Public interest lawyers working for legal services and other nonprofit organizations ensure that these interests have access to representation in our legal system.
It focuses on elementary topics that seek to
interest lawyers in using technology rather than take them to a higher level in their technology use.
LRAP Minnesota helps reduce the education debt burden experienced by dedicated public
interest lawyers who represent low income clients seeking legal services to secure essential needs like food, shelter and safety, and fundamental rights like equal access to justice.
With tips from a public
interest lawyer on how to get a job and guest posts from Equal Justice Works on financial options and support for public interest law students, the Girl's Guide has really helpful resources for students interested in public interest work.
After law school, Ryan clerked for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, and then worked in Newark, N.J. as a public
interest lawyer before entering into teaching.
A
human interest lawyer, Sam Pee Yalley is calling on authorities at the LEKMA Hospital to investigate how a photo of the late P V Obeng lying on a stretcher at the morgue got into the public domain.
He called the firm «immoral, thieving and ambulance chasing lawyers Leigh Day who together with public
interest lawyers specialise in hounding out brave service personnel in Iraq with spurious claims.»
The Public
Interest Lawyers association has filed a review with a London court at the request of resident Simon Draper, and together the attorneys will work to have a court overturn the budget decisions from the local council.
Here's a link to a court brief in graphic novel (comic book) format filed by public
interest lawyer Bob Kohn of New York in response to an antitrust case involving Amazon's e-book pricing.
The presence of «so many international associates» was highlighted as a positive, and affinity groups are in place to help boost diversity — WISER (The Women's Initiative for Success, Excellence and Retention), BLAQUE (Black Lawyers Aligned in the Quest for Excellence) and AVALANCHE (The Association of Various Asia -
interested Lawyers Aligned for Non-discrimination, Community, Honor and Excellence, of course!)
I can think of one or two notorious counsel I have known, but the
most interesting lawyer I ever met would have to be UWO Professor James («Jay») McLeod.
It is this passion that drove him to become a public
interest lawyer at the Pacific Legal Foundation.
As details emerged last week of the National Security Agency's massive eavesdropping on ordinary citizens, two New Jersey public
interest lawyers sued Verizon Communications for $ 5 billion Friday, asserting that it violated privacy laws by turning over phone records.
For public
interest lawyers like Mirenda and myself who went to law school, after it cost about $ 8 million, things can get a little disheartening.
She regularly mentors and trains aspiring public
interest lawyers as well as private practice lawyers to advocate for GLBT equality.
Public
interest lawyers champion legal causes for the greater good of society and help those in need of legal assistance who might not otherwise be able to afford a lawyer.
Our Friends at Equal Justice Works have some news they wanted us to pass along about their new resources to help public
interest lawyers tackle their student debt:
Over the past three decades, Equal Justice Works has awarded more than 2,000 Fellowships to public
interest lawyers committed to building a more just society.
Each year, Equal Justice Works selects a class of passionate public
interest lawyers who have designed innovative, two - year projects in conjunction with legal nonprofit organizations to serve the most critical needs of their communities.
A new «reverse auction» Web site, Tip - Mart, enables purchasers of legal services to accept bids
from interested lawyers and law firms.
Activist public
interest lawyering on behalf of oppressed and equity - seeking people requires human, moral commitment.
It took litigation to go as far as the European Court of Human Rights; an extremely brave and conscientious senior legal adviser to the Army, Lieut Colonel Nicholas Mercer; a judicial enquiry under Lord Justice Gibson; and very dedicated work by a team of lawyers led by Public
Interest Lawyers in Birmingham.
Schneiderman grew up on the Upper West Side, graduated from Amherst College and Harvard Law School and worked as a public -
interest lawyer before successfully running for the Legislature in 1998.
Imoni Washington of the DC Bar Foundation will join us after the provider panel to discuss the Loan Repayment Assistance Program for public
interest lawyers working in the District and the recent grants the DCBF has made to legal services providers east of the river.
The project was generated by PILnet's Global Pro Bono Clearinghouse, which disseminates pro bono opportunities for law firm and in - house lawyers to support the work of public
interest lawyers around the world.
David Saperstein told the BBC: «These detentions fit into the disturbing pattern of state intimidation of
public interest lawyers, internet activists, journalists, religious leaders.
Bryan Stevenson, public
interest lawyer and executive director of the Equal Justice initiative, is one of those people.
«These detentions fit into the disturbing pattern of state intimidation of public -
interest lawyers, internet activists, journalists, [and] religious leaders,» Saperstein said to news media.
The author, an overworked public
interest lawyer, wrote about her experience at a five - day cooking and meditation retreat at a Zen Center in California.
It was this upbringing, and it's embrace of the shared and common struggles of Queens middle - class families, that inspired Grace to lead a life of public service as a public
interest lawyer and now as a member of the New York State Assembly.
«As a public
interest lawyer, Eric defended reproductive health clinic workers,» the senator wrote.
Public
Interest Lawyers (PIL) are expected to apply for a judicial review at the high court to assess their claim that Yarl's Wood Removal Centre breaches articles three, five and eight of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Aonghus Kelly of Public
Interest Lawyers, the firm representing Mr Mousa's family, told politics.co.uk the independent inquiry was a chance to find out «how someone who was taken away and had done nothing wrong ended up dead».
Eric Schneiderman: Schneiderman, a public
interest lawyer, was elected to the State Senate in 1998.
«As a public
interest lawyer, a community organizer and an assemblywoman, I work to bring parties together to address tough issues.
Such concerns do not deter Mr. Schneiderman, a 55 - year - old former public
interest lawyer and mass - transit advocate.
As Congress works to reform the outdated Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that governs U.S. chemicals, more than 30 legal experts and public
interest lawyers are warning that a Supreme Court decision last year could undermine any new law passed.
He plays Jim Grant, a public -
interest lawyer and single father, who lives a quiet life in a suburb of Albany, New York.
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