We envision a society where poverty or race is not an impediment to justice, work to expand
meaningful access to justice systems and work to achieve justice within the framework of the law.
Each year, the Legal Foundation of Washington Board of Trustees presents the Charles A. Goldmark Distinguished Service Award to an outstanding individual or organization that has assisted in providing deep and
meaningful access to the justice system.
Not exact matches
This week's posting focuses on Georgia State's new Center for
Access to Justice, which was founded in 2016 to support those working to ensure meaningful access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.&
Access to Justice, which was founded in 2016 to support those working to ensure meaningful access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.
Justice, which was founded in 2016
to support those working
to ensure
meaningful access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.&
access to the courts and equal treatment in the civil and criminal
justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.
justice systems, with a regional focus on the South.»
Until our
justice system is color - blind and able
to treat immigrants equally under law, we must end the cycle of incarceration that defaults
to locking immigrants behind bars rather than providing
meaningful access to our courts.»
The problem, they say, is that the courts are failing
to use technology
to open up the
justice system and provide
meaningful access to justice to the extent possible in the internet age:
Indeed, the denial of
meaningful access to justice to a significant segment of our society — those who can not afford attorneys — is a failure of our profession and of our
system of democracy.
Our hope is that this blog becomes a space
to bring like minds together and make a
meaningful contribution
to the ongoing dialogue concerning solutions
to the
access to justice issues facing the legal
system today.
The ten model objectives include, among others, «protection of the public,» «advancement of the administration of
justice and the rule of law,» «
meaningful access to justice and information about the law,» «independence of professional judgment,» and «diversity and inclusion among legal services providers and freedom from discrimination for those receiving legal services and in the
justice system.»
C.
Meaningful access to justice and information about the law, legal issues, and the civil and criminal
justice systems
As more litigants proceed without legal representation, we work
to ensure that that all families have
meaningful access to the family
justice system.