Sentences with phrase «legal organizations such»

In addition to Canadian tech law organizations such as the Canadian IT Law Association, joining non-Canadian legal organizations such as the American Bar Association or Itch Law and / or subscribing to foreign publications is very helpful.

He was active in many legal organizations such as Barristers, the Consumer Attorneys of California, the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association, the Riverside and San Bernardino County Bar Associations, the American Inns of Court and the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).

Not exact matches

While Citizens United seems to allow more unrestrained political speech — and some legal experts warn such activities may wind up in court because a precedent has yet to be set — that doesn't mean your organization should go ahead and do it.

Globally, an increasing number of jurisdictions are recognizing hybrid corporations as distinct legal structures — such corporations combine some benefits of both for - profit and non-profit organizations.

Stellar's primary goal is to facilitate issuing and trading tokens, especially those tied to legal commitments by known organizations, such as claims on real - world assets or fiat currency.

Since there is uncertainty about the taxation of tokens, both investors and organizations could face legal issues, such as tax evasion charges.

We do well to remember that the freedoms we tend to take for granted are, in disputes all around the country, being defended daily by organizations such as the Rutherford Institute, the Christian Legal Society, the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Liberty, Dean Kelley of New York and William Ball of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (each of whose prodigious energy is tantamount to that of an organization).

This Promotion is only open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry, except officers, directors, members, and employees of the Sponsor, the judging organization (if applicable), or any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, and the immediate family (i.e., parents, children, siblings, spouse), and persons residing in the same household, as such individuals.

«Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Order No. 147 is gravely flawed and invites serious legal issues regarding how cases involving the «deaths of unarmed civilians caused by law enforcement officers» will be properly investigated during the critical, early hours and days after such a tragic incident occur,» the organization said in a statement.

Such external pressure comes inter alia from lawmakers and consumer organizations in different countries, legal mechanisms and institutions in different countries that effectively require legal compliance, as well as market reactions to problematic software license agreements.

This rule mandates that foreign organizations receiving money for family planning assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) must deny such crucial information to women as the option of legal abortion or where safe family planning services may be obtained.

Such engagement can also include linking victims with services (e.g., social, financial, emotional, and legal) offered by local or state government, or by community organizations.

We may contract with certain outside persons or organizations to perform certain services on our behalf, such as auditing, accreditation, legal services, etc..

Please note that all such forms and policies should be reviewed by your legal counsel for compliance with applicable law, and should be modified to suit your organization's culture, industry, and practices.

The program is designed to supplement the low salaries paid to legal aid attorneys by allowing qualified applicants to obtain forgivable loans from the Foundation to assist them in paying their law school student loans while employed by such organizations.

(5) A person licensed to practice law in this state while acting within the course and scope of the person's practice as an attorney, and when such attorney is not actively and principally engaged as a credit repair services organization and such attorney's credit repair services are ancillary to the providing of other legal services.

We believe that Open Cages works in a relatively neglected area of animal advocacy, as there appear to be few other organizations in Poland pursuing programs similar to theirs, especially in the area of farmed animal advocacy.143, 144 They have also helped several other organizations work in Poland, such as ProVeg and the Albert Schweitzer Foundation, whom they have given advice on strategy, legal issues, and recruiting.145 They believe they will be able to coordinate corporate campaigns with the Albert Schweitzer Foundation in the future, and are currently in contact with them about this.146 They have also been coordinating their fur campaign with the organization Viva!

The framework of assessment they have described to us includes important concerns such as opportunity costs, supporting the animal advocacy movement, and alignment with Open Cages» overall strategy.132 Their assessment process also involves asking important questions related to measuring success and failure, such as how they plan to evaluate the program, how long they plan to pilot it, and whether they already have data indicating that they should rethink their strategy.133 Metrics that they use to help evaluate specific programs include the number of restaurants that agree to provide vegan meals in response to their restaurant outreach, as well as the amount and overall sentiment of right - wing press discussion of their legal initiatives.134, 135 These metrics provide useful information, but we think an organization prioritizing among many different interventions could benefit from the use of metrics that are more directly related to their ultimate goals, rough estimates though they may be.

Working with organizations such as the NYC Bar Association Legal Committee Pertaining to Animals, Foster Parrots, Ltd., the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries, Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, and Tufts AAV Student Chapter, we organize special educational events, including film screenings, conferences, workshops, and webinars.

Others included organizations active in climate change denial such as the Heartland Institute, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute (E&E Legal).

The legal hammer of these laws would give rise to the Hudson River Fishermen's Association (HRFA — that evolved into the Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper organizations of today) as well as American magna carta laws such as The Clean Air Act (1970) The Clean Water Act (1972) The Endangered Species Act (1973) and others.

He also writes for the organization and edits and coordinates new legal information initiatives, such as Clicklaw Wikibooks, while developing CPD programs for BC lawyers especially around new technology.

But because law societies in Canada have done nothing to try to solve the unaffordable legal services problem («the problem»), they have undercut their ability to prosecute them for UPL for the reason that such organizations are not themselves licensed lawyers.

