Sentences with phrase «more equal justice»

We are also grateful to you, our supporters, who share West Coast LEAF's conviction that a more equal justice system for survivors is both necessary and attainable.

The petitioner is asking that the immediate custodian rule, which applies to normal federal prisoners, be ignored in favor of a rule which would provide more equal justice to all immigration detainees.

«The dual mission of the Manhattan DA's office is a safer New York and a more equal justice system,» he said.

«The dual mission of the Manhattan DA's office is a safer New York and a more equal justice system,» District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said.

«The dual mission of the Manhattan D.A.'s office is a safer New York and a more equal justice system,» he said in a statement.

Not exact matches

Curiously, however, the demand for the term «social justice» did not arise until modern times, in which more complex societies operate by impersonal rules applied with equal force to all under «the rule of law.»

Its ultimate message is that weakness equals strength; the more vividly a group can depict its history of subjugation, the stronger its claims to redistributive justice.

Equal rights for men and women and ever - more radical approaches to justice have been pursued without King's moderation and restraint.

It became more hostile to civil rights, less committed to equal justice.

«Now more than ever, we need to stand up and fight for our core values of fairness, justice and equal opportunity.

«The time for justice, the time for equality, the time for equal rights can never be any more urgent than right now.»»

Union activists, in the words of John Stocks, spoken two years earlier, are «social justice patriots» who «put the power of our soul to work to defend democracy, to fight for equal opportunity, and to create a more just society.»

That's why the fight for equal educational opportunity is about so much more than education — it is a fight for social justice.

More information is available on the Equal Justice Works web site and from the Department of Education.

U of O has, probably more so than other Ontario law schools, a social justice / access to justice bent and I have been critical of the CBA's recent Reaching Equal Justice Report mostly because it is unrealistic and provides little hope for justice / access to justice bent and I have been critical of the CBA's recent Reaching Equal Justice Report mostly because it is unrealistic and provides little hope for justice bent and I have been critical of the CBA's recent Reaching Equal Justice Report mostly because it is unrealistic and provides little hope for Justice Report mostly because it is unrealistic and provides little hope for change.

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).

The DePaul study confirms Rehnquist's anecdotal experience, concluding that «all things being equal, the presence of additional liberal clerks in a given justice's chambers makes a liberal vote more likely, the study says, while the presence of additional conservative clerks pushes justices in the opposite direction.

Thanks to an anonymous Legal Foundation of Washington donor, all GiveBIG donations to the Campaign for Equal Justice of $ 100 or more will be matched up to $ 10,000.

The State of Equal Justice In Wisconsin is the Commission's latest effort to highlight both the challenges we face but also some of the bright spots that deserve more attention.

The pursuit of equal access to justice is manifold, and Summit organizers, presenters, and many participants are active in... [more]

Today, in coalition with BC Civil Liberties Association, Pivot Legal Society, and Community Legal Assistance Society, West Coast LEAF held a press conference to announce our list of comprehensive recommendations to reform BC's justice system in service of building a more just, equal, and inclusive province.

In coalition with BC Civil Liberties Association, Pivot Legal Society, and Community Legal Assistance Society, West Coast LEAF published a list of comprehensive recommendations to reform BC's justice system in service of a more just, equal, and inclusive province.

Hiring more people doesn't equal greater efficiency or better justice.

You can see that with all other UN member states Canada committed to promote the rule of law at the national and international levels (a fairly general target — not too hard to achieve) and to ensure equal access to justice for all (much more concrete and challenging).

More than 30 years ago, Congress identified what it said was a grave threat to the American promise of equal justice for all: Federal judges were giving wildly different punishments to defendants who had committed the same crimes.

Fulfill your annual pro bono service requirement and be recognized for your commitment to equal justice by making a contribution of $ 350 or more to Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida.

You can fulfill your annual pro bono service goals (Florida Bar Rule 4.6 - 1) and become a partner in equal justice by making a contribution of $ 350 or more to Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida.

