Sentences with phrase «legal aid program»

A local civil legal aid program connected Anapuma to the legal resources necessary to find safety and self - sufficiency.

About: Established in 1978 to advocate on behalf of low - income Virginians on poverty issues of statewide importance, Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC) is the only statewide organization providing training to local Legal Aid program staff, private bar attorneys, and low - income clients, relating exclusively to the legal rights of Virginia's poor.

The scheme helped prompt the Ontario government to enact legislation in 1951 creating the country's first formally structured legal aid program, in partnership with the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Previously, she was a managing attorney for a regional legal aid program.

The first organized legal aid program was founded in 1876 in New York City.

The Northwest Justice Project is Washington's publicly funded legal aid program.

October 3, 2014 — «The authorities of Canada have pledged 9.76 million Canadian dollars ($ 8.6 million) to Ukraine within the Quality and Accessible Legal Aid program, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development stated.

In 2012, Ms. Paul was one of only six legal aid program directors invited to participate in the first White House Forum on civil Legal Aid.

Sean continued his desire to advocate on behalf of others while in his first year of law school joining Windsor's Community Legal Aid program.

No other legal aid program funded from anybody that's providing service to low - income people.

If you are interested in providing pro bono legal assistance to vulnerable Tennesseans, the following links will bring you directly to the volunteer page for your local legal aid program.

Giving back to the community, Sean joined his university's Community Legal Aid program to advocate on behalf of others.

During her time there, Sara was involved with the Mathews Dinsdale National Labour Arbitration Competition, the UBC Pro Bono Association, the UBC Law Revue and the Law Students Legal Aid Program.

Catherine said that when speaking to Mario he stated that he «credited his local legal aid program with saving his life.»

You may also contact the legal aid program in your area and submit an application for assistance.

• I have received an annual Award in Recognition and Appreciation from the Montgomery County Volunteer Pro Bono Legal Aid Program for 2009 through the present year.

That's the perpetual struggle as an executive director of a legal aid program.

Ideally a legal aid program would have at least some funding from the following sources:

A sustainable legal aid program requires that legal aid be used only where it is necessary to do so.

Since then, NHLA has grown into a nationally recognized legal aid program with five branch law offices with almost 30 staff members.

While that analogy sometimes shocks people into reconsidering, an increasing number of clients appear to agree with the general foolhardiness of the proposition but are left with no alternative as they are squeezed between the rock of dwindling income and the hard place of a legal aid program available only to the completely impoverished.

The most rewarding, though, is the reality of getting justice for her client, who may not have been represented had a legal aid program not existed.

Harassment of breast - feeding women «happens all over the United States,» says Liz Baldwin, director of the legal aid program for La Leche League.

Legal Services Corp. grant funding has been cut from almost $ 379 million two years ago to $ 316 million currently, and those grants now pay less than 27 percent of the funding for New York's nonprofit legal aid programs, DiNapoli said.

The Panthers initiated more than 50 community survival programs including Free Breakfast for School Children, Free Medical Clinics, Free Food, Clothing, and Legal Aid programs, sickle cell screening, an award winning charter school.

The probability of wrongful convictions is increased by increasing numbers of defendants in the courts without lawyers, which is due to: (a) very poor government funding of legal aid programs; and, (b) law societies» failure to attempt to solve the unaffordable legal services problem — the one aggravates the damage done by the other.

Rodey's annual participation in the legal clinic is a way in which to honor the memory of the firm's late partner John D. Robb, and his passionate commitment to legal aid programs.

Civil legal aid programs benefit from the compilation of small amounts of interest earned when lawyers pool the escrow funds they hold for their clients.

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.

In light of all the publicity, I'd like to see the city's numerous legal aid programs offer streamlined methods to help self - represented litigants fight these nuisance abatement evictions.

For the Fiscal Year 2014, we successfully secured a continuation of levels seen in the King County's FY 2013 budget, which included a sizable increase in investment to legal aid programs serving King County's most vulnerable people.

The EJC was established in 1995 to serve as a strong voice to advocate for adequately funding civil legal aid programs in Washington State.

IOLTA, or Interest on Lawyer's Trust Accounts, is a system that generates funds that go to addressing gaps in access to justice and serving civil legal aid programs.

The Result: In 2013, Texas legal aid programs received approximately $ 20.8 million in funds through appropriations and court fees and fines, almost 300 percent more than the $ 5.4 million received 10 years ago.

Instead our efforts go to helping retain and gain adequate funding for legal aid programs in Washington State.

Established in 1974, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) promotes equal access to justice by providing federal funding grants to 134 nonprofit legal aid programs across the United States.

Secondly, it allows interest to be earned on nominal or short term deposits held in client trust accounts, with the interest remitted directly to LFW for distribution to civil legal aid programs.

Those who achieve financial success can be encouraged to donate to legal aid programs that serve low - income and minority communities.

In the US the federal legal aid funder has provided technology initiative grants, which have set off many innovative projects that are changing how legal aid programs deliver services.

The Legal Services Corp. (LSC), according to its Web site, funds 138 legal aid programs with 700 offices around the country.

Tech Systems for Clients and Legal Aid Programs: Online Project Management, Open Source Legal Opinions and Client Use of Mobile Devices

In the US, legal aid programs have found that this is not the case.

The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) established this website to help civil legal aid programs and other equal justice advocates find additional funding to support their efforts to provide legal aid to families and individuals.

Per an investigation by The Guardian, the net effect of regulatory reform in the U.K. has actually reduced access to justice, as part of the reforms included substantial cut backs in government funded legal aid programs.

It noted that ``... the federal role in implementing innovations in the provision of legal aid is limited as legal aid programs are within provincial and territorial jurisdiction.

Committees are struck, research is undertaken and consultations take place; meanwhile, legal aid programs stumble along with limited resources, pro bono programs are swamped and the legal needs of many Canadians remain unmet.

Again, it's important to stress that, even at those levels, when legal aid programs, for instance, use those levels, they still have to turn away massive numbers of people because they don't have the resources to help everyone that comes in that's eligible.

Lastly, the Boston Bar Association has made the best argument for civil legal aid programs I've seen in awhile.

That lack of funds is largely due to the drop in interest rates over the last decade, so legal aid programs in Massachusetts and around the country are down 60, 70, even 80 %.

A2J Author is a tool used by legal aid programs, courts and others to create automated guided interviews to help direct individuals in need of legal help.