Sentences with phrase «legal aid practice»

«For the first time this year, we are introducing an award specifically to recognise the role of legal aid practice managers, who do a vital and increasingly challenging job.

For over 30 years I have run a small and effective legal aid practice in North London focusing on working for people who depend on legal aid for advice and representation in public law disputes, including education and community care.

The winners included Lucy Scott - Moncrieff, vice president of the Law Society, who won the award for «Best Woman Solicitor Managing a Legal Aid Practice».

«We could see a situation where the tendering process is so competitive firms have no choice but to abandon what is one of the most important elements of legal aid practice — the training of the next generation.

Having practised at Macfarlanes he may be a little rusty on legal aid practice but at least he should have familiarity with our work and business and the principles of access to justice and the rule of law.»

Josie has lived in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia with her active duty Army spouse and has worked for two state bar associations, the US Army, a rural legal aid practice, a district court judge, and the executive branch of the US government.

Respondents commented that they struggled to afford unpaid work placements for a number of reasons including having adult or child dependants; a lack of contacts (family or friends) in London where many legal aid practices are based and where unpaid work placements are offered; and the small number of part - time work opportunities to top - up a legal aid income.

On a related note, YLAL hopes that the Treasury has come to accept that criminal legal aid practices can not absorb the losses from further cuts to the criminal budget.

High Court judge Mr Justice Knowles says lawyers can do more to «get behind» public legal education and improve understanding of the rule of law, while Mishcon de Reya's James Libson argues that London's biggest commercial law firms could offer more support to other parts of the profession, such as the legal aid practices defending the public on the front lines of society.

Most legal aid practices are focused on family law, including domestic violence and child support and custody, and on housing matters, including evictions and foreclosures.

Not exact matches

«We are deeply disappointed that the City Council passed a flawed Right To Know Act which will do little to end deceptive and often abusive NYPD searches,» said Tina Luongo, Attorney - In - Charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society.

Tina Luongo, attorney - in - charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society, which has supported closing Rikers Island, applauded the reduction but warned more work still needs to be done.

«Change does not happen without an honest conversation in our communities, in our courthouses, at City Hall about how we have real reform in the criminal justice system, real reform in our communities and real relationships between NYPD and the people they serve,» Tina Luongo, attorney - in - chief for Legal Aid Society Criminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court case, said.

Seymour James: Attorney - in - Charge of the Criminal Practice, The New York City Legal Aid Society; Treasurer, New York State Bar Association; former President, Queens County Bar Association.

Dan Quart is a member of Community Board 8, an attorney, formerly with Legal Aid Society, and then in private practice — who is receptive to 504 Democratic Club's agenda, but may need some more experience before finding elective office.

His professional experience includes being a lawyer in private practice, a partner of Grossman, Lavine and Rinaldo, a public defender for the Legal Aid Society, in the City of New York and an instructor of Cardoza Law School's Intensive Trial Advocacy Program.

«This set of reforms helps to move the criminal «justice» system closer to actual justice and away from an overreliance on arrests, prosecution and jail for low - level offenses,» said Tina Luongo, the attorney in charge of the criminal defense practice at the Legal Aid Society.

Tina Luongo, Attorney - in - Charge of the Criminal Practice for the Legal Aid Society, said ICE agents have been seen at New York City courthouses much more frequently since President Donald Trump took office on January 20.

N. Scott Banks, who became Legal Aid's attorney - in - chief last year, said the agency has made changes to its bookkeeping and accounting practices.

«They're expected to go into court, opposite a government lawyer with all the complexities of immigration law to actually then defend themselves,» Adriene Holder, attorney - in - charge of the Legal Aid Society's Civil Practice told POLITICO New York.

The Legal Aid Society's Foreclosure Prevention Unit is excited to announce an expansion of our Bankruptcy Practice.

Lexington Law has practiced full disclosure strategies to aid consumers in repairing their credit and offers legal assistance concerning credit and consumer rights.

Legal assistance in contract development can protect your practice by including legally - enforceable non-compete clauses in employee / partner contracts; it will also aid in production - based compensation terms (should you choose to implement such payment methods).

But it's worse on the defence side of the aisle, where Legal Aid's hollowed out the profession's core to such an extent that a new call can only hope to run a practice out of the backseat of his car.

Indeed, I hear time and time again from successful solo practitioners that the connections they make while working in legal aid clinics and other non-profits help them succeed in their solo practice.

As a result, it now provides much more than legal research support for lawyers in private practice who do legal aid cases.

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In comparison with legal aid, which is offered in a small subset of practice areas, the proposed CanLII research function would have to maintain research collections in all areas of law.

The changes proposed in the Immigration Bill and the changes due to be implemented as a result of the Transforming Legal Aid exercise may well be the final straw for many immigration firms, whose post-LASPO business plans had been built, in part, around the continuation of their judicial review practice.

Although I could speak today about the underfunding of B.C.'s courts, legal aid, and a recently released Angus Reid public opinion poll suggesting that British Columbians are dissatisfied with the justice system, this is, after all, supposed to be a light, entertaining, and fluffy column about legal practice on the west coast, and there are some topics that don't lend themselves to my swordplay.

