Sentences with phrase «including criminal legal aid»

Legal aid across the board — including criminal legal aid — requires sufficient funding from the Government.

Not exact matches

Other appointments include Nancy Hoppock, a former federal prosecutor in New Jersey, as executive deputy attorney general for criminal justice, and Janet Sabel, the general counsel of the Legal Aid Society, who was named executive deputy attorney general for social justice.

Perhaps to that end, in addition to criminal justice reform types — members of the Board of Correction, the Legal Aid Society, the Vera Institute for Justice — the commission includes MaryAnne Gilmartin, president of real estate development firm Forest City Ratner, and Partnership for New York City President Katherine Wylde.

«The Bar Council will continue to argue the Bar's case for proper funding of the criminal justice system in all respects (including the provision of legal aid), not least so as to ensure that we can develop and preserve the quality of advocacy in our justice system.»

These changes take place in the wider context of a series of recent changes to legal aid for judicial review, as well as numerous other changes to legal aid including cuts to criminal legal aid, the removal of most legal aid for prisoners and the forthcoming introduction of a «residence test» for civil legal aid.

[3] Legal aid certificates began to be issued for a variety of proceedings, including serious criminal offences and family law matters, to applicants whose incomes fell at or below a certain level.

Universal Credit, which is being gradually rolled out by the government, replaces a number of benefits, including some which are «passporting» benefits for the purposes of criminal and civil legal aid.

The Law Society will be studying the Government's decision and supporting evidence, including reports from KPMG and Otterburn, in detail over the coming days and looking at what further measures the Law Society can put in place to help criminal legal aid solicitors.

Margaret Capes, counsel at Community Legal Services with Western University in London, Ont., says legal aid revolves around three core areas of law at her clinic, including civil, housing, and crimLegal Services with Western University in London, Ont., says legal aid revolves around three core areas of law at her clinic, including civil, housing, and crimlegal aid revolves around three core areas of law at her clinic, including civil, housing, and criminal.

Solomon is also a member of Legal Aid Ontario's Extremely Serious Criminal Matters (ESM) panel, and can accept Legal Aid certificates for the most serious cases, including murder, dangerous offender applications and terrorism charges.

The casual observer may question if the protest action taken over the last three weeks by criminal solicitors over legal aid fees, and expanded today to include barristers, isn't all just about money.

The Board provides legal aid or advice to a complainant in certain criminal cases of sexual offences, including rape, aggravated sexual assault and incest.

Previous subjects for research, often involving an international comparative element, have included the contracting of criminal defence services, innovation in civil services including alternative dispute resolution and a study of legal aid that included looking at aspects of provision in the Netherlands, Canada, Australia and the United States, published in A Strategy for Justice (published by LAG in 1992).

The CJPA commits the CLA and the LAO Lawyers to work together to develop protocols that include defining our respective roles in the criminal justice system, advocating for greater certificate coverage, support by the CLA for the voluntary recognition of the LAO Lawyers collective bargaining rights by Legal Aid Ontario, tariff review and mutual support for job action should it become necessary.

Cases excluded from the ambit of legal aid now include debt, welfare benefits, employment, family law, non-asylum immigration, consumer or contract disputes, and criminal injury cases.

Controversy has raged over his case, including whether the state of New York was right to grant Mr Slater free legal aid to defend two charges of criminal mischief, two of reckless endangerment and one of criminal trespass.

While the placement was a great opportunity to engage with the inner workings of the criminal law system, the program itself offered students with valuable insight into a broad spectrum of issues facing criminal lawyers, including the legal aid dilemma.

A line - up that included Henry Bellingham, the Conservative shadow minister for legal aid, and Paul Mendelle QC, chairman of the Criminal Bar Association, was never likely to be too positive.

Investigations and Law Enforcement — Selected Duties & Responsibilities Build and implement investigations programs and security solutions to enable effective organizational administration, threat detection / elimination, conflict / issue resolution, and other critical discovery functions Utilize various technical applications, including cameras, A / V equipment, transmitters, recorders, and bugs, to generate valuable information and isolate parties responsible for criminal and civil malfeasance Create issue and security reports to enable development of new policies and procedures aimed at preventing further wrongdoing and protect valuable resources team Integrate investigative principles into corporate strategic mission, ensuring management and program accountability, proactive prevention of discrimination, case efficiency, and legal analysis Perform security and crime analyses of firm infrastructure against related compliance requirements as well as on - going vulnerability assessments to continuously mitigate risk Develop investigatory standard documents to serve as guide and rules resources to promote fair and legal probes Supervise related departmental staff, including performance plan development and assessment, technical oversight, personnel recruitment and training, staff discipline, and other pertinent functions Work as a member of the corporate incident response team in the execution of all related tasks, including incident response plan development, damage minimization, resource restoration, and firm integrity protection Communicate all issues and user feedback to members of management, law enforcement professionals, and other interested parties, generating situational reports and follow - up recommendations based on investigatory results Maintain a strong working knowledge of all software, hardware, applications, techniques, trends and other critical tools which aid in effective investigation React quickly based upon limited and confidential information, drawing upon extensive police and military experience in tense, complicated situations Collaborate in the preparation of necessary legal documents, including search and arrest warrants Assist management with various other duties as assigned

Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons, Location 2011 — Present «Legal Aid» Clinical Intern Accountable for representing state prisoners in civil and criminal claims, including post-conviction relief and appeals.

The Board provides legal aid or advice to a complainant in certain criminal cases of sexual offences, including rape, aggravated sexual assault and incest.