Sentences with phrase «in providing access to justice»

As a result, private pro bono clinics fulfill a critically important role in providing access to justice.

Chris believes passionately in providing access to justice for marginalized and disenfranchised people as well as educating law students on the values of poverty law work and community engagement.

I am puzzled by the lack of appreciation for the value of legal aid and pro bono work (performed largely by attorneys) in providing access to justice.

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.

One of the significant hurdles in providing access to the justice system is the extremely overburdened Legal Aid system.

Alissa is passionate about giving back to the community and is actively involved in providing access to justice to low - income Montanans.

Furthermore, public financial investment in providing access to justice must be considered within the context of the social value of ensuring an effective accessible system.

Another thing that we do is give our students an education in access to justice — we help them to understand the difficulties in providing access to justice, and how lawyers fit into that picture.

It is clear that in Scotland at present there are significant problems in providing Access to Justice for personal injury claimants.

Across the country lawyers find the time to participate in interesting and important pro bono projects that give back to their communities and aid in providing access to justice for those who might not otherwise be able to afford legal counsel.

Not exact matches

The judge in Chicago on Friday barred the Justice Department from withholding public safety grants to cities unless they allowed U.S. immigration authorities unlimited access to local jails and provided 48 hours» notice before releasing individuals sought for deportation.

Contingent fees do provide many people with access to justice, but sometimes the fee is so large that the lawyer becomes the real party in interest.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

FCC Smedes, justice involves the right for all persons to share in the; common goods.36 To be able to provide for your family, to live where you can afford a house, to have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanitto share in the; common goods.36 To be able to provide for your family, to live where you can afford a house, to have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanitTo be able to provide for your family, to live where you can afford a house, to have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanitto provide for your family, to live where you can afford a house, to have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanitto live where you can afford a house, to have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanitto have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanitto adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanity.

Under a grant from the State Justice Institute (SJI -01-N-210-C03-1), the National Center for State Courts Institute for Court Management, in collaboration with the American Judges Association, is pleased to provide judges access to an online course on Substance Abuse.

«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.

«I am clear that we need to focus our resources on protecting the public, punishing offenders and providing access to justice - in a way that is both intelligent and transparent,» Mr Clarke said.

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.

In the light of the above, the course aims at adopting a right - based approach to improve the inclusivity and provide comprehensive access to justice for PWDs, either as direct or indirect participants and whether as victims of crime, suspects, witnesses, plaintiffs, defendants, appellants, remand prisoners and / or prison inmates.

The committee recommended that states — with assistance from relevant federal agencies, particularly the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — provide universal access to evidence - based treatment for opioid use disorder in a variety of settings, including hospitals, criminal justice settings, and substance - use treatment programs.

Arenas leads Hoover's after - school Garden Nutrition classes, one of several programs comprising the educational outreach of the People's Grocery, a nonprofit West Oakland organization that, in addition to providing the community with access to high - quality, affordable food, aims to educate children and adults about nutrition and what it calls «food justice,» or «the human right to healthy food.»

Demand that school leaders invest in really supporting students by providing social and emotional support, like access to school psychologists and restorative justice counselors, and spaces where students can work through problems instead of calling law enforcement to deal with discipline issues.

«It is crucial for a democratic society to provide all of its schoolchildren with fair access to an unsegregated education,» Ellen A. Peters, then chief justice of the state's High Court, wrote in the majority opinion in July 1996.

Juvenile Justice Education Programs; Revising requirements for the multiagency education plan for students in juvenile justice education programs, including virtual education as an option; authorizing instructional personnel at all juvenile justice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersJustice Education Programs; Revising requirements for the multiagency education plan for students in juvenile justice education programs, including virtual education as an option; authorizing instructional personnel at all juvenile justice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersjustice education programs, including virtual education as an option; authorizing instructional personnel at all juvenile justice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersjustice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersJustice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersjustice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersjustice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centers, etc..

His Swiss debut follows his 2016 inclusions in the Montreal Biennale, the São Paulo Bienial, and the Asia - Pacific Triennial, providing an increasingly global audience with access to the artist's nuanced explorations of social justice.

Yet energy justice — defined here as meeting one's needs for the services that energy provides at reasonable cost, with fair and equitable access, and without disproportionate economic and environmental burdens — can mitigate the problems and pressures in other areas, especially when efficiency and solar energy are developed so as to create local jobs.

One final remark that arises from this case, is that although the Court is willing to use Article 47 CFR to provide greater access to justice before national courts, its approach towards standing in direct actions by individuals on the basis of Article 263 (4) TFEU appears to remain rather conservative, regardless of the inclusion of the Charter since Lisbon.