By 1988, LAO LAW was producing legal opinions at a rate of more than 5,000 per year for legal aid lawyers (lawyers in private practice who do legal aid cases).

Practice in legally aided work must be made sustainable and sufficiently attractive, and that will not be achieved without increased legal aid rates and without limiting the demands placed on individuals to what is reasonable for those fee rates.

Originally, in England, a person charged with treason or felony was denied the aid of counsel, except in respect of legal questions which the accused himself might suggest... Historically and in practice, in our own country, at least, [the right to a hearing] has always included the right to the aid of counsel when desired and provided by the party asserting the right.

With clients nationwide, ranging from sole practitioners to large city practices, and separate departments for privately and publically funded matters, Sterling Costs is one of the relatively few firms to offer a full service in relation to Legal Aid costs (including submission to the Legal Aid Agency via CCMS).

Building practices of mutual aid by providing legal support and demystifying law and legal systems.

ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services, Standing Committee on Professional Discipline, Criminal Justice Section Law Practice Division, Standing Committee on Legal Aid And Indigent Defendants, and Standing Committee on Client Protection.

As just a brief sampling, in «The Cost of Law: Promoting Access to Justice through the (Un) Corporate Practice of Law» [2] and «Life in the Law - Thick World: The Legal Resource Landscape for Ordinary Americans» [3](with Jaime Heine), Hadfield uses empirical evidence to demonstrate that there can never be enough pro bono (free) legal work or enough money for legal aid that could even come close to satisfying the huge unmet need for legal services in thLegal Resource Landscape for Ordinary Americans» [3](with Jaime Heine), Hadfield uses empirical evidence to demonstrate that there can never be enough pro bono (free) legal work or enough money for legal aid that could even come close to satisfying the huge unmet need for legal services in thlegal work or enough money for legal aid that could even come close to satisfying the huge unmet need for legal services in thlegal aid that could even come close to satisfying the huge unmet need for legal services in thlegal services in the US.

In recognition of his active pro bono practice, Matt has twice received the Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Publico Award for individual contributions.

The Center has developed a 2 - page document entitled «Supreme Court Leadership on State Legislative Funding for Civil Legal Aid» (ABA Best Practice Document).

The document lists and describes «best practices» for a state's highest court to follow in seeking to attract greater funding for legal aid, including:

Delivering access to justice demands change and action on a very broad range of initiatives — pro bono work by the private bar, fair and adequate funding of legal aid, collaboration among all system participants (clients, lawyers, courts, agencies, NGO's), legal education (and its financing), e-filing and case data standards, court forms, court interfaces to self - represented litigants, unbundled legal services, virtual law practice, multistate practice, law practice ownership and investment, limited practice licenses, unauthorized practice of law rules, lawyer advertising rules, and lawyer discipline.

ABA Commission On The Future Of Legal Services, Standing Committee On Professional Discipline Criminal Justice Section, Law Practice Division, Standing Committee On Legal Aid And Indigent Defendants, Standing Committee On Client Protection.

Adam Makepeace, Practice Director at Tuckers, has been reflecting on two years of consultations and litigation in relation to the proposed changes to the criminal legal aid sector.

And as Re W (A Child)(Care Proceedings: Child's Representation) Practice Note [2016] EWCA Civ 1051, [2017] 1 WLR 1027 (Re W [2016]-RRB- shows, legal aid for the child is not guaranteed unless they can actually make the application.

If you after a court decision which involves consideration of the overriding objective (and show us a decision that does not and we will show you a happy legal aid litigator) and you want a more costs proportionate approach then you will aim to have the decision made before 1 April 2013 after which the revised overall objective will be to enable the court to deal with cases justly and at proportionate cost and that will include enforcing compliance with rules, practice directions and orders.

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Collectively, lawyers are encouraged to enhance the profession through activities such as: (a) sharing knowledge and experience with colleagues and students informally in day - to - day practice as well as through contribution to professional journals and publications, support of law school projects and participation in panel discussions, legal education seminars, bar admission courses and university lectures; (b) participating in legal aid and community legal services programs or providing legal services on a pro bono basis; (c) filling elected and volunteer positions with the Society; (d) acting as directors, officers and members of local, provincial, national and international bar associations and their various committees and sections; and (e) acting as directors, officers and members of non-profit or charitable organizations.

Duncan Ward, legal operations director at Badenoch & Clark, says: «Fixed fees and means testing are making it more difficult for legal aid family practices to generate revenue.

That period covers the implementation of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) by which s 10 introduced the practice for applying for exceptional case funding.

However, as the amendment practice direction shows, PDs remain the responsibility of the President of the Family Division (Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (CRA 2005) s 13 and Sch 2 (power to give directions) as explained in Re C (Legal Aid: Preparation of Bill of Costs)[2001] 1 FLR 602 and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government v Bovale Ltd and anor [2009] EWCA Civ 171, [2009] 1 WLR 2274 (Bovale)-RRB-.