Sentences with phrase «expand access to justice in»

Because of the presence it commands within the justice system overall, legal aid has the potential to play a crucial role in expanding access to justice in Canada.

Even with constraints of the current fiscal realities, or perhaps because of them, legal aid systems have the infrastructure, the expertise and the resources to contribute significantly to expanding access to justice in Canada.

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The bill fails to invest in student aid to improve access or affordability for low - income students; instead, the Committee should consider increasing the maximum Pell Grant, maintaining the inflation adjustment for Pell, and expanding Pell eligibility to undocumented and justice - impacted students.

rts education, public art, art in community and service centers, artistic activism, community - based museums, expanded access to art, art in the service of social justice or change and the promotion of under - recognized artistic practice.

As for environmental justice, Democrats «will work to expand access to cost - saving renewable energy by low - income households, create good - paying jobs in communities that have struggled with energy poverty, and oppose efforts by utilities to limit consumer choice or slow clean energy deployment.»

Email and fax are still actively used by participants in the justice system to circulate these documents, so the appearance of those document on websites (court, CanLII, news organizations or other) merely expands the accessibility and contributes to the probability that it will be seen by someone without a direct connection to a party without direct access to the original.

The four courthouses and six police agencies in the district found time and cost savings through expanding access to justice.

This report provides the first public, cross-country dataset on access to civil justice, which the WJP will expand in 2018 to include more than 100 countries.

Mr. Rawdon's talk, titled Everyone, Anytime, Anywhere, invoked Bill Gates's 1999 forecastthat «the next step for technology is universal access» and his celebration of «convergence» in order to introduce the recently published report of the LSC Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to Juaccess» and his celebration of «convergence» in order to introduce the recently published report of the LSC Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to JuAccess to Justice.

In her 2012 testimony before the Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York, District Attorney Kathleen Rice described the link between the civil access to justice gap and public safety in this manneIn her 2012 testimony before the Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York, District Attorney Kathleen Rice described the link between the civil access to justice gap and public safety in this mAccess to Civil Legal Services in New York, District Attorney Kathleen Rice described the link between the civil access to justice gap and public safety in this mannein New York, District Attorney Kathleen Rice described the link between the civil access to justice gap and public safety in this maccess to justice gap and public safety in this mannein this manner:

The Florida Bar Foundation strives to provide greater access to justice in Florida by: expanding and improving representation and advocacy on behalf of low - income persons in civil legal matters; improving the fair and effective administration of justice; and promoting public service among lawyers by making it an integral component of the law school experience.

The first stage of the process will... see the Online Solutions Court expand our ability to secure access to justice in two ways... it will help individuals identify the nature of their problem.

The first - ever hackathon held during an ABA annual meeting, the event was a competition in which teams were given two days to develop technology that could help expand access to justice for those unable to afford or obtain legal services.

Therefore, because of the access to justice problem of unaffordable legal services, shouldn't there be an expanded constitutional «right to counsel» in criminal cases?

«The Access to Justice movement challenges society to seek ways to educate citizens about the law and legal procedure, expand the appearance of counsel to those most in need, and provide information and programs for those handling their own cases.

Since its creation by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2009, the Commission has worked to foster expanded access to the justice system for unrepresented, low - income Wisconsin residents.

He also told me about Fastcase's plans to help increase access to justice by expanding into other countries in the near future.

The commission presented three main findings: «(A) despite sustained efforts to expand the public's access to legal services, significant unmet needs persist; (B) advancements in technology and other innovations continue to change how legal services can be accessed and delivered; and (C) public trust and confidence in obtaining justice and in accessing legal services is compromised by bias, discrimination, complexity, and lack of resources.»

Some advocacy groups in the U.S. have promoted the idea of letting non-lawyers invest equity in law firms as a way to provide access to justice, enable innovation in the legal marketplace, and expand legal services.

The Legal Services Commission already acknowledged the benefits of unbundling and mobile delivery to increase access to justice in its 2013 Report of The Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to Juaccess to justice in its 2013 Report of The Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to Jjustice in its 2013 Report of The Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to JuAccess to JusticeJustice.

