Sentences with phrase «lower legal barriers»

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Ironically, when the legal barriers to a merger were lowered, it was the economics of the deal that couldn't be worked out.

Once legal restrictions were removed and racial barriers lowered, Asians entered the mainstream of American life.

Buildings use roughly a third of the energy consumed in the United States, and there are often legal and economic barriers between landlords and tenants that keep energy use high and efficiency measures low.

High capital costs, low human capital, weak institutional quality, long times required to develop robust legal and regulatory frameworks, and proliferation concerns of nuclear fuel also serve as barriers to the adoption of nuclear technology on the continent.

Further legal barriers can include restrictions on foreign ownership, or trade limits for low - carbon technology.

For people living on low income, ABSs may have little to offer, both because lack of money will still be a barrier and because there is more to taking advantage of legal services than just money (a point recognized by the CBA's Envisioning Equal Justice project and report).

So the primary purpose of the state's LLLT program is to provide service to middle - to - low income individuals and families who would previously be unable to access legal services due to financial barriers.

An understanding of the civil equal justice legal needs of low - income people, including the unique needs of populations that experience particular barriers to access to justice systems.

An understanding of the civil legal needs of low - income people, including the unique needs of populations that experience particular barriers to access to justice systems.

In Canada, the range of flexible legal studies generally is limited to a part - time or extended - time program of study that is only available as a retroactive accommodation to students experiencing barriers to full - time study who may be mature, low - income, sole support caregivers, or from other under - represented groups in legal education.

Without long - term solutions to the front - end burdens and barriers to accessing legal education (for example, through lowering tuition), providing greater flexibility in how students can obtain legal education provides an attainable and meaningful pathway to greater access and inclusion in Canadian Law Schools.

API Legal Outreach seeks to bridge this gap by providing legal services to low and moderate - income API tenants in San Francisco, many of whom are at risk of losing their homes and rental units as a result of redevelopment efforts, as well as elderly tenants in San Francisco who face significant barriers to services given their limited proficiency in EngLegal Outreach seeks to bridge this gap by providing legal services to low and moderate - income API tenants in San Francisco, many of whom are at risk of losing their homes and rental units as a result of redevelopment efforts, as well as elderly tenants in San Francisco who face significant barriers to services given their limited proficiency in Englegal services to low and moderate - income API tenants in San Francisco, many of whom are at risk of losing their homes and rental units as a result of redevelopment efforts, as well as elderly tenants in San Francisco who face significant barriers to services given their limited proficiency in English.

Since 1999, Julie Mathews has served as the Executive Director of CLEO, an organization that provides legal rights information and education to communities across Ontario that face barriers to participating in the justice system due to low income, language, literacy, disability, isolation, and other disadvantages.

NMLA has dedicated its services to erasing barriers to justice for low - income New Mexicans by providing free and high - quality civil legal assistance and legal education for more than 60 years.

New Mexico Legal Aid has dedicated our services to erasing barriers to justice for low - income New Mexicans by providing free and high - quality civil legal assistance and education for over 60 yLegal Aid has dedicated our services to erasing barriers to justice for low - income New Mexicans by providing free and high - quality civil legal assistance and education for over 60 ylegal assistance and education for over 60 years.

Fellows will spend 10 - weeks over the summer working on a range of innovative projects and technology initiatives aimed to lower barriers to the law so that people can understand their legal options, make informed decisions, and when necessary, represent themselves in court.

The goal of our Low Bono Program is to lower barriers that may prevent people with moderate financial means from accessing legal services, specifically those involved in family law cases.

Providing legal aid services to those facing barriers to access to justice — such as those with low incomes, mental illness, addictions and homelessness — has made up a significant part of his work over the years.

Those barriers are already being circumvented with the full support of consumers eager for greater access, more efficient delivery, more customer - centric, and lower priced legal service providers.

For more than 30 years, Volunteer Legal Services has been safeguarding the rule of law and ensuring that poverty is not a barrier to justice by pairing low - income residents of Travis County facing critical legal issues with pro bono attorLegal Services has been safeguarding the rule of law and ensuring that poverty is not a barrier to justice by pairing low - income residents of Travis County facing critical legal issues with pro bono attorlegal issues with pro bono attorneys.

We are seeing a trend whereby the barriers to entry for lawyers to deploy AI in the legal industry are significantly lower.

«Cyber clinics are law school courses offering credit to law students who work on A2J Guided Interviews ® and other content for statewide legal aid websites, lowering barriers to justice for low - income, pro se litigants.»

Highlights of its far - reaching activities include: representing consumer debtors filing bankruptcy; helping veterans in overcoming legal barriers to employment; providing litigation and advice for tenants in legal disputes; and assisting low - income Holocaust survivors claiming reparations from Germany.

About PBO: One simple phone call can connect people with a lawyer, helping break down barriers to justice for low - income Ontarians who can not access traditional legal services due to geography, disability, childcare obligations, or inflexible work schedules.

As legal AI is generally cloud - based, the barriers to adoption are low.

Illinois Legal Aid Online uses technology to lower barriers to the law so that people can understand their legal options, make informed decisions, and when necessary represent themselves in cLegal Aid Online uses technology to lower barriers to the law so that people can understand their legal options, make informed decisions, and when necessary represent themselves in clegal options, make informed decisions, and when necessary represent themselves in court.

According to the court, the commission will coordinate justice access activities among various groups, encourage lawyers to represent low - income people, identify barriers to legal services and develop solutions.

RAVN chief executive Peter Wallqvist is looking to lower the barriers to legal AI.

As much as we would like to hide from this disruptive reality, technology, artificial intelligence, new service models and alternative providers are lowering the barrier to entry and the costs of legal services.

The first and more formidable of these barriers is falling as we speak: client - directed assembly of legal documents, legal professionals operating in low - cost jurisdictions, online dispute resolution systems that render litigation superfluous, free searchable legal knowledge databases: all these and more innovations exist today and will rapidly multiply.

The Executive Director will uphold a culture of collaboration and transparency to ensure operations consistently support exceptional quality services, which in turn meet the civil legal needs of low - income people, empower them to transform their lives and assure equal access to opportunities and justice with an appreciation for the barriers low - income people face.

This will be facilitated by the low barrier of entry to the contract and layout engine languages, the minimization of development time for the creation of ready to use applications, as well as the presence of a legal system of governance of ecosystems.

Because of an increasingly restrictive legal environment and clinic closures across the country, abortion patients are facing new barriers to care, including the need to travel greater distances to access services.2, 20 Overcoming these challenges can be difficult or impossible, especially given that 75 % of abortion patients are low - income, and 59 % have already had a child and may have other family obligations.21 Whether a provider offers same - day contraceptive services is irrelevant if a patient can not access abortion care in the first place.

Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low - income people in order to ensure equal access to justice and remove legal barriers to economic opportuLegal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low - income people in order to ensure equal access to justice and remove legal barriers to economic opportulegal services in civil matters to low - income people in order to ensure equal access to justice and remove legal barriers to economic opportulegal barriers to economic opportunity.