Sentences with phrase «for public interest attorneys»

Managing Education Debt for Public Interest Attorneys 1.00 hour of Standard / Professional Development CLE credit has been approved.

Currently, there are a few federal options for public interest attorneys to receive help with their educational debt.

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Two interesting things happened this week in Jamie Dimon's world: two gutsy attorneys, Helen Davis Chaitman and Lance Gotthoffer, published a book comparing JPMorgan Chase to the Gambino crime family, explaining how the bank could and should be prosecuted under RICO statutes for serial frauds against the investing public.

The Park District and the city also disregarded long - standing rulings by the Illinois and U.S. Supreme Courts that public property can not be used for a private interest, said Herbert Caplan, one of the attorneys for the residents committee.

«New Yorkers need an Attorney General who will demand accountability from the powerful special interests and deliver justice for the working families of this state,» Schneiderman said in a public statement.

«Making it easier for the public to access City government databases will make our local agencies more effective and responsive,» said Gene Russianoff, nycTWG co-chair and senior attorney for the New York Public Interest Research public to access City government databases will make our local agencies more effective and responsive,» said Gene Russianoff, nycTWG co-chair and senior attorney for the New York Public Interest Research Public Interest Research Group.

The acceptance of the Economic and Organized Crime Office cheque by the Attorney General and the deception of the public by the Attorney General that it is part payment for the refund ordered by the Court brings into question the competence of the Attorney General and the Government in pursuit of the interest of the Republic,» he added.

The acceptance of the Economic and Organized Crime Office cheque by the Attorney General and the deception of the public by the Attorney General that it is part payment for the refund ordered by the Court brings into question the competence of the Attorney General and the Government in pursuit of the interest of the Republic.

«I'm not interested in doing the labels,» says Katko, 51, of Camillus, who resigned as an assistant U.S. attorney to make his first bid for public office.

«As the only Asian - American elected official in Albany, a public interest attorney, a grassroots political activist and a new mom balancing the demands of a busy job with parenthood, I know that Kathleen Rice is the best person for me to partner with in state government,» Meng said.

Blair Horner, the legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, who briefly worked for the attorney general's office under Mr. Cuomo, called the revelations «unsettling, given what has happened in the Paterson administration.»

«Our hats are off to the U.S. Attorney's office for making this happen — Preet Bharara,» said Blair Horner, the executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

«An act to provide for the implementation of the constitutional rights to information held by a public institution subject to the exemptions that are necessary and consistent with the protection of the public interest in a democratic society to foster a culture of transparency and accountability in public affairs and to provide for related matters», the Deputy Attorney General submitted.

With the help of the public interest law firm Advocates for Justice and the organization's attorney Arthur Schwartz, a 60 - page document was filed in federal court on Tuesday, August 7.

Gentile's top priority is running for district attorney and his judicial application «underscores his interest in continuing public service in a legal capacity,» his campaign spokesman Sam Powers said.

Silver's conviction for doing legislative favors in return for legal referral fees and 12 - year prison sentence was reversed because of incorrect jury instructions, but prosecutors from the office of acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim told the judge it is in the «public interest» to retry him quickly.

In his Aug. 17 letter to Cuomo, Soares — citing the executive order and public comments by the governor and attorney general about a perceived conflict of interest for district attorneys in such cases — said he was stepping back.

But Jim Angell, lead attorney for the Oakland, Calif. — based public interest law firm Earthjustice, which represents a host of environmental groups suing the BLM, says this 1 percent stipulation is «an accounting trick.

Composed of field testimonies and hidden camera footage, the film also features interviews with Haiti's Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Raymond Joseph, the U.S. Department of States» Ambassador John Miller from the Office of Human Trafficking, renowned anthropologist and sugar historian Sidney Mintz, Carol Pier from Human Rights Watch, Public Interest Attorneys Bill Quigley as well as Greg Schell, and a number of activists from the field including human rights lawyer Noemi Mendez, Colette Lespinase of G.A.R.R. Haiti [Organization for Refugees and the Repatriated] and missionaries Pierre Ruquoy and Father Christopher Hartley.

The CFE, which had begun as a modest public - interest group in 1993 by Robert Jackson, then president of one of the city's 32 community school boards, and Michael Rebell, the attorney for the same school board, had grown into an impressively powerful education lobbying organization.

This privately - held company and nonprofit seems to have a talent for commingling the efforts of private charter interests and public oversight conduits that creates serious conflicts of interest, causing a California state whistleblowing attorney to be ``... opposed to such activities between public officials, private interests, and public charter schools.»

This decision has allowed for the closing or loss of all but fifteen libraries in the county, and the attorneys have stated that the decision violates two public interest laws, the Equity Act 2010 and the Public Libraries and Museums Actpublic interest laws, the Equity Act 2010 and the Public Libraries and Museums ActPublic Libraries and Museums Act 1964.

According to an article in The Bookseller, the library system in Lincolnshire has mounted a legal campaign with the help of public interest attorneys to overturn their council's decision to make sweeping cuts to library spending, a decision that the campaign founders state was made without attempting to look for alternatives and is in violation of UK law regarding library access.

Click here to learn about the eligibility requirements, award amounts, and application process for the Illinois Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance program.

