What if law societies made it more economically feasible for lawyers to work on pro bono or in the access to
justice sector by providing practice fee rebates or credits?
Not exact matches
In contrast, progressives seek to ensure «equality and
justice,»
by guaranteeing these outcomes through the enactment of a series of ««positive» rights like housing, food, and health care» that someone must provide — be it government or the private
sector.
Even a glance at the issue's table of contents shows the article
by the Acton Institute's Kevin Schmiesing, «Another Social
Justice Tradition: Catholic Conservatives,» which highlights and quotes CA: «The pope approves of that capitalism «which recognizes the fundamental and positive role of business, the market, private property, and the resulting responsibility for the means of production, as well as free human creativity in the economic
sector.
80,000 jobs have already gone across the civil and public
sector, with tens of thousands more planed
by 2011 including, 10,000 in the Ministry of
Justice, 12,500 in Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and 10,000 in the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Speaking on the importance of the forensic centre, the Commissioner said the facility which would be driven
by the Ministry of
Justice with active support of the Governor, will focus on DNA analysis to support the justice sector in diverse areas such as «collection and preserving reference and evidentiary DNA which can later be used in identifying criminals; decoding familial relationships of individuals which could also be a tool for the judicial system; and identifying victims and remains after natural and manmade calamities.
Justice with active support of the Governor, will focus on DNA analysis to support the
justice sector in diverse areas such as «collection and preserving reference and evidentiary DNA which can later be used in identifying criminals; decoding familial relationships of individuals which could also be a tool for the judicial system; and identifying victims and remains after natural and manmade calamities.
justice sector in diverse areas such as «collection and preserving reference and evidentiary DNA which can later be used in identifying criminals; decoding familial relationships of individuals which could also be a tool for the judicial system; and identifying victims and remains after natural and manmade calamities.»
Speaking on the summit, the Vice President said Lagos State had a general reputation for trailblazing reforms in the
justice sector and in many other
sectors in Nigeria and beyond, adding that the summit, which is aimed at further initiating reforms in conformity with modern trends, was another testament of the fact that the reputation of the State was being taken seriously
by the current administration ably led
by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
Similar concerns have been echoed
by experts across the
sector, including the Prison Reform Trust, the Standing Committee for Youth
Justice, and the Howard League for Penal Reform.
Neither myself as the then
sector Minister who piloted this agreement through parliament or my deputy was invited
by this committee and yet against the rules of natural
justice, the committee goes ahead to allege fraud,» he said.
Khan also warns that Ken Clarke's «rehabilitation revolution», which includes greater use of the voluntary
sector and payment -
by - results schemes, is seriously jeopardised
by 25 % cuts in the
justice ministry's budget.
Despite the findings of these studies and others, the EPA did not update emission factors for the U.S. refinery and petrochemical
sector until 2015, seven years after Houston had petitioned the agency to do so and two years after it was sued
by environmental
justice groups.
Fourth, they must strengthen the role of health, security, education,
justice, and other relevant
sectors by creating and implementing policies for prevention and response across these
sectors, and integrating violence prevention and response into training efforts.
In October, the White House and four federal agencies — Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and
Justice — launched the cross
sector Every Student, Every Day initiative with a goal of reducing chronic absenteeism
by 10 percent a year.
10 years have flown
by but with them we've seen some fantastic evolution in the racing
sector, and this period represents an era where home consoles have finally been able to do the genre
justice.
I was excited
by the new (to me) thought that apparent increases in legal costs and resulting diminution in access to
justice could be explained in part
by increased productivity in other
sectors and the limited productivity increases in law.
TUC Report finds women and children have been disproportionately affected
by the devastating impact of LASPO,
by Emma Fitzsimons Prior its enactment, campaigners warned that the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO») 1 would decimate legal aid, deny access to
justice to thousands of vulnerable litigants and prove to be a false economy, shifting the burden to an already understaffed court system and overburdened legal aid services
sector.
This is a cutting edge way of working, supported
by cutting edge research that was, until recently, not applied in the
justice sector.
The second principle, which is in line with the new principles proposed
by Directive 2016/680 (i.e., the new Directive on data protection for police and criminal
justice sector) is that the result of the automatic processing of data must be examined
by non-automatic means (para. 259).
Cardiff - based training provider Kaplan Altior, in partnership with Acorn, has been chosen
by Skills for
Justice to deliver the first formally accredited Higher Apprenticeship in Wales for the legal
sector.
Integrated
Justice Project: In the late 1990s, the Ministry of the Attorney General and a consortium of private
sector partners, headed
by IBM, announced the creation of the Integrated
Justice Project (IJP), a project designed to place the Ontario court system at the forefront of electronic technology worldwide.
The RCMP direction on vulnerable
sector checks specifies that these checks (and checks involving records protected
by the Youth Criminal
Justice Act) must not be provided through commercial services providers.
To start, the
justice sector is finally (but slowly) shifting to focus on people, rather than being driven
by institutional needs.
The new website represents a significant achievement of the Access to
Justice Working Group and an unprecedented collaborative effort by many organizations within the province's justice
Justice Working Group and an unprecedented collaborative effort
by many organizations within the province's
justice justice sector.
Justice Abella harkened back to an explanation given
by the government in 1978 when the provisions were introduced and found that the intention was to expand the dismissal rights of non-unionized employees in the federal
sector to analogously match those enjoyed
by unionized employees.
After graduating near the top of his class from Howard University School of Law, in Washington, D.C., Montevideo went on to work for the largest business and litigation firm in South Carolina, followed
by experience at two prominent Los Angeles and Orange County plaintiffs trial firms, along with a stint in public service via the government
sector through working with the Department of
Justice in their Environmental and Natural Resources Division; Environmental Enforcement Section.
