Sentences with phrase «new volunteer lawyers»

Susan explained how she recruits new volunteer lawyers.

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Women walk by a team of volunteer lawyers in their makeshift office working to assist travelers detained as part of Donald Trump's travel ban in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York.

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Tony also highly recommends new lawyers sign up to become an ALDF volunteer attorney member, which they can do here.

-- Winston Churchill Here are just a few reasons why lawyers volunteer their time to do pro bono: • You gain meaningful and invaluable practical experience in new areas of law.

This project will leverage several innovative components — including a robust practice management platform, video conferencing, and built - in document assembly — to more effectively serve rural clients throughout the state and provide volunteer lawyers with a more convenient opportunity to assist New Mexicans in need.

As a seasoned attorney, you can help us solve these problems by agreeing to mentor new lawyers who volunteer for pro bono cases through Volunteer Legal Services.

Even so, it is unable to meet the region's overwhelming need for legal services, Wiltshire says, citing as reasons both the dearth of volunteer attorneys and Legal Aid's difficult recruiting new lawyers because of the low salaries it pays.

But I also know I do have to do something to get new clients, so I try to get my name out there and establish myself as a lawyer and a resource by maintaining my website and blogging, listing my name on online listings, getting involved with different organizations (professional memberships (MSBA), personal memberships (Monticello Women of Today), and I do a bit of volunteering (teaching information sessions and doing law clinics for Chrysalis, and coaching high school mock trial for Spring Lake Park)-RRB-.

During her free time, Ms. Ochoa enjoys providing pro-bono services, volunteering through the New Lawyers Committee of the Clark County Bar Association, serving as a foreclosure mediation program mediator for the State of Nevada and serving on the Member Benefits Committee of the State Bar of Nevada.

Our lawyers collaborate with local and regional legal services organizations on a host of projects, including: representing victims of domestic violence at final hearings on protective orders; staffing and operating walk - in clinics for indigent clients; handling intake of new clients for organizations; and training volunteers to handle cases in areas such as immigration, asylum, elder law, domestic violence and family law.

Ahad will discuss the new program, which is designed to connect lawyers and paralegals volunteering as a coach or advisor with licensees looking for assistance with skills development, practice management, or substantial and procedural issues on particular files.

ALBANY, NY (04/04/2017)(readMedia)-- The Brooklyn Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) has been honored with the New York State Bar Association's 2017 Angelo T. Cometa Award for its longtime commitment to recruiting and training volunteer attorneys for pro bono work.

Every year, the Society recognizes the outstanding work of volunteer lawyers, law firms, corporations and other professionals who participate in the Society's pro bono program by providing exceptional legal services to low - income New Yorkers.

Get involved in your local bar association — those who are involved are often happy to help new lawyers, especially those lawyers who volunteer their time to the Bar.

This website contains tremendous online support and resources for its participating lawyers, including news, a calendar of trainings and events, online listings of new cases for volunteers, and an online library of training manuals, briefs and practice materials.

While the profession lauds the high values of pro bono and volunteer work, new lawyers and students are faced with the choice of securing employment versus working in areas of social interest or relevance to them.

RBC lawyers in New York, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Toronto, and London volunteered a record 1,020 hours of pro bono time in the past year by assisting unrepresented litigants in civil matters, acting as designated representatives for unaccompanied minor children, assisting cancer patients with legal rights, and assisting foster parents with the adoption of older youths.