Sentences with phrase «for legal aid organizations»

DESCRIPTION: DLAW is «an open source website management system built specifically for legal aid organizations.»

One of the proposed models at the workshop involved law students across the nation using A2J Author ® to create guided interviews for legal aid organizations.

Since its inception, the MJF LRAP has assisted dedicated attorneys working for legal aid organizations in Montana by reducing the burden of significant debt incurred to finance their law school education.

LFW serves as a resource for legal aid organizations across the state to fulfill their missions of ensuring justice for all.

Among several critiques of this funding model, there is little to no incentive and infrastructure for a legal aid organization to scale a well designed solution so that other states can adopt the solution or tool.

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Typical of this approach are the activities of Nader's organization, Common Cause, legal aid for the poor, Chavez» organization of farm workers, the enforcing of civil rights, legislation for minority groups, and revival and application of the doctrine of just war to international conflict.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced a five - pronged package in January that included these reforms as part of his 2018 State of the State agenda, and the organizations were led to believe they would be part of the state's finalized budget after months of discussions with elected officials, a spokesman for the Legal Aid Society said.

Several legal service non-profit organizations will participate, including the Legal Aid Society, CUNY Citizenship Now, Legal Services of New York, the Bronx Defenders and Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigration Rights (NMlegal service non-profit organizations will participate, including the Legal Aid Society, CUNY Citizenship Now, Legal Services of New York, the Bronx Defenders and Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigration Rights (NMLegal Aid Society, CUNY Citizenship Now, Legal Services of New York, the Bronx Defenders and Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigration Rights (NMLegal Services of New York, the Bronx Defenders and Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigration Rights (NMCIR).

Check out these organizations for online resources, career and legal aid, conferences, writing groups, and more.

be working full - time for a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, legal aid office, prosecutor, public defender, government agency, JAG Corps, or legislative office.

HELPS, like many Legal Aid organizations has a suggested sliding scale for services.

The Chicago Bar Foundation awards assistance to law school graduates who either are presently working, or who have accepted an offer to work for a qualified legal aid and public interest law organization.

She aspires to get involved with organizations like LEAF (Women's Legal Education and Action Fund) or Egale (Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere), and hopes to continue developing her career in legalLegal Education and Action Fund) or Egale (Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere), and hopes to continue developing her career in legallegal aid.

The post notes that legal - aid lawyers «know the knife's edge, working long hours for low pay at organizations that are often underappreciated, underfunded, and undersupplied.»

Legal Aid is criminally under - resourced and underfunded, which means even people that qualify for representation through a legal services organization aren't getting assistLegal Aid is criminally under - resourced and underfunded, which means even people that qualify for representation through a legal services organization aren't getting assistlegal services organization aren't getting assistance.

The Campaign for Legal Services is a joint fundraising effort for two of New Hampshire's civil legal aid organizations: the Legal Advice and Referral Center, and New Hampshire Legal AssistLegal Services is a joint fundraising effort for two of New Hampshire's civil legal aid organizations: the Legal Advice and Referral Center, and New Hampshire Legal Assistlegal aid organizations: the Legal Advice and Referral Center, and New Hampshire Legal AssistLegal Advice and Referral Center, and New Hampshire Legal AssistLegal Assistance.

Today, IOLTA programs exist in all 50 states, Washington, D. C., and the US Virgin Islands to help fund nonprofit organizations that provide civil legal aid for low - income people.

What is less clear is why the CCJ, the ABA and other organizations continue to focus so much of their limited attention and resources on seeking increased public funding — and call on others to do the same — rather than devoting some of that attention and resource to changing the regulations in order to allow for alternative means of providing legal aid and, as a consequence, to also allow for alternative means of funding.

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION SHOULD RECEIVE ROBUST FEDERAL FUNDING Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) called on Congress today to provide adequate funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent, nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1974 that gives financial support for civil legal aid to low - income AmeriLEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION SHOULD RECEIVE ROBUST FEDERAL FUNDING Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) called on Congress today to provide adequate funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent, nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1974 that gives financial support for civil legal aid to low - income AmeriLEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION SHOULD RECEIVE ROBUST FEDERAL FUNDING Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) called on Congress today to provide adequate funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent, nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1974 that gives financial support for civil legal aid to low - income AmeriLegal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent, nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1974 that gives financial support for civil legal aid to low - income AmeriLegal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent, nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1974 that gives financial support for civil legal aid to low - income Amerilegal aid to low - income Amerilegal aid to low - income Americans.

