Sentences with phrase «legal advocates for»

The [company name] network is comprised of 933 national programs which train volunteers to become legal advocates for abused foster children.

Prior to joining JMBM, Matt performed volunteer legal work at Legal Advocates for Children and Youth, East San Jose Community Law Center, and the Santa Clara County Public Defender's Office.

Britt K. Strottman, one of California's most successful environmental legal advocates for public entities, joined Baron & Budd's Environmental Litigation Group as a shareholder in 2018.

Our depth of legal experience in our core areas of practice makes us powerful legal advocates for those who have been injured or wronged.

At Cope, Zebro & Crawford, P.L., we serve as strong legal advocates for those who were wrongfully injured in Dunedin, Florida.

Browse the article Connecticut Becomes First State to Appoint Legal Advocates for Abused Animals

While many states have advocates that protect the rights of victims and children, Connecticut is the first in the U.S. to appoint legal advocates for abused animals.

In making her case for the job, James listed her credentials as a legal advocate for the powerless.

He then spent a year as a legal advocate for the homeless in New York City, cementing his conviction to make a difference in the world — somehow.

On Thursday, February 6, the Institute for Justice, the nation's leading legal advocate for school choice, will ask a judge to rule on behalf of parents who are using the Alabama Accountability Act to get their children into safe and effective schools of their choice.

The Institute for Justice, the nation's leading legal advocate for school choice, intervened in the case on behalf of three parents and their children and successfully defended the Empowerment Scholarship program.

Fanfiction writers are perceived by many to have no rights over their fanfic stories (although there is an argument for «fair use» (see this interview with Rebecca Tushnet, a legal advocate for the Organization for Transformative Works), and thus there is an assumption that they will leap at the chance to earn 35 % royalties, even if they sign away all rights beyond basic copyright.

We can act as a legal advocate for the bereaved in some circumstances, as well as supporting bereaved relatives and children.

She has also worked as a legal advocate for battered women.

Not exact matches

The non-profit advocates for laws and policies aimed at protecting children, provides legal representation to child victims, and offers community events, parenting classes, and counseling to support families across the Bay Area.

Business organizations like the Chamber of Commerce have called for immigration reform, saying immigrants are good for the economy while advocating a tough but «fair process for undocumented people who are living in our country today to earn a legal status.»

Even though the army eventually approved Manning's requests for hormone therapy, the protracted legal battles earned her significant media attention among advocates.

Publicly - traded companies also contribute to party leadership campaigns (legal in 8 provinces), contribute to think - tanks that advocate for (sometimes controversial) policy positions, and run their own advertising and advocacy campaigns to generate support for policies or projects.

Companies may also encourage registration for a particular party, distribute voter registration information advocating for or against specific candidates, prepare and distribute voter guides that advocate for a particular candidate, and finance voter mobilization, such as voter identification activities, some legal experts say.

As we crafted policy in this space, we talked to worker advocates, innovative businesses, and legal experts with the goal of raising wages and standards for independent contractors broadly, providing these workers universally needed benefits as well as a say in obtaining nontraditional benefits, and ensuring that the system would be practicable for participating companies.

Her organization, ACT for America, has been criticized by Muslim Advocates, a legal advocacy organization focused on the civil rights of Muslim citizens.

This work included representing two First Nations in a successful legal challenge to the federal government's approval of Northern Gateway, as well as advocating for a strong federal oil tanker ban law on BC's north coast.

Find and oversee local experts in drafting a memorandum explaining the legal and regulatory framework affecting plant - based and clean meat products in your country and recommending policy initiatives to advocate for favorable regulations of these products.

Honduras TPS Decision Deadline: 5/4/2018, 2 Days As the Honduran Temporary Protected Status (TPS) deadline looms, both Politico PRO and Newsy highlight the fear of various Honduran TPS holders and immigration advocates who are speaking out to urge the Trump Administration to extend TPS for the 57,000 legal immigrants from Honduras.

This article and release from Berns Weiss LLP, a Los Angeles - based law firm advocating for a legal and regulatory landscape surrounding this revolutionizing technology, clearly reveals the truth behind IP action.

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and leading Supreme Court advocate Paul Clement — the same legal team that won Hobby Lobby — filed the petition on behalf of the Little Sisters as well as the Christian Brothers Employee Benefit Trust, Christian Brothers Services, Reaching Souls International, Truett - McConnell College, and GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Forty - five leading pro-life advocates, including Gary Bauer of the Family Research Council, James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for Life, Wanda Franz of the National Right to Life Committee, and Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition, signed a much heralded joint «Statement of Pro-Life Principle and Concern» published in First Things in 1996 in which the primary legal complaint was made that Roe «wounded American democracy» by removing the issue of abortion from «democratic concern.»

