Sentences with phrase «lawyer as your activist»

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In fact, as the boot camp was wrapping up, China was throwing more than 100 human rights lawyers and activists into prison on allegations of organizing illegal paid protests.

To be sure, there are those (such as the three hundred plus self - described «lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied activists, scholars, educators, writers, artists, lawyers, journalists, and community organizers,» including such notables as Gloria Steinem, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Kenji Yoshino), who have already signed on (quite literally) to the proposition that there are no reasons of principle (or valid reasons of any kind) for conceiving marriage or the equivalent as a two - person relationship, as opposed to a relationship of three or more individuals (triads, quadrads, etc.) in a polyamorous sexual partnership.

They and their allies and supporters (such as the 300 + self - identified LGBT and allied scholars, lawyers, journalists, and activists who published the manifesto «Beyond Same - Sex Marriage» — a group that includes respected mainstream figures such as Gloria Steinem, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Kenji Yoshino) would, I have no doubt, sharply react against the claim that polyamory «is attractive because monogamy is hard.»

Immigrants — as well as chefs, activists, restaurant owners, servers, and lawyers — take center stage at these dinners, engaging and educating diners about the realities undocumented people face living and working here.

Long, a Manhattan lawyer and judicial activist, also serves on the Romeny campaign as a legal adviser, and has stopped short of calling on the expected GOP presidential nominee from doing the same.

Fellow politicians, civic activists and various well - wishers crowded into the lounge at 20 - 30 Steinway St. to hear the nine - year Council veteran play the guitar, as well as the musical stylings of his father, former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr.; his brother, lawyer and former City Council candidate Paul Vallone; his daughters; his nieces; and his mother Teena Vallone, who played saxophone.

«I had children in the schools, so I really knew my community and when I stepped up to say I want to fight for Hamburg, they knew I meant it,» Hochul said of her first political campaign for Hamburg Town Board as a young lawyer and activist.

Long is the first candidate (as far as I can tell) who is responding to the proposal and it's interesting she's using her background as a lawyer and judicial activist to knock judges who side against the proposal.

«As a lawyer, lawmaker and activist, Eric has never wavered in his commitment to protecting consumers, working for quality jobs and taking on tough fights on behalf of the women and men of New York,» Ward continued in a statement released by Schneiderman's campaign.

The organisations also backed the call on the President to step aside and go on another medical vacation to look after his health as canvassed by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and other activists.

There was a mild drama at the Ondo state High Court on Thursday as an Akure based lawyer and right activist, Femi Emmanuel - Emodamori accused Justice Aderemi...

A lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Jiti Ogunye, viewed open letters as a means of expressing criticisms and suggestions to the government by the citizens, adding that they were a good way of holding the government accountable.

He is, tragically, the victim of a growing proclivity of the Chinese government to use children of rights lawyers and activists as hostages to press their parents.

It is no longer news that the much hyped human right activist, lawyer cum demonstrator turned flagbearer of the liberalist oriented New Patriotic Party Nana Addo has exposed himself as a dictator who can not repent and has broken all bad records set by his forerunners.

A Civil Society Organisation, Conscience Nigeria, has advised lawyer / human rights activist, Festus Keyamo, not to be distracted in his appointment as the Director, Strategic...

«She knows the issues, she has the skill set as a lawyer and community activist and she can translate the wishes and desires of constituents to make things happen.

Femi Falana, Human right activist and constitutional lawyer, has thrown his weight behind the third force movement of former President Olusegun Obasanjo known as Coalition for...

Ace lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana has slammed the federal government for parading all Nigerians as jokers.

A lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun - Olu Adegboruwa, had urged the Court to forthwith, restrain Magu, from parading himself as acting chairman of the commission.

Kennedy, an environmental activist and lawyer who was most recently in the news for speaking out against vaccination requirements, has even hailed AbTech's deal with Nassau as a national model that he would help spread, and went on the Fox Business channel to promote the company last year.

Based in New York City, the NRDC is an environmental advocacy non-profit with over 1.4 million members and online activists, as well as more than 350 lawyers, scientists and other professionals.

Composed of field testimonies and hidden camera footage, the film also features interviews with Haiti's Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Raymond Joseph, the U.S. Department of States» Ambassador John Miller from the Office of Human Trafficking, renowned anthropologist and sugar historian Sidney Mintz, Carol Pier from Human Rights Watch, Public Interest Attorneys Bill Quigley as well as Greg Schell, and a number of activists from the field including human rights lawyer Noemi Mendez, Colette Lespinase of G.A.R.R. Haiti [Organization for Refugees and the Repatriated] and missionaries Pierre Ruquoy and Father Christopher Hartley.

Environmental activist Grace Sinden asks: Did you got to court or have a lawyer as an acting coach in preparation to play a prosecutor?

Among those who became Pew Fellows in 1992 is a lawyer named Victor Sher who is described as «the former president of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund» and Jane Lubchenco — who now heads the US government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (see more about her activist ties here).

I understand the governor's instinct to strike first so as to prevent all those anti-death penalty lawyers and activists from clogging up the phone lines Callin» Baton Rouge, but it seems a bit strange to someone who's filed most of his papers in county courts, rather than parish courts.

An Indian technology lawyer and digital rights activist, Mishi Choudhary previously practised as a High Court and Supreme Court Litigator in New Delhi, and is also the only lawyer in the world to simultaneously appear on briefs in the US and Indian Supreme Courts.

But as a long - time community activist who was just elected mayor of Fort McMurray, he is quick to say, «If I am the most northerly lawyer, then it is something I am proud of.»

Toronto lawyer and activist Paul D. Copeland was named a Member of the Order of Canada «for his contributions as an advocate for human rights and social justice.»

The National Lawyers Guild honored Howard M. Cooper as a one of its 2010 honorees as Lawyer of the Year, recognizing his «long and proud record of outstanding legal and activist work in the fight for political, social and economic justice.»

I'll be joined by Amnesty International's Alex Neve, Amir Attaran from the University of Ottawa's law school, the Globe and Mail's Paul Koring, and Dennis Edney, Khadr's Canadian lawyer, as well as a focus group of 15 expert human rights activists, lawyers, academics, politicians and former public service workers.

[10] While many people remember certain historical events due to the heroic actions of emergency responders or activists, which is rightfully so as many risk their lives to help others, lawyers usually become involved later, and therefore, people are unaware of the help lawyers provide as well.

In addition, we will hear from a panel of human rights lawyers, academic and community activists who will examine the current state of (in) equality in various areas such as disability rights, socio - economic inequalities facing racialized communities, women and immigrants, and the issue of systemic discrimination in certain areas of law.

Our lawyers have served as judges, law professors, legal scholars, and community activists.

Human Rights Watch investigated 14 adult prisons across Western Australia and Queensland and interviewed 275 people, including 136 current or recently released prisoners with disabilities, as well as prison staff, health and mental health professionals, lawyers, academics, activists, family members or guardians, and government officials.

Another example raises the question of what influences advocacy, this one from a woman lawyer and AFCC activist who inexplicably lobbies for joint custody and father's rights (and more therapeutic jurisprudence in the courts) even though the arrangement worked for neither herself as a child, nor, ultimately, her own daughter: [ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE COMMENT]: «In personal life, we learn things about the day to day realities too, that influence the lenses through which we see life.