Sentences with phrase «funded legal services organizations»

«If fewer federal dollars were streaming into law schools» coffers and more were directed to fund legal services organizations, the legal profession — and the American legal system as a whole — would be better for it,» the board wrote: http://nyti.ms/1S4wuCU.

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The letter's signers included the Empire State Pride Agenda, Lambda Legal, the New York City Anti-Violence Project, the LGBT Community Center and the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center, Gay Men's Health Crisis, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Immigration Equality, the Family Equality Council, SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders), the GRIOT Circle: a gathering of elders, and several organizations advocating on behalf of LGBT young people, including FIERCE, the Hetrick - Martin Institute, and Streetwise and Safe.

The bail fund, proposed by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, is modeled off the Bronx Freedom Fund, managed by the Bronx Defenders, a legal services organizatfund, proposed by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, is modeled off the Bronx Freedom Fund, managed by the Bronx Defenders, a legal services organizatFund, managed by the Bronx Defenders, a legal services organization.

As a part of the requirements of the funding, the Syracuse Housing Authority partnered the Center for Community Alternatives, a nonprofit legal service organization that provides legal assistance for juveniles.

Officials have also said the mayor's office has yet to determine what organization will receive the funding to provide the legal services.

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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 AmeFUNDING 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 Amefunding 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.

students worked with The Woman's Fund of Miami - Dade County, a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of local women and girls; the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a community organization championing the rights of Florida migrant farm workers; the ACLU of Florida; Legal Services of Greater Miami, which provides civil legal services for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low - income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty non-prLegal Services of Greater Miami, which provides civil legal services for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low - income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty nonServices of Greater Miami, which provides civil legal services for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low - income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty non-prlegal services for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low - income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty nonservices for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low - income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty non-prLegal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty nonServices, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty nonservices to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty non-profit.

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.

(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.

The firm was recognized in three areas: helping citizens who are not covered by public funding; working with community organizations; and providing innovative legal services.

These funds will be used to increase direct services including expansion of the organization's innovative helpline which provides callers a direct line to an attorney for legal service assistance and other agency programs.

«and Justice for all» is a fund - raising organization sanctioned by the Utah Supreme Court to raise funds for worthwhile organizations that provide legal services directly to poor and disadvantaged individuals throughout the state of Utah.

KLS and organizations that fund KLS or refer individuals to KLS do not guarantee and are not responsible for the quality of legal services provided.

Community Legal Services has to turn away about two - thirds of those who request help, he said, either because the litigants do not qualify based on their income or because the organization lacks the funds and staff to help them.

This story in the National Law Journal is just the latest example of how legal services programs and even legal services funding organizations are emphasizing the social «return on investment» that is generated by the work that they do.

(4) made taking more taxpayers» money for adequate funding of legal aid organizations» providing free legal services to poor people, increasingly politically unwise.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC), with is essentially a parent organization to local Legal Aids, has been given only $ 400 million in funding by Congress.

The site was created by two legal services organizations, Pine Tree Legal Assistance of Maine and the Arkansas Legal Services Partnership, with initial funding provided by the Legal Services Corporalegal services organizations, Pine Tree Legal Assistance of Maine and the Arkansas Legal Services Partnership, with initial funding provided by the Legal Services Corpservices organizations, Pine Tree Legal Assistance of Maine and the Arkansas Legal Services Partnership, with initial funding provided by the Legal Services CorporaLegal Assistance of Maine and the Arkansas Legal Services Partnership, with initial funding provided by the Legal Services CorporaLegal Services Partnership, with initial funding provided by the Legal Services CorpServices Partnership, with initial funding provided by the Legal Services CorporaLegal Services CorpServices Corporation.

To that end, the board of MetaJure decided that for every dollar raised in their Series A funding round they would donate the equivalent in services to legal aid organizations.

Founded as a charitable organization in 2001, PBO was created to provide opportunities for lawyers to assist Ontarians who can not afford legal services and have a legal problem not covered by government funding.

For example, in my Quantitative Analysis class last year, we partnered with the Illinois Lawyers Trust Fund, which contributed a massive amount of data about services provided by traditional legal aid organizations and Illinois Legal Aid Onlegal aid organizations and Illinois Legal Aid OnLegal Aid Online.

