Sentences with phrase «improving access to justice with»

He is director of the Center for Access to Justice & Technology — a law school center using Internet resources to improve access to justice with special emphasis on building Web tools to support legal services advocates, pro bono volunteers and pro se litigants.

He is director of the Center for Access to Justice & Technology (CAJT)-- a law school center using Internet resources to improve access to justice with special emphasis on building Web tools to support legal services advocates, pro bono volunteers and pro se litigants.

Not exact matches

The U.S. Department of Justice has reached an agreement with North Adams to improve access for people with disabilities.

We look forward to a robust and collaborative relationship with Governor - elect Murphy and Commissioner Repollet as we work together to support social justice in New Jersey by enhancing access to high - quality educational opportunity for all and improving the outcomes of education for all New Jersey's students.

107; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; 29 C.F.R. Part 1614; Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations; Executive Order 13087, Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 13160, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in Federally Conducted Education and Training Programs; Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations governing the processing of complaints of discrimination in the Federal sector; and EEOC decisions, procedures, guidelines, and program and management directiveTo Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations; Executive Order 13087, Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 13160, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in Federally Conducted Education and Training Programs; Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations governing the processing of complaints of discrimination in the Federal sector; and EEOC decisions, procedures, guidelines, and program and management directiveto Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 13160, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in Federally Conducted Education and Training Programs; Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations governing the processing of complaints of discrimination in the Federal sector; and EEOC decisions, procedures, guidelines, and program and management directiveto Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations governing the processing of complaints of discrimination in the Federal sector; and EEOC decisions, procedures, guidelines, and program and management directives.

, which made some 20 recommendations, and editor of a collection of essays entitled Closing the Justice Gap: new thinking on an old problem for which contributors were explicitly asked to come up with «radical, exciting and innovative ways» to improve access to jJustice Gap: new thinking on an old problem for which contributors were explicitly asked to come up with «radical, exciting and innovative ways» to improve access to justicejustice.

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.

In addition, Matterhorn helps courts level the playing field — enabling them to engage citizens, increase efficiencies, speed up case closure and collection - with lower default rates, all while improving satisfaction and access to justice — regardless of the court's geographic location or resources.

A technology - driven approach to public interaction with courts has the potential to improve access to justice and make courts better suited to the information age.

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.

The firm's work seeks to ensure deaths in service are dealt with fairly and openly while improving access to justice and possible compensation for victims and their families.

«It was inspired by the need to improve children's access to justice in Canada,» says Caterina Tempesta, Toronto - based counsel with the Office of the Children's Lawyer, with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.

I don't always agree with the ABA, but over the course of my legal career, it has been a consistently strong force in seeking to improve access to justice and to protect the rights of women and minorities.

Through education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the economic security of low income families with children and secure access to our civil justice system -LSB-...]

Through education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the economic security of low income families with children and secure access to our civil justice system by low income persons.

In fact, as part of my job with Pro Bono Net, a nonprofit that works with legal aid organizations, pro bono programs, and courts to improve access to justice through increasing volunteerism, collaboration, and effective use of technology, I've had the opportunity to work with Pro Bono Law Ontario and seen how adding technology to their service delivery (both as support for their programs and as information for the general public) has allowed them to be more effective and efficient in their work.

Our dedicated Board members come from a variety of backgrounds, but they share a commitment to access to justice and to improving the legal environment for people with HIV / AIDS in Ontario.

The Press Release states that «Improving access to justice for all Ontarians begins with better, easy - to - use legal information,» a point... [more]

Whether it is improving the delivery of legal services, the justice system, lawyer efficiency, legal education, or access to justice for all, Theory and Principle works with clients who are moved to innovate and build to create a better system.

With Bill 42, the government expects to simplify and improve access to justice and eliminate administrative overlap.

Earlier this month the Department of Justice Canada announced funding for projects that will help families deal with difficult issues related to divorce or separation with funding aimed at improving access to the family justice system and promoting compliance with family obligations related to divorce or sepaJustice Canada announced funding for projects that will help families deal with difficult issues related to divorce or separation with funding aimed at improving access to the family justice system and promoting compliance with family obligations related to divorce or sepajustice system and promoting compliance with family obligations related to divorce or separation.

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.

Now, CuroLegal, a company that designs and develops technology for the legal industry, has launched CuroStudio, a venture studio with a special focus on developing tools and services to address the access - to - justice gap and improve the delivery of legal services.

How does extending the two - year limit (LT below) square with the recommendation to pick up the pace of litigation so often recommended in the improving «access to justice» chatter?

Alberta is moving to change the way some matters are dealt with in the court system in an attempt to improve access to justice.

It may seem an odd proposition that the Woolf reforms, with their legitimate aims of improving access to justice and reducing the cost of civil litigation, have, 10 years on, failed a constituency many would argue least worthy of assistance in the first place.

So I need something more concrete from you — I need you to crystallize / ground this «overhaul» of yours with one or two specific steps which you (or this LSUC Committee) would recommend toward improving litigation and access to justice in the Ontario personal injury context.

The Envisioning Equal Justice initiative will bring together stakeholders to discuss how to meet their shared responsibility to improve access to justice, starting with a summit April 25 - 27 in VanJustice initiative will bring together stakeholders to discuss how to meet their shared responsibility to improve access to justice, starting with a summit April 25 - 27 in Vanjustice, starting with a summit April 25 - 27 in Vancouver.

It sheds a light on the challenge that the legal field faces with taming technology and adopting it as a solid and functional component for the sake of improving access to justice.

