Sentences with phrase «increase access to justice by»

Since its launch, the Cyberjustice Laboratory has striven to increase access to justice by remodeling judicial processes and developing technological tools that are adapted to the realities of the justice system.

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It was created to increase access to justice by providing a more efficient, cost - effective, -LSB-...]

Volunteer Lawyers Project Volunteer Lawyers Project partners with attorneys in the private bar to increase access to justice by delivering high - quality pro bono civil legal services to eligible clients in the Greater Boston area.

Since 2001, Illinois Legal Aid Online has successfully used technology in innovative ways to increase access to justice by streamlining the delivery of free and pro bono legal services, and providing easy - to - understand legal information and assistance to the public.

If the public and the legal profession can reach common ground on the utility of LSRs, they have the potential to increase access to justice by providing tailored and affordable assistance when needed.

They'll help increase the access to justice by lowering the cost of getting legal help.

He also told me about Fastcase's plans to help increase access to justice by expanding into other countries in the near future.

Such discussions will help me as a member of the judiciary and other judges consider if electronic technology can increase access to justice by reducing legal fees.

An article in the most recent ABA Litigation Journal highlights the unique role of lawyers in leveraging the Internet to increase access to justice by constructing the «justice layer» of the internet.

As the year draws to a close, consider increasing access to justice by donating to organizations that help individuals and communities thrive.

In addition to the benefits that unbundling provides for attorneys, it also increases access to justice by making affordable legal services available to a larger segment of the public who are actively seeking such assistance online.

Increasing access to justice by expanding funding to family law, and criminal, mental health, poverty, and refugee legal aid.

Not exact matches

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.

I was excited by the new (to me) thought that apparent increases in legal costs and resulting diminution in access to justice could be explained in part by increased productivity in other sectors and the limited productivity increases in law.

What is a significant implication for me is that decreased access to justice in the 15 % served by lawyers, and particularly in litigation, may be the result of cost disease and the lack of productivity increases in law.

Because two of the three legal aid sources are predominately supported by lawyers, decision makers should consider the potential impact on access to justice if lawyers were to dramatically reduce their time / financial support of pro bono services and legal aid programs, which is likely as competition increases and the social contract under which lawyers and society have operated Vis a Vis the state sponsored monopoly continues to unwind.

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 practices.

«There is a dearth of empirical evidence to support any of the contentions made by proponents that NLO [non-lawyer ownership] leads, directly or indirectly, to an increase in access to justice.»

Some of the above examples of access to justice are those that are commonly predicted by advocates of alternative structures: business models that facilitate reduced and fixed price legal services and / or unbundling, technology that enables standardization and improved processes to handle large volumes of cases or contracts, branding that reduces the client's search costs and increases their level of trust, multidisciplinary services that significantly ease the client experience notably because they do not need to assemble or coordinate different streams of work.

More than two - thirds of 165 experts surveyed by Bond Solon think the reforms will fail to achieve their goal of increasing access to justice, and only six per cent thought access would be improved.

Electronically facilitate access to criminal justice by increasing the turnaround time for delivery of pro-bono legal services through collating, analyzing, and collaborating on existing case data.

For example, the CBA's Reaching Equal Justice report stated that «Canada is plagued by a paucity of access to justice research» [3], and noted that «we still know relatively little about what works to increase access to justice and how and why it does.Justice report stated that «Canada is plagued by a paucity of access to justice research» [3], and noted that «we still know relatively little about what works to increase access to justice and how and why it does.justice research» [3], and noted that «we still know relatively little about what works to increase access to justice and how and why it does.justice and how and why it does.»

Like the situation Lear describes in the U.S., there remain multiple and significant gaps in access to justice across Canada, none of which seem to be shrinking despite increased awareness of the issues, better data and significant commitment of pro bono hours by lawyers.

So yes, raising the limit increases access to justice if it permits parties to be represented by counsel, or to use simpler and more understandable rules of procedure if they need to represent themselves.

Today, in a 6 - 1 ruling written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, the top court came down squarely in favour of increased access to jJustice Beverley McLachlin, the top court came down squarely in favour of increased access to justicejustice.

The recommendation comes after a study by an expert group, including Dr Sue Prince, Associate Professor at the University of Exeter Law School, suggested online civil law courts would increase access to justice and streamline the court processes in England and Wales.

Together, our law student volunteers serve communities from coast to coast, working to increase and enhance access to justice by offering high quality, professional legal assistance.

I have written previous posts about my skepticism regarding this program, particularly with respect to the unsupported claims by its proponents that the program will lower legal costs and increase access to justice.

Access to justice is improved not just by increasing access to attorneys but also by increasing access to useful information and technology that allows people to better represent themsAccess to justice is improved not just by increasing access to attorneys but also by increasing access to useful information and technology that allows people to better represent themsaccess to attorneys but also by increasing access to useful information and technology that allows people to better represent themsaccess to useful information and technology that allows people to better represent themselves.

Her goal is to reform the entire legal system by helping as many people as possible to understand their general rights, encouraging individuals to be proactive about legal issues, increasing access to justice for low and middle income individuals, and providing education to the community so that re-entering individuals can have seamless and successful returns to the community.

