They are consistent in their work and in their commitment to preserving and
improving access to the justice system.
June 8, 2016 — «Ottawa plans to give the provinces more money for legal aid programs to help
improve access to the justice system.
Not exact matches
«We are all shocked that the governor vetoed a bill that would have reduced racial disparities in the criminal
justice system, helped ensure equal
access to justice for all New Yorkers, provided
improved public defense programs for those who can not afford an attorney, and much - needed mandate relief for counties,» Gradess said.
Launch the «New York Promise» Agenda
to Advance Social
Justice and Affirm New York's Progressive Values - Reforms of the Criminal
Justice System including «overhauling New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, raising the age of criminal responsibility, improving witness identification procedures, recording police interrogations for serious offenses, and extending the Hurrell - Harring settlement reforms statewide.&
System including «overhauling New York's antiquated bail
system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, raising the age of criminal responsibility, improving witness identification procedures, recording police interrogations for serious offenses, and extending the Hurrell - Harring settlement reforms statewide.&
system, ensuring
access to a speedy trial, raising the age of criminal responsibility,
improving witness identification procedures, recording police interrogations for serious offenses, and extending the Hurrell - Harring settlement reforms statewide.»
Winkler has spent much of his career on the bench pushing for
improved access to fair, timely, and affordable civil litigation in the
justice system and he continues
to fight that battle.
After seven hours of discussion over five months, the ideas proffered for
improving access to justice were (1) more money for legal aid (
to be extracted somehow from the most indebted sub-national government in the world), (2) more e-filing, (3) more pamphlets in more languages, (4) re-purposing the Shirley Dennison fund
to laud someone who does something beneficial wrt A2J, and (5) encouraging indigenous peoples
to use circles of healing instead of the court
system.
Her desire
to help
improve access to justice led her
to spend a summer working at a legal aid clinic in Iqaluit assisting indigenous clients as they navigated the
justice system.
For 36 years, VLS has been on a mission
to improve access to the civil
justice system.
All across Canada, judges, law societies, courthouses, schools, and professional bodies have been imploring the modernization of the court
system in order
to improve the administration of
justice — and by extension,
improve access to justice.
I am very proud
to report that I have been nominated for election as vice president of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, the state's premiere legal charity devoted
to ensuring equal
access to the legal
system and
to improving the administration of
justice.
Managing that change
to improve the court
system and
access to our court must always be a significant part of a chief
justice's role.
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.
Lord
Justice Briggs» Civil Court Structure Review proposed the new online court and said it would improve access to justice and be simpler for people to use than the current court
Justice Briggs» Civil Court Structure Review proposed the new online court and said it would
improve access to justice and be simpler for people to use than the current court
justice and be simpler for people
to use than the current court
system.
Earlier this year, Ms. Walwyn was appointed
to the Action Committee on
Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, which was convened by the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, and is focused on improving access to the civil and family justice s
Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, which was convened by the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, and is focused on improving access to the civil and family justice
Justice in Civil and Family Matters, which was convened by the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief
Justice of Canada, and is focused on improving access to the civil and family justice
Justice of Canada, and is focused on
improving access to the civil and family justice s
access to the civil and family
justice justice system.
Since 1998, the Canadian Forum on Civil
Justice has developed a number of online resources and databases which are designed to increase understanding about the civil justice system, and ultimately to improve access to civil and family j
Justice has developed a number of online resources and databases which are designed
to increase understanding about the civil
justice system, and ultimately to improve access to civil and family j
justice system, and ultimately
to improve access to civil and family
justicejustice.
Creating a tiered
system of legal services is an important step
to improve access to justice.
The main objectives of Bill 28, An Act
to establish the new Code of Civil Procedure (which is explained in my previous post here), are
to modernize court procedures and processes,
improve public confidence in the court
system and make
access to justice more efficient, simpler, faster and less costly.
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.
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 sepa
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 sepa
justice system and promoting compliance with family obligations related
to divorce or separation.
The MBF, through its grant programs and charitable activities, represents the commitment of the Massachusetts legal community
to improve the administration of
justice and
to ensure equal
access to the legal
system for all residents.
Alberta is moving
to change the way some matters are dealt with in the court
system in an attempt
to improve access to justice.
Access to justice is a common debated theme, most notably how
to get the necessary resources
to improve the accessibility
to and of our judicial
system.
-- Examine issues of significant interest and importance — Develop recommendations designed
to improve the administration of Ontario's
justice system and — Enhance
access to justice.
Our purpose is
to promote
access to justice for all Ontarians, preserve and
improve the civil
justice system, and advocate for the rights of those who have suffered injury and losses as the result of wrongdoing by others, while at the same time advocating strongly for safety initiatives.
Participants will be invited
to design various tools
to support online courts — for example, tools
to help litigants structure their legal arguments, organise their documents, negotiate settlements without advisers,
improve access to legal advice as well as
systems that will promote open
justice and even machine learning solutions that will help analyse all the data generated by the online courts.
