Sentences with phrase «justice programs operated»

As many of you know, this year I am president of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, a legal charity that supports access to justice programs operating throughout Massachusetts.

Not exact matches

Justice would get its own switch and program and operate it itself.

You'll leave this course with an understanding of how school food operates, and how a healthy school meal program can play a role in social justice issues for kids across the nation.

The DA will continue to support the local Drug Treatment Courts and the Veterans» Court in Buffalo, which operate within the criminal justice system to engage low - level non-violent offenders in long - term treatment programs and to thereby return them successfully as contributing members of their families and the community.

The justices» landmark decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 struck down voluntarily adopted integration programs in Seattle and Jefferson County, Kentucky, and called into question similar race - based systems that operate in hundreds of other districts.

We pride ourselves in programs that operate within a social justice framework.

DOT Order 5610.2 «Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations» provides guidance to DOT's Operating Administrations (OAs) for integrating EJ principles into existing programs, policies, and activities.

The planning team coordinates across the Department to ensure that DOT's Operating Administrations examine their programs, policies, and activities and take appropriate actions to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order 12898, the Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice and Executive Order 12898, and DOT Order 5610.2 (a)(Department of Transportation Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations).

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.

Justice Bonkalo recommended that «The Ministry of the Attorney General and LAO should ensure continued funding to enable student programs like Pro Bono Students Canada's Family Law Project and the student legal aid services societies to continue to operate and possibly even expand.»

Instead of operating a less well funded legal aid style program, perhaps the profession could start addressing the structural issues that are contributing to the problem amorphously referred to as «access to justice» (which I am defining as a person's inability to obtain legal representation at a price they can afford) by:

The center will also operate a program of innovative fellowships to work with other professionals, such as technologists, entrepreneurs, and design professionals, to create models that improve the justice system.

The funds raised at Spring for Peace directly support Peacebuilders» restorative justice programs in schools, courts, and communities — accounting for more than 1/4 of the organization's annual operating budget.

Among its many commitments (and with the assistance of local law firms), PBLA operates two programs to advance access to justice in Calgary and Edmonton courtrooms:

Consistent with his national leadership on the need to cultivate a new generation of public interest lawyers, Ramón currently serves on the Board of Equal Justice Works, which operates the largest fellowship program in the United States.

The outpatient alcohol rehab program operates on an outpatient basis and accommodates women, men and criminal justice clients at the alcohol treatment center.