Sentences with phrase «by volunteer lawyers»

It supports clients throughout the legal process, with casework carried out by volunteer lawyers trained in this aspect of nationality law and supervised by a specialist lawyer at CCLC.

I was once designing a proposal for a mandatory two - hour court - based education program to be offered by volunteer lawyers, and in the space of a single afternoon I was able to sign enough people up that biweekly sessions could be provided with each volunteer only teaching two sessions a year.

The Residential Tenancy Program offers free legal representation by volunteer lawyers and law students to low - income individuals appearing before the Residential Tenancy Branch.

Additionally, Louisiana has kiosks staffed by volunteer lawyers at every courthouse and library in the state.

Mock interviews are conducted by volunteer lawyers who are interested in assisting law students as they prepare for interviews in the legal field.

These seminars are conducted by volunteer lawyers, and are followed by a question - and - answer period.

At the Law Day Dinner, the BBA reflected «on the critical efforts made by our volunteer lawyers in the wake of the bombing... helping Back Bay businesses get back on their feet...» Please click here to view the photo of the award recipients.

Not exact matches

Women walk by a team of volunteer lawyers in their makeshift office working to assist travelers detained as part of Donald Trump's travel ban in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York.

Fresh faced, wearing metal - rimmed glasses and a silky black dress cinched at the waist, she resembles more a neighborhood volunteer than a politician — an identity born out of her upbringing in the Glen Oaks section of Eastern Queens, where she was raised by a father who was a labor organizer and a mother who was a tenant lawyer.

When environmental lawyer Samantha (Kelly Noonan) returns to her childhood home to celebrate her coal - mining father George's (Jeff Fahey) retirement, some gentle ribbing by his coworkers prods her into volunteering to work with him in the mine on his last day.

Who We Are... All volunteers... Lowcountry Lab Rescue is run completely by volunteers with full - time jobs doing something else, such as teacher, lawyer, «mom», sales rep, system engineer, nurse or business owner.

But I also don't think a lawyer is going to get clients directly by having lunch or coffee with someone, or volunteering for a nonprofit, or doing bar association work.

Those lawyers will be replaced by: (1) self - help programs, including unbundling of legal services; (2) greater use of much less competent people such as law students, paralegals, and untrained volunteers; and, (3) pro & low bono, which, as all charity, is uncertain as to its volume, availability, and timing.

And lawyers from all over the Lone Star state are responding to a call by the Texas Bar for volunteers to represent the children as well as any parents who decide to fight for custody, reports the Associated Press.

While this makes lawyers desirable as volunteers for many non-profit organizations, it also results in many lawyers feeling overburdened and sometimes, overwhelmed by all that they need to accomplish.

As a seasoned attorney, you can help us solve these problems by agreeing to mentor new lawyers who volunteer for pro bono cases through Volunteer Legal Services.

[5] It presents three types of solutions: (1) various kinds of self - help, including the «unbundling» of legal services — the client does more, as a result the lawyer does less; (2) help by way of a greater use of law students, paralegals, and volunteer workers; and, (3) greater use of pro bono and low bono legal services (free and low paid legal services provided by lawyers).

One of those targets is that by 2020, all lawyers will volunteer legal services at some point in their career.

Resources for lawyers looking to volunteer their time are available at ambar.org/DisasterRelief, hosted by the ABA's Committee on Disaster Response and Preparedness.

Spearheaded by Ross Kodner at Microlaw and Dale Tincher and his staff at Consultwebs, the site came about through the efforts of what sounds to be a small army of volunteers from the ranks of lawyers, legal vendors, consultants and others.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is in the process of establishing a hotline staffed by ABA volunteer lawyers to assist victims in each affected state.

«The truth is, like all Americans, trial lawyers across the country are helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina, by raising more than $ 250,000 through Trial Lawyers Care, volunteering at shelters and collecting much - needed supplies.lawyers across the country are helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina, by raising more than $ 250,000 through Trial Lawyers Care, volunteering at shelters and collecting much - needed supplies.Lawyers Care, volunteering at shelters and collecting much - needed supplies.»

In every case, students are supervised by practicing lawyers who also participate as volunteers.

In addition to CLE materials (the «Educational Notes»), Annotated CPR uses for its annotations digests of cases evaluated, selected and prepared by a roster of volunteer lawyers and published first in the Nova Scotia Law News and then in the Nova Scotia Case Law Service.

Many volunteer - lawyering organizations work around this by incorporating mentoring into their client - service model.

«In response to the natural disaster that has befallen the gulf coast region, LexBlog would like to help by making our services available for free to both those law firms impacted by the hurricane and the various groups and agencies lawyers are supporting through their volunteer efforts.

By 1963, however, it was clear that the plan made excessive demands of volunteer lawyers, whose efforts could not keep up with the demand for legal aid services.

