Sentences with phrase «by legal aid societies»

The best way to get help is to attend a free clinic put on by legal aid societies.

A class - action lawsuit has been filed by the Legal Aid Society on behalf of tenants in two Sunset Park apartment buildings who alleged that the landlord discriminated against them and made them prove citizenship before agreeing to renew their leases.

Then in December, Mr. Bharara formally joined a lawsuit, Nunez v. City of New York, brought by the Legal Aid Society to end «unnecessary and excessive force inflicted upon inmates.»

The suit was originally filed by the Legal Aid Society, and was eventually joined by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who wrote in a scathing report that there was a «culture of violence» against inmates in the city jails.

The policy is the result of the settlement of the lawsuit Nunez v. City of New York, originally filed on behalf of several inmates by the Legal Aid Society and eventually joined by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

The de Blasio administration can make a quick down payment on its homeless youth commitment by working to settle a federal lawsuit just filed by the Legal Aid Society aimed at guaranteeing a youth shelter bed for any homeless youth in need.

The court's second ruling ended a suit by the Legal Aid Society, which had sought the release of the disciplinary records from the Civilian Complaint Review Board of one officer in particular: Daniel Pantaleo, who had placed Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a chokehold moments before he died on a Staten Island sidewalk in July 2014.

The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking its own steps to ensure teens are no longer jailed at Rikers after reaching a settlement in the class action lawsuit brought by The Legal Aid Society and a number of private law firms.

Matthew serves on the Legal Aid Society's Board of Directors, and has been recognized for his volunteer pro bono efforts by The Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, The Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association.

In Edmonton and Calgary, young persons who are charged with criminal offences are referred by the Legal Aid Society of Alberta to the Youth Criminal Defence Office (YCDO).

Spotlight on Outstanding Public Servants: Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Linda Rappaport was selected by The Legal Aid Society of New York as one of the recipients of the 2016 Pro Bono Publico Awards for outstanding service to the Society and its clients.

«The Association's proposal is supported by the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Empire Justice Center and the Legal Project, all of which are providers in the Capital District.»

Not exact matches

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.

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 Legal Aid Society of Nassau County spent more than $ 400,000 without proper authorization and inappropriately used nearly $ 230,000 from its petty cash bank account, according to an audit released today by Nassau Comptroller George Maragos.

Carr was referring to the July 2015 decision by Manhattan State Supreme Court Justice Alice Schlesinger, who ruled in favor of the Legal Aid Society, which had sought a summary of the accusations that were lodged against Officer Daniel Pantaleo prior to Garner's death in 2014 and substantiated by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

The proposal was strongly supported by organizations of state and city judges as well as the Legal Aid Society and most advocacy groups at the four - hour hearing in Manhattan.

Last week, the petitioners, which also include the Legal Aid Society, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, submitted a motion for preference to the appellate court, asking that arguments in the case be heard by the end of June.

And on Tuesday Public Advocate Letitia James demanded that the authority do the right thing, writing to NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye: «I strongly urge you to comply with the demands made by your residents and the Legal Aid Society without forcing the need for legal action.&rLegal Aid Society without forcing the need for legal action.&rlegal action.»

The Legal Aid Society of Nassau County spent more than $ 400,000 without proper authorization and inappropriately used nearly $ 230,000 from its petty cash bank account, according to an audit released Wednesday by Nassau Comptroller George Maragos.

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.

At the church, legal counseling will be provided by the Office of Court Administration, the Legal Aid Society and the legal counseling will be provided by the Office of Court Administration, the Legal Aid Society and the Legal Aid Society and the NYPD.

While at St. John's, she was published by the Journal of Legal Commentary and interned with the tenant rights division of the Legal Aid Society, the US Attorney's Office and Judge Michael Mukasey in the Southern District of NY.

«The city is playing with fire by implementing this policy, particularly in the winter,» Steven Banks of the Legal Aid Society told WNBC.

The letter, first reported by the New York Observer, was co-signed by eight groups, including the Legal Aid Society, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and Bronx Defenders.

In 2014, the Community Legal Aid Society and the American Civil Liberties Union brought a complaint to the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights that asserted that the charter schools of Delaware were resegregating the state's schools by race and by disability.

