Sentences with phrase «further access to justice»

Anonymizing decisions, creating an alphabet soup of the style of cause, how will that further access to justice?

And I also think as a legal industry unlike other industries where Artificial Intelligence is more of a threat, you look at transportation and I think there's going to be some real questions there as to what AI and its effects are, but in law, you have the majority of people, who need a lawyer not being able to afford it, and so I think there's this huge leading market and I actually think AI could end up allowing lawyers to do more work being more profitable as a law firm, and I think most importantly, helping further access to justice in that process.

CLEO and OJEN share the same goal: to further access to justice through education and information.

Gantz» department serves to support, promote, and further all access to justice initiatives in the commonwealth — and its new director brings a passion for service to the position.

The Law Foundation of Ontario has gifted two one - time grants to organizations that aim to further access to justice for youth, using design - based thinking and technology.

The second annual Flip Your Wig campaign launched Feb. 25 in the Law Society of Upper Canada's barristers» lounge with colourful locks and curls and five organizations putting their heads together to further access to justice for Ontarians.

In addition to the information and ideas shared below, we seek out opportunities to use our resources to further access to justice.

Lord Jackson is best known for his «Jackson Reforms,» which eliminated excess legal costs, and helped further access to justice through the promotion of tools such as Litigation Finance....

Arruda said this could open up an untapped market of people who couldn't previously afford to see a lawyer, bringing in more business to a law firm and furthering access to justice in the process.

This also furthers access to justice because it is an affordable alternative (the fee is $ 130 plus tax).

Billie Tarascio started out trying to build a firm that furthers access to justice, and wound up building a pretty innovative law firm with a software backbone that allowed her to deliver legal services at every price point — and it didn't work.

Every year, we release numerous reports and attend various meetings on furthering access to justice and reducing barriers to entering the legal profession.

Our efforts were part of the American Bar Association's annual ABA Days in Washington, DC — where delegations from all 50 states convene to meet with their representatives and senators about furthering access to justice for low - income individuals and families.

Lydia's commitment to furthering access to justice for unrepresented litigants has been the driving force behind two Civil Court Clerk's Offices earning the prestigious DIY Star Award.

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That, in fact, in many places, the operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no legal redress?

[62] She further argued for measures to make it easier to negotiate settlements in equal pay cases, for improved access to justice by waiving tribunal fees for a limited period, and to close loopholes whereby outsourcing and insecure working conditions often lead to unequal pay for women.

So far he has talked about foreign policy, social spending, and ballot access, including the possibility of the Justice Party suing the state of California in order to obtain ballot access for 2012.

There the Education Department Office for Civil Rights (OCR), often teamed up with the Justice Department, has gone wild in pushing schools and districts around, via both formal regulations and menacing «dear colleague» letters, in far - flung realms from student discipline to bathroom access.

Kids who complete the Pre-K program are far less likely to drop out of high school or encounter the criminal justice system than their counterparts who don't have access.

CRA's commitment to access is further reflected in its discipline policy, which emphasizes restorative justice.

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After all, we would argue that being able to read at an advanced level, or having access to a lawyer are far greater advantages than access to a computer and, if such is the case, then the status quo is much more problematic with regard to the equality of arms principle that is a building block towards access to justice than any well conceived online platform could ever be.

They may ask: «if facilitating access to justice is a duty for the entire Ontario legal profession, then why are we the only ones being asked to make a sacrifice in order to further it?

The fact that the majority of Canadians can not afford to seek justice through the current system is a problem which far outstrips in magnitude concerns about maximizing procedural and due process protections for those litigants who are presently able to access the system.

It is important not to take our foot off the gas and to consider further just how much the unbundling concept can improve access to justice.

If necessary, further funding for such an institute could be obtained by arrangements with the many university and institutional research and policy development organizations that study the justice system and access to justice problems; for example, the recently announced, Access to Justice Centre for Excellence at the University of Victoria's Faculty justice system and access to justice problems; for example, the recently announced, Access to Justice Centre for Excellence at the University of Victoria's Faculty oaccess to justice problems; for example, the recently announced, Access to Justice Centre for Excellence at the University of Victoria's Faculty justice problems; for example, the recently announced, Access to Justice Centre for Excellence at the University of Victoria's Faculty oAccess to Justice Centre for Excellence at the University of Victoria's Faculty Justice Centre for Excellence at the University of Victoria's Faculty of Law.