Every year, the Alliance for Equal Justice directly helps more than 70,000 low - income and vulnerable people in Washington state secure justice through a network of civil legal aid programs that provide legal information, advice, direct representation and administrative and legislative adJustice directly helps more than 70,000 low - income and vulnerable people in Washington state secure justice through a network of civil legal aid programs that provide legal information, advice, direct representation and administrative and legislative adjustice through a network of civil legal aid programs that provide legal information, advice, direct representation and administrative and legislative advocacy.

For more info, people can call Equal Justice Works at 202-466-3686.

For more on President Brown's visit to Seattle, read «36 Hours in the Life of Paulette Brown» by Jay Doran, Education Director of the Equal Justice Coalition.

Once again, West Coast LEAF and CLAS are in court to defend homeless people's right to equal protection and to advocate in favour of a flexible approach to evidence of discrimination that makes justice more accessible to all.

More than 20 years ago, when I took my oath of office to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, I solemnly swore to «administer justice without respect to persons,» to «do equal right to the poor and to the rich,» and to «faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me... under the Constitution and laws of the United States.»

We will work together to envision equal justice and develop practical strategies, skills and tools for building a more just society through enhanced and effective approaches for resolving legal problems.

A vision, put negatively at first, of what must not be done — so that, over time, we will edge nearer to a more honorable and decent world, where «equal justice» will not only be a phrase cut in the marble of a particular Washington, D. C. building, but something known and felt to be a daily given the world over.

«Resumes in hand, more than 1,300 law students from across the United States attended this year's Equal Justice Works annual conference, and more than 1,100 met with employers at the conference's career fair.

Like Professor Johnson and his colleagues, they concluded that the more questions a Justice asks, all else being equal, the more likely the Justice will vote against the party, and the greater the difference between total questions asked to each side, the more likely a lopsided result is.

To learn more about the Campaign for Equal Justice, please contact Natalia Fior McMahon, annual campaign director, at 206-957-6281 or [email protected].

Unifying the two organizations will open up a wealth of new opportunities to deepen our resources and more effectively support equal justice work across Washington.

Are these rules being applied with justice across the board, or are some lawyers less or «more equal than others»?

«Today's agreement is a victory for equal justice more than 50 years in the making,» said New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman.

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For more information about how to get involved and to stay up to date on issues related to public funding for legal aid and the Legislature, subscribe to the Equal Justice Coalition's Advocacy Alerts.

For more details, check out this one - pager produced by the Equal Justice Coalition.

Equal access to justice has become more of a lofty ideal than a tangible reality.

At this year's event, more than 500 attorneys heard from various speakers, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court Roderick Ireland and the presidents of the Massachusetts Bar Association and Boston Bar Association, about the critical role that civil legal aid plays in ensuring equal access to jJustice of the Supreme Judicial Court Roderick Ireland and the presidents of the Massachusetts Bar Association and Boston Bar Association, about the critical role that civil legal aid plays in ensuring equal access to justicejustice.

But more important than the assistance the ABA offers to solo and small firm attorneys, Klein stressed the importance of attorneys from all firms stepping up to help the ABA advocate for the most basic judicial right — equal access to justice.

This session will help further equal justice for diverse client communities or workplaces by providing advocates with technology tips and tools that can help them do their jobs more efficiently and effectively.

In the Court of Appeal, the arguments became wider than in the tribunal or EAT, because of the intervention of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, questioning the compatibility of the EAT decision with EC law and also focusing more clearly on the changes introduced in 2003 into the Equal Pay Act (s 2ZA) in the light of the ruling of the European Court of Justice in Preston v Wolverhampton Healthcare NHS Trust [2000] IRLR 506 to cover the case of several contracts forming part of a «stable employment relationship».

Rich Seckel, director of the nonprofit Kentucky Equal Justice, has pushed the legislature to pass more protections for mobile home owners.

Equal Justice Works, in partnership with Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), will receive $ 1.2 million — more than half of the total funding — to deploy 55 full - time Members (45 lawyers and 10 paralegals) to provide legal representation to unaccompanied children, build pro bono capacity to support that population, and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of immigration courts in the locations in which members will serve.