Sentences with phrase «individuals access to the justice system»

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There is increasing recognition that the system — and not just its individual participants — shares the responsibility of encouraging and ensuring access to justice.

That said, outside of certain pernicious civil problems that plague many individuals who fall into the access to justice gap — domestic violence, evictions, debt collections, foreclosures — even lawyers likely generally assume that the remainder of the civil system runs relatively smoothly, with both sides of a dispute having access to an attorney.

AUSTIN — Business and community leader and advocate Priscilla Guajardo Cortez has been selected to lead Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, which helps low - income individuals access the civil justice system by providing volunteer attorneys who donate legal advice and representation.

The Center for Access to Justice at Georgia State University College of Law is working to change that misconception, demonstrating through research how lower - income individuals have a fundamentally different experience with the civil and criminal justice systems, particularly in theJustice at Georgia State University College of Law is working to change that misconception, demonstrating through research how lower - income individuals have a fundamentally different experience with the civil and criminal justice systems, particularly in thejustice systems, particularly in the South.

[7] If we continue to build a broader and more comprehensive access to justice system, individuals and community groups will come to know about it and use it.

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.

And then there's the legal AI systems that allow individuals to gain access to justice, via provision of legal knowledge and guidance, or that help the user to complete legal forms without the immediate input of lawyers.

Tom passionately champions access to justice for individuals and businesses who may not otherwise have the resources to access the courts and tribunals system.

Over his career, he has seen many individuals and businesses with significant claims unable to obtain access to the civil justice system or properly pursue their claims due to the inability to pay the attorneys» fees required by the traditional hourly fee model.

Rhode Island Legal Services provides high quality legal assistance and representation to low - income individuals and eligible client groups for the purpose of improving their economic condition and overall wellbeing by protecting and enforcing legal rights, stabilizing the family unit and communities where clients live, promoting self reliance, ending domestic violence, preventing homelessness, affording dignity to all people, and reaching out to groups with added burdens on their ability to access the civil justice system.

The Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF) takes a system - wide approach to improve access to justice by bringing together all of the stakeholders — including legal aid organizations, the courts, law firms, and individual lawyers — to strengthen and improve Chicago's pro bono and legal aid system.

With the great majority of the public (including many individual lawyers) effectively unable to access the justice system because of cost and other barriers, and many lawyers seemingly undisturbed by that fact on a day - to - day basis, it's difficult to support an argument that we are operationally dedicated to the public interest.

«This project acknowledges individuals living with disabilities often face an increased vulnerability to sexual violence yet face more barriers when accessing the justice system».

In our view, it is difficult to reconcile the Supreme Court of Canada's 1988 decision in BCGEU v. British Columbia (Attorney General), confirming that every Canadian citizen has the fundamental right to unimpeded access to the courts, with the notion of Canada's superior courts operating as a default user - pay system of justice, subject to an individual establishing an entitlement to an exemption from court fees.

Alan Macek, an intellectual property lawyer at Dimock Stratton LLP, points out that the federal courts also hear immigration and citizenship cases where the tariff - based system offers predictable costs for individual litigants and improves access to justice.

Facing the overwhelming case for systems change — recognizing and responding to the large and rising number of individuals who can not afford legal counsel and are representing themselves in court — requires us to be open to re-thinking and re-working the way that legal and court services are conceived and offered to enhance Access to Justice.

Before long, it was clear that the rules of evidence play substantially different roles in access to justice depending on the sphere of the legal system (i.e. in a criminal court, in an administrative tribunal, in a setting of self - represented individuals, in mediation, etc.).

The award is given to an individual who exemplifies the Massachusetts Bar Foundation's goals of improving the administration of justice, promoting an understanding of the law, and ensuring equal access to the legal system for all residents of the Commonwealth, particularly those most vulnerable.

Each year, the Legal Foundation of Washington Board of Trustees presents the Charles A. Goldmark Distinguished Service Award to an outstanding individual or organization that has assisted in providing deep and meaningful access to the justice system.

About: Nassau Suffolk Law Services (NSLS) is dedicated to providing equal access to basic human rights and services through provision of high quality legal representation, public information and community advocacy training to ensure that low income, disabled and disadvantaged individuals have equal access to the civil justice system on Long Island.

«Their outstanding commitment has helped ensure equal access to the justice system for Ohio's most vulnerable individuals.»

The mission of Legal Aid Society of Orange County and Community Legal Services of southeast Los Angeles County is to provide civil legal services to seniors and low - income individuals and to promote equal access to the justice system through advocacy, legal counseling, innovative self - help services, in - depth legal representation, economic development and community education.