The Legal Services Corporation currently funds 134 independent legal aid organizations and more than 800 offices in the United StLegal Services Corporation currently funds 134 independent legal aid organizations and more than 800 offices in the United Stlegal aid organizations and more than 800 offices in the United States.

LSC provided $ 12.5 million in funding for three Illinois organizations last year: LAF, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, and Prairie State Legal Services.

These funds will be used to increase direct services including expansion of the organization's innovative helpline which provides callers a direct line to an attorney for legal service... Read More

The organizations that fund Rise Women's Legal Centre want to make sure that we are providing a valuable service to our clients.

With this funding, legal aid organizations have built a network of websites serving both attorneys and clients nationwide, developed easy - to - use online forms, incorporated video technology into service delivery, and enhanced support for pro bono lawyers.»

«A grantee of the federal Legal Services Corp., the organization has struggled in recent years to cope with more cuts in funding.

If your organization does not receive funds from the Legal Services Corporation, you must file an application with the clerk of the Tennessee Supreme Court to become an approved legal assistance provLegal Services Corporation, you must file an application with the clerk of the Tennessee Supreme Court to become an approved legal assistance provlegal assistance provider.

According to Hawaii's cy pres rule, certain charitable organizations in Hawaii receive these funds, legal service organizations among them.

An organization which receives funding from the Legal Services Corporation is presumptively approved under this section.

And in music to my ears, she will also point out the importance of staying engaged in pro bono, raising funds for a service - based non-profit or legal aid organization, and educating the public about the law.

