Sentences with phrase «firm providing access to justice»

It's a great idea — this two - person firm providing access to justice.

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In 2007, Fred spearheaded a powerful innovation in post-graduate legal education known as the «legal incubator» movement by launching the first - ever incubator program, a unique public / private partnership providing a network of support and resources for recent CUNY law graduates committed to increasing access to justice through their solo and small firm practices.

While we have a moral and ethical responsibility to provide people with access to justice through pro bono work and other public programs, when running a law firm, the question of profitability can not be ignored.

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.

Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.

Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida is a nonprofit law firm that provides access to justice for low - income people.

The access - to - justice issue in Canada is twofold: First, sole practitioners, small firms and legal clinics do most of the legal work for low - and middle - income people and they do not have the resources to provide articling opportunities.

By Jennifer Binkley Community Justice Inc. (CJI) is a nonprofit law firm that provides people with access to justice by offering affordable legal services from qualified and dedicated attJustice Inc. (CJI) is a nonprofit law firm that provides people with access to justice by offering affordable legal services from qualified and dedicated attjustice by offering affordable legal services from qualified and dedicated attorneys.

At Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid (a non-profit law firm), we specialize in providing professional legal help to Minnesotans who traditionally lack access to the American justice system and can not afford the services of a private attorney.

Solo and small firm lawyers represent individuals and businesses, providing access to justice for clients whose needs would otherwise go unmet.

Claimants argue that referral sources provide firms with steady streams of work and income and provides claimants with a quick and simple way to instruct solicitors promoting access to justice.

• provide access to justice for those who can not properly resource their litigation; • enable corporate clients to more effectively manage cost and risk; • permit lawyers to take on cases they might not otherwise be able to accept; and • generate more efficient and reliable revenue sources for law firms.

Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low - income people in order to ensure equal access to justice and remove legal barriers to economic opportunity.