Earlier in November, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, expressed opposition by judges to «the succession of significant fee increases» which have left the judiciary «very concerned about the implications for access to justice», as reported by The GuJustice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, expressed opposition by judges to «the succession of significant fee increases» which have left the judiciary «very concerned about the implications for access to justice», as reported by The Gujustice», as reported by The Guardian.

Contained in the report is a submission by the Law Society of England and Wales warning that to «extend the principle of fixed costs could adversely affect access to justice or increase the number of unrepresented litigants bringing claims.»

«To truly increase access to justice, one must also fund legal aid to ensure that the litigants who appear before these judges can be represented by lawyers.&raquTo truly increase access to justice, one must also fund legal aid to ensure that the litigants who appear before these judges can be represented by lawyers.&raquto justice, one must also fund legal aid to ensure that the litigants who appear before these judges can be represented by lawyers.&raquto ensure that the litigants who appear before these judges can be represented by lawyers.»

The Measuring Justice Research Project: Increasing Access to Justice Globally by Promoting an Evidence Based Approach to Criminal Legal Aid - Nicole Taylor, International Legal Foundation

The goal of the Measuring Justice Research Project is to increase fairness and access to justice globally by facilitating and promoting an evidence - based approach to criminal legJustice Research Project is to increase fairness and access to justice globally by facilitating and promoting an evidence - based approach to criminal legjustice globally by facilitating and promoting an evidence - based approach to criminal legal aid.

As a result, reducing the costs awarded to plaintiffs in the name of access to justice misses the mark — the risk borne by the plaintiff is thereby increased, fewer actions will be commenced, and access to justice will be denied.

ACCESS TO CIVIL JUSTICE FOR POOR AND LOW - INCOME NEW YORKERS: I formed a Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 perceACCESS TO CIVIL JUSTICE FOR POOR AND LOW - INCOME NEW YORKERS: I formed a Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 percent..TO CIVIL JUSTICE FOR POOR AND LOW - INCOME NEW YORKERS: I formed a Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 percent..to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 perceAccess to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 percent..to Civil Legal Services in New York... The Task Force found that we are meeting, at best, 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor and working poor in New York, and recommended that we include $ 25 million for civil legal services in the Judiciary Budget for the coming fiscal year, as part of a four - year effort to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 percent..to increase civil legal services funding in this State by 50 percent....

But their argument is aimed at reforms of the civil justice system intended by the provinces to increase access to justice.

Others still championed LSPs as important for meeting the access to justice gap, but argued against their regulation by state courts on the grounds either it is unnecessary (they are already regulated by consumer protection laws), that it would unnecessarily increase costs, or that regulation would only enable the state bars and courts to exercise their «protectionist instincts» (see this response, this response and this response).

These changes must be made by the courts themselves and are foundational to increasing access to justice.

The idea of crowdfunding for access to justice also gathered momentum in October, with the Howard League for Penal Reform and Prisoners Advice Service crowdfunding for their challenge to the legal aid cuts for prison law and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants also using CrowdJustice to raise funds to challenge the government's decision to increase asylum and immigration tribunal fees by up to 500 %.

Re Estate of Ireni Traitses is a bold example of a trial judge putting the values articulated by the Supreme Court in Hryniak, namely increasing access to justice, into practice.

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.

A government - appointed Legal Services Board was established to oversee regulation by reference to eight «regulatory objectives» which were, confusingly given equal priority (the public interest, supporting the rule of law, improving access to justice, protecting and promoting consumers, promoting competition, encouraging a strong independent legal profession, increasing public understanding of citizens» rights and duties and maintaining a set of professional principles).

April 28, 2016 — «A package approved by the Wisconsin Supreme Court is designed to encourage more pro bono work and increase access to justice.

By participating in the Pro Bono Program, students increase access to justice and build their professional skills by assisting individuals and communities in neeBy participating in the Pro Bono Program, students increase access to justice and build their professional skills by assisting individuals and communities in neeby assisting individuals and communities in need.

The site is maintained by the Northwest Justice Project, in conjunction with Pro Bono Net, a nonprofit leader in increasing access to justice for low - income Justice Project, in conjunction with Pro Bono Net, a nonprofit leader in increasing access to justice for low - income justice for low - income people.

[98] Some respondents championed LSPs as important for meeting the access to justice gap, but argued against their regulation by state courts on the grounds either it is unnecessary (they are already regulated by consumer protection laws), that it would unnecessarily increase costs, or that regulation would only enable the state bars and courts to exercise their «protectionist instincts.»

[108] Others raised the objections to alternative structures that are commonly raised: [109] that they are a threat to the profession's core values, [110] that they will trigger irresolvable conflicts of interest, [111] that lawyers will lose their independence, [112] that there is no evidence that alternative structures have increased access to justice in Australia or England & Wales, [113] that law firms can attract employees by paying competitive salaries without the need to offer employee shareholding, [114] that the burden of proof lies with those who advocate for alternative structures, [115] that there is no way to regulate alternative structures, [116] that alternative structures will lead to a consolidated market for legal services, [117] that more research is required, [118] etc..