Sentences with phrase «more access to legal representation»

Poor people have much more access to legal representation and less to lose if they do lose,

Not exact matches

Unbundling (or limited scope representation as it is commonly referred to in the U.S.) is becoming more recognized and highlighted as a key tool to increase access to justice, particularly for those who do not qualify for legal aid services but can not afford full representation (the CBA, NAC and Macfarlane reports for example).

The EJC is a diverse group of more than 180 organizations and individuals committed to ensuring that poor people throughout Massachusetts have equal access to legal representation and to the courts.

The insurer outlined changes meant to have long - term positive impact on the legal representation rate among its clients, including resolving claims effectively and quickly «in a fair and reasonable manner» through streamlining determination of coverage and payment of benefits, implementing initiatives improving access to benefits and providing education to customers so they have more control over the claims process.

Meanwhile, women, children and seniors in critical situations are unable to access legal representation when they need it, exposing them to more danger.

Access to free legal advice and representation is getting more and more difficult, having a disproportionately high impact on vulnerable people who may lose their home, income or contact with their family as a result of not being able to access the right suAccess to free legal advice and representation is getting more and more difficult, having a disproportionately high impact on vulnerable people who may lose their home, income or contact with their family as a result of not being able to access the right suaccess the right support.

When an issue arises in a manner that demands a more direct response, it is advantageous to have immediate access to legal representation that can move quickly beyond advising to begin constructing and implementing a successful strategy.

However, we must be careful not to think about access to justice as simply a question of how to provide more litigants with legal representation in the courts.

However, by providing them with access to new information and insights, legal analytics can help litigators provide clients with better representation more efficiently, and ensure they are more competitive — both in the courtroom and the legal marketplace.

An additional seven responses that did not expressly mention alternative structures but did address issues related directly to them: Richard Zorza, ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, ABA Law Student Division, ABA Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems, Avvo, George Chandler, Nina Cornett (issues such as access to justice, limited licensure systems, more effective collaboration between lawyers and the technology industry, pro se representation, self - regulation of the legal profession).

Personally, I see this as an access to justice issue: the increases in upkeep costs of these publications (100 % to 200 % and more over the past four years is not unusual) eventually get passed on to lawyers» clients, who already struggle with the cost of legal representation.

For more than a century, we have pioneered access to justice at the national, state, and local levels in multiple ways: helping create many of the first public defense systems in the country; supporting the Legal Services Corporation; developing nationally applicable standards for legal representation; and advocating for groundbreaking legislaLegal Services Corporation; developing nationally applicable standards for legal representation; and advocating for groundbreaking legislalegal representation; and advocating for groundbreaking legislation.

Unbundled legal service, also called limited scope representation, has emerged as a model to create more affordable services, increase access to justice, and provide a broader base of clients to practitioners.

As more litigants proceed without legal representation, we work to ensure that that all families have meaningful access to the family justice system.

Unbundling (or limited scope representation as it is commonly referred to in the U.S.) is becoming more recognized and highlighted as a key tool to increase access to justice, particularly for those who do not qualify for legal aid services but can not afford full representation (the CBA, NAC... [more]

Equal Justice Works was founded more than 25 years ago by a passionate group of law students who shared the belief that the poorest and most vulnerable among us deserve the same access to justice and quality legal representation as those who are more fortunate.

Access to justice is not simply a question of how to provide more litigants with legal representation in the courts, St. Catharines family lawyer and mediator Sharon Silbert writes in Lawyers Weekly.

Access to justice is not simply a question of how to provide more litigants with legal representation in the courts, St. Catharines family lawyer and mediator Sharon Silbert... Read more