Sentences with phrase «funding provides access to justice»

Crucially, funding provides access to justice for those who might not otherwise be able to meet the costs of a claim.

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During the speech, Cuomo announced a seven - point «justice agenda,» which would appoint an independent monitor to have access to grand jury information, recruit more minorities into law enforcement, fund body cameras and bulletproof patrol cars in high crime areas and provide race and ethic data on police actions, among other things.

See also: (1) «Access to Justice: A Critique of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (pdf; posted on the SSRN on, May 21, 2014); and, (2) «Self - Represented Litigants» Tax Money Provides More Funding for Legal Aid Ontario,» (posted on Slaw, on July 31, 2015).

«A Contingency Legal Aid Fund could provide a valuable method to fund litigation and facilitate access to justice for those who lack the means to pay for legal serviFund could provide a valuable method to fund litigation and facilitate access to justice for those who lack the means to pay for legal servifund litigation and facilitate access to justice for those who lack the means to pay for legal services.

Established in 1974, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) promotes equal access to justice by providing federal funding grants to 134 nonprofit legal aid programs across the United States.

«Appropriate legal aid funding is a significant measure, among others, that will reduce the number of people representing themselves and provide greater access to justice for families and First Nations in the province.

An injection of federal funding in civil legal aid can be one source for the expansion of the role of law school clinics, who can in turn provide the access to justice needed by Canadians.

Costs are payable to the Access to Justice Foundation, which redistributes the funds to organisations providing pro bono legal services.

In addition, itnrecommends an immediate increase legal aid funding, the establishment of videoconferencing facilities to increase access to the courts in rural areas, and investment in mental health programs that provide alternatives to the criminal justice system.

This financing tool provides a valuable means of access to justice for claimants who may not have funds available, or may not wish to tie up funds, for costly yet meritorious claims.

When the Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission meets on Friday it will be bittersweet due to the refusal by state legislators to take action that would remove Wisconsin from the list of only four states that provide no state funding to support civil legal services to the indigent.

It held that a litigation funding agreement did not violate the rule against champerty and maintenance and indeed helped to provide access to justice to the plaintiff.

Litigation funding has been endorsed by the Jersey Courts as a means of providing access to justice and various case - law has cleared the way for the greater use of litigation funding in this jurisdiction.

Proceeds from the event provide critical funds to expand CLSMF's access to justice programs, ensuring that people who can not afford a lawyer receive the legal help they need.

With funding from AARP, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS), and the Texas Access to Justice Foundation, the Legal Hotline has provided individualized advice and counseling by attorneys to clients in over 120,000 cases.

The Courts view litigation funding as a means to level the playing field and provide access to justice, and they have set out the parameters within which the Courts would expect third party funding to function.

the systemic denial of access to justice for thousands of low - income individuals and families [in Washington] each year, the closure of legal aid offices throughout the state and a corresponding loss of volunteer legal services due to the lack of support and coordination provided by LSC - funded legal aid lawyers.»

The Civil Legal Aid Oversight Committee, Washington Supreme Court and Washington's Board for Judicial Administration have all urged congress to protect funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which seeks to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans by providing civil legal assistance to those who otherwise would be unable to -LSB-...]

She currently volunteers for Toronto for Acumen (TfA), an official chapter of the Acumen Fund, and also at Peacebuilder's International, a Canadian charity that works to provide at - risk youth with appropriate access to justice.

The Civil Legal Aid Oversight Committee, Washington Supreme Court and Washington's Board for Judicial Administration have all urged congress to protect funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which seeks to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans by providing civil legal assistance to those who otherwise would be unable to afford it.

At Woodsford Litigation Funding, we are proud of our role in providing access to justice for claimants who have been mistreated by bigger and richer defendants.

If organizations to which benefits are provided are not granted sufficient funds to function effectively, persons accessing these services, including New Canadians, have fewer resources with which to access justice.

Litigation funding can provide access to justice for the economically disadvantaged.

Congress provides funding through the national Legal Services Corporation (LSC), established in 1974 to promote equal access to justice and to provide high quality civil legal assistance to low - income persons.

Where there are meritorious claims, however, then funding provides improved access to justice.»

«While there may be scope within the litigation funding industry to provide more creative funding arrangements for some larger claims, there will still be many to whom access to justice is severely restricted.

But in a strongly worded dissent on behalf of himself and Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito, Chief Justice Roberts argued that such remedies under the Supremacy Clause should not be available, lest the Supremacy Clause provide litigants with a means of making an end - run around their inability to enforce section 30 (A)(the Medicaid statute's critical requirement that states fund Medicaid at levels sufficient to guarantee «equal access» to quality providers) either directly or via 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

«This project, made possible with a grant from the ABA Enterprise Fund, shows how we can harness the power and reach of the ABA to improve access to justice by providing much - needed legal assistance to vulnerable populations.»

The program provides free legal assistance through Legal Services Alabama, and is funded by the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation and the Access to Justice Commission.

The most recent Senate report on access to justice published in 2009, for example, concluded that «the legal system is not sufficiently providing members of the Australian community with access to justice'i and in its first recommendation proposed that the various tiers of government fund «a comprehensive national survey of demand and unmet need for legal assistance services in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

A matter of particular concern is the limited ability of funding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) to provide access to justice for Indigenous women through legal representation and family violence services.