Sentences with phrase «equal legal standing»

Oh, and your absent ex — who will not contribute to your child's well - being equally to pre-divorce levels and can stop your decision - making at any time — has equal legal standing in court as you, because they are assumed to be acting in the child's best interest.

All laws must include and protect the freedoms, rights, and equal legal standing of all persons, in and outside the church... John

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Bryan Stevenson stood for the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal - justice cause yet to achieve widespread recognition.

In some cultures, people who have been breastfed by the same woman are milk - siblings who are equal in legal and social standing to a consanguineous sibling.

Detractors argued that the unintended consequences, of giving the environment legal standing equal to humankind, will be economically and socially devastating.

The report, «Gideon's Broken Promise: America's Continuing Quest for Equal Justice,» released today by the ABA's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, finds that 40 years after the landmark -LSB-...]

In the Court's view, in seeking leave to dismiss the charge against Mr. Sullivan, the United States Attorney is not being faithful to a cardinal principle of our legal system, i.e., that all persons stand equal before the law and are to be treated equally in a court of justice once judicial processes are invoked.

Joining a civil legal aid team using impact litigation and advocacy as its primary tools to pursue justice and equal rights through authentic and holistic service delivery to clients, CLSMF's Director of Litigation will support, refine, build, and maintain best in class approaches to support the expertise of our diverse and highly talented legal team, this Florida Attorney in good standing and experienced legal services litigator, will utilize the ability to simultaneously coordinate multiple complex cases in state and federal courts, while also monitoring and troubleshooting dozens of other significant cases handled by program staff.

In addition, to providing future lawyers the competencies and skills to use and deploy technology in order to gradually reduce those barriers standing in the way of equal access to adequate legal services.

By hosting a Fellow, you are contributing to the development of a future legal innovator and to the profession by accelerating the pace of future innovations in our justice system to gradually reduce those barriers standing in the way of equal access to justice for all.

CHICAGO, May 4, 2018 — The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association will convene their annual Equal Justice Conference from May 10 - 12 in San Diego, with more than 80 wide - ranging programs, including talks and panels featuring Legal Services Corporation President James Sandman and ABA President Hilarie Bass.

The annual Equal Justice Conference, cosponsored with the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, joins all components of the civil legal aid community to address issues related to the delivery of legal services to low - income individuals.

A new website aims to mash up that kind of popular Internet fundraising with legal work, hoping to turn legal cases into publicly funded — and backed — social causes. CrowdJustice.org, went live with its first U.S. fundraising appeals in recent weeks with a tagline meant to promote equal access to the courts, regardless of one's economic standing: «The law should be available to everyone.»

In most states, if the father's name is on the child's birth certificate, courts recognize him as the child's legal father with an equal standing as the mother.