The site, at vetsprobono.org, was launched this week by The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, a national charity that provides free legal counsel in federal matters to veterans and their families, and Pro Bono Net, a national non-profit dedicated to increasing access to justice for the disadvantaged.

Others, likely in larger numbers, perceive this will increase their costs and decrease their ability to provide access to justice.

The European Justice portal Europa provides access to national and EU laws, with summaries in English, French and German of decisions in other European languages.

In Briggs LJ's estimation, according to his Interim Report, the OC «offers the best available prospect of providing access to justice for people and small businesses of ordinary financial resources».

Working in small groups, we brainstormed the obstacles to access to justice and ways to provide better supports to those... [more]

Access to Justice for all, in particular those who are economically weak, is at the core of this project, as is the defence of the lawyers who seek to provide it.

The government has now accommodated those concerns to an extent by providing, in LSA 2007, s 83 (5)(b) that a licensing authority must, in its licensing rules — which are subject both to consultation and to LSB approval — provide for the ways in which it should, when considering an application for an ABS licence, take account of the regulatory objective of improving access to justice.

Arguably one of the most important international environmental agreements of our days, the Aarhus Convention (AC), obliges its contracting parties to provide access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters.

Would this help with access to justice and allow more lawyers to provide help in simple matters?

Lord Justice Moses concluded that the common law right of access to a court — as demonstrated in cases such as Witham — would not provide a basis to challenge the Lord Chancellor's decision on the test (para 57 — 59).

This report provides the first public, cross-country dataset on access to civil justice, which the WJP will expand in 2018 to include more than 100 countries.

In 2007, Fred spearheaded a powerful innovation in post-graduate legal education known as the «legal incubator» movement by launching the first - ever incubator program, a unique public / private partnership providing a network of support and resources for recent CUNY law graduates committed to increasing access to justice through their solo and small firm practiceIn 2007, Fred spearheaded a powerful innovation in post-graduate legal education known as the «legal incubator» movement by launching the first - ever incubator program, a unique public / private partnership providing a network of support and resources for recent CUNY law graduates committed to increasing access to justice through their solo and small firm practicein post-graduate legal education known as the «legal incubator» movement by launching the first - ever incubator program, a unique public / private partnership providing a network of support and resources for recent CUNY law graduates committed to increasing access to justice through their solo and small firm practices.

Finally, a global initiative hosted by the United Nations and led by high profile policymakers, including US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.»

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.

I hope to bring together that special group of lawyers in the Self - Rep Navigators: lawyers who understand the true purpose of law, who recognize that providing unbundled services is the means to the ultimate goal of access to justice.

In 1974, Congress chartered the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to promote equal access to justice in the civil judicial system by providing low - income Americans with high quality legal aiIn 1974, Congress chartered the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to promote equal access to justice in the civil judicial system by providing low - income Americans with high quality legal aiin the civil judicial system by providing low - income Americans with high quality legal aid.

The Florida Bar Foundation strives to provide greater access to justice in Florida by: expanding and improving representation and advocacy on behalf of low - income persons in civil legal matters; improving the fair and effective administration of justice; and promoting public service among lawyers by making it an integral component of the law school experience.

He was among the Baker Donelson attorneys specifically recognized by MVLP, in naming Baker Donelson its Curtis E. Coker Access to Justice Award recipient for 2014, as having provided it invaluable service.

This app provides a great example of how a particular technology channel — an app on a smart phone — was used to provide access to justice to a group of people who likely would not have been able to obtain help in any other manner.

As a PhD student studying the use of knowledge technologies and access to justice strategies, I am following with interest the development of the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT)[Civil Resolution Tribunal Act, SBC 2012, c. 25;] in BC — an online dispute resolution process which will provide an alternative to the courts for small claims and strata property disputes.

(4) Reports, dated May 2012, of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, recommending that legal services be provided by non-lawyer professionals who provide related services: Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group; and, Report of the Court Processes Simplification Working Group.

To achieve balance and improve access to justice, our non-profit organization, Family Mediation and Resource Centre, has suggested that adequate supports need to be provided in the communitTo achieve balance and improve access to justice, our non-profit organization, Family Mediation and Resource Centre, has suggested that adequate supports need to be provided in the communitto justice, our non-profit organization, Family Mediation and Resource Centre, has suggested that adequate supports need to be provided in the communitto be provided in the community.

Open data could provide a critical next step toward the culture - shift that is needed for us to realize meaningful and lasting improvements in access to justice.