; (4) taxpayers would not have to pay for a justice system that provides lawyers a good place to earn a living but doesn't provide affordable legal services for those taxpayers; (5) the problem wouldn't be causing more damage in one day than all of the incompetent and unethical lawyers have caused in the whole of Canada's history (6) the legal profession would be expanding instead of contracting; because, (7) if legal services were affordable, lawyers would have more work than they could handle because people have never needed lawyers more; (8) law schools would be expanding their enrolments instead of being urged to contract them; (9) the problem would not be causing serious & increasing damage to the population, the courts, the legal profession, and to legal aid organizations because their funding varies inversely with the cost of legal services for taxpayers who finance legal aid's free legal services; (10) there would be a published LSUC text that declares the problem to be its problem and duty to solve it, and accurately defines the problem; (11) Canada would not have a seriously «legally crippled» population and constitution - the Canadian Charter of Rights an Freedoms is a «paper tiger» without the help of a lawyer; (12) Canada's justice system might again be «the envy of the world»; (13) the public statements of benchers would not show that they don't understand the cause of the problem and haven't tried to understand it; (14) LSUC's webpage, «Your Legal Bill - To High?&rlegal services for those taxpayers; (5) the problem wouldn't be causing more damage in one day than all of the incompetent and unethical lawyers have caused in the whole of Canada's history (6) the legal profession would be expanding instead of contracting; because, (7) if legal services were affordable, lawyers would have more work than they could handle because people have never needed lawyers more; (8) law schools would be expanding their enrolments instead of being urged to contract them; (9) the problem would not be causing serious & increasing damage to the population, the courts, the legal profession, and to legal aid organizations because their funding varies inversely with the cost of legal services for taxpayers who finance legal aid's free legal services; (10) there would be a published LSUC text that declares the problem to be its problem and duty to solve it, and accurately defines the problem; (11) Canada would not have a seriously «legally crippled» population and constitution - the Canadian Charter of Rights an Freedoms is a «paper tiger» without the help of a lawyer; (12) Canada's justice system might again be «the envy of the world»; (13) the public statements of benchers would not show that they don't understand the cause of the problem and haven't tried to understand it; (14) LSUC's webpage, «Your Legal Bill - To High?&rlegal profession would be expanding instead of contracting; because, (7) if legal services were affordable, lawyers would have more work than they could handle because people have never needed lawyers more; (8) law schools would be expanding their enrolments instead of being urged to contract them; (9) the problem would not be causing serious & increasing damage to the population, the courts, the legal profession, and to legal aid organizations because their funding varies inversely with the cost of legal services for taxpayers who finance legal aid's free legal services; (10) there would be a published LSUC text that declares the problem to be its problem and duty to solve it, and accurately defines the problem; (11) Canada would not have a seriously «legally crippled» population and constitution - the Canadian Charter of Rights an Freedoms is a «paper tiger» without the help of a lawyer; (12) Canada's justice system might again be «the envy of the world»; (13) the public statements of benchers would not show that they don't understand the cause of the problem and haven't tried to understand it; (14) LSUC's webpage, «Your Legal Bill - To High?&rlegal services were affordable, lawyers would have more work than they could handle because people have never needed lawyers more; (8) law schools would be expanding their enrolments instead of being urged to contract them; (9) the problem would not be causing serious & increasing damage to the population, the courts, the legal profession, and to legal aid organizations because their funding varies inversely with the cost of legal services for taxpayers who finance legal aid's free legal services; (10) there would be a published LSUC text that declares the problem to be its problem and duty to solve it, and accurately defines the problem; (11) Canada would not have a seriously «legally crippled» population and constitution - the Canadian Charter of Rights an Freedoms is a «paper tiger» without the help of a lawyer; (12) Canada's justice system might again be «the envy of the world»; (13) the public statements of benchers would not show that they don't understand the cause of the problem and haven't tried to understand it; (14) LSUC's webpage, «Your Legal Bill - To High?&rlegal profession, and to legal aid organizations because their funding varies inversely with the cost of legal services for taxpayers who finance legal aid's free legal services; (10) there would be a published LSUC text that declares the problem to be its problem and duty to solve it, and accurately defines the problem; (11) Canada would not have a seriously «legally crippled» population and constitution - the Canadian Charter of Rights an Freedoms is a «paper tiger» without the help of a lawyer; (12) Canada's justice system might again be «the envy of the world»; (13) the public statements of benchers would not show that they don't understand the cause of the problem and haven't tried to understand it; (14) LSUC's webpage, «Your Legal Bill - To High?&rlegal aid organizations because their funding varies inversely with the cost of legal services for taxpayers who finance legal aid's free legal services; (10) there would be a published LSUC text that declares the problem to be its problem and duty to solve it, and accurately defines the problem; (11) Canada would not have a seriously «legally crippled» population and constitution - the Canadian Charter of Rights an Freedoms is a «paper tiger» without the help of a lawyer; (12) Canada's justice system might again be «the envy of the world»; (13) the public statements of benchers would not show that they don't understand the cause of the problem and haven't tried to understand it; (14) LSUC's webpage, «Your Legal Bill - To High?&rlegal services for taxpayers who finance legal aid's free legal services; (10) there would be a published LSUC text that declares the problem to be its problem and duty to solve it, and accurately defines the problem; (11) Canada would not have a seriously «legally crippled» population and constitution - the Canadian Charter of Rights an Freedoms is a «paper tiger» without the help of a lawyer; (12) Canada's justice system might again be «the envy of the world»; (13) the public statements of benchers would not show that they don't understand the cause of the problem and haven't tried to understand it; (14) LSUC's webpage, «Your Legal Bill - To High?&rlegal aid's free legal services; (10) there would be a published LSUC text that declares the problem to be its problem and duty to solve it, and accurately defines the problem; (11) Canada would not have a seriously «legally crippled» population and constitution - the Canadian Charter of Rights an Freedoms is a «paper tiger» without the help of a lawyer; (12) Canada's justice system might again be «the envy of the world»; 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The Family Centre, based in Lethbridge, is a non-profit organization providing a comprehensive range of services to children, youth and families in Southwestern Alberta.Through funding from the Alberta Law Foundation the Centre provides legal information, support and referral services.

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July 8, 2016 — «The [New Hampshire] Executive Council last week approved $ 1 million in new funding for New Hampshire Legal Assistance and two other organizations to expand legal aid services to more victims of stalking and domestic violLegal Assistance and two other organizations to expand legal aid services to more victims of stalking and domestic viollegal aid services to more victims of stalking and domestic violence.

State funded legal services, such as community law centres and legal aid lawyers are visited more often than telephoned, though non-governmental organizations providing free legal information or advice, such as Citizens Advice Bureaux and other social services / advocacy organisations, provide a higher incidence of telephone advice.

• Local general support funds — At least 80 percent of MLAC general support funding goes to regional legal services organizations based on the number of low - income persons in the area they serve as determined by Census data.

As the largest funder of civil legal services in the U.S., LSC funds the legal aid organizations that serve almost two million Americans every year and play a vital role in helping ensure access to justice.

For private agency adoptions, adoption agencies should find creative ways to provide the entire array of culturally competent adoption services at no charge, including seeking government and private funding, partnering with legal organizations, and waiving fees for families.