Sentences with phrase «include access to justice»

The Federation of Law Societies includes an access to justice component in its competency requirements.

Or is it that the constant recital that technology is the solution for all, including access to justice, so attorneys must implement technology now or their business won't survive that keeps us from being a part of the change?

A primary purpose of ReInvent Law is to provide a new element of education through research and experimentation on endeavors designed (1) to solve problems faced by the legal profession including access to justice concerns and (2) to create new vehicles for the delivery of legal services.

The report card grades BC's progress in nine key areas in women's rights, including access to justice, economic security, affordable housing and childcare, and safety, the foundations of a society in which everyone can participate equally regardless of their gender.

Now, Juetten has announced that she is stepping down from active management of Evolve Law to continue building her own company, Traklight, and to focus on other «mid-life» projects, including access to justice.

On December 6th, 2017, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, West Coast LEAF issued our 9th annual CEDAW Report Card, assessing BC's progress in nine key areas impacting women's human rights, including access to justice, economic Read More

The Report Card grades BC's progress in nine key areas in women's rights, including access to justice, economic security, affordable housing and child care, and women's health and safety.

(For background on law school incubators, including the Access to Justice Initiative, see my recent post here.)

Judge Mendelson is charged with directing several court initiatives including the Access to Justice Program.

Not exact matches

Justice Thomas, in dissent, wrote, «The practices and beliefs of the founding generation establish that «the freedom of speech,» as originally understood, does not include a right to speak to minors (or a right of minors to access speech) without going through the minors» parents or guardians.»

Her primary issue areas included low - income access to health care, environmental justice, criminal justice and grassroots community organizing.

Come check out the local vendors and hear about One Region Forward's work to increase the sustainability of Buffalo Niagara, including the work of our Food Access and Justice Working Team.

The justice secretary says the potential accession of five more countries, including Turkey, will lead to an immigration «free - for - all» which means politicians could not guarantee «the same access» to health and housing as at present.

Termed the «New York Promise Agenda,» the broad - based proposals include criminal justice reform, voting access, women's rights protections, fighting homelessness, preventing faith - based discrimination, protecting the environment, and improving immigrants rights and access to education.

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.»

Agencies receiving Operation Primetime funding in 2012 include: Access of WNY, African American Cultural Center, Back to Basics, Be A Friend, Bob Lanier Center, Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora, Boys & Girls Club of Eden, Boys & Girls Club of Holland, Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Prep, Buffalo Urban League, Butler Mitchell Association, Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Community Action Organization, Computers for Children, Concerned Ecumenical Ministries, Cradle Beach Camp, Elim Community Corporation, Erie Regional Housing Development Corp. — Belle Center, Firsthand Learning, FLARE, Girls Sports Foundation, Greater Niagara Frontier Council — Boy Scouts, Jericho Road Ministries, Justice Lifeline, King Urban Life Center, Lackawanna Sports & Education, Making Fishers of Men & Women, National Inner City Youth Opportunities, North Buffalo CDC, Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Old First Ward Community Association, PBBC Matt Urban Center, Peace of the City, Police Athletic League, Schiller Park Community Center, Seneca Babcock Community Association, Seneca Street Community Development, Town of Tonawanda Recreation Department, UB Liberty Partnership, University District CDC, Urban Christian Ministries, Valley Community Association, Westminster Community Charter School, Westside Community Center, Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education, WNY United Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Young Audiences, Community Action Organization (Detention), Firsthand Learning (Detention), Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education (Detention).

«Is this then not a President (with the Executive Authority including all policing powers) who is intimidating me simply for exercising my constitutional right to access to justice before the Supreme Court?»

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.

This year, the commission includes Fritz Schwarz, Jr., the Chief Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, who will chair the Commission; Jill Bright, Chief Administrative Officer at Condé Nast; and Paul Quintero, Chief Executive Office at ACCION EAST, Inc., a nonprofit that works to empower low - to moderate - income business owners with access to capital and financial education.

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.

Panelists mentioned various important changes that needed to be made such as a juvenile justice system reform, access and support for early childhood education, comprehensive support services for parents that includes job training, a professional teaching structure, high schools that build pathways beyond just a four - year college degree, and educational supports for children living with undocumented immigrant parents.

We believe global justice means equal rights for all including future generations, through access to resources, knowledge and decision making.