According to the Law Society's review, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) was underpinned by the need for «significant cuts to legal aid spend», at a time when the government ring - fenced certain politically sensitive expenditure (health and education) but not jusLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) was underpinned by the need for «significant cuts to legal aid spend», at a time when the government ring - fenced certain politically sensitive expenditure (health and education) but not justiAid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) was underpinned by the need for «significant cuts to legal aid spend», at a time when the government ring - fenced certain politically sensitive expenditure (health and education) but not juslegal aid spend», at a time when the government ring - fenced certain politically sensitive expenditure (health and education) but not justiaid spend», at a time when the government ring - fenced certain politically sensitive expenditure (health and education) but not justice.

Law Society President Joe Egan said: «After decades of legal aid cuts by successive governments we have no choice but to act against an arbitrary cut that will do little if anything to drive down the legal aid bill — but could have a very detrimental impact on justice.»

According to The Law Society Gazette, Blakemores once had an «innovative and fast - growing» operation under the consumer brand «Lawyers2you,» but it was hit hard by a combination of legal aid cuts and the shrinking of the personal injury market.

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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.

Ian Brady: the legal challenge by Moors murderer Ian Brady to legal aid rules preventing his solicitor — who is not a member of the Law Society's mental health panel — from representing him before the Mental Health Review Tribunal was unsuccessful.

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.

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.

I think that is a something left over from the days when legal aid was run by the Law Society.

New research commissioned by the Law Society and produced by Professor Donald Hirsch of Loughborough University reveals that people on incomes 10 % to 30 % below the poverty line are being excluded from legal aid.

Law Society legal aid manager, Richard Miller, says: «Given the strength of opposition from legal aid practitioners, we are pleased that the LSC has acknowledged many of the problems posed by BVT and will now give careful consideration to the issues before any further steps to implement it are taken.»

Please read this excellent speech by Lucy Scott - Moncrieff, Vice-President of the Law Society, recounting the historical origins of legal aid and warning of the damage that will be caused by the forthcoming legal aid cuts.

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.

To Judge Bolsby it was «inconceivable that the Legislature and Law Society [in enacting the Legal Aid Act] would affront a trial judge by compelling him to suspend the business before the court to allow a lawyer, not retained in any way, to interview a person appearing in answer to a charge.»

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It concludes that expenditure could fall by between # 20 # 111m and also argues that further savings could also accrue from efficiencies in the criminal justice system (see Forecasting Criminal Legal Aid Expenditure: 2017 update — a report for The Law Society, Oxford Economics, January 2017).

Research published by the Law Society in August this year demonstrated that in some areas of the country, for example Suffolk and Shropshire, there were no solicitors or advice agencies providing legal aid in housing cases.

Consider the cuts to university funding, the elimination of student grants in favour of loans, the reductions to Legal Aid Ontario, the institutionalization of unpaid labour by the Law Society, or the fact that most citizens can't afford to access the services of lawyers.

She also argues that a report commissioned by the Law Society from the consultants Oxford Economics «shows the fragility of the profession» and the decreasing spend on criminal legal aid which means she believes that there is no «need for any cut».

The tragedy has highlighted the divisions in society and raised many questions including issues as to: access to justice and legal funding, as the tenants were unable to obtain legal aid for advice due to the legal aid cuts; the legal protection of tenants both in private and social housing; the inability of council tenants to enforce or seek to have enforced basic fitness standards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and Housing Act 2004 (HHSRSA), and the purchase of housing stock by local authorities.

According to figures obtained by the Fabian Society, LASPO aimed to save # 450m per year when it was introduced but last year's legal aid spend was # 950m less than in 2010.

Lord Neuberger on access to justice: The former president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, warned that society will fragment without access to justice and that it is «very hard to defend the current legal aid system», in a speech to the Australian Bar Association reported by Legal Voice and the Law Society Gsociety will fragment without access to justice and that it is «very hard to defend the current legal aid system», in a speech to the Australian Bar Association reported by Legal Voice and the Law Society Gazlegal aid system», in a speech to the Australian Bar Association reported by Legal Voice and the Law Society GazLegal Voice and the Law Society GSociety Gazette.

The issue of legal aid cuts as a false economy was widely reported by the Guardian, the Law Society Gazette and Buzzfeed.

Law Society LASPO Report: the Law Society published its report on the consequences of legal aid cuts made by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LAlegal aid cuts made by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPaid cuts made by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LALegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPAid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO).