Sentences with phrase «ensure access to the justice system»

The case, launched in April 2017, alleges that BC has a constitutional responsibility under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to ensure access to the justice system for women who are fleeing violent relationships or facing ongoing abuse from ex-spouses.

Brian Kabateck is a Los Angeles trial lawyer and a preeminent leader in the fight to ensure access to the justice system.

As a nationally recognized and respected consumer attorney, Brian Kabateck is a preeminent leader in the fight to ensure access to the justice system.

Not exact matches

«We are all shocked that the governor vetoed a bill that would have reduced racial disparities in the criminal justice system, helped ensure equal access to justice for all New Yorkers, provided improved public defense programs for those who can not afford an attorney, and much - needed mandate relief for counties,» Gradess said.

Just as he couched his education reforms in arguments of ensuring access to top schooling for all children regardless of background, Gove sees his central mission as closing the gap between the experiences of those at opposite ends of the justice system.

Launch the «New York Promise» Agenda to Advance Social Justice and Affirm New York's Progressive Values - Reforms of the Criminal Justice System including «overhauling New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, raising the age of criminal responsibility, improving witness identification procedures, recording police interrogations for serious offenses, and extending the Hurrell - Harring settlement reforms statewide.&System including «overhauling New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, raising the age of criminal responsibility, improving witness identification procedures, recording police interrogations for serious offenses, and extending the Hurrell - Harring settlement reforms statewide.&system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, raising the age of criminal responsibility, improving witness identification procedures, recording police interrogations for serious offenses, and extending the Hurrell - Harring settlement reforms statewide.»

The certificate explores the challenges of creating sustainable food systems based on social justice and democratic decision - making that will ensure the right of dignified access to healthy food.

There is increasing recognition that the system — and not just its individual participants — shares the responsibility of encouraging and ensuring access to justice.

The opportunity for the legal profession to take responsibility to «heal itself» and begin to address the national legal aid funding problems with their own systems of funding to ensure that those needing access to justice receive it.

Access to civil legal aid ensures fairness for all in the justice system, without regard to how much money you have.

This then ensures all people have equal access to our justice system with experienced attorneys representing them.

Lord Bach wrote for the Law Society Gazette about the need to build a cross-party consensus around access to justice to ensure that the justice system is once again affordable to all.

This week's posting focuses on Georgia State's new Center for Access to Justice, which was founded in 2016 to support those working to ensure meaningful access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.&Access to Justice, which was founded in 2016 to support those working to ensure meaningful access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.Justice, which was founded in 2016 to support those working to ensure meaningful access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.&access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.»

I am very proud to report that I have been nominated for election as vice president of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, the state's premiere legal charity devoted to ensuring equal access to the legal system and to improving the administration of justice.

The Legal Profession, by its own constitution, exists to ensure that everybody can access our adversarial justice system through a diligent and competent advocate.

The Justice Index describes itself as «a snapshot of the degree to which best practices for ensuring access to the civil and criminal justice systems have been adopted across the country.Justice Index describes itself as «a snapshot of the degree to which best practices for ensuring access to the civil and criminal justice systems have been adopted across the country.justice systems have been adopted across the country.»

He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, along with groups devoted to ensuring safety within our communities and equal access to the civil justice system.

«We believe that a single, statute - based right to justice will bring the clarity necessary to reset our justice system and ensure that everyone can access justice.»

Justice Kelen declared that Ms Jodhan's inability to access certain government websites is representative of a system wide failure by government departments and agencies to make their websites accessible, and that the government's failure to monitor and ensure compliance with its own accessibility standards violates the equality guarantee in the Charter.

Furthermore, public financial investment in providing access to justice must be considered within the context of the social value of ensuring an effective accessible system.

Access to justice professionals have to remain focused on ensuring that the doors to courtrooms across the country are open to all, including the growing number of self - represented litigants who often face an unfriendly judicial system.

Lord Bach wrote for the Law Society Gazette about the interim report and the need to build a cross-party consensus around access to justice to ensure that the justice system is once again affordable to all.

I am personally encouraged to see Law Day events in communities outside of major provincial urban centres as engagement with the public in these communities is integral to ensuring that all citizens of Canada are educated about the justice system and that access to justice is equal for all people, no matter where they choose to reside.

Although it is tempting to argue that the licensing system should be understood to have an additional goal of ensuring access to legal services, I will instead argue that, at the least, any review of licensing requirements ought to consider the relationship between the licensing system and access to justice.

The MBF, through its grant programs and charitable activities, represents the commitment of the Massachusetts legal community to improve the administration of justice and to ensure equal access to the legal system for all residents.

A new website, The Justice Index, provides a state - by - state scorecard of resources and initiatives designed to ensure that everyone has equal access to the legal system.

The DIFC Courts are independent from, but complementary to, the UAE's Arabic - language civil law system — offering a choice that strengthens both processes while ensuring public access to world - class justice.

The Justice Committee has undertaken a study of Access to the Justice System, and is considering issues such as access to legal aid, the resurrection of the Court Challenges Program, delays in the justice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and frJustice Committee has undertaken a study of Access to the Justice System, and is considering issues such as access to legal aid, the resurrection of the Court Challenges Program, delays in the justice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and freAccess to the Justice System, and is considering issues such as access to legal aid, the resurrection of the Court Challenges Program, delays in the justice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and frJustice System, and is considering issues such as access to legal aid, the resurrection of the Court Challenges Program, delays in the justice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and freSystem, and is considering issues such as access to legal aid, the resurrection of the Court Challenges Program, delays in the justice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and freaccess to legal aid, the resurrection of the Court Challenges Program, delays in the justice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and frjustice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and fresystem, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and frJustice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and freedoms.

This is an extremely important case in the ongoing struggle to ensure that everyone has access to our justice system to resolve disputes such as who has custody of children after parents separate.

New opinion research shows that overwhelming majorities of voters believe it is important to ensure that everyone has access to the civil justice system.

Emison has testified before Missouri legislators to fight for laws that ensure everyday people have access to the courts and civil justice system.

The initiative, started by Attorney General Eric Holder in March 2010, aims «to address the access - to - justice crisis in the criminal and civil justice system» by helping to ensure that the justice system is accessible to all people, regardless of income.»

Common challenges include: legal education reform and preparing lawyers for a future that is already here; solving access to justice; defending the rule of law; creating appropriate guidelines for social media, ensuring that its role in the court of public opinion does not marginalize the legal system; and narrowing the delta between current legal delivery methods and customer needs and expectations.

Overwhelming majorities of voters believe it is important to «ensure that everyone has access to the civil justice system» and «strongly support a wide range of services to enhance access.»

These are necessary steps that must be taken to bring this parallel system in line with civil law and ensure access to justice for all without discrimination.»

Access to justice plays a vital role in maintaining the rule of law and ensuring fairness and equality within our civil justice system.

This might require a «culture shift» but is necessary to ensure that Canadians can access the civil justice system to affordably resolve their disputes.

The Supreme Court of Canada recognized the challenge of ensuring access to civil justice in Canada... In Hryniak... at para. 1, Karakatsanis J. said that the system as we know it is broken:

The award is given to an individual who exemplifies the Massachusetts Bar Foundation's goals of improving the administration of justice, promoting an understanding of the law, and ensuring equal access to the legal system for all residents of the Commonwealth, particularly those most vulnerable.

Overwhelming majorities of voters believe it is important to «ensure that everyone has access to the civil justice system» and «strongly support a...

About: Nassau Suffolk Law Services (NSLS) is dedicated to providing equal access to basic human rights and services through provision of high quality legal representation, public information and community advocacy training to ensure that low income, disabled and disadvantaged individuals have equal access to the civil justice system on Long Island.

The first of its kind in the nation, the Principles ensure that «[u] se of technology in the justice system... serve [s] to promote equal access to justice and to promote the opportunity for equal participation in the justice system for all.»

As more litigants proceed without legal representation, we work to ensure that that all families have meaningful access to the family justice system.

According to the government's press release: «He [Geoff Cowper] will identify the top issues that are affecting the public's access to timely justice and what can be done to ensure the efficiencies already underway have the desired impacts while respecting the independence of the judicial system.»

[A] ll lawyers should devote professional time and resources and use civic influence to ensure equal access to our system of justice for all those who because of economic or social barriers can not afford or secure adequate legal counsel.

«All the people in the justice system have a voice,» she says, noting it's important to ensure everyone participates in coming up with solutions to the access to justice issue.

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«Their outstanding commitment has helped ensure equal access to the justice system for Ohio's most vulnerable individuals.»

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