«The study found that Tennessee's legal aid organizations produce over $ 11.20 in economic impact for every dollar of funding...

Wayne van der Meide, regional manager of case management and litigation for Legal Aid Ontario told the National Post that his organization wants to encourage Ontario judges to employ cultural assessments, allocating funds for test cases.

Felice Batlan, Professor of Law, IIT Chicago - Kent College of Law: Batlan describes in greater detail the legal aid work of women's social services organizations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and she explains how these organizations offer examples for legal aid today.

For the County's first biennial budget, FY 2015 — FY 2016, legal aid is funded at $ 1.05 million shared by six organizations.

Washington State's legal aid network, known as the Alliance for Equal Justice, is comprised of statewide and specialty legal aid organizations that work collaboratively with 17 county - based volunteer attorney programs to provide low - income people with access to justice.

On the basis of this unstated assumption, neither the CCJ nor the ABA (nor nearly any other individual or organization that calls for greater funding for legal aid) suggests or even appears to have considered the potential of alternative structures as a viable complement to increased public funding.

«None of these organizations is responsible for the delivery of legal aid.»

The report highlights the 2015 increases to Legal Aid Ontario of $ 154 million, the largest increase in the organization's history, and the $ 30 million increase preceding it in 2013 as efforts to improve outcomes for low - income families, but conclude,

The case pits the non-profit Alliance, which represents single mothers across British Columbia, and two individual complainants, against the provincial government and the Legal Services Society, the non-profit organization responsible for providing legal aid in British ColuLegal Services Society, the non-profit organization responsible for providing legal aid in British Colulegal aid in British Columbia.

The Civil Rights Appellate Clinic at The Dickinson School of Law at Penn State filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP on behalf of six national organizations — the National Employment Lawyers Association, American Association of Justice, AARP, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco Employment Law Center.

In fact, as part of my job with Pro Bono Net, a nonprofit that works with legal aid organizations, pro bono programs, and courts to improve access to justice through increasing volunteerism, collaboration, and effective use of technology, I've had the opportunity to work with Pro Bono Law Ontario and seen how adding technology to their service delivery (both as support for their programs and as information for the general public) has allowed them to be more effective and efficient in their work.

For this reason, the American Bar Association awarded Access Legal Care with the 2013 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access, which is given to one organization per year that shows innovative and successful methods of providing affordable legal care to lower - and moderate - income people who do not qualify for free legal aid, and who can not afford typical attorneFor this reason, the American Bar Association awarded Access Legal Care with the 2013 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access, which is given to one organization per year that shows innovative and successful methods of providing affordable legal care to lower - and moderate - income people who do not qualify for free legal aid, and who can not afford typical attorLegal Care with the 2013 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access, which is given to one organization per year that shows innovative and successful methods of providing affordable legal care to lower - and moderate - income people who do not qualify for free legal aid, and who can not afford typical attornefor Legal Access, which is given to one organization per year that shows innovative and successful methods of providing affordable legal care to lower - and moderate - income people who do not qualify for free legal aid, and who can not afford typical attorLegal Access, which is given to one organization per year that shows innovative and successful methods of providing affordable legal care to lower - and moderate - income people who do not qualify for free legal aid, and who can not afford typical attorlegal care to lower - and moderate - income people who do not qualify for free legal aid, and who can not afford typical attornefor free legal aid, and who can not afford typical attorlegal aid, and who can not afford typical attorneys.

Meanwhile, these four types of damage caused by the problem are getting worse: (1) to the population in that there are many thousands of people whose lives have been damaged for lack of legal services; (2) to the courts in that they are being clogged, as judges have warned, by high percentages of self - represented litigants, because their cases move much more slowly than those that have lawyers; (3) to the legal profession in that it is shrinking and is predicted to have a very negative future of contracting and of law firms failing; and, (4) to legal aid organizations because it is politically very unwise for governments to fund them better with taxpayers» money, to enable them to provide free legal services to more poor people, while the majority of the taxpayers can not obtain legal services for themselves at reasonable cost.

Where should people go if they want to find more, whether they're a nonprofit or a legal aid organization, or they just want to see how this stuff works, where can they find out more about the projects you're doing and maybe find out more about adapting them for their own needs?

That got expanded to Learnthelaw.org, which is a national repository for these classes, any non-profit, legal aid organization for free can go on there and create their own classes.

Richard Elliott, executive director of the Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network, said: «It's unthinkable to me, as the head of an organization that works on human rights issues, that we might see in 2013 in Canada a law school that is permitted to train people for the practice of law, adopt a policy that overtly discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation.

She explains many people have legal issues not covered by legal aid and do not have the means to pay a lawyer, while others do not qualify for legal aid even if their legal issues fall within the organization's scope, but still don't have the means to fund counsel.

For example, legal aid organizations are subject to national reporting requirements set by the Legal Services Corporation (legal aid organizations are subject to national reporting requirements set by the Legal Services Corporation (Legal Services Corporation (LSC).

The funding is provided through Healey's Legal Assistance for Our Veterans Grant program, which is programmed to fund legal aid groups, legal clinics, or nonprofit organizatLegal Assistance for Our Veterans Grant program, which is programmed to fund legal aid groups, legal clinics, or nonprofit organizatlegal aid groups, legal clinics, or nonprofit organizatlegal clinics, or nonprofit organizations.

For years, our attorneys and staff have dedicated countless hours to numerous organizations, including the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago's Lawyers in the Classroom program, the John Marshall Law School's Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, and the Legal Aid Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.

Smith truly believed that legal aid organizations needed to look like any other law firm, and that in order for that to happen, it needed to be made up of male lawyers.

AlaskaLawHelp.org provides answers to legal questions, contact information for legal aid offices, links to courthouses and local community organizations.

For example, a legal expense insurance (LEI) program, anchored within provincial legal aid organizations is necessary to make the rule of law and constitutional rights and freedoms available to all of society; see this recommendation explained in the article by, Sujit Choudhry, Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson, «Growing Legal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report»For example, a legal expense insurance (LEI) program, anchored within provincial legal aid organizations is necessary to make the rule of law and constitutional rights and freedoms available to all of society; see this recommendation explained in the article by, Sujit Choudhry, Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson, «Growing Legal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report&raqlegal expense insurance (LEI) program, anchored within provincial legal aid organizations is necessary to make the rule of law and constitutional rights and freedoms available to all of society; see this recommendation explained in the article by, Sujit Choudhry, Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson, «Growing Legal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report&raqlegal aid organizations is necessary to make the rule of law and constitutional rights and freedoms available to all of society; see this recommendation explained in the article by, Sujit Choudhry, Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson, «Growing Legal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report»aid organizations is necessary to make the rule of law and constitutional rights and freedoms available to all of society; see this recommendation explained in the article by, Sujit Choudhry, Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson, «Growing Legal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report&raqLegal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report»Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report»for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report&raqLegal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report&raqLegal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report»Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report»].

Therefore treasurers and presidents of law societies should not make public statements and issue press releases that criticize governments for not funding Legal Aid better (see, e.g., Law Society of Upper Canada press release of Feb. 5, 2007) when in fact it is the membership of those law societies who cause the problem that makes adequately funding Legal Aid organizations impolitic.

The portal helps connect legal aid organizations and courts that are looking for help creating A2J projects with teachers of A2J Author courses who are looking for student projects.

(5) Legal Aid organizations are necessary but can not be adequately funded by governments while the majority of the population can not afford legal services, i.e., governments can not in good conscience compel taxes be used to provide free legal services for the poor, which taxes are paid by people who themselves can not afford lawLegal Aid organizations are necessary but can not be adequately funded by governments while the majority of the population can not afford legal services, i.e., governments can not in good conscience compel taxes be used to provide free legal services for the poor, which taxes are paid by people who themselves can not afford lawlegal services, i.e., governments can not in good conscience compel taxes be used to provide free legal services for the poor, which taxes are paid by people who themselves can not afford lawlegal services for the poor, which taxes are paid by people who themselves can not afford lawyers.

On February 11, 2013, an adjudicator of the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner decided that Alberta's Legal Aid Society is subject to the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), with consequences for all non-profit organizations that conduct activities with a commercial character.

Last fall, the LFW Board of Trustees asked the Supreme Court to enact a rule change that would increase the portion of future class action residuals earmarked for distribution to legal aid organizations through LFW from 25 to 50 percent.

Rule 4 - 6.1 establishes an aspirational professional responsibility to perform annually twenty (20) hours of pro bono legal services for the poor or to contribute annually $ 350 to a legal aid organization.

And so, it took a concerted effort of different legal aid organizations in Tanzania to come together - one, and start the conversation and then after that, within a larger legal sector, reform programs, start having these conversations with government as well - through the Ministry of Justice and other justice sector ministries - for us to have a proper conversation around: how do we increase justice?

Recently, LFW and LAW Fund merged and fundraising is now channeled into the Campaign for Equal Justice and the Endowment for Equal Justice, two key vehicles that ensure stable funding for Washington's legal aid organizations.