Sentences with phrase «of community legal education»

LawConnect Ontario (a collaboration of Community Legal Education Ontario or CLEO and the Ontario Justice Education Network or OJEN) and The Action Group on Access to Justice (TAG) invite workshops proposals for Connect, Create, Communicate, a conference on public legal education and information (PLEI) and access to justice (A2J).

The PLEI Connect project team is made up of Community Legal Education Ontario www.cleo.on.ca, Éducaloi www.educaloi.qc.ca, PovNet http://povnet.org and Courthouse Libraries BC www.courthouselibrary.ca.

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With a few exceptions, our business community is behind the curve in terms of taking advantage of Belt and Road opportunities — opportunities that extend well beyond physical infrastructure to the development of key social infrastructure projects, including education and the provision of medical, legal, financial, and other social and professional services.

The Sikh Coalition, United Sikhs and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund are lobbying members of Congress in an effort to pressure federal transportation authorities to re-examine a policy they say unfairly scrutinizes members of the Sikh community.

Navdeep Singh, a policy adviser to the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, says Sikhs believe in freedom of religion, community service and inclusiveness.

Studies of medical, legal, engineering and theological education, unlike the inquiries referred to above, frequently ignore the community and raise few questions about social purposes.

The National Association of Teachers of RE accuses a third of community schools and over a third of academies in England of failing to meet their legal or contractual agreements to provide religious education for this key age group.

Protecting «Best Interests» and Healthy Development of Children; Advancing Social and Legal Justice; Promoting Community Awareness and Parental Education.

Other commission members were Scott P. Campbell, executive director of the Elton John AIDS Foundation; Rose Harvey, commissioner of the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Thomas Krever, CEO of the Hetrick - Martin Institute; Kelsey Louie, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis; Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker who is now CEO of Women in Need; Melissa Sklarz, development director at the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund; and Glennda Testone, executive director of the LGBT Community Center.

The letter's signers included the Empire State Pride Agenda, Lambda Legal, the New York City Anti-Violence Project, the LGBT Community Center and the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center, Gay Men's Health Crisis, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Immigration Equality, the Family Equality Council, SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders), the GRIOT Circle: a gathering of elders, and several organizations advocating on behalf of LGBT young people, including FIERCE, the Hetrick - Martin Institute, and Streetwise and Safe.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

Five Buffalo teachers — supported by NYSUT — filed legal papers today with the State Education Department seeking the removal of school board member Carl Paladino for «racially inflammatory statements» about Obama, the first lady and African - Americans that have violated his duty to serve as a role model for the school community.

Since 1994, SRIC has worked with those communities and the community - based group, Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM - CCT), to stop the proposed mines through community education, interaction with Navajo Nation leaders, and a seven - year - long legal challenge of the mines» federal license.

C M LAW Law delivers practical, high quality, high standards legal education for a diverse community, fueling one of the strongest legal markets in the nation.

C M LAW Law delivers practical, high quality, high standards legal education for a diverse community, fueling one of the strongest legal markets in the nation.

Paulina, the daughter of an eminent left - wing judge, suspends her legal education and the prospects of a promising political career to travel to an indigenous community of extreme poverty on Argentina's border with Paraguay and Brazil.

We have talked about our program with higher education officials, chief state school officers, state boards of education, and individual community college and no one has raised a legal objection to the program.

This update covers a wider range of negative behaviours, incorporates the relevant legal and inspection frameworks and reflects the Church's Vision for Education, whose four elements of wisdom, hope, community and dignity form the theological basis of the guidance.

The judges at the competition are history, political science, law, and education professors, members of the legal community, and others with a knowledge of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

CSBA provides policy resources and training to members, and represents the statewide interests of public education through legal, political legislative, community and media advocacy.

March 2013, Participated as an American representative at a conference on the legal and constitutional rights of racial and ethnic minorities in the European Community sponsored by the German government and the Center on Civic Education, held in Munich.

About Partnership for Educational Justice (PEJ) An affiliate of the national education nonprofit 50CAN, PEJ pursues educational equity through legal action that empowers families and communities to improve the quality of public schools.

Composed of leaders from finance, education, research, legal, nonprofit, and business communities, Committee for Children's Board of Directors serves as the governing body charged with providing oversight and counsel on matters related to the organization's mission, vision, strategic plan, and financial sustainability.

««By teaching to the test, we are depriving a generation of youth, particularly youth of color growing up in low - income communities, from developing the critical thinking skills they need, and our country needs, to be competitive in this global economy,» added Matt Cregor, Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Public Advocates Inc. is a nonprofit law firm and advocacy organization that challenges the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing and transit equity.

NSBA is working with federal policy makers, legal scholars, opinion leaders, members of the education community, business leaders, and the media to shape public education so students graduating this year and in the future, are ready for college, career, and life.