«We do respect the judgement, but are not satisfied,» said Dibakar Parichha, a Catholic priest and advocate who has coordinated the legal fight for the Kandhamal victims.

In the decades after the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision ensured legal protection for abortion procedures nationwide, the anti-abortion movement was initially uncompromising in advocating across - the - board abortion bans at the state and national level.

Valarie Kaur, a legal advocate and hate crimes specialist, says proponents of anti-Sharia bills are battling an imaginary threat, and blames tough economic times and an amplification of hateful speech for incidents like the temple shooting and the momentum behind the anti-Sharia campaign.

The players union advocated for punishment only in cases where players are accused or convicted of felonies, not misdemeanors, and that discipline be handed out only after the legal process has been resolved.

As for Diaz - Tello, who has graduated from law school since the birth of her child, she's now working in her own legal practice and with groups like the National Advocates for Pregnant Women to educate moms about what they're going into when they enter the delivery room.

It corresponds to the worst fears of single advocate Bella DePaulo, who has written that even when gay and lesbian people gain true marriage equality, «all those people who are single — whether gay or straight or any other status — will still remain second class citizens,» wanting for the tax breaks and legal dispensations and next - of - kin rights enjoyed by their married peers.

For some advocates, this includes allowing unwed fathers who have not established legal paternity the right to adopt a child if the mother gives up custody through adoption or child welfare proceedings.

Some advocates of greater fathers» rights have argued that fathers should have the right to «disclaim fatherhood» and refuse financial or legal responsibility for a child born against their wishes.

But, in the meantime, do the gay marriage advocates grasp how complicated a legal situation this will be for all adoption agencies?

«She has the integrity it takes to reform government, the toughness it take on violent criminals and white - collar thieves, and the legal experience it takes to advocate for the rights of New Yorkers across the state.

She joined advocates and elected officials at the Egg to push for a law that would make it legal for undocumented immigrants to get a drivers» license.

These two groups, medallion owners and advocates for the disabled, joined forces to stop the Mayor's efforts, and were willing to use any available legal means.

[4] In 1992, he became shadow minister for the Lord Chancellor's Department, a post he held until the 1997 general election, where he was a strong advocate for increasing pro bono legal services among UK law firms.

Legal experts across the board are expecting the administration to appeal the decisions as many LGBT advocates grumble that the defense of DOMA in court undermines Obama's campaign pledge to advocate for same - sex couples.

But for the moment, amid a sea of names being floated — New York City Public Advocate Tish James, Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas among them — lawmakers are still working out more thorny legal questions of a joint session of the Senate and Assembly, which would be required to fill the post.

Fraga, meanwhile, a professor and constitutional legal scholar, advocated for political modernization, finding the Franco regime to be outdated.

Also at 9:30 a.m., American Heart Association Advocates asking for the passage of Tobacco 21, S3978 / A273, to raise the minimum legal age for tobacco sales to 21, third floor of the Legislative Office Building, Albany.

The Attorney General is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, a sound legal luminary who is never known for defending fraud and corruption; a man who is highly respected in legal circles.

Even without the party's recent legal problems, Public Advocate is a tough office for Republicans.

The letter's signers included the Empire State Pride Agenda, Lambda Legal, the New York City Anti-Violence Project, the LGBT Community Center and the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center, Gay Men's Health Crisis, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Immigration Equality, the Family Equality Council, SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders), the GRIOT Circle: a gathering of elders, and several organizations advocating on behalf of LGBT young people, including FIERCE, the Hetrick - Martin Institute, and Streetwise and Safe.

A civil rights lawyer and advocate for racial and social justice, Ms. Wiley joined the de Blasio administration in early 2014 to focus on legal issues as well as on the mayor's efforts to address issues of inequality.

«They want to make sure in a case where a child maybe does not have legal representation, they work it out with the judge to delay hearing the case so that the advocates can find representation for those children,» Ms. Mark - Viverito said.

On Wed., Jan. 20th, parents of 13 students, along with Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James, City Council Education Committee Chairperson Daniel Dromm and five legal assistance nonprofits, filed a federal civil rights complaint against Success Academy for systemic practices that violate the rights of children with disabilities.