The clinics run by
legal aid programs provide short meetings with lawyers, usually ranging from 20 to 30 minutes, and clients are screened for eligibility, always by income and sometimes by issue.
I think individual members of Congress know the important service that LSC funded
legal aid programs provide to their constituents and I think they'll back us.
Not exact matches
In a statement, Microsoft said it would
provide aid wherever possible, including paying for affected employees»
legal counsel and intervening in court cases to defend the
program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
The new
programs are expected to increase college access and support degree completion by
providing wraparound services for students such as child and elder care, transportation, health care services, family and / or employment counseling,
legal aid, and more.
The law beefs up law enforcement's ability to arrest potential abusers,
provides funding for local centers and
programs to give
aid to the abused and offers
legal protections for victims.
This information and the Credit -
Aid software
program provide credit information, not
legal advice.
The goal of this
program is to help and encourage those in the
legal field to work with the underserved populations in
providing them
legal aid.
The purpose of the
program is to strengthen
legal aid service and assistance to the poor by
providing loan repayment assistance to attorneys.
The
program is dedicated to
providing legal aid to low - income individuals and families in Montana.
This catalog
provides case descriptions aggregated from over 30 organizations, including traditional
legal aids and nation - wide
programs like the ABA Military Pro Bono Project.
• Create 15 new staffed civil
legal aid attorneys; • Increase the capacity of pro bono
programs across the state; • Invest in research and training for
legal aid and pro bono attorneys; and, •
Provide Northwest Justice Project attorneys with long overdue cost of living and salary adjustments.
Today, IOLTA
programs exist in all 50 states, Washington, D. C., and the US Virgin Islands to help fund nonprofit organizations that
provide civil
legal aid for low - income people.
To maximize IOLTA income for civil
legal aid and the benefit these
programs bring to New Hampshire, encourage your firm to place trust account funds with a Leadership Bank, which
provides a higher interest rate to maximize support for
legal aid.
The Eastside
Legal Assistance Program (ELAP) provides high - quality, no - cost civil legal aid to low - income residents of East King County, Washin
Legal Assistance
Program (ELAP)
provides high - quality, no - cost civil
legal aid to low - income residents of East King County, Washin
legal aid to low - income residents of East King County, Washington.
These opportunities are posted by
legal aid organizations and other
programs that
provide legal services.
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 St
Legal Services Corporation (LSC) promotes equal access to justice by
providing federal funding grants to 134 nonprofit
legal aid programs across the United St
legal aid programs across the United States.
The
Program is administered by
Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and Washoe
Legal Services, which
provide free attorney malpractice coverage.
Washington State's
legal aid network, known as the Alliance for Equal Justice, is comprised of statewide and specialty
legal aid organizations that work collaboratively with 17 county - based volunteer attorney
programs to
provide low - income people with access to justice.
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.
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.
Each year, the Walk to the Hill draws attorneys from more than 40 Boston - area law firms in its mission to urge lawmakers to protect state funding for
programs that
provide civil
legal aid to low - income Massachusetts residents.
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 individ
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 individua
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 individ
legal aid programs and other equal justice advocates find additional funding to support their efforts to provide legal aid to families and individua
aid programs and other equal justice advocates find additional funding to support their efforts to
provide legal aid to families and individ
legal aid to families and individua
aid to families and individuals.
The funding is
provided through Healey's
Legal Assistance for Our Veterans Grant program, which is programmed to fund legal aid groups, legal clinics, or nonprofit organizat
Legal Assistance for Our Veterans Grant
program, which is
programmed to fund
legal aid groups, legal clinics, or nonprofit organizat
legal aid groups,
legal clinics, or nonprofit organizat
legal clinics, or nonprofit organizations.
Judiciary and bar leaders will address the crowd before participants then lobby individual legislators to protect state funding for
programs that
provide civil
legal aid to low - income Massachusetts residents.
In addition, itnrecommends an immediate increase
legal aid funding, the establishment of videoconferencing facilities to increase access to the courts in rural areas, and investment in mental health
programs that
provide alternatives to the criminal justice system.
It may very well be that without radical reform of the justice system, addressing the needs of the people in gap requires
providing them with actual
legal services, which in turn might mean undoing a decade and a half of funding cuts to Canada's
legal aid programs.
The
Legal Services Program at St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center provides legal services to lower income Baltimore - area resid
Legal Services
Program at St. Ambrose Housing
Aid Center
provides legal services to lower income Baltimore - area resid
legal services to lower income Baltimore - area residents.
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) provides many programs and services to help low - income people with legal is
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO)
provides many
programs and services to help low - income people with
legal is
legal issues.
Our Speakers Bureau
program connects knowledgeable Community
Legal Aid staff with community groups to
provide valuable information and resources.