For further details see (pdf downloads): (1) «Access to Justice — Unaffordable Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions»; (2) «The Technology of Centralized Legal Research Can Solve the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (3) «Access to Justice — Canada's Unaffordable Legal Services — CanLII as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A Solution to the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them Use Alternative Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important to be Left to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author'sAccess to Justice — Unaffordable Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions»; (2) «The Technology of Centralized Legal Research Can Solve the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (3) «Access to Justice — Canada's Unaffordable Legal Services — CanLII as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A Solution to the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them Use Alternative Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important to be Left to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author'Justice — Unaffordable Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions»; (2) «The Technology of Centralized Legal Research Can Solve the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (3) «Access to Justice — Canada's Unaffordable Legal Services — CanLII as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A Solution to the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them Use Alternative Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important to be Left to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author'sAccess to Justice — Canada's Unaffordable Legal Services — CanLII as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A Solution to the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them Use Alternative Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important to be Left to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author'Justice — Canada's Unaffordable Legal Services — CanLII as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A Solution to the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them Use Alternative Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important to be Left to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author'saccess to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author'justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author's page.

The LSUC ABS Working Group itself has recognized [at para. 118 of its February report] that «it would be wrong to suggest that ABSs are a panacea» for access to justice, but does not yet seem inclined to go further.

That has not yet occurred in law around any facet of the access to justice problem, as far as I can tell.

Thus far, the need for serious restructuring to our institutional access to justice mechanisms has driven the legal profession to consider a multitude of possible solutions that have yet to prove effective.

Speaking of being «fair and objective», I think it is a bit unfair of you, Mitch, to have failed to mention that the LSUC's ABS Working Group report has only shelved one particular model of ABS and that it explicitly recommends further investigation of other ABS models and of associated business methods that may help achieve the same objectives — with the main objective being innovation to improve access to justice.

Further, we can not effectively address serious systemic issues like access to justice and unmet legal needs by intuitive responses that reflect our own limited perspectives.

In relation to Scottish Speculative Agreements it is clear again from Lord Gill's Review that there is a significant issue relating to Access to Justice; this is discussed on pages 98 and 99 and para 107 «as far as Access to Justice is concerned, speculative fee arrangements were said to have been responsible for a reduction in the number of firms taking on personal injury litigation, resulting in less choice for consumers but a concentration of expertise in those firms dealing with such cases... Another respondent was of the view that speculative fee arrangements were being entered into where there was little risk».

While the increase to legal aid funding is an important step, further steps must be taken to address the issue of access to justice in Ontario.

I suspect that the real heavy lifting in enhancing access to justice is a matter of procedural reform — specialized decision - making bodies with extremely simplified procedural rules for specific civil law issues (something that actually already exists in certain areas such as Landlord / Tenant, but could be further improved upon), wider permissions for over-the-counter motions, fewer unnecessary court appearances, fewer procedurally - mandated appearances (e.g., going from a Case Conference to a Settlement Conference to a Trial Management Conference, and possibly further, before you can get to a family law trial), and so on.

As far removed geographically as the participants were, it was also clear that no one believes that technology alone is a silver bullet for the challenges faced by those who can't get access to justice or by the legal profession as a whole.

Still, for many access to justice advocates there is skepticism that entrepreneurial technology - based improvements will further the exclusion of the most vulnerable — those on the wrong side of the digital divide.

This award is presented each year to an individual who has made significant contributions to further the rights, dignity, and access to justice for people with disabilities.

But in access to civil justice — the ability of all citizens to secure representation and enforce their rights in a timely manner — the US lags far behind other developed nations.

Rather than improve access to justice, Judge Rogers» proposal would further impede it.

Equal access to a civil and family justice system that can uphold rights and fairly and effectively resolve disputes is a fundamental and far - reaching component of democratic societies.

Our experience so far of lay appointments is of: (a) fiscal measures (increasing fees and reducing legal aid) which have a negative impact on access to justice; and (b) unseemly spats with the Lord Chief Justice about law reform and the freedom of thejustice; and (b) unseemly spats with the Lord Chief Justice about law reform and the freedom of theJustice about law reform and the freedom of the press.

That goal is further elaborated upon by 10 targets, which include promoting rule of law, access to justice, and representative and accountable institutions.

It is a well - documented and oft - lamented fact that the problem of limited access to justice is far worse in the rural and remote areas of Canada than in its cities and suburbs.

Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.

Further, the legal aid cuts and civil justice reforms announced this year will undoubtedly cut access to justice for many claimants.

Woodsford plans to take a lead role in this significant new market, and we look forward to further supporting access to justice in Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere in the region.

YLAL co-chair Oliver Carter wrote for The Justice Gap, expressing concern about the impact of further cuts to the MoJ budget on the LASPO review and access to justice genJustice Gap, expressing concern about the impact of further cuts to the MoJ budget on the LASPO review and access to justice genjustice generally.

So far, most have only touched on the unique barriers to accessing justice faced by persons with disabilities.

YLAL welcomes the report as an important first step for Labour in developing a principled policy to improve access to justice and looks forward to engaging further with the Commission as it develops its ideas before publishing its final report next year.