Sentences with phrase «justice professional who»

Resolution is a community of family justice professionals who work with families and individuals to resolve issues in a constructive way.

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As one whose professional career has focused on the development and restraints on the initiation of war and the conduct of war, and one who, moreover, holds the deepest moral justification for use of armed force in the service of justice, I clearly belong among the constituency supporting war crimes proceedings.

That view, incidentally, has been thoughtfully contested by literary critics and legal scholars alike over the years, who have questioned whether Atticus's defense of Tom Robinson in the 1960 novel was motivated by a commitment to justice that transcended race, or by a commitment to professional rectitude.

«I've spent my entire professional life protecting Central New York families and bringing justice to those who break the law.

The President, who will be accompanied by the ministers of Power, Works and Housing, Petroleum, Environment, Justice, Trade and Investment, Finance and Foreign Affairs, as well as the National Security Adviser, will also meet with Nigerian professionals in the UAE before returning to Abuja on Tuesday, January 19.

This unbelievable true story chronicles the personal and professional life of the brilliant and uncompromising Felt, who risked and ultimately sacrificed everything - his family, his career, his freedom - in the name of justice.

Bald and angry white - guy Bruce Willis effectively channels the rigid, one - note screen presence of Charles Bronson as vigilante Paul Kersey, the well - to - do middle class professional who comes to accept that lone - wolf justice is better than anything the cops or courts can offer.

This unbelievable true story chronicles the personal and professional life of the brilliant and uncompromising Felt, who risked and ultimately sacrificed everything — his family, his career, his freedom — in the name of justice.

Congress doesn't even try to tell the U.S. military or the Justice Department how to determine who is a qualified soldier or public attorney, or how to evaluate them; it leaves that judgment to the professionals.

Insofar as a social movement is «an organized, sustained, self - conscious challenge to existing authorities» (Tilly, 1984), the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions included a multiplicity of informal and formal institutions and alliances: students, unions, professionals, religious groups, etc.And while the master frames calling for the ouster of Mubarak and Ben Ali were no doubt unifying discursive devices that were readily supported by most if not all of the protestors, secondary frames — calls for democracy, social justice, freedom, and dignity — presented significant points of divergence not only in and between Islamist and non-Islamist groups, but between the secular - liberal youth who are credited with initiating the mass protests in the first place.

Congress doesn't try to tell its employees in the military or the Justice Department how to determine who is a qualified soldier or public attorney; it leaves that judgment to the professionals.

I have come to understand that our power as a group of educators is undeniable and that by promoting equity and social justice in our schools and professional networks, we may be able to support other teachers who are grappling with these issues.

That's why the Animal Legal Defense Fund is celebrating some of our nation's most important animal advocates during National Justice for Animals Week — the prosecutors and other law enforcement professionals who have let it be known that animal abuse will not be tolerated in their communities.

Rauschenberg Foundation Fellowship Grant Location: Anywhere This year's Artist as Activist Fellowship provides the opportunity for creative professionals who are committed to moving the dial on mass incarceration, and by extension racial justice, to seek a robust set of resources to advance their work.

Justice Newbury states that public cynicism resulting from professionals who exploit the system for personal gain should give lawyers pause.

The symposium was preceded by a half - day conference on the fundamentals of family law in Canada on 14 September 2017, designed for mental health professionals and symposium participants who were not justice system professionals, intended to... [more]

A few years ago I was doing some work for a professional association on guidelines for dealing with litigants without counsel and I was struck by the extent to which some legal professionals regard litigants without counsel as interlopers who gum up the finely tuned, well - oiled machine that is their justice system.

There was a lot of pride when he was appointed to the Supreme Court and all the much more so now that he's appointed chief justice,» says Louis Charette, a partner at Lavery lawyers who worked with Wagner on construction and professional liability litigation files in the litigation team at the firm until Wagner was appointed to the bench in 2004.

If the Supreme Court eventually rules that litigation funding is permitted in Ireland, it will mean that Irish parties who are lawfully entitled to compensation, for example due to a breach of contract by a large multinational corporation, or mis - selling of financial products by an international bank, can make use of the financial resources and the strategic experience of professional funders like Woodsford to get justice from the Courts».

Helping the development of legal professions across all of those countries and having legal professionals who understand that they have public and fiduciary responsibilities to those who can't afford legal services and also to the broader issues of justice in the rule of law is critical.

(4) Reports, dated May 2012, of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, recommending that legal services be provided by non-lawyer professionals who provide related services: Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group; and, Report of the Court Processes Simplification Working Group.

Farhana is an experienced, dedicated and professional lawyer and one who joins the Committee at a vital time, I know she is committed to playing her part in transforming the family justice system in England and Wales.»

«The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice is considered a leader in interdisciplinary research on civil justice,» says Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Professor Lesley Jacobs, who teaches law & society and political science and is the director of theJustice is considered a leader in interdisciplinary research on civil justice,» says Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Professor Lesley Jacobs, who teaches law & society and political science and is the director of thejustice,» says Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Professor Lesley Jacobs, who teaches law & society and political science and is the director of the YCPPL.

What we witness without a whimper from the media, the courts, or the bar is a prosecutor charged with the highest professional duty to see that every accused, no matter how guilty, obtains a fair trial, and who, instead, in this historical instant, has voluntarily taken steps to see that such a right becomes little more than a sad, distant echo of a justice system that once set the standard for the world.

Lawyers owe a professional duty of care to their clients to instruct expert witnesses who understand the expert's role and duties in the civil justice system.