The seven goals included a 24 percent increase in school pathways such as magnets, dual - language immersion and Linked Learning programs; a 30 percent decrease in chronic absenteeism; and 100 percent access to quality art instruction, a parent computer program and restorative justice practices.

The amendment, which Johnson submitted to be included in the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriation Act that has yet to pass, prohibits DOJ from enforcing provisions of the ADA that ensure equal access to public education.

Overview For young people involved in the justice system, navigating a pathway into and through postsecondary education and the workforce is often met with a range of barriers including social stigmatization arising from court involvement, lack of access to resources

The teachers Ellen had in high school inspired her to live her life working for social justice, including helping ensure that every child has access to an excellent education, regardless of their zip code.

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..

A 2005 report published by Graeme R. Newman and Megan M. McNally for the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that 14 % of people who knew how their information was compromised believed it was obtained through «other» means, which include theft by people who had access to their information.

Called an «indefatigable campaigner for access to justice», his achievements include his role in establishing BAILII, and acting as vice-chair of the Bach Commission.

Linares also discusses other highlights that are new to this year's Techshow, including a startup competition on the opening night, a hackathon to improve veterans» access to justice, and a new academic track.

Created in 1996 to honour H. Donald Guthrie, a Law Foundation trustee for 21 years, including 13 years as chairman, the Guthrie Award recognizes individuals who have devoted their careers to improving access to justice.

Each law school appoints a staff member to serve as champion / leader for engaging discussion between the school and justice system stakeholders, including the public, about the role of law schools in supporting equal access to justice.

Law students have opportunities to become involved in CBA access to justice initiatives, including discussions of this report.

«We define access to justice broadly to include innovations in courts, the bar, legal aid and community that make it easier for people to obtain access to justice institutions, and to just results within those institutions.»

This includes some sort of access to justice for environmental organisations as members of the public.

I've written in the past that access to justice must include access to legal information and that legal information must be freely available to and easily accessible by all.

Much of the research and writing on access to justice issues in the last five years, including that of the Canadian Bar Association and Julie Macfarlane's National Self - Represented Litigants Project, has discussed unbundling as a potential, albeit partial, remedy.

The conference includes a hackathon, where students will be presented with an access to justice problem and must come up with a technological solution.

[129] By circumstantial fairness, I mean the fairness of the settlement to the parties and the class members in their particular circumstances, and by institutional fairness, I mean the fairness of the settlement from the perspective of a robust notion of access to justice that includes an outcome that objectively should satisfy the class members» entitlement to justice for their grievances.

The necessary components for such a management structure already exist, which include the precedent set for such a «law societies» civil service» by Ryerson University in Toronto and the University of Ottawa by establishing LSUC's bilingual LPP (Law Practice Program); see: Access to Justice — Unaffordable Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions» (SSRN pdf., August, 2017).

The index's foundational goals include improving access to justice, via (you guessed it) innovative improvements to legal service delivery.

Over the next several months, we will publish thoughtful pieces written by lawyers, judges, and others that delve into various subtopics of judicial independence, including such characteristics as fairness, impartiality, access to justice, and adherence to the rule of law.

In my view, that duty ought to be understood to at least require that the debate on ABSs and access to justice include consideration of possible means for ensuring that the new and improved services ABSs are expected to develop will benefit not just the middle class, but people living on low income as well.

It is of particular relevance to women's equality and access to justice for a variety of reasons, including the fear that an ICBC adjuster can read about a woman's therapeutic abortion or sexual assault history, which may in turn prevent women from seeking damages in personal injury matters.

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.

«Those folks out there — myself included — who can not afford an attorney heavily rely on ACCESS TO JUSTICE ROOM.

There have been many developments in securities whistleblower rulings over the years, but none as compelling as Justice Ginsburg's opinion in Digital Realty Trust, Inc., vs. Somers which held that an employee who merely reports potential securities law violations internally has not done enough to avail himself of the extensive Dodd - Frank anti-retaliation protections, including «the immediate access to federal court, a generous statute of limitations (at least six years), and the opportunity to recover double backpay.»

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.»

There are currently six locations, including at circuit courthouses in Lihue, Wailuku, Kona and Hilo, and on Oahu, where they are called Access to Justice Rooms, at Family Court in Kapolei and at District Court in Honolulu.

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