The views of Alberta legal professionals on important current issues in family law favour change and improving access to justice to a greater degree than those of their counterparts in the rest of Canada and are surprisingly at odds with Alberta's generally conservative social values.

Faced with a backlog, the 74th District Court in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan began looking for a way to improve access to justice and court efficiency.

As such, if you really want to improve public access to justice in Surrey, the solution is not to flood the Lower Mainland (a market in which law students already have a very difficult time finding articles - yes, even in Surrey) with junior lawyers but to build a new courthouse on the Surrey side of the river.

Furthermore, all of our software applications — including ISA — are designed and developed in a perspective of simplicity, sharing and flexibility, which is consistent with our overarching objective of improving access to justice through technology.

The session wraps up with a question on the one thing the panelists would change in the legal profession, with collective responsiblity for access to justice, more respect for court administration and improved gender, race, sexuality and class diversity all cited.

To improve access to justice for consumer issues, I'd like to end this article with one easy to implement recommendatioTo improve access to justice for consumer issues, I'd like to end this article with one easy to implement recommendatioto justice for consumer issues, I'd like to end this article with one easy to implement recommendatioto end this article with one easy to implement recommendatioto implement recommendation.

Professor McGill, in her Globe and Mail article, posited that these developments will «decrease the costs associated with conventional legal interactions» and so «have great potential to improve the state of access to justice in Canada.»

«With an eye on improving access to justice in rural Alberta, our goal is to develop further streams of the Justice Bus to expose a more students to different aspects of the practice of law in rural Alberta.justice in rural Alberta, our goal is to develop further streams of the Justice Bus to expose a more students to different aspects of the practice of law in rural Alberta.Justice Bus to expose a more students to different aspects of the practice of law in rural Alberta.»

Based on the results of the study, and much discussion with the Washington bar, in 2012, the Washington Supreme Court adopted a new court rule to improve access to justice.

Rhode Island Legal Services provides high quality legal assistance and representation to low - income individuals and eligible client groups for the purpose of improving their economic condition and overall wellbeing by protecting and enforcing legal rights, stabilizing the family unit and communities where clients live, promoting self reliance, ending domestic violence, preventing homelessness, affording dignity to all people, and reaching out to groups with added burdens on their ability to access the civil justice system.

The Legal Resources Foundation, with the support of the EU under the Zimbabwe Justice Sector Programme, is offering legal training to traditional leaders with the aim of improving access to justice for rural communities in Zimbabwe, particularly those who are marginalised and vulnJustice Sector Programme, is offering legal training to traditional leaders with the aim of improving access to justice for rural communities in Zimbabwe, particularly those who are marginalised and vulnjustice for rural communities in Zimbabwe, particularly those who are marginalised and vulnerable.

The Society is engaged in similar dialogue at the national level, through the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, which is working to improve access to legal services, and with groups such as the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice and the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Maaccess to legal services, and with groups such as the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice and the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family MaAccess to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.

A collection of essays about improving access to justice... Closing the Justice Gap: some new thinking about an old problem... produced by the legal research company Jures this month, and published by the Solicitors Journal in association with the Young Legal Aid Lawyers was launched at our fifth bijustice... Closing the Justice Gap: some new thinking about an old problem... produced by the legal research company Jures this month, and published by the Solicitors Journal in association with the Young Legal Aid Lawyers was launched at our fifth biJustice Gap: some new thinking about an old problem... produced by the legal research company Jures this month, and published by the Solicitors Journal in association with the Young Legal Aid Lawyers was launched at our fifth birthday.

The Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School works with judges, legal professionals, governmental and non-governmental organizations to improve access to justice in an effort to eliminate violence against women andJustice at Cornell Law School works with judges, legal professionals, governmental and non-governmental organizations to improve access to justice in an effort to eliminate violence against women andjustice in an effort to eliminate violence against women and girls.

As a part of our ongoing effort to improve the delivery of civil legal services for Wisconsin residents in need, the Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission has begun working with the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, Army OneSource, and our other stakeholders to develop additional legal resources for assisting our veterans.

One example of the Laboratory's global reach is its project with the World Bank that aims to improve access to justice in Latin American countries.

Consistent with NJP's commitment to combat injustice by improving access to our civil justice system, all NJP facilities are accessible, and NJP provides language and sign interpreters for persons needing assistance to access our services.

One of the most important steps we can take to improve access to justice in our community is to simply get rid of the billable hour and replace it with more transparent and value - based pricing arrangements.

To summarize the lessons of these three unrelated works, even with the ever - improving access to information, resources and «self - help» alternatives that technology increasingly is making possible, lawyers continue to play a critical role in people's lives and in the justice systeTo summarize the lessons of these three unrelated works, even with the ever - improving access to information, resources and «self - help» alternatives that technology increasingly is making possible, lawyers continue to play a critical role in people's lives and in the justice systeto information, resources and «self - help» alternatives that technology increasingly is making possible, lawyers continue to play a critical role in people's lives and in the justice systeto play a critical role in people's lives and in the justice system.

CPBO's CLO & Pro Bono Podcast series is a collection of insightful discussions with chief legal officers of Corporate Pro Bono Challenge ® signatories about the pro bono efforts at their departments and how they are working to improve access to justice.

An Act to improve access to justice by amending the Solicitors Act to permit contingency fees in certain circumstances, to modernize and reform the law as it relates to limitation periods by enacting a new Limitations Act and making related amendments to other statutes, and to make changes with respect to the governance of the public accounting profession by amending the Public Accountancy Act