These technologies are mean
to improve the judicial
system and public
access to justice.
As development continues, we are convinced ISA's integration in the judicial
system would constitute an effective and affordable step toward judicial modernisation and an
improved access to justice!
However, the preamble
to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct does addresses things lawyers should do as public citizens, like
improve access to justice, the administration of
justice, and the public's perception of the legal
system.
Improving access to justice in Nova Scotia requires cooperation throughout the
justice system.
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.
We engage in active legislation campaigns
to make it easier for those convicted innocent
to access the courts,
to improve criminal
justice systems, and
to better exonerees» transitions after release.
To improve access, the Society strives to identify ways the justice system can be more equitable and effectiv
To improve access, the Society strives
to identify ways the justice system can be more equitable and effectiv
to identify ways the
justice system can be more equitable and effective.
My point here is that rather than start ethics reform by randomly introducing less qualified, for - profit law practitioners into the market as specious proof that something is actually being done
to improve access to justice, let's tackle the challenges that can and will move the needle; such as, modernization of the court
system, increasing legal aid, and modernizing lawyer ethics rules that will enable lawyers and law firms
to innovate and modernize the business and practice of law.
In conclusion, leading organizations such as the Cyberjustice Laboratory introduce effective innovations that allow the broader community
to address some of the shortcomings of judicial
systems and
to improve access to justice.
Increasing affordable, reliable legal services for low and moderate - income people will
improve access to justice in our community and help make the
justice system more fair and efficient for everyone.
The Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF) takes a
system - wide approach
to improve access to justice by bringing together all of the stakeholders — including legal aid organizations, the courts, law firms, and individual lawyers —
to strengthen and
improve Chicago's pro bono and legal aid
system.
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.
Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief
Justice of Canada, in order to develop consensus and priorities around improving access to civil and family justice in Canada, while also encouraging cooperation and collaboration between all stakeholders in the justice
Justice of Canada, in order
to develop consensus and priorities around
improving access to civil and family
justice in Canada, while also encouraging cooperation and collaboration between all stakeholders in the justice
justice in Canada, while also encouraging cooperation and collaboration between all stakeholders in the
justice justice system.
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 syste
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 syste
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 syste
to play a critical role in people's lives and in the
justice system.
At the intersection of
access to justice and innovation, ATJ Tech Fellows will spend their summer working on innovative projects and initiatives aimed
to improve our civil
justice system.
Stating «There is a difference between the
improving the delivery of legal services and
access to justice» I believe the later seeks
to serve those most marginalized by our civil
justice system.
Justice Education Society the Justice Education Society (JES) has been dedicated to improving access to the legal system through hands - on, targeted, two - way education between the public and those working in the justice
Justice Education Society the
Justice Education Society (JES) has been dedicated to improving access to the legal system through hands - on, targeted, two - way education between the public and those working in the justice
Justice Education Society (JES) has been dedicated
to improving access to the legal
system through hands - on, targeted, two - way education between the public and those working in the
justice justice system.
The panel marked the launch of the law school's new
access to justice initiative and the relocation of the National Center for Access to Justice — an independent nonprofit that utilizes data to improve the justice system — to Fordham from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School o
access to justice initiative and the relocation of the National Center for Access to Justice — an independent nonprofit that utilizes data to improve the justice system — to Fordham from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School
justice initiative and the relocation of the National Center for
Access to Justice — an independent nonprofit that utilizes data to improve the justice system — to Fordham from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School o
Access to Justice — an independent nonprofit that utilizes data to improve the justice system — to Fordham from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School
Justice — an independent nonprofit that utilizes data
to improve the
justice system — to Fordham from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School
justice system —
to Fordham from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Whether it is
improving the delivery of legal services, the
justice system, lawyer efficiency, legal education, or
access to justice for all, we work with clients who are moved
to innovate and build
to create a better
system.
An overarching purpose of the USAID Open
Justice Project is to assist the Government of Moldova to improve the efficiency and transparency of the Moldovan judicial system and improve access to justice for citizens of M
Justice Project is
to assist the Government of Moldova
to improve the efficiency and transparency of the Moldovan judicial
system and
improve access to justice for citizens of M
justice for citizens of Moldova.
But no matter what, the knowledge imparted unquestionably has the potential
to reduce the strain elsewhere in the
system thereby
improving the odds that other efforts in support of
access to justice will meet with greater success.
As regular readers of our column are well aware, the Cyberjustice Laboratory is a creative think - tank whose aim is
to improve access to justice problems that plague the judicial
system.
Alan Macek, an intellectual property lawyer at Dimock Stratton LLP, points out that the federal courts also hear immigration and citizenship cases where the tariff - based
system offers predictable costs for individual litigants and
improves access to justice.
Participants explored the
justice system from the «user» perspective and approach
access to justice as a hands - on design challenge — they gathered the information needed on how the
justice system works, imagined how best
to respond
to the gaps and weaknesses of the current
system, and had
to develop a prototype that will
improve it.