Sentences with phrase «effective law reform»

An essential ally and advocate for members of the legal profession, we promote fair justice systems, facilitate effective law reform, uphold equality in the legal profession and are devoted to eliminating discrimination.

(A bee in my bonnet is that access to justice is not just access to dispute resolution; it is access to better social ordering, and indeed effective law reform may not be what the people know they want.)

Not exact matches

While the content of the bill and the successful vote comports with our base case that the Republicans» tax reform plan will become law effective 2018, the Senate acted faster than expected, improving odds of a 2017 passage.

Evidence is emerging that the combination of law reform and public education is more effective than either strategy alone in changing parental attitudes and behaviours.54

Key reforms include fostering more effective charter schools, merit pay for teachers, more aid to parochial schools and the elimination of stultifying laws such as «Last in first out» for teacher layoffs.

«Eric Schneiderman has worked to reform our criminal justice system with «smart on crime» policies, like changing the Rockefeller Drug Laws and taking effective steps to stem the flow of illegal guns,» Koch said.

State of the State: Gov. Cuomo Once Again Calls for Public Financing In his 2013 State of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public financing.

Hein's statement in the Daily Freeman was that upon advice of his legal team, «The type of comprehensive and effective campaign reform we seek is pre-empted by New York State election law.»

Any reform to uphold the rule of law by guaranteeing effective access to justice should not merely subject lawyers to undue hardship in place of litigants.

They're part of the so - called Four Pillars of family law reform that Bentley has touted as a cost - effective route to speeding up the justice system while making it less expensive for families.

This setback has unsurprisingly stimulated a law reform project concerned with whether a more effective enforcement approach to corporate crime can be implemented.

We have to build on this early attempt to develop effective legislation and begin once again to build a social movement to convince elected leaders of the need for law reform.

This spurs effective action on many levels — working on law reform to make systemic change; raising public awareness through social media campaigns and street rallies; engaging in participatory research to provide a valuable and often overlooked perspective.

Still, with tort reform and legislators» attempts to weaken federal regulations and preempt effective state laws, plaintiffs and consumers are facing a legal landscape where their access to the nation's justice system is under attack.

More specifically, I have argued that the single most effective reform we could make to better promote, monitor and enforce high standards of service in the delivery of legal services and to better protect consumers would be to make all law firms subject to the same regulatory arrangements as ILPs.

Throughout the process, Chris advocated meaningful law reform and effective manager regulation, which came true with Bill 106, the Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new report released today by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) highlights how Ohio's asbestos trust transparency law has been effective at discouraging fraud and abuse without compromising the interests of plaintiffs.

Indeed, the greatest and most effective form of «patent reform» might simply be to knock these self - impressed patent litigators and Federal Circuit judges off their pedestals, recognize patent law as simply just another area of law in general, and present the issues to a jury without delay, followed by a review, if appropriate, in the appropriate Circuit Court of Appeals.

From the perspective of effective oversight there are two different matters of constitutional concern that arise from using delegated powers in such an extensive way to reform this massive body of domesticated EU law.

Moreover, doctrinal entrenchment is particularly problematic in the FISA courts, where secrecy and institutional context indicate that outside efforts at doctrinal reform are less likely to be effective than they are with courts that publish their opinions.35 Unlike published opinions, secret opinions can not provoke the public into lobbying for a legislative override36 or judicial overruling37 — two important paths of legal reform.38 Perhaps to hedge against the risks of limited external oversight, FISA limits FISC and Court of Review judges to non-renewable, seven - year terms, 39 a provision suggesting that Congress envisioned a FISA court whose membership would be responsive to shifting factual circumstances and policy priorities.40 Stare decisis, which requires judges to adhere to interpretations of law that they might otherwise reject as unjust or unpersuasive, constrains these judges» ability to adapt to such factual and policy shifts.

Andrew Holroyd, society president, says: «I'm committed to working hard to continue the reform of the Law Society to deliver more effective, value for money support to solicitors and on the representative side we are now much leaner than a year ago.

Question for this list: is there an area of provincial law reform that would facilitate the more effective or more certain use of electronic communications?

That Act is now in force, effective January 1, 2017 and (among several other things) amends the Ontario Children's Law Reform Act to change the former practice around surrogacy arrangements.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Pursued legal and tax reform initiatives resulting in recovery of up till $ 20k in favor of the firm • Implemented contemporary and effective legal practice at the firm by training 16 junior attorneys in corporate law practices and court room hearing protocol • Achieved the High Achievers Award thrice for «Best court Room Advocacy»

The Western Australian Law Reform Commission has developed a set of principles which provide a firm foundation for effective protection of Indigenous traditional knowledge.

«Creating a just and fair native title system through law and policy reform requires effective engagement between governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, «Commissioner Gooda said.

In Chapter 3, I begin to outline the elements of a meaningful and effective consultation process in relation to native title law and policy reform.

But now, as regulators write the rules for the Wall Street reform law, there are questions about whether the hard - won exemption for so - called «qualified residential mortgages» will be as effective at keeping markets liquid.