Sentences with phrase «doing public interest work»

Another crossroads that many lawyers encounter is working for a big firm or doing public interest work.

In fact, the lowest - paid lawyers (typically those doing public interest work) report the highest levels of happiness.

If you want to do public interest work this summer but haven't been able to figure out how to pay for it, look no further: The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)'s Law Student Internship Program is open to all 1L and 2L law students from across the country who are interested in working with legal service agencies in Illinois over the summer.

For more than a decade, the nonprofit, now called the Squire Patton Boggs Foundation, has funded fellowships for American law school students who wish to do public interest work in the summer.

Not exact matches

They have these advantages, according to the reports of western companies: they usually have more of a sense of responsibility than do their unmarried sisters; they're less likely to be flirtatious; as a rule, they need the work or they wouldn't be doing it — maybe a sick husband or one who's in the army; they still have the pep and interest to work hard and to deal with the public efficiently.

There's a strong public interest in regulating the sale of housing to people who don't live and work in the Vancouver region, because non-local buyers make housing less affordable for everyone else.

Public workers are hired on merit, not political affiliation, and are expected to do their work conscientiously in the public interest, not act as political assistants to the party in Public workers are hired on merit, not political affiliation, and are expected to do their work conscientiously in the public interest, not act as political assistants to the party in public interest, not act as political assistants to the party in power.

While this in itself would be a major victory for democracy, it is crucial that the government does not stop there, but rather works to fundamentally reform Alberta's political culture in the public interest.»

All the good works done by religious organizations of all kinds (Christian and otherwise) might get a mention in a human interest story sometimes, but decades of this media treatment have skewed public perceptions of what faith is about.

clearly the Gay Gestapo is working overtime... they pulled out because they do nt want to be bullied in the court of public opinion and abused by the Gestapo lawyers... I personally have no respect for, sympathy for or interest in the Gay issues..

A «country that works for everyone», is a country where the government does not allow private interests to come before the public interest, where access to power is democratic and not something enjoyed only by a privileged few through expensive lobbying, where in fact people can work hard and get on in life whatever the circumstances of their birth.

«As many of you know, I ran a public interest group that worked for many of the Giuliani policies that turned this city around — like the crackdown on porn shops and squeegee men — and I don't want to turn back the clock.»

The county executive and his administration had been working with legislators and immigration groups to try and craft a bill that didn't run afoul of federal law, local law enforcement objections and the interest of public safety.

Given that he «could receive payment for no work or receive payment for doing some work» the Cabinet Office decided it was «in the public interest» that he did some work.

Right around the moment when Cuomo was opining on how «democracy does work» and asking the public to join him in his crusade about the Albany special interests, the dreadlocked protestor yelled out: «No hydrofracking!

It is in the public interest to show that what the police are doing is working.

«For the first time, people wanted to throw the supreme law of the land — the constitution — aside because of some parochial interest... She's one of the most vilified public officers ever seen in this country in recent times, but I doff my hat for her that she stood very tall in all this and did her work effectively.

«It doesn't work in the public's interest,» said Doug Muzzio, a political scientist from Baruch College.

Clegg: If a journalis feels they need to do things which are intrusive and unusual to uncover things in the public interest, then I don't think we should squeamish about that.I think the means in which they do that should be understood by those who oversee their work in a newsroom.

The decision to remove those politicians and their operatives working against our vital public interests, must first come from voters awakened out of their apathy toward the political affairs and governance of their treasury, and empower candidates who possess the will to do what is good and right.

That response drew yet another from the university and its public record custodian urging the state appellate court to either protect the competitive interests of Arizona's higher educational institutions by defending «the freedom, vigor, candor and integrity of the researchers who work there» or rule on its own that «the need to protect the confidentiality and privacy of the work done at Arizona's universities» outweighs the public's right to know.

Volcanologists with an interest in public safety can and often do work in academia.

McGraw Hill says academic libraries will be interested in reference works, and public libraries will find «a wealth of titles» on careers and business skills, student and career exam study guides, and «How to Do Everything» books on consumer technology.

NOTE: Applicants who are employees, spouses, contractors, and immediate family members of public agencies and non-profit institutions that are recipients of HOME funds will be asked to complete a form allowing NHS of Greater Cleveland to confirm with an applicant's employer that their work does not create a conflict of interest.

A relatively small student loan program, PACE offers funding for teachers interested in working in South Carolina's public school system but whose program doesn't meet the certification requirements for the more general Teacher's Loan Program.