Bob Ambrogi: Well, I think the bottom line question is, do you feel that the definition of law practice needs to be expanded in order to meet the access to justice crisis in this country?

ATJCs are state - based leadership bodies in the U.S, with the mandate «to expand access to civil justice at all levels for low - income and disadvantaged people in the state by assessing their civil legal needs, developing strategies to meet them, and evaluating progress.»

But law societies are expanding the field of professionals they authorize to give legal advice: see the Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group, May, 2012, of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.

Citing globalization, technology, market competition and a need for expanded access to justice, the report says lawyers must be able to work «through new structures and in conjunction with other professionals (including alternative business structures).»

The winner and a finalist in the ABA Journal's Hackcess to Justice event, held last August during the ABA annual meeting in Boston, are teaming up to teach a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on using software and technology to expand access to jJustice event, held last August during the ABA annual meeting in Boston, are teaming up to teach a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on using software and technology to expand access to justicejustice.

Even if it does, silver linings may be found in better access to justice via intelligent machines, and a renewed focus of human lawyers on expanding access to justice.

This additional funding will help expand and sustain the hard work done every day by the lawyers and staff of CLSMF who work with the most vulnerable persons in our communities to access justice and give a voice to the voiceless» Kimberly Sanchez, Esq..

The Texas Access to Justice Commission serves as the statewide umbrella organization for all efforts to expand access and reduce barriers to justice in civil legal matters for theAccess to Justice Commission serves as the statewide umbrella organization for all efforts to expand access and reduce barriers to justice in civil legal matters for thJustice Commission serves as the statewide umbrella organization for all efforts to expand access and reduce barriers to justice in civil legal matters for theaccess and reduce barriers to justice in civil legal matters for thjustice in civil legal matters for the poor.

ACCESS TO CIVIL JUSTICE FOR POOR AND LOW - INCOME NEW YORKERS: I formed a Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 perceACCESS TO CIVIL JUSTICE FOR POOR AND LOW - INCOME NEW YORKERS: I formed a Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 percent..TO CIVIL JUSTICE FOR POOR AND LOW - INCOME NEW YORKERS: I formed a Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 percent..to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 perceAccess to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 percent..to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 percent..to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 percent....

The commission was created to expand access to and enhance the quality of justice in civil legal matters for low - income Oklahomans, Combs said.

With the arrival of fall, it's time again to look back and celebrate what has been accomplished in one of the Access to Justice Commission's priority areas: expanding and recognizing pro bono service by Wisconsin lawyers.

Since joining PayPal in 2015, Louise has expanded and invigorated the company's legal pro bono program, which now promotes access to justice on a global scale in alignment with PayPal's vision and mission of serving the needs of communities worldwide.

But, let's sidestep the big abstract battles and take the... Continue reading Ten Ways in which Technology can expand access to justice →

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This year, Roger co-hosted the first «Iron Tech Lawyer Competition,» as part of the Technology, Innovation, and Law Practice class at Georgetown Law (which he teaches with FC50 winner Tanina Rostain), in which students competed to build applications that expand access to justice.

Any push for an increase in mediation must be balanced against access to the civil justice system: «If we expand mediation beyond its proper limits as a complement to justice we run the risk of depriving particular persons or classes of person of their right to equal and impartial justice under the law.»

The point is expanding and improving access to legal literature for the benefit of all who have a stake or interest in the research and its results, enhancing access to justice by facilitating access to legal information.

Since Hunter took the helm in October 2008, the State Bar has revitalized its host of offerings and programs, created a very impressive array of live and online CLE options through TexasBarCLE, grown the Texas Lawyers» Assistance Program to help member attorneys dealing with personal issues, launched the Texas Bar Private Insurance Exchange in 2013, created programs to help veterans in need, enhanced civil education in Texas, greatly expanded its efforts to promote pro bono work and foster access to justice, and much more, all the while making the State Bar extremely financially solid and building a very impressive staff.