Sentences with phrase «from public interest law firms»

The following resumes of our attorneys demonstrate the depth and breadth of our involvement in meaningful organizations and causes, from public interest law firms to hospital charities and scholarship programs.

This is the space that I know the most about and the area that I've studied and worked on over my career, starting from a public interest law firm experience at the Institute for Justice, [then] the Heritage Foundation, the White House, and the U.S. Department of Education running the Office of Innovation and Improvement.

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The Center, funded by donations from over 300,000 citizens across the nation, quickly grew into one of America's most successful and innovative public interest law firms.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, says he'd first like to hear an explanation from Speaker Sheldon Silver about the details of alleged payments from a law firm specializing in real estate taxes.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), says he'd like to hear from Speaker Sheldon Silver about the details of the speaker's alleged payments from a law firm specializing in real estate taxes.

Eleven prisoners died of cancer from 2010 through 2013, and six others have been diagnosed with cancer at the State Correctional Institution Fayette, said the report, released by the Abolitionist Law Center, a public interest law firm based in Pittsburgh, and the Human Rights Coalition, a national prison reform groLaw Center, a public interest law firm based in Pittsburgh, and the Human Rights Coalition, a national prison reform grolaw firm based in Pittsburgh, and the Human Rights Coalition, a national prison reform group.

Strong chapters on school desegregation, bilingual education, education for the disabled, and school finance all support Davies's argument that «in the 1970s, reform often emanated from... within the federal bureaucracy, from the lower federal courts, and through the energetic efforts of congressional staffers, lobbyists, and public interest law firms.»

However, as the need grew for legal defense of emerging school choice programs, Bolick turned his attention to it and co-founded the libertarian, public interest law firm Institute for Justice in 1991 with seed money from David and Charles Koch.

That intervenor is the Institute for Justice, a self - described libertarian law firm located in our nation's capital that has a demonstrated interest in upholding laws that funnel taxpayer dollars from public school systems to largely unaccountable private schools.

Lawyers provide the services, and Susskind says a survey of the public indicates they are at least as interested in getting legal services from a bank or supermarket as from a law firm.

The Nova Scotia Barristers» Society released a detailed report last October entitled «Transforming Regulation and Governance in the Public Interest» — a thorough look at all the seeds of change from technology through unbundling, new law firm structures, globalization, the greying bar, growth of in - house counsel, and more.

Gross points out that the program reflects a number of important trends, including (1) A Touch of Conscience (where most companies pay lip service to concerns like global warming or poverty); (2) The New Guilded Age (where fat and happy law firms think nothing of the absurdity of giving students a $ 60 allowance for lunch); (3) Defining Public Service Down (a situation where most people claim interest in community service but don't want the lower incomes that go with it, so they find a win - win situation like doing pro bono at a large firm); and (4) It's Good To Be the King (describing how partners set priorities and realize that the $ 15 lunch is quicker and gets associates back to billing more quickly and spares partners from socializing).

The article lists dozens of law firms — from megafirms to public interest to solo practitioners — feeding off these water - related disputes.

Winner of the People's Voice award — decided by votes from the public — is the Institute for Justice, a civil - libertarian public - interest law firm.

We need to set out a clear vision of what we expect from law firms and engage with the profession and firms, including the major commercial firms, on the delivery of good services for clients and the public interest in a reputable, well working legal system.

But how would a public law firm work in the United States, where ethics codes require lawyers to exercise independent judgment and prohibit nonlawyers from owning an interest in law firms?

She had started her career in a large law firm, and after five years moved into the public interest arena, and away from practicing law.

Afraid of competition from new forms of legal solutions enabled by the Internet and more powerful software, the unauthorized practice of law committees of state bar associations target non-law firm Internet legal form web sites, non-lawyer legal document preparers, and other innovative means of enabling access on the theory they are protecting the public interest from harm.

Our pro bono program has received numerous awards from legal service organizations, including Pro Bono Project, California Lawyers for the Arts, Public Interest Law Firm and the Santa Clara County Bar Association.

Held in Washington, D.C., each spring, the Annual Conference brings together pro bono practitioners from legal departments, law firms, and public interest organizations around pressing issues in pro bono.

Following the in - house track, corporate attendees have the opportunity to meet, network with, and learn alongside their colleagues from law firms and public interest organizations in interactive sessions during day two of the Annual Conference.

From Silicon Beach to downtown L.A., our students have access to clerkships, externships and career options with law and business firms, public interest agencies, and entertainment, media and technology firms.

The participants in this practice area come from many of the country's most prestigious law firms and public interest organizations.

December 30, 2014 — Here is an interesting article from Above the Law about one student who is attempting to crowdfund her public interest law fiLaw about one student who is attempting to crowdfund her public interest law filaw firm.

Legal aid for civil cases — from domestic violence to housing to health to debt to immigration matters — is provided by a patchwork of public interest law firms and community and charitable clinics, many of which are funded by the Legal Services Corporation.