnessed the rot setting in (from swingeing legal aid cuts, curbs to judicial review, an interpreting service in freefall, probation chaos and threats to withdraw Britain from the Human Rights Act) will be highlighting the urgent need to halt the destruction of our justice system and abide by the principles of the medieval charter.

She praised the 90 - day review underway of the city's homeless services, being led by Human Resources Commissioner Steven Banks — the former head of Legal Aid Society who she said she's known even longer than the mayor — and said she'd offer her own input.

The new programs are expected to increase college access and support degree completion by providing wraparound services for students such as child and elder care, transportation, health care services, family and / or employment counseling, legal aid, and more.

The public has the right to know who is stopping them, why they are being questioned and how to address any improper behavior by police officers,» said the letter from the Legal Aid Society, Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, and others.

The Assembly proposal also restores $ 1 million for immigrant legal services, includes $ 83 million more for CUNY, and would increase school aid statewide by 7.4 %.

The purpose of the program is to strengthen legal aid service and assistance to the poor by providing loan repayment assistance to attorneys.

The Federation of Law Societies of Canada can use the same solution by enabling CanLII to be the kind of comprehensive support service that LAO LAW is for Ontario lawyers for their legal aid cases.

LIZ would have no competitors providing such a civil service function for all of Canada's law societies, and paid for by enabling CanLII to provide at cost a legal opinion service as does LAO LAW at Legal Aid Ontlegal opinion service as does LAO LAW at Legal Aid OntLegal Aid Ontario.

In its Judgment of 20 September 2012 in case T ‑ 154 / 10 French Republic vs. European Commission, the General Court of the EU (GC) has established a new test of «bankruptcy - proofness» as an advantage contrary to Article 107 (1) TFEU that may generate a significant shake up in the control of State aid granted (implicitly) to establishments of an industrial and commercial character (EICC, or EPIC in their French acronym)-- ie legal entities governed by public law which have distinct legal personality from the State, financial independence and certain special powers, including the performance of one or more public service tasks.

But the beginning of the Ontario Legal Aid Plan (which became Legal Aid Ontario by way of the Legal Aid Services Act, 1998, s. 3 (1)-RRB-, on March 29, 1967, meant many more accused persons had lawyers, which resulted in: (1) many more trials and a lot fewer guilty pleas; and as a result, (2) drastically over-crowded jails containing inmates awaiting trial; and, (3) shortages of staff in the Toronto Crown Attorney's Office.

The probability of wrongful convictions is increased by increasing numbers of defendants in the courts without lawyers, which is due to: (a) very poor government funding of legal aid programs; and, (b) law societies» failure to attempt to solve the unaffordable legal services problem — the one aggravates the damage done by the other.

Section 9, by extension, provides that such services as are specified in Schedule 1 are to be made available provided the individual concerned qualifies for legal aid.

The Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network wishes to add our voice to the many calling for the immediate abolition of all aspects of «street checks» or «carding» used by the Toronto Police Service (TPS).

Because two of the three legal aid sources are predominately supported by lawyers, decision makers should consider the potential impact on access to justice if lawyers were to dramatically reduce their time / financial support of pro bono services and legal aid programs, which is likely as competition increases and the social contract under which lawyers and society have operated Vis a Vis the state sponsored monopoly continues to unwind.

As an aside, all of the extra work demanded of the defence lawyer in R. v. Murphy (see paragraphs 10 and 11 of the appeal decision, for example), likely would not have been services covered by Legal Aid Ontario.

As part of the 2014 provincial budget, the Ontario Liberals promised to increase the eligibility threshold for legal aid services by six per cent each year over three years.

Outgoing AALS president Paul Marcus of the William & Mary Law School organized the opening plenary on access to justice where he was joined by Cara Drinan of Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law, Associate Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn of the Virginia Supreme Court, veteran legal aid attorney and former executive director of Bay Area Legal Aid Alex Gulotta, and Legal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha Mlegal aid attorney and former executive director of Bay Area Legal Aid Alex Gulotta, and Legal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha Minaid attorney and former executive director of Bay Area Legal Aid Alex Gulotta, and Legal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha MLegal Aid Alex Gulotta, and Legal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha MinAid Alex Gulotta, and Legal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha MLegal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha Minow.

For him, legal aid needed to look like any other law firm, which meant that legal services could be provided only by professional, male lawyers.

Ruchi will be articling at Keewaytinok Native Legal Services, a community clinic in Moosonee funded by Legal Aid Ontario.

TUC Report finds women and children have been disproportionately affected by the devastating impact of LASPO, by Emma Fitzsimons Prior its enactment, campaigners warned that the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO») 1 would decimate legal aid, deny access to justice to thousands of vulnerable litigants and prove to be a false economy, shifting the burden to an already understaffed court system and overburdened legal aid services seLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO») 1 would decimate legal aid, deny access to justice to thousands of vulnerable litigants and prove to be a false economy, shifting the burden to an already understaffed court system and overburdened legal aid services sectAid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO») 1 would decimate legal aid, deny access to justice to thousands of vulnerable litigants and prove to be a false economy, shifting the burden to an already understaffed court system and overburdened legal aid services selegal aid, deny access to justice to thousands of vulnerable litigants and prove to be a false economy, shifting the burden to an already understaffed court system and overburdened legal aid services sectaid, deny access to justice to thousands of vulnerable litigants and prove to be a false economy, shifting the burden to an already understaffed court system and overburdened legal aid services selegal aid services sectaid services sector.

The triage system will encompass services provided by New Mexico Legal Aid and five other legal aid agencies in the state, in addition to court, self - help and pro bono resouLegal Aid and five other legal aid agencies in the state, in addition to court, self - help and pro bono resourcAid and five other legal aid agencies in the state, in addition to court, self - help and pro bono resoulegal aid agencies in the state, in addition to court, self - help and pro bono resourcaid agencies in the state, in addition to court, self - help and pro bono resources.

Some of our services remain eligible for legal aid; those that are not are provided at a fixed price, so people need not fear the uncertainty of not knowing what the service will cost them...; We offer modular [unbundled] services, so that we can put together bespoke packages that suit everyone's pocket; We offer extended services by phone and email, so that people who do not want to come into an office don't need to (whether it's because they are simply busy or because they've been subjected to violence and prefer to remain in a place where they know they are safe); We offer flexible hours, including evenings and weekends; We demystify law by talking to clients in plain English...

The center was developed through a partnership between the courts in Clark County, Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, and the Clark County Neighborhood Justice Center (a free mediation service provided by Clark County).

Between FY 2010 and FY 2017, LSC funding has decreased by roughly 14 % (adjusted for inflation), which has resulted in a reduction of funding for NJP and, subsequently, a reduction of services for low - income people in need of legal aid.

These opportunities are posted by legal aid organizations and other programs that provide legal services.

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION SHOULD RECEIVE ROBUST FEDERAL FUNDING Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) called on Congress today to provide adequate funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent, nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1974 that gives financial support for civil legal aid to low - income AmeriLEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION SHOULD RECEIVE ROBUST FEDERAL FUNDING Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) called on Congress today to provide adequate funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent, nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1974 that gives financial support for civil legal aid to low - income AmeriLEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION SHOULD RECEIVE ROBUST FEDERAL FUNDING Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) called on Congress today to provide adequate funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent, nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1974 that gives financial support for civil legal aid to low - income AmeriLegal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent, nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1974 that gives financial support for civil legal aid to low - income AmeriLegal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent, nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1974 that gives financial support for civil legal aid to low - income Amerilegal aid to low - income Amerilegal aid to low - income Americans.

With respect to legal aid, professional lawyers, in nearly all cases men, created legal aid societies which worked to progressively take over the legal work done by the women's social services organizations.

Established in 1974, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) promotes equal access to justice by providing federal funding grants to 134 nonprofit legal aid programs across the United StLegal Services Corporation (LSC) promotes equal access to justice by providing federal funding grants to 134 nonprofit legal aid programs across the United Stlegal aid programs across the United States.

Delivering access to justice demands change and action on a very broad range of initiatives — pro bono work by the private bar, fair and adequate funding of legal aid, collaboration among all system participants (clients, lawyers, courts, agencies, NGO's), legal education (and its financing), e-filing and case data standards, court forms, court interfaces to self - represented litigants, unbundled legal services, virtual law practice, multistate practice, law practice ownership and investment, limited practice licenses, unauthorized practice of law rules, lawyer advertising rules, and lawyer discipline.

The Program is administered by Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and Washoe Legal Services, which provide free attorney malpractice coverage.

In 1974, Congress chartered the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to promote equal access to justice in the civil judicial system by providing low - income Americans with high quality legalLegal Services Corporation (LSC) to promote equal access to justice in the civil judicial system by providing low - income Americans with high quality legallegal aid.

The pilots aim to integrate and amplify existing efforts by legal aid organizations, courts and other service providers to help more people facing eviction, domestic violence and other civil law issues.

On August 31, 2016, the Health & Human Services Committee of the King County Council reviewed a proposal developed by the King County Department of Community and Human Services to create a new funding allocation methodology for civil legal aid.

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They include: considering where children and other vulnerable groups are disadvantaged by Laspo, and amending appropriately; reversing changes to judicial review; developing a new process for exceptional funding; and abolishing the mandatory telephone gateway as the only route to accessing certain civil legal aid services.

Duty counsel in British Columbia will take collective job action against the B.C. government starting in January and completely withdraw services after April from a system described by B.C. Trial Lawyers Association's legal aid committee co-chairman Phil Rankin as suffering from «atrophication that has been happening slowly like dementia» from continuous funding cuts.

The answer is to satisfy that need, rather than perpetuating «two tier justice» by leaving legal services affordable only for the rich and those obtaining Legal Aid certificlegal services affordable only for the rich and those obtaining Legal Aid certificLegal Aid certificates.

Now the IT director at the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, a Baltimore - based legal nonprofit, he creates scalable solutions to chronic problems faced by underfunded legal aid and criminal justice programs.

Recently, I attended a session that brought together Legal Aid officials and representatives of legal clinics, among others, to discuss how to improve access to clinic services by members of racialized communiLegal Aid officials and representatives of legal clinics, among others, to discuss how to improve access to clinic services by members of racialized communilegal clinics, among others, to discuss how to improve access to clinic services by members of racialized communities.

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Legal Action Group (LAG) welcomes the increased pressure on the government regarding this issue, but we are warning that action needs to be taken urgently, as civil legal aid is becoming a narrow collection of specialisms dominated by child protection, with shrinking provision for the type of early advice services needed by the general puLegal Action Group (LAG) welcomes the increased pressure on the government regarding this issue, but we are warning that action needs to be taken urgently, as civil legal aid is becoming a narrow collection of specialisms dominated by child protection, with shrinking provision for the type of early advice services needed by the general pulegal aid is becoming a narrow collection of specialisms dominated by child protection, with shrinking provision for the type of early advice services needed by the general public.

An example of less directed leadership would be the two day Wired Justice conference held in Ontario last September and organised by Legal Aid Ontario, the Legal Services Society of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall Law School.

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