Legal aid provides people of low - income with a wide range of legal services, including duty counsel, legal aid applications and information over the phone, and a certificate program for complex and serious c
Legal aid provides people of low - income with a wide range of
legal services, including duty counsel, legal aid applications and information over the phone, and a certificate program for complex and serious c
legal services, including duty counsel,
legal aid applications and information over the phone, and a certificate program for complex and serious c
legal aid applications and information over the phone, and a certificate
program for complex and serious cases.
Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law have created a partnership program to help provide legal information to the commu
Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law have created a partnership
program to help
provide legal information to the commu
legal information to the community.
Every year, the Alliance for Equal Justice directly helps more than 70,000 low - income and vulnerable people in Washington state secure justice through a network of civil
legal aid programs that
provide legal information, advice, direct representation and administrative and legislative advocacy.
The goal of this year's Walk was to lobby state legislators to increase funding for
programs that
provide civil
legal aid to low - income Massachusetts residents.
The Eastside
Legal Assistance Program (ELAP) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit agency that provides access to justice through free civil legal aid to low - income residents of East King County Washington and to low - income survivors of domestic violence throughout King Co
Legal Assistance
Program (ELAP) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit agency that
provides access to justice through free civil
legal aid to low - income residents of East King County Washington and to low - income survivors of domestic violence throughout King Co
legal aid to low - income residents of East King County Washington and to low - income survivors of domestic violence throughout King County.
Another contributor to the
Legal Futures Initiative's consultation suggests creating a mandatory Legal Aid - type program «where students graduating from law school were trained specifically to provide legal services and could use that as their articling year — with supervision from a principal.&r
Legal Futures Initiative's consultation suggests creating a mandatory
Legal Aid - type program «where students graduating from law school were trained specifically to provide legal services and could use that as their articling year — with supervision from a principal.&r
Legal Aid - type
program «where students graduating from law school were trained specifically to
provide legal services and could use that as their articling year — with supervision from a principal.&r
legal services and could use that as their articling year — with supervision from a principal.»
By
providing lawyers and
legal advice to people living at or near the federal poverty level, civil
legal aid programs enhance their clients» ability to access justice and can serve as a powerful tool to combat poverty.
The Order
provides that a lawyer who is admitted to the bar of another state and is in good standing in that state may, for a period of six months from August 29, 2017, «practice law in Texas» if that lawyer «is retained by a
legal -
aid or pro bono
program or a bar association that
provides services to victims of Hurricane Harvey.»
Modest Means
Program (El Paso and Teller county residents) The El Paso County Bar Association created the Modest Means
Program to
provide reduced - cost
legal assistance to those who earn too much to qualify for
legal aid but who can't afford traditional
legal fees.
TLSC staff have also
provided statewide leadership in developing alternative funding sources for
legal aid programs and advocated successfully for improved appeal rights for HHSC clients to include the judicial review of public benefit determinations.
Sherrie Abney conducted a collaborative law training on behalf of the Section for staff paralegals through the Dallas Volunteer Attorneys
Program, and volunteer collaborative lawyers are being solicited to
provide pro bono collaborative law services to eligible clients in family law and civil disputes alike through DVAP and
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas.
Legal aid provides people of low - income with a wide range of legal services, including duty counsel, legal aid applications and information over the phone, and a certificate program for -LSB
Legal aid provides people of low - income with a wide range of
legal services, including duty counsel, legal aid applications and information over the phone, and a certificate program for -LSB
legal services, including duty counsel,
legal aid applications and information over the phone, and a certificate program for -LSB
legal aid applications and information over the phone, and a certificate
program for -LSB-...]
Legal Aid's Duty Counsel Program provides summary legal advice and assistance to unrepresented persons for preliminary appearances before the courts and selected tribunals is offered at no cost to the pe
Legal Aid's Duty Counsel
Program provides summary
legal advice and assistance to unrepresented persons for preliminary appearances before the courts and selected tribunals is offered at no cost to the pe
legal advice and assistance to unrepresented persons for preliminary appearances before the courts and selected tribunals is offered at no cost to the person.
Since then, LSC has
provided grants,
program support, and oversight to over 134 nonprofit
legal aid organizations with approximately 813 offices serving every state and territory.
Civil
legal aid programs keep families in their homes, assist veterans returning to our communities, secure safety for survivors of domestic violence, and
provide a wide array of other critical services.
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.
Our attorneys are regular speakers at educational
programs for other lawyers, write extensively on topics in their areas of expertise and
provide pro bono (free) services to
legal aid organizations.
No other
legal aid program funded from anybody that's
providing service to low - income people.
· The story
provided incorrect information about the recommended funding for
legal aid programs.
In response to growing awareness of elder abuse, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Corporation for National and Community Service announced the creation of the Elder Justice AmeriCorps grant
program in September 2015 to
provide elder abuse victims with
legal aid and support services.
The
program will deploy attorneys and paralegals to
provide critically needed civil
legal aid to immigrant communities throughout New Mexico from September 2016 through August 2020.»