Our lawyers also reach out and give back to the local community by supporting charitable, educational and professional organizations with extensive pro bono and volunteer activities.

But I also know I do have to do something to get new clients, so I try to get my name out there and establish myself as a lawyer and a resource by maintaining my website and blogging, listing my name on online listings, getting involved with different organizations (professional memberships (MSBA), personal memberships (Monticello Women of Today), and I do a bit of volunteering (teaching information sessions and doing law clinics for Chrysalis, and coaching high school mock trial for Spring Lake Park)-RRB-.

What I mean by that is that sometimes they decide that the women lawyers group should be dedicated to be doing pro bono work or volunteer work in the community, which is fantastic, 100 % support pro bono work.

And it's not just lawyers with young children that may find themselves stressed by the pressures of work, family commitments and volunteer activities.

Texas Appleseed promotes social and economic justice for all Texans by leveraging the skills and resources of volunteer lawyers and other professionals to identify practical solutions to difficult, systemic problems.

The committee administers, evaluates, and markets programs and recruits volunteer lawyers for: several pro se clinics on various legal topics such as family law, small claims and collections, immigration, bankruptcy court proceedings; the annual People's Fair and Veterans» Day Stand Down events; various «call — a — lawyer» programs offered by TV or radio stations, and other such programs or events as needed.

By volunteering just 20 hours a year as part of our Volunteer Lawyers Project, you can help someone overcome life's obstacles and get back on their feet.

This trailblazing program provides unrepresented individuals in the Housing Court with expert eviction and eviction defense advice, and now trial representation, by volunteer private practice lawyers.

AIW volunteers are supervised by a staff lawyer at the Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario.

The work of these committees benefits from many hours of volunteer leadership and participation by lawyers who are committed to advancing and improving the justice system.

By all accounts, many lawyers have volunteered, all within a matter of days.

The program receives strong support by lawyers and judges who volunteer and participate as mock trial judges and attorney advisors each year.

the systemic denial of access to justice for thousands of low - income individuals and families [in Washington] each year, the closure of legal aid offices throughout the state and a corresponding loss of volunteer legal services due to the lack of support and coordination provided by LSC - funded legal aid lawyers.»

National Disaster Legal Aid: Contains resources to persons affected by disasters, legal aid lawyers providing representation, and volunteer attorneys wishing to assist others.

[16] See Nicole Hong & Sara Randazzo, In Harvey Aftermath, Lawyers Mobilize to Help Houston Victims, The Wall Street Journal (Sept. 2, 2017), https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-harvey-aftermath-lawyers-mobilize-to-help-houston-victims-1504357201 [https://perma.cc/58TG-BKEW](listing multiple volunteer actions and legal services provided by lawyers after hurrLawyers Mobilize to Help Houston Victims, The Wall Street Journal (Sept. 2, 2017), https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-harvey-aftermath-lawyers-mobilize-to-help-houston-victims-1504357201 [https://perma.cc/58TG-BKEW](listing multiple volunteer actions and legal services provided by lawyers after hurrlawyers-mobilize-to-help-houston-victims-1504357201 [https://perma.cc/58TG-BKEW](listing multiple volunteer actions and legal services provided by lawyers after hurrlawyers after hurricane).

The Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission is pleased to announce the launch of Wisconsin Legal Advice Online (WLAO), a free online service that allows eligible Wisconsin residents to post legal questions for response by volunteer Wisconsin lawyers.

Described as «a hub for connecting self - represented litigants to supportive lawyers and high quality resources both online and offline», Self - Rep Navigators is spearheaded by long - time NSRLP volunteer Heather Hui - Litwin and trial lawyer Michael Hassell.

By Michael Gonring Milwaukee's Lawyer for a Day program to have volunteer lawyers provide representation to victims seeking restraining order injunctions has now been up and running for 18 months.

«The volunteer lawyers are at the airport to help affected communities deal with the difficulties created by the Executive Order,» says volunteer attorney, Takao Yamada.

We were founded by a group of volunteer lawyers and rabbis who saw a need in the community there, around Fairfax and aging population, folks who were getting evicted from their homes as the area redeveloped, stories like that, and very quickly after opening their doors for their first Wednesday night walk - in clinic realized that the need for legal services extended far beyond the community there and quickly decided that there needed to be a legal services provider for Los Angeles, for all of the neighborhoods of LA, for all of the people in LA who could not afford a lawyer, but needed one to ensure access to the basic necessities of life.

The system of ad hoc volunteer advising lawyers was supplemented by an official advising lawyer — Denny Thomas.

Any practising lawyer can help by volunteering as little as four days a year.

Supported by the PBSC National Office in Toronto and supervised by hundreds of volunteer lawyers, PBSC volunteers pursue greater access to justice through pro bono legal services.