Sentences with phrase «increased civil legal aid»

Our submission called for increased civil legal aid funding and for a robust Court Challenges Program to support legal challenges defending equality rights, among other important measures.

I agree with this entirely, and I think it lies at the heart of the profession's failure to increase access to justice primarily through increased civil legal aid funding.

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Just over seven in ten (71 %) of Lib Dem rebellions in the last session were on social policy (broadly defined), such as the various increases and extensions in VAT, the introduction of free schools and the expansion of academies, and curbs to legal aid and superannuation for civil servants.

In the meantime, Lippman is pushing for an increased budget of $ 100 million for his civil legal services aid initiative, up from $ 85 million in the current budget.

• Create 15 new staffed civil legal aid attorneys; • Increase the capacity of pro bono programs across the state; • Invest in research and training for legal aid and pro bono attorneys; and, • Provide Northwest Justice Project attorneys with long overdue cost of living and salary adjustments.

The total budget for civil legal aid services for the next two years, including the maintenance increase, is approximately $ 23 million.

In response to the sobering and troubling findings of this study, the Equal Justice Coalition launched a 90 - day (Oct - Dec 2015) publicity and awareness building campaign — Justice For All — aimed at promoting the findings of the study, emphasizing the vital importance of legal aid for low - income individuals and families, and ultimately convincing our legislators in Olympia to increase state funding for civil legal aid.

Law firms from around the state, corporate counsels from Washington's largest companies (e.g. Starbucks, Microsoft and Amazon), and business leaders all publicly expressed their support for increased funding for legal aid; and, • We have built momentum for securing additional funding for civil legal aid down the road.

We entered this session asking the Legislature to increase funding for legal aid by roughly $ 12 million — which would have been a 50 % increase in funding to address the significant disparities identified in the 2015 Civil Legal Needs Study Uplegal aid by roughly $ 12 million — which would have been a 50 % increase in funding to address the significant disparities identified in the 2015 Civil Legal Needs Study UpLegal Needs Study Update.

The Role of the Chief Judge: The current chief judge, when he was appointed in 2009, made increasing funding for civil legal aid a priority.

In the midst of all of this, the EJC and its supporters worked hard to obtain a much needed increase for civil legal aid funding, as the need for legal aid services in our state has never been greater.

Although we didn't receive the full request, the $ 4.8 million increase is a solid first step in narrowing the funding gap for civil legal aid.

During the 2017 Legislative Session, the Washington State Legislature increased funding for civil legal aid by $ 4.8 million!

Increase the thresholds and simplify the financial means tests for civil and criminal legal aid to ensure that legal aid is not reserved for only the poorest and most vulnerable in society, but rather is available to anyone who is unable to afford to pay for legal advice and representation; and

We met with nearly 90 members of the Legislature to advocate for increased funding for legal aid; • Op - eds from well - respected Washingtonians ran in the Tacoma News Tribune, The Chronicle, The Olympian, and The Spokesman Review; • The House's budget included a $ 7.6 million increase for legal aid, and for the first time ever, House democrats specifically identified civil legal aid as a priority in their external communications and interviews with the media; • Our statewide coalition and network of support greatly expanded.

Being conscious of the dire shortage of civil legal aid lawyers in Auckland since punitive changes were made to the legal aid system, I took him on and increased the legal aid, low bono and pro bono cases I took on.

Expenditure on civil representation, in contrast to other areas of civil legal aid work, has increased by 11 % (# 12m).

To a follow - up question on the legacy of his time in office, Bach replies that he «increased eligibility for civil legal aid and that despite cuts in other areas I protected SWL».

The NSPCC it is not clear on whether or not the levels of abuse against children is increasing, but it seems certain that current historically high numbers of these cases are likely to continue, with knock - on consequences to the civil legal aid and courts system.

Legal Action Group (LAG) welcomes the increased pressure on the government regarding this issue, but we are warning that action needs to be taken urgently, as civil legal aid is becoming a narrow collection of specialisms dominated by child protection, with shrinking provision for the type of early advice services needed by the general puLegal Action Group (LAG) welcomes the increased pressure on the government regarding this issue, but we are warning that action needs to be taken urgently, as civil legal aid is becoming a narrow collection of specialisms dominated by child protection, with shrinking provision for the type of early advice services needed by the general pulegal aid is becoming a narrow collection of specialisms dominated by child protection, with shrinking provision for the type of early advice services needed by the general public.

In his address, Mr. Moskowitz stressed the need for increased funding to protect the critical role civil legal aid plays in ensuring access to justice.

Following law school, Ms. O'Rear worked for Legal Aid of East Tennessee under a fellowship from the National Association of Public Interest Law intended to increase access to civil legal services in two rural communities in East TenneLegal Aid of East Tennessee under a fellowship from the National Association of Public Interest Law intended to increase access to civil legal services in two rural communities in East Tennelegal services in two rural communities in East Tennessee.