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) California Community College Chancellor's Office Center for Innovation in Education (CIE) College Board College Transition Collaborative Colorado Department of Education ConnectEd Del Lago Academy Digital Promise EdImagine EdInsights Education First EducationCounsel Envision Learning Partners Farmington Public Schools Great Schools Partnership Harvard Innovation Lab Hillsdale High School Internationals Network for Public Schools Irvine Foundation Ithaca College James Graham Brown Foundation Jobs for the Future June Jordan School for Equity Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Learning Policy Institute Los Angeles Unified School District Lumina Foundation Maker Ed Making Caring Common Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mastery Transcript Consortium Microsoft Montpelier School District NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National Urban League New Haven Academy New York Performance Standards Consortium Oakland Unified School District Pomona College Raikes Foundation Riverdale Country School San Francisco International High School Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Smith College Southern New Hampshire University Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) Stuart Foundation Summit Public Schools The City University of New York The Education Trust The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Trovvit UC Riverside UNCF University of California, Office of the President University of Florida University of Michigan University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Southern California University of Texas, Austin University of Washington Virginia Beach City Public Schools

In 2014, the Community Legal Aid Society and the American Civil Liberties Union brought a complaint to the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights that asserted that the charter schools of Delaware were resegregating the state's schools by race and by disability.

«To construct / renovate classrooms, restrooms / school facilities to improve the quality of education at Brittan Elementary School, build a gymnasium for school and community use; repair, construct, acquire classrooms, sites and equipment, shall this Brittan Elementary School District measure be adopted to issue $ 4,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, levy approximately 3 cents / $ 100 assessed value, generating approximately $ 260,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, with annual audits, independent citizens» oversight, NO money for salaries, all money staying local?»

Our passionate team of parent leaders, education advocates and legal experts empowers local communities to strengthen their schools by pursuing common sense policy changes.

They will develop and review strategic plans; ensure the operation of the trust complies with its legal requirements and delivers a high quality curriculum, using resources efficiently and effectively, to deliver outstanding education and outcomes for its pupils and communities.

Legislation to protect Dreamers — including the 20,000 educators with DACA — that includes pathways to legal status or citizenship would not only increase the GDP, creating more revenue with which to improve public schools, but it would also mean that students and families across the country currently living in fear of deportation could focus on both their education and creating a better future for themselves and their communities.99

«We have maintained throughout this process that while the PED has every right to pursue all legal options under our judicial system, these frequent attempts at disrupting the progress of this case are nothing more than an attempt to stall the momentum of our efforts to seek relief for New Mexico's education community.

They are accountable only to the Secretary of State for Education through a legal document known as a funding agreement not to parents or local communities.

We're currently six people nationally, so the resources that we produce are really around education and then we try and work with intermediaries like financial counsellors and community legal centres to give them the tools that they need to be able to run that kind of education on the ground in communities.

C M LAW Law delivers practical, high quality, high standards legal education for a diverse community, fueling one of the strongest legal markets in the nation.

Flip Your Wig for Justice is a pledge - based fundraiser to support seven justice groups: the Association in the Defense of the Wrongly Convicted, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Community Legal Education Ontario, the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children, the Ontario Justice Education Network, Pro Bono Law Ontario, and Pro Bono Students Canada.

«We started this blog as a way to inform the College of Law community about key legal - education, research, practice, and law - library news, including but not limited to items of particular interest to Maricopa County and Arizona.»

My skepticism arises from a number of things including the columnists» lack of evidence or investigation, my own approach to teaching, my research and writing on legal education (both for scholarship and as chair of our curriculum reform committee), and what I see my colleagues at the U of C and in the legal ethics community doing for their students.

It is wonderful to see such efforts not only to keep the legal community informed, but also to contribute to the advancement of public legal education and understanding of the judiciary's work.

His areas of concentration include education / youth, health / medical, legal, retail business and urban community development.

We are currently engaged with four communities of older women to support them in creating policy and public legal education tools to address some of their most pressing priorities.

«We are excited to present our annual research demonstrating the use and proliferation of advanced analytics in the legal community,» said Philip Favro, director of legal education and resources at CTRL.

Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida's Fair Housing Initiative Program is dedicated to eliminating discrimination through education and outreach.

Pollock Begg has a long - standing tradition of dedication to service, leadership and education within the legal community.

Community Legal Education Ontario - CLEO - has lots of useful information on their web site, including this flow chart: Steps in a Family Law Case

The North Carolina Advocates for Justice is a nonpartisan association of legal professionals dedicated to protecting people's rights through community, education, and advocacy.

DLA Piper has also developed a legal empowerment programme that involves providing legal education modules to people from disadvantaged communities on areas of the law such as police stop and search powers and neighbourhood housing disputes, helping to improve individuals» knowledge of the law and their rights.

Special Services Units: Addressing particular legal problems or the needs of specific vulnerable communities — Foreclosure Prevention Unit, Foreclosure Consequences Advocacy Team, Medical Legal Partnerships, Veterans Project, Reentry Initiated through Services and Education (RISE) Project, Integrated Rural Legal Assistance Project, Farm Worker Unit, and Native American legal problems or the needs of specific vulnerable communities — Foreclosure Prevention Unit, Foreclosure Consequences Advocacy Team, Medical Legal Partnerships, Veterans Project, Reentry Initiated through Services and Education (RISE) Project, Integrated Rural Legal Assistance Project, Farm Worker Unit, and Native American Legal Partnerships, Veterans Project, Reentry Initiated through Services and Education (RISE) Project, Integrated Rural Legal Assistance Project, Farm Worker Unit, and Native American Legal Assistance Project, Farm Worker Unit, and Native American Unit.

Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO), under the direction of Julie Matthews, in the past two years has sought to establish itself as a research leader in Canada on PLEI.