Some public interest attorneys, however, may qualify for some federal loan repayment assistance.

Specifically, attorneys that are eligible for this loan forgiveness must work in the legal profession in the areas of public interest.

For individual attorneys and law firms, Dime offers this account so you can manage your clients» funds, while also supporting the public interest.

Prior to joining CBE's staff, she was the program director for San Francisco Baykeeper and a staff attorney at Waterkeepers Northern California, where she ran a small legal clinic to train public interest lawyers.

Three days ago I was heading to the northernmost town in the United States in order to help a dedicated public interest attorney prepare for and argue one of the most important cases the Supreme Court of Alaska has ever heard, Nelson Kanuk v. State of Alaska.

2010 Goldman Prize winner Thuli Makama, Swaziland's only public interest environmental attorney, was awarded the Prize for her precedent - setting work to include environmental NGO representation in the Swaziland Environment Authority, reinforcing the right to public participation in environmental decision making.

In early 1984, M.C. Mehta, a public interest attorney, visited the Taj Mahal for the first time.

For the AILA, the Department of Education decided that the people that work for the AILA do not provide public interest law services but the member attorneys that work with the AILA provide public interest law servicFor the AILA, the Department of Education decided that the people that work for the AILA do not provide public interest law services but the member attorneys that work with the AILA provide public interest law servicfor the AILA do not provide public interest law services but the member attorneys that work with the AILA provide public interest law services.

Those qualifying services include public interest legal services and public education, both of which are relevant for attorneys hoping to fall under the program.

Public interest work does not include: • Government work (even if unpaid), which includes clerking for a judge, or working for a district attorney's office, a public defender's office, or an administrative agency; • Work for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in nPublic interest work does not include: • Government work (even if unpaid), which includes clerking for a judge, or working for a district attorney's office, a public defender's office, or an administrative agency; • Work for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in npublic defender's office, or an administrative agency; • Work for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in nature.

Our attorneys are experienced in all aspects of Pennsylvania's Right - to Know Law, frequently representing requesters, public agencies and interested third parties in litigation before the Office of Open Records and Pennsylvania's appellate courts concerning requests for, and access to, government records.

If nothing else, the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service offers a host of resources for attorneys including events, training, publications, and links to local legal aid agencies for attorneys interested in helping out in their state.

In an effort to make it easier for young attorneys to pursue careers in public service, the law school at the University of California, Berkeley, says it will cover up to $ 100,000 in student loans for graduates who embark on public interest work.

For the Slaw scholars, check out John Edwards» The Attorney General, Politics, and the Public Interest, whose major conclusions still seem to me valid.

If we do not step up as a profession to meet this market need for access to justice, then other companies are going to find ways to do so, whether or not it is in the best interests of the public or meets the high standards of professionalism to which attorneys are held.

Prior to joining the litigation team at Lewis Johs, she was involved in the public interest arena prosecuting Family Court matters to verdict for the Administration of Children's Services in New York City where she became a supervising attorney.

For example, members of the Wisconsin ATJC Commission include an Aboriginal law attorney, a small business owner, a public interest lawyer, a district court administrator, a Norbertine minister, a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force, and a court of appeal judge.

Those who will be consulted include the Judiciary, the Secretary of State for Justice, the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Bar Council, the Law Society, the Press Complaints Commission, and the Society of Editors in addition to interested members of the public via the Judiciary wePublic Prosecutions, the Bar Council, the Law Society, the Press Complaints Commission, and the Society of Editors in addition to interested members of the public via the Judiciary wepublic via the Judiciary website.

Attorneys at KNP LAW assist and work with PILnet, the Global Network for Public Interest Law, and render free legal services to groups, including grassroots civil organizations, public service foundations, non-profit limited liability companies, as well as individuals who otherwise would not have access to juPublic Interest Law, and render free legal services to groups, including grassroots civil organizations, public service foundations, non-profit limited liability companies, as well as individuals who otherwise would not have access to jupublic service foundations, non-profit limited liability companies, as well as individuals who otherwise would not have access to justice.

On October 10, 2006, Davis Malm attorney Samuel B. Moskowitz participated in «Public Interest in the Private Sector: A Pro Bono Panel,» a panel discussion for current Boston University Law School students sponsored by the BU Law Career Development Office.

'' [A] n attorney may not claim protection of the anti-SLAPP statute for publishing statements about an adversary at will, in hopes of shoring up his or her own position, attracting potential clients, or otherwise gaining a tactical advantage in an ongoing legal proceeding, even when that proceeding has, as here, attracted a good deal of public and governmental interest.

He recently was named by the Office of the Public Guardian as Pro Bono Attorney of the Year for volunteering over 150 hours to represent the best interests of the wards in guardianship, abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and foreclosure cases.

Whether students» choose to practice public interest as a career or work in the private sector, experiences at Miami Law will leave students with a passion for pro bono work, no matter what they decide to do as a practicing attorney.

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) is seeking applications for a staff attorney position in its Disability Justice (DJ) Program.

Western New York Law Center: Contains job postings for attorney and intern positions in various public interest organizations in New York.

At para 20 for example, he states «The Attorney General intends to encourage this Court to adopt «clear, consistent and predictable rules and processes to facilitate the consideration of resource development projects in the public interest in a manner that respects section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.»