«I do not accept Mr. Johnson's argument that the review board took what he describes as a «categorical approach,» namely that any lawyer who swears in anger in a courthouse will automatically be guilty of professional misconduct,» said Justice J.A. Frankel.

The Barristers» Association honors an individual who possesses the qualities that exemplify Judge Higginbotham's career, professional excellence, scholarship and commitment to social justice.

Access to justice professionals have to remain focused on ensuring that the doors to courtrooms across the country are open to all, including the growing number of self - represented litigants who often face an unfriendly judicial system.

In my specialized roles as a limited retainer lawyer and as a legal research professional, I have an insight into a problem that has long posed a challenge to the legal community: access to justice for those who can not afford to retain a lawyer to take full carriage of a file.

This isn't an unreasonable response, coming as it does from lawyers and judges who have spent their professional careers navigating the justice system, but we forget the stupendous complexity and sheer foreignness of the litigation process to those without our hard - won skill and understanding, and I worry that public legal education is an intrinsically inadequate solution.

As you are probably aware, the mediation program is available through public dollars for those who meet particular guidelines but should probably be broaden to mediators and collaborative professionals outside of Alberta Justice.

Because divorce changes your rights and responsibilities as they relate to your spouse, you should consider the matter seriously and speak to someone who may be able to go over your options with you, for example a professional counsellor, a lawyer, or an employee with Family Justice Services.

On Thursday, April 26, CPCS had the pleasure of honoring exceptional members of our community — attorneys from the public and private counsel divisions, as well as a social worker, investigator and administrative professional — who work tirelessly to insure that CPCS meets our mission: to fight for equal justice and human dignity by supporting our clients in achieving their legal and life goals; to zealously advocate for the rights of individuals; and to promote just public policy to protect the rights of all.

«The committee receives general training in administrative justice as well as specific training in addressing allegations of sexual assault offered by a professional who has extensive expertise in this area,» wrote Robbie Morrison, chair of the non-academic misconduct committee, in an email to The Ubyssey.

The Justice Robert Benham Award for Community Service is given by the State Bar of Georgia to lawyers and judges in Georgia who have made outstanding contributions to their communities and demonstrate the positive contributions of members of the Bar outside of their professional work.

This is confirmed by recent comments by Home Office minister Karen Bradley who said, «For too long corrupt lawyers, accountants and other professionals have tried to evade justice by hiding behind a veneer of respectability.»

The bearing, Mr. Maurer, is that any such changes will surely come at the expense of tenants who are neither «shady» nor «professional» but do require access to justice (including appeal, as necessary) before being turfed from their homes.

Animal Justice Canada, a non-profit organization composed of legal professionals dedicated to animal welfare, has applauded the decision, noting that Darwin is a wild animal who is not suited to living in a private home.

Ms. Williams» professional affiliations include North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; Durham County Bar Association; 14th Judicial District Bar; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of NC; U.S. District Court, Middle District of NC; Advocates for Justice; Cambridge Who's Who Executive and Professional Registprofessional affiliations include North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; Durham County Bar Association; 14th Judicial District Bar; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of NC; U.S. District Court, Middle District of NC; Advocates for Justice; Cambridge Who's Who Executive and Professional RegistProfessional Registry for 2010.

Among other EJC and pre-conference programs, there is one for Access to Justice (A2J) professionals, public law librarians, and those who are interested public law library or public library legal reference services and A2J (access to justice) Justice (A2J) professionals, public law librarians, and those who are interested public law library or public library legal reference services and A2J (access to justice) justice) issues:

Who would want a boring, run of the mill gavel - and - scales - of - justice website when you could have a modern and personal website designed by a professional?

In the case of an automobile accident, you may seek the legal opinion from a professional accident attorney who can understand your case and can fight for you to help in getting justice.

And to be fair, the recent deluge of self reps is pretty overwhelming and destabilizing for justice system professionals who have historically dealt with agents (lawyers and para-legals), rather than individual plaintiffs and defendants.

The objectives include «protect those who use legal services,» «promote the rule of law and the public interest in the justice system,» «promote access to legal services and the justice system,» and «establish required standards for professional responsibility and competence,» [6]

So, I think that there's a big push right now in lawyers, and I would say also like paralegals and non-lawyer professionals who are trying to help people and bridge that Access to Justice gap.

For her part, Kaufman said, «I was thrilled to be surrounded by what felt like «my people» — legal professionals who are deeply passionate about and committed to increasing access to justice, particularly for poor and underserved populations.

Under Rule 1.15 of the Arkansas Model Rules of Professional Conduct, lawyers who receive, maintain, or disburse client trust funds are required to maintain those funds in interest - bearing accounts at approved financial institutions, either for the benefit of the individual client or the Arkansas Access to Justice Foundation.

Lawyer Roderick Byrnes, who had previous professional misconduct convictions, should have warned his client about the «mounting costs» he was incurring while pursuing matters like divvying up household chattels and his preference to not have his spouse smoke in front of their children, Justice Janet Wilson ruled for the Divisional Court panel.

Previously, the report concluded that two key authors — Jay Bybee, now a federal appellate court judge, and John Yoo, now a law professor — violated their professional obligations as lawyers when they crafted a crucial 2002 memo approving the use of harsh tactics, say two Justice sources who asked for anonymity discussing an internal matter.

At Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid (a non-profit law firm), we specialize in providing professional legal help to Minnesotans who traditionally lack access to the American justice system and can not afford the services of a private attorney.