Sentences with phrase «legal education in this country»

Speaking to Citi News, Kofi Bentil, who is the legal adviser to a group calling itself the Association of Law students who had called on Parliament to annul the regulation, welcomed the Attorney General's call for the withdrawal of the LI, but urged that before it is re-laid, it should be amended to make legal education in the country more accessible.

The Association of Law Students had petitioned the Parliament to annul the Legislative Instrument because it argued that it was not in the best interest of legal education in the country.

That then provides us with the platform to discuss the broader reforms of legal education in the country.»

Having briefly highlighted the recognition of an unmet demand for legal services in Canada, I contend that an expansion of clinical legal education in the country could present one partial solution to this issue.

* Unfortunately, it seems that if you want to get an elite legal education in this country, you're going to have to pay an arm and a leg for it.

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«The inequitable distribution of the national revenue; the disparity in the scale of salaries (some dispose of emoluments which are an insult to the poverty of the country, while the immense majority receives a miserable pittance); the fact that a bare two per cent of the active population owns seventy per cent of the arable land; the system of recruiting our agricultural laborers, who do not even enjoy legal status; the fact that hundreds of thousands of school - age children lack basic education; the disintegration of the family; the growing immorality everywhere — all this demands bold and definitive change.»

Undergirding the experiment was the conviction that the right to freedom of education (like the right of the accused to legal counsel in our own country) did not really exist unless its exercise was supported and guaranteed by concrete government action.

Home education is not officially legal in Hong Kong, although as with other countries it seems to be acceptable for ex-pats to educate their children at home.

«We think that it is an amorphous and illegal body which is unfit to conduct examinations for professional legal education or any examination of any form in this country.

«The NSCIA demands that the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Justice, call the Council for Legal Education and the Nigerian Law School to order so that they will not stoke religious crisis in the country.

Countries that have signed onto international treaties such as the 1951 Refugee Convention or the Convention on the Rights of the Child have a legal obligation to provide education for children in their countries regardless of nationality or legal status, which should also be reflected in their natioCountries that have signed onto international treaties such as the 1951 Refugee Convention or the Convention on the Rights of the Child have a legal obligation to provide education for children in their countries regardless of nationality or legal status, which should also be reflected in their natiocountries regardless of nationality or legal status, which should also be reflected in their national laws.

Whilst we welcome the FFA's references to expanding the tax base and challenging harmful tax incentives we need to oppose not just tax evasion but aggressive tax avoidance, which, though technically legal, can be immoral in denying countries the funds needed for delivering on the right to education.

The UNESCO statistics for the number of years that a child can realistically expect to spend in tertiary education, rather than the legal requirement, show that students in all Western European countries spend 16 or 17 years in school, with countries in Central and Eastern Europe falling to 15 or 14 years.

I am looking forward to continuing our work with the parent plaintiffs in PEJ's teacher quality cases, and to launching new initiatives with the 50CAN network that will expand the scope of legal strategies improving public education for kids all across the country.

Under Ralia's leadership, PEJ has launched new landmark education lawsuits in Minnesota and New Jersey, built coalitions across the country for families seeking justice, and most recently, partnered with 50CAN to strengthen the chapter in the education reform movement utilizing legal strategies for educational equity.

««By teaching to the test, we are depriving a generation of youth, particularly youth of color growing up in low - income communities, from developing the critical thinking skills they need, and our country needs, to be competitive in this global economy,» added Matt Cregor, Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.

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Spurred by the data, the federal Departments of Education and Justice issued legal guidance in January to every school district in the country, reminding them that disparities in discipline can violate federal civil rights laws.

He urged senators to vote against confirming Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, criticized the sharp education cuts in the administration's budget proposal, and encouraged the president and Congress to continue protections for recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which offered immigrants brought to the country as children without documents temporary legal status so they could attend schoolEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos, criticized the sharp education cuts in the administration's budget proposal, and encouraged the president and Congress to continue protections for recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which offered immigrants brought to the country as children without documents temporary legal status so they could attend schooleducation cuts in the administration's budget proposal, and encouraged the president and Congress to continue protections for recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which offered immigrants brought to the country as children without documents temporary legal status so they could attend school or work.

Legislation to protect Dreamers — including the 20,000 educators with DACA — that includes pathways to legal status or citizenship would not only increase the GDP, creating more revenue with which to improve public schools, but it would also mean that students and families across the country currently living in fear of deportation could focus on both their education and creating a better future for themselves and their communities.99

constant and deep access and conversations related to public health management, epidemiology and the nature of medical evidence... That experience and on - the - job education has been invaluable as I've read through health studies and reviews related to wind power from around the world... which led to recognition of my expertise... I'm pleased to say that my material is helping to shape legal defences of wind energy, advocacy programs and investments in several countries.

This situation has made it necessary for organisations like Educaloi in Quebec, or other public legal education associations across the country to offer tools for those who can not read complex texts, let alone «legalese».

Trial lawyers and experts from all over the country gathered in San Francisco to discuss the latest developments in the legal world and specialized topics at numerous Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs designed to help litigators better represent clilegal world and specialized topics at numerous Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs designed to help litigators better represent cliLegal Education (CLE) programs designed to help litigators better represent clients.

Many of those who lecture at the university have taken their masters or doctoral degrees in foreign countries like Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and have a broader view of legal education.

I think we are looking at a time where legal education is very strong, built on a very strong foundation across the country, but what we're looking at, at a time when the paradigm shift is happening in the way in which legal services are being delivered and the way in which our understanding of what it means to be a lawyer is changing... legal education has to be flexible, adaptable, and changing in order to respond, to make sure the lawyers of the future are ready for those new challenges.

In Europe, researchers at the Institute of Law and Technology (IDT - UAB) working for the Menu for Justice Project [6](an EU project involving 51 partners from different European countries) mapped more than 550 legal education institutions in Europe using Crowdmap, the web - based mapping platform developed by UshahidIn Europe, researchers at the Institute of Law and Technology (IDT - UAB) working for the Menu for Justice Project [6](an EU project involving 51 partners from different European countries) mapped more than 550 legal education institutions in Europe using Crowdmap, the web - based mapping platform developed by Ushahidin Europe using Crowdmap, the web - based mapping platform developed by Ushahidi.

In the interim, the initial report of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission had been released, a conversation was starting on campuses about how to take the report's recommendations and bring them in to legal education, and Canadians were talking about the issue of the rights of First Nations people and their role in this countrIn the interim, the initial report of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission had been released, a conversation was starting on campuses about how to take the report's recommendations and bring them in to legal education, and Canadians were talking about the issue of the rights of First Nations people and their role in this countrin to legal education, and Canadians were talking about the issue of the rights of First Nations people and their role in this countrin this country.

Faculty will travel to Nunavut to teach the students in Iqaluit and, while U of S professors will do «the lion's share» of the teaching, Phillipson says he aims to recruit faculty from across the country to build «an A-team» to deliver a high - quality legal education.

We live in a country in which the unmet needs of those with low or moderate incomes go way beyond legal services — to health care, housing, education and more.

Innovations that receive a lot of attention, such as Harvard's introduction of intensive skills training for first - year law students, or Northwestern's introduction of a two - year J.D. program, had in fact already been introduced in a number of other law schools.33 Social science studies of innovation in legal education would permit legal educators to focus more substantively on innovative changes regardless of the ranking of the school that is introducing them — and would thus permit educators across the country to learn from one another.34

If we have any hope of changing the dynamic in this country, we have to start with basic legal education — an education about what it means to have a constitutional democracy, that is based on three separate, but independent, equal branches of government.»

The Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family had the opportunity to survey the participants of the 2014 National Family Law Program in Whistler, BC, a popular and well - attended legal education program that attracts hundreds of judges and lawyers from across the country.

Actually, two of the most striking things about the current situation seem to me (by comparison with recent history) the convergence of interest by people and institutions traditionally separate within jurisdictions (e.g. inhabiting the worlds of PLE, legal aid, self represented litigants) and the degree of international linking helped by HiiL's entrepreneurialism (you can go to few countries in the world and not find that they have been there the week before) but also exampled by links the licensing of material from the Justice Education Society of British Columbia by California courts.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal riLegal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rilegal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

[3] Private institutions of higher education — most of which offer legal education — have only been permitted in the country since 2006.

It brings together students, faculty, practitioners, and entrepreneurs from around the country and the world to explore innovation in legal education and practice.

Victim Rights Law Center The Victim Rights Law Center is the first nonprofit law center in the country solely focused on providing free, comprehensive legal services to help stabilize the lives of sexual assault victims in the areas of privacy, safety, housing, education, employment, immigration, and financial stability.

The collection will seek to describe, assess, interrogate, and reflect on clinical legal education in Canada and to contextualize clinical legal education within ongoing and critical debates about legal education and access to justice in this country.

On February 23 - 25, 2018, the largest legal hackathon in history will take place in 40 cities across 20 countries all over the world, bringing together stakeholders in the legal technology industry in an intense 51 - hour sprint of legal tech education, creativity and invention.

The program is for persons who have completed a basic legal education and received a university degree in law in another country.

David Schnurman is the CEO of Lawline, the leading provider of online Continuing Legal Education (CLE) in the country.

Associate Membership is designed for persons engaged in legal education on a basis that is less than full - time (such as an adjunct or field placement supervisor in an externship program), law faculty (full - time or part - time) in countries outside of the U.S., and others interested in the furtherance of clinical legal education who are not full - time legal educators.

Research initially conducted by the Business Education Institute in Australia involved legal project practitioners across 9 different countries and found an inconsistent application of legal project management principles and practices.

The access to justice crisis we face in our country is the inevitable outcome of failed policies, institutions, and bureaucracies spanning beyond the legal domain - including housing, education, healthcare, and employment.

In addition to the existence of numerous clinics across the country, the recognition that Legal Clinics have an important role to play in the education of young lawyers in Canada can be seen by the recent establishment of the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal EducatioIn addition to the existence of numerous clinics across the country, the recognition that Legal Clinics have an important role to play in the education of young lawyers in Canada can be seen by the recent establishment of the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Educatioin the education of young lawyers in Canada can be seen by the recent establishment of the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Eeducation of young lawyers in Canada can be seen by the recent establishment of the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Educatioin Canada can be seen by the recent establishment of the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal EducationEducation.

In part 2 of this exploration of law school clinics, I will discuss how the expansion of clinical legal education in Canada can play a valuable role in meeting the unmet demand for legal services that currently exists in the countrIn part 2 of this exploration of law school clinics, I will discuss how the expansion of clinical legal education in Canada can play a valuable role in meeting the unmet demand for legal services that currently exists in the countrin Canada can play a valuable role in meeting the unmet demand for legal services that currently exists in the countrin meeting the unmet demand for legal services that currently exists in the countrin the country.

This organization, composed of clinical legal educators from across the country, was formed in part to provide a forum for legal educators to share best practices and to encourage the promotion and improvement of clinical legal education in Canadian Law Schools.

That is a not insignificant obstacle, especially as the cost of a legal education continues to appreciate in this country.

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