Sentences with phrase «created by the legal aid»

Ensuring there is fair access to the family justice system: The legal aid reforms created by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) have had a severe impact on the ability of vulnerable people to access family justice.

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It's an independent nonprofit created by Congress offering financial support for civil legal aid to low - income Americans.

Justice, delivered by the lowest bidder, coupled with arbitrary rate cuts will create an unviable system of legal aid that fails to grasp the importance of client choice, competition and quality.

Created by the Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations team, the street - legal roadster Project 7 will be built out of aluminum with bespoke aerodynamic aids.

The Texas SLRAP was created by the Texas Access to Justice Commission in 2003 to assist attorneys who choose to pursue careers in legal aid in Texas.

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.

Legal Aid of East Tennessee will improve access to legal information by creating a series of videos that provide low income people with on demand guidance on matters such as orders of protection, foreclosure, and other common legal isLegal Aid of East Tennessee will improve access to legal information by creating a series of videos that provide low income people with on demand guidance on matters such as orders of protection, foreclosure, and other common legal islegal information by creating a series of videos that provide low income people with on demand guidance on matters such as orders of protection, foreclosure, and other common legal islegal 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.

The Legal Foundation of Washington is a non-profit created by the Washington Supreme Court to build support for civil legal aid across the sLegal Foundation of Washington is a non-profit created by the Washington Supreme Court to build support for civil legal aid across the slegal aid across the state.

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.

In addition, cuts to legal aid by the BC government have left many women in poverty in dire situations, rampant confusion for lay litigants, and creating enormous backlogs in the court system.

While an early aspiration to create a specialized legal aid clinic was stymied by lack of funding, ACLA now serves as an important bridge between Toronto's Arab community and the profession, offering a lawyer referral service, information about legal aid, legal workshops and general legal information resources.

The greater vulnerability of legal employment was also highlighted by the unsuccessful attempt by Legal Aid Ontario lawyers to create a trade union outside of the LRA in legal employment was also highlighted by the unsuccessful attempt by Legal Aid Ontario lawyers to create a trade union outside of the LRA in Legal Aid Ontario lawyers to create a trade union outside of the LRA in 2013.

A2J Author is a tool used by legal aid programs, courts and others to create automated guided interviews to help direct individuals in need of legal help.

Last month, I wrote about A2J Author, a tool used by legal aid programs and others to create automated guided interviews to assist people in need of legal help.

Developed almost 10 years ago by the Center for Computer - Assisted Legal Instruction and the Center for Access to Justice and Technology at IIT Chicago - Kent College of Law, A2J Author is a tool used by legal aid programs and others to create automated guided interviews to guide individuals in need of legal Legal Instruction and the Center for Access to Justice and Technology at IIT Chicago - Kent College of Law, A2J Author is a tool used by legal aid programs and others to create automated guided interviews to guide individuals in need of legal legal aid programs and others to create automated guided interviews to guide individuals in need of legal legal help.

This section has been created as a public service by Legal Aid Ontario.

In 2000, Ramón became the Executive Director of Bay Area Legal Aid, an organization he helped to create by merger of four legal aid progLegal Aid, an organization he helped to create by merger of four legal aid prograAid, an organization he helped to create by merger of four legal aid proglegal aid prograaid programs.

The bill, written by council member Kenyan R. McDuffie (D - Ward 5), would create a funding stream for the D.C. Bar Foundation, the nonprofit group that provides most legal aid to D.C. residents involved in civil cases.

There can be little doubt that, unless steps are taken by legal practitioners to fill the void created by the withdrawal of legal aid and the increase in the small claims limit, the reforms could lead to the closure of many more firms of solicitors and barristers chambers.

He acknowledges far more lawyers put in pro bono hours when accepting legal aid cases, but the perception created by the few who abuse the system can't be ignored.

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

Developed by CALI, in association with Chicago - Kent College of Law, this freely available tool permits the creation by legal aid attorneys, courts other of «self - guided A2J interviews for use by unrepresented litigants and others in need -LSB-... that] walk users through a step - by - step question and answer process, which, in the end, creates an (often otherwise confusing) legal form.»

MLAC, created by the state legislature in 1983, is the largest funding source for civil legal aid in Massachusetts.

As I continually busy myself creating and designing my family mediation systems and processes to meet legal aid requirements so that our 50 offices are operational by the end of next week, it increasingly occurs to me that, as important read more

As I continually busy myself creating and designing my family mediation systems and processes to meet legal aid requirements so that our 50 offices are operational by the end of next week, it increasingly occurs to me that, as important as it is to have common quality standards and regulations, these can also very effectively stifle the innovation and creativity inherent in developing an effective and efficient mediation business.