We sometimes refer to such organizations as «big firms» or «BigLaw,» but I think that's misleading: I've seen firms with as few as 30 lawyers and firms with as many as 2,000 both describe themselves as «full - service,» meaning they offer a range of legal services that meet the vast majority of marketplace needs.

In June 2017, the ABS Working Group presented an interim report to Convocation outlining a proposal to enable lawyers and paralegals to deliver legal services through civil society organizations, such as charities, not for profit organizations and trade unions, to clients of such organizations in order to facilitate access to justice.

In that decision — which has been criticized by some as hostile to free speech rights and humanitarian efforts — the justices found that a Patriot Act provision that prohibits providing «material support» to designated foreign terrorist organizations could be applied to conflict - resolution advice and legal services provided by human rights organizations to groups such as Turkey's Kurdistan Workers» Party and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

«As legal organizations working on behalf of marginalized and historically disadvantaged groups, the members of the Coalition each have extensive experience with the obstacles faced by such groups in accessing justice and therefore in enforcing their constitutional rights and other legal entitlements.

The Declaration on Free Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other parties.

He suggests starting with projects that are simple and have a broad impact across the organization, such as rationalizing intake of legal service requests or automating NDAs and other documents for business users.

Finally, a global initiative hosted by the United Nations and led by high profile policymakers, including US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.»

A variety of studies and surveys evidence that while large organizations, such as corporations and public sector bodies, and high net worth individuals are able to obtain legal assistance, most low and middle income individuals as well as small businesses are all but shut out of the legal market.

Lifting such regulations in order to allow community organizations to provide legal services to their members and constituents, and, in particular, to the poor and disadvantaged, is one of the first recommendations that was made by the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the legal services to their members and constituents, and, in particular, to the poor and disadvantaged, is one of the first recommendations that was made by the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Legal Empowerment of the Poor.

Attorney Ventura has provided expert legal commentary for local news organizations such as the Worcester Telegram and Gazette and Charter TV3.

He suggests starting with projects that are simple and have a broad impact across the organization, such as rationalizing intake of legal service requests or automating NDAs

The examples of Salvos Legal Humanitarian and the late 19th and early 20th century social service organizations illustrate the potential for alternative structures to help (certainly, along with other solutions such as those mentioned in the Arkansas report) to alleviate the crisis.

Heinz and Laumann also discover that these two «hemispheres» of the legal profession are not effectively integrated by intraprofessional organizations such as the bar, courts, or law schools.

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.

Going forward, new cases will be added to the database through organizations that already make cases publicly available, such as AltLaw and the Legal Information Institute.

Within the past decade, banking and insurance companies have hired historical legal experts and spent a lot of time litigation over the US Federal Court system's power to issue equitable remedies such as the Mareva injunction and equitable liens to seize assets in federal litigation; the Alien Torts Act which has been used by international human rights organizations had its breadth restricted by use of 18th century views of the «law of nations» requiring recourse to historic writers like Hugo Grotius, and even administrative law has come under assault by dissents of Justice Thomas arguing that the «Chevron» doctrine of deference to agency interpretations of their own statutes should be set aside as being incompatible with the understanding of the American separation of powers doctrine as it was understood at the time of the country's founding.

In addition to all of this online information, these organizations offer various direct services such as legal information lines, lawyer referral services, legal clinics, workshops for the public, training for community workers, speaker's bureaus and school programs.

As a legal department of one, Anderson says he reaches out to external counsel, often around the world, to help navigate the jurisdictions the organization operates in such as Kenya, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom and China.

Writing for blogs, industry associations or other recognized online sources such as JD Supra are all great ways to «diversify your portfolio» and leverage the existing search engine visibility of established organizations to develop a more comprehensive web profile for your legal work.

Baron explained why information governance is such a popular topic in the legal profession, how Big Data is elevating information governance into a global concern, and key policy practices that can help organizations manage the convergence between information governance and electronic discovery.

Instead, we are a hybrid organization, combining multi-disciplinary skills beyond pure legal expertise, such as commercial understanding, government relations and diplomacy, policy, strategy, and communications.

As organizations such as the Law Society of BC explore ways that properly supervised law students and paralegals can be utilized to address this issue, I strongly encourage those involved with Law Schools across the country to expand their clinical programs to both provide a well rounded education to students and to work to fill the existing unmet demand for legal services.

I am appalled that an organization with a goal of advancing women in the legal profession would organize an event such as this one.

Linex Legal, a service based in the United Kingdom, is offering access to newsletter material produced by big law firms and organizations in jurisdictions such as Australia, Canada, France, the United States, the UK and others.

We've looked at the effects of such a change on the poor, the middle - class, and wealthy clients and organizations that require legal services.

To provide legal support to such a large organization, the department has three offices around the state.

The World Bank, the African Development Bank, the Nordic Investment Bank, and other multilateral and bilateral development partners with a stake in the fight against corruption, including the United Nations and regional organizations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, academia, and research institutes, have launched a study (the Study) under the auspices of the Global Forum on Law, Justice, and Development, a mechanism shared by a worldwide network of stakeholders designed to capture, co-generate, exchange, and disseminate innovative legal solutions for development.