While no one enjoys paying high - interest rates, people need to have vehicles for transportation to and from work and school, especially if they live in areas of the country which don't have public transportation.

The 501 (c)(3) agencies — commonly referred to as «charitable» organizations — do work that serves a broad public interest in areas like education, science, sports, public safety and more.

Make sure to note that interest rates tend to differ based on the type of organization you work with — Employees in Defense, Railways, Public Sector Banks, Public Sector Undertakings falling under Maharatna / Navaratna categories do get to avail different interest rates on personal loans from ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and others.

The Income based repayment plan and Public Interest Loan Forgiveness Program together make it possible and the only way she could ever think about continuing the work that she does for so little pay, but it is her passion and she is rewarded by the help she gives to those who can not afford it.

Tate Britain, London, 24 June — 25 October 2015 The opening of the Hepworth Wakefield gallery in Yorkshire in 2011 did much to restore the public's interest in Barbara Hepworth's work, and yet there remains a feeling that the sculptor hasn't received the recognition she deserves.

Soda is quoted saying: «My work is interested in what we do within our private spaces and what happens when we make those spaces public».

AMc: Do you think the public is more interested in seeing work by contemporary Chinese artists or big shows of western art stars, such as Monet and Dalí?

Compare what they and many others do, with this Goal Mission «RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.»

However, the NYT, to their credit, did cover the current efforts by the BLM to sabotage the expansion of solar thermal electricity generation in the U.S.: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/us/27solar.html — that would be the same BLM that has been working overtime to transfer public lands to fossil fuel interests for the past 8 years or so.

-- We believe that CRU did a public service of great value by carrying out much time - consuming meticulous work on temperature records at a time when it was unfashionable and attracted the interest of a rather small section of the scientific community.

The Energy News Network accepts funding from charitable foundations working in the public interest as well as individual donors, and our funders have affirmed that they do not have access to, or oversight of, the editorial process.

Every word on those pages is taxpayer funded and everything the IPCC does is in the public interest so we should be able to disseminate their work and freely discuss it despite their insistence that it's a work in progress.

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In other words, if you want to know why Climategate is interesting, don't look for the source of the leak / hack and question the «ethics» of climate «deniers»; take a long, hard look at the «ethics», and the politics of those who have worked to deny a public debate about climate change.

Breakthrough Institute is dedicated to the public interest, and therefore does NOT accept donations from individuals and groups with a financial interest in our work.

This is as much public interest as doing work for the IPCC.

Many of them have spent their entire careers soaking in dire predictions, but things are falling apart --(or rather, not falling apart)-- the models don't work, the public doesn't care, the media are not that interested, and skeptics keep winning Bloggies awards.

For the AILA, the Department of Education decided that the people that work for the AILA do not provide public interest law services but the member attorneys that work with the AILA provide public interest law services.

(Okay, two if you work for the government or in - house or in public interest and don't have to think about marketing.)

While I have a less favourable view of ABS etc. than Mr. Mercer (though it seems to be working out okay in England, with the Clementi report that got the ball rolling produced by a non-lawyer), I do appreciate his focus on the disjunction (actual or potential) between lawyers» and paralegals» interests, and the public's interests.

The Court reaffirmed that the role of copyright provides «a balance between promoting the public interest in the encouragement and dissemination of works of the arts and intellect and obtaining a just reward for the creator» and that copyright does not provide a monopoly over... [more]

Public interest work does not include: • Government work (even if unpaid), which includes clerking for a judge, or working for a district attorney's office, a public defender's office, or an administrative agency; • Work for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in nPublic interest work does not include: • Government work (even if unpaid), which includes clerking for a judge, or working for a district attorney's office, a public defender's office, or an administrative agency; • Work for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in natwork does not include: • Government work (even if unpaid), which includes clerking for a judge, or working for a district attorney's office, a public defender's office, or an administrative agency; • Work for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in natwork (even if unpaid), which includes clerking for a judge, or working for a district attorney's office, a public defender's office, or an administrative agency; • Work for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in npublic defender's office, or an administrative agency; • Work for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in natWork for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in natwork); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in natwork that is neither non-profit nor charitable in nature.

2018 graduates may continue their Lexis Advance access IF they are doing verifiable public interest work directly for a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.

While certainly some lawyers go to law school with the intention of pursuing a career in public interest law, even those lawyers do not go to law school with the intention (let alone the ability) to work for free.

To see how the Internet can work to increase transparency in government and political awareness in the (interested) population, take a look at four British websites that take public involvement well ahead of what's being done in this country: