Sentences with phrase «free legal counsel»

We do this by creating a community committed to providing free legal counseling and full representation in civil legal matters that disproportionately affect low - income women and children.

In its efforts to provide maximum accessibility to some measure of free legal counsel for low - and modest - income British Columbians, Access Pro Bono (BC's largest pro bono legal service provider) operates pro bono legal advice clinics in 100 different locations across BC — in communities stretching from the 59th parallel down to the American border, from the Rocky Mountains over to the Pacific shores.

As an undergraduate, my dream was to become a professor and my parents seemed pleased enough with this noble profession, despite the fact that I could neither prescribe drugs nor offer free legal counsel.

Tenants facing eviction who earn more than $ 50,000 will receive free legal counseling.

Service to his community includes: free legal counsel through the ABC 6 Ask the Attorney program, assistance to low - income individuals through the Legal Aid Society of Columbus, and volunteer work at legal clinics.

Polanco wants to change not only how New Yorkers vote but who they can vote for, by providing free legal counsel to candidates participating in the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program who raise less than $ 10,000, and easing restrictions on ballot access for candidates.

The American Bar Association reports that nearly three - quarters of attorneys provide an average of 41 hours of free legal counsel each year.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito failed to reach an agreement on whether the $ 26 million the city will set aside to provide free legal counsel to undocumented immigrants will cover those convicted of violent crimes — though the mayor emphasized that the contracting for the program will lie entirely in his hands.

NYIFUP provides free legal counsel to immigrants facing deportation, per The Bronx Defenders, a public defenders organization in New York City that works with the program.

Yesterday's Niskanen announcement, it is providing free legal counsel and support to one set of these suits:

It is sponsoring an incubator, Catapult, where startups can get relatively cheap office space and free legal counsel.

With the involvement of the community - based organization staff, volunteers, volunteer attorneys, law students and interpreters, API Legal Outreach has been able to provide free legal counseling, referral and brief legal services to many individuals who, otherwise, might not have received such help.

These experts provide free legal counsel to indigent people and their tasks include researching cases, doing paperwork, and protecting their clients regardless of their financial situation.