The trial judge,
Justice D.P. Ball, concluded that the right to strike was a fundamental freedom protected
by s. 2 (d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and that the prohibition on the right to strike in the PSESA substantially interfered with the s. 2 (d) rights of the affected public
sector employees.
Guided
by the fact that our clients can not know
justice unless we know the law, our areas of practice include a broad spectrum of advice, trial advocacy and appellate representation in the following practice
sectors:
A report to be published later this month
by researchers at the University of Oxford comes to the conclusion that litigation funding is useful in granting access to
justice; the report further addresses the question whether effective regulation is needed within the
sector to protect the integrity of all parties.
This paper contributes to that inquiry
by considering aid - effectiveness principles and processes in a specific context: the law and
justice sector in Cambodia.
Government of Papua New Guinea Law and
Justice Sector website The Law and
Justice Sector website has been developed to provide easy access to information and services provided
by the agencies and partners within the
sector.
In this context, the advance of technology in access to
justice is slow and halting, dependent on individual foundations making individual decisions in the midst of a
sector that would,
by and large, regard keeping going as a pretty major success.
To ensure that the needs of families drive the design of online family law services, the Winkler Institute conducted public engagements
by speaking with family
justice sector participants such as litigants, court staff, legal professionals and judges.
At a
Justice Dialogue convened by the Justice Leadership Group and HiiL in the Peace Palace on 7 December the need for more collaboration between the public and private sector in collecting and sharing data about the justice needs and experiences of users was emph
Justice Dialogue convened
by the
Justice Leadership Group and HiiL in the Peace Palace on 7 December the need for more collaboration between the public and private sector in collecting and sharing data about the justice needs and experiences of users was emph
Justice Leadership Group and HiiL in the Peace Palace on 7 December the need for more collaboration between the public and private
sector in collecting and sharing data about the
justice needs and experiences of users was emph
justice needs and experiences of users was emphasized.
A report
by the House of Commons
Justice Select Committee, Implications of Brexit for the justice system, published this week, highlights the importance of the legal sector and emphasises the benefits of EU regulations on cross border commercial dispute settlement mech
Justice Select Committee, Implications of Brexit for the
justice system, published this week, highlights the importance of the legal sector and emphasises the benefits of EU regulations on cross border commercial dispute settlement mech
justice system, published this week, highlights the importance of the legal
sector and emphasises the benefits of EU regulations on cross border commercial dispute settlement mechanisms.
This half - day program kicks off Access to
Justice week by profiling innovative, community driven work from across the justice
Justice week
by profiling innovative, community driven work from across the
justice justice sector.
«The
Justice Committee recognise that the annual contribution of the UK legal services
sector of # 25.7 billion to UK GDP is valuable and is valued
by small businesses and large corporations as well as
by individuals.
The retreats were organized
by the Kenya - South Sudan Liaison Office (KESSULO) and involved the Judiciary of Kenya and the Kenya School of Law and a rich diversity of stakeholders in the Kenyan legal and
justice sector.
The Assises de la
Justice meeting, convened by EU commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding, has brought together 700 leading judges from European courts and other justice sector leaders.They were invited to reflect on the future of EU policy on the rule of law and an independent, effective jud
Justice meeting, convened
by EU commissioner for
Justice Viviane Reding, has brought together 700 leading judges from European courts and other justice sector leaders.They were invited to reflect on the future of EU policy on the rule of law and an independent, effective jud
Justice Viviane Reding, has brought together 700 leading judges from European courts and other
justice sector leaders.They were invited to reflect on the future of EU policy on the rule of law and an independent, effective jud
justice sector leaders.They were invited to reflect on the future of EU policy on the rule of law and an independent, effective judiciary.
Currently working closely with the MOJ on substantial reforms to the legal
sector including as to the introduction of contingency fee arrangements / no cure no pay agreements / referral fee ban under reforms proposed
by Lord
Justice Jackson / litigation funding generally.
Taught
by a team of instructors that include an ODR expert, an electrical engineer / legal software entrepreneur and a legally trained Google software engineer, the courses will include broad introductions to technologies for use in the legal services, dispute resolution and
justice administration
sectors.
They significantly impinge on public
sector costs —
by age 28 individuals with CD have, on average, cost the state ten times more than those without [10]; are disproportionally represented in the Criminal
Justice System [11]; and have higher costs in educational, medical, and mental health
sectors, outpatient mental health clinics and health - care providers [12, 13, 14].
Health
sector can help The health
sector has an important role to play in this debate; much of the evidence developed
by health researchers could help create a fairer criminal
justice system.
Though «impressed and inspired
by the strength of spirit and commitment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to develop innovative measures to support their own communities», Tauli - Corpuz detailed a «deeply disturbing» prevalence of racism — «ranging from public stereotyped portrayals of them as violent criminals, welfare profiteers and poor parents, (to) discrimination in the health
sector and the administration of
justice».
This seven month
sector - led review into the care crisis engages with, and is supported
by stakeholders within the child welfare and family
justice system.
The research undertaken
by the Social
Justice Unit was in response to a number of concerns raised in the Social
Justice Report 2002, namely that there was little being done
by governments and the community
sector to address the concerns confronting Indigenous women post-release.
We contacted individual Belgian employees from different
sectors (e.g., healthcare, banking, education, and
justice)
by means of a convenience sampling approach (i.e., using the researchers» personal network and word - of - mouth communication).