Because of your efforts, the Washington State Legislature increased funding for civil legal aid by $ 4.8 million!

Develop relationships and community partnerships to better serve low - income people, increase awareness about civil legal aid, and enhance fundraising capabilities

In his address, Mr. Moskowitz stressed the need for increased funding for the civil legal aid line item, «to avoid further devastating program cuts.»

The goal of this year's Walk was to lobby state legislators to increase funding for programs that provide civil legal aid to low - income Massachusetts residents.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court Roderick L. Ireland, Massachusetts Bar Association President Douglas K. Sheff, and Boston Bar Association President Paul Dacier attended and spoke at the event, asking participants to urge their legislators to support increased state funding for civil legal aid.

The Equal Justice Coalition is a statewide, non-partisan, grassroots coalition working to protect and increase public funding for civil legal aid in Washington State.

• a 30 % increase across all family court cases (including those that remain eligible for civil legal aid) in which neither party had legal representation;

Each spring, the Equal Justice Coalition travels to Washington, D.C. to advocate for increased federal funding for civil legal aid.

January 30, 2015 — «Attorneys from private law firms and advocates of civil legal aid organizations in Massachusetts gathered at the State House Thursday, calling for a $ 10 million funding increase in next year's state's budget for civil legal aid.

If the state increases funding for civil legal aid by $ 12 million, thousands more families will receive access to critical civil legal services.

In an attempt to address the sobering findings of the 2015 Civil Legal Needs Study Update, which found that a full 76 % of low - income Washingtonians experiencing a civil legal problem are unable to get any sort of help, OCLA's Reinvestment Plan proposes to increase the state's investment in civil legal aid by $ 31.5 M over the course of four yCivil Legal Needs Study Update, which found that a full 76 % of low - income Washingtonians experiencing a civil legal problem are unable to get any sort of help, OCLA's Reinvestment Plan proposes to increase the state's investment in civil legal aid by $ 31.5 M over the course of four yLegal Needs Study Update, which found that a full 76 % of low - income Washingtonians experiencing a civil legal problem are unable to get any sort of help, OCLA's Reinvestment Plan proposes to increase the state's investment in civil legal aid by $ 31.5 M over the course of four ycivil legal problem are unable to get any sort of help, OCLA's Reinvestment Plan proposes to increase the state's investment in civil legal aid by $ 31.5 M over the course of four ylegal problem are unable to get any sort of help, OCLA's Reinvestment Plan proposes to increase the state's investment in civil legal aid by $ 31.5 M over the course of four ycivil legal aid by $ 31.5 M over the course of four ylegal aid by $ 31.5 M over the course of four years.

Every spring, the Equal Justice Coalition travels to Washington, D.C. to advocate for increased federal funding for civil legal aid.

Good news — both the House and Senate have passed their supplemental budgets and both include increased funding for civil legal aid!

In 2010, when the green paper proposing the legal aid reforms was published, it contained the following passage: «We recognise that the proposals to reduce the scope of legal aid will, if implemented, lead to an increase in the number of litigants representing themselves in court in civil and family proceedings.

However, it's inevitable that such will be the consequence of increasing the scope of «small claims» in the county court, to include claims up to # 10,000, and reducing the availability of legal aid in civil and family cases.

The highlights of the report state that the federal government provided $ 112 million for criminal legal aid during this period, a decrease of 2 % when adjusted for inflation, whereas provinces and territories increased their criminal and civil legal aid by 1 % to $ 563 million.

In the committee's view, «[r] adical reforms of the criminal and civil legal aid system, intended to put legal aid on a more sustainable footing, can only be planned on the basis of a fuller understanding of the actual reasons for the increase in expenditure in the areas of concern».

The judiciary is also considering changes to the civil procedure rules to accommodate the increase in litigants in person following the legal aid cuts.

In successfully increasing the numbers of acts of advice through civil legal aid, the LSC has shown that legal aid providers are willing to take on additional contracts to deliver more services to clients... [o] ur view is that the provider base will be able to work with the new fee schemes.»

He drove a number of change initiatives, such as Justice on Target (that reduced, for the first time in 18 years, the time to trial and the number of court appearances per criminal case), a health and safety initiative that reduced workplace injuries by 20 % in 3 years, the 4 Pillars of Family Reform, Civil Justice Reform, the largest funding increase in Legal Aid's history, and was part of a new approach to indigenous relations recognized by the United Nations.

MLAC's influence has increased over time, as more governmental agencies and foundations have partnered with MLAC and its grantees to meet burgeoning civil legal aid needs.

Demand for services Applications for civil legal aid have increased significantly in recent years, as can be seen in the table below.