According to an article in The Bookseller, the library system in Lincolnshire has mounted a legal campaign with the help
of public interest attorneys to overturn their council's decision to make sweeping cuts to library spending, a decision that the campaign founders state was made without attempting to look for alternatives and is in violation of UK law regarding library access.
This option can make the financial situation
of a public interest attorney much more manageable.
The Equal Justice Works Fellowship program funds hundreds
of public interest attorneys annually, each assisting vulnerable populations through a project of their own creation.
WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 8, 2018 — Equal Justice Works, the nation's leading nonprofit organization committed to mobilizing the next generation
of public interest attorneys, today announced the launch of the Georgia Housing Corps (GHC), a new Fellowship program addressing barriers to housing stability in rural and urban communities in Georgia.
WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 8, 2018 — Equal Justice Works, the nation's leading nonprofit organization committed to mobilizing the next generation
of public interest attorneys, today announced the launch of the
The Equal Justice Works Fellowships programs fund hundreds
of public interest attorneys each year to close the justice gap on issues such as foreclosure, community economic development, immigration, civil rights, homelessness, access to healthcare, and domestic violence.
Not exact matches
The Park District and the city also disregarded long - standing rulings by the Illinois and U.S. Supreme Courts that
public property can not be used for a private
interest, said Herbert Caplan, one
of the
attorneys for the residents committee.
``... A review
of his record shows that Mr. Cuomo made the
attorney general's office one
of the most effective
public interest law firms in the country.
However, the
attorney general said: «I have always made decisions in the
public interest, in the
interests of justice and absolutely independently out
of apolitical
interest.
Antonacci, a certified
public accountant and an
attorney, says DiNapoli should have done more to oversee potential conflicts
of interest between political donations and state contracts.
Antonacci, a Certified
Public Accountant and an
attorney, says the current Comptroller DiNapoli should have done more to oversee potential conflicts
of interest between political donations and state contracts.
«New Yorkers need an
Attorney General who will demand accountability from the powerful special
interests and deliver justice for the working families
of this state,» Schneiderman said in a
public statement.
On the same day community watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first appearance in court to face murder charges in the death
of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, New York
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman tells WAMC that the case is a good example
of what can happen when the
public takes an
interest in pursuing justice.
The acceptance
of the Economic and Organized Crime Office cheque by the
Attorney General and the deception
of the
public by the
Attorney General that it is part payment for the refund ordered by the Court brings into question the competence
of the
Attorney General and the Government in pursuit
of the
interest of the Republic,» he added.
The acceptance
of the Economic and Organized Crime Office cheque by the
Attorney General and the deception
of the
public by the
Attorney General that it is part payment for the refund ordered by the Court brings into question the competence
of the
Attorney General and the Government in pursuit
of the
interest of the Republic.
«I'm not
interested in doing the labels,» says Katko, 51,
of Camillus, who resigned as an assistant U.S.
attorney to make his first bid for
public office.
«As the only Asian - American elected official in Albany, a
public interest attorney, a grassroots political activist and a new mom balancing the demands
of a busy job with parenthood, I know that Kathleen Rice is the best person for me to partner with in state government,» Meng said.
Grayling was criticised by lawyers on his own benches however, including former
attorney general Dominic Grieve and former solicitor general Edward Garnier, the latter
of whom told the justice secretary the
public interest clause was «moderately nonsensical».
Blair Horner, the legislative director
of the New York
Public Interest Research Group, who briefly worked for the
attorney general's office under Mr. Cuomo, called the revelations «unsettling, given what has happened in the Paterson administration.»
«Our hats are off to the U.S.
Attorney's office for making this happen — Preet Bharara,» said Blair Horner, the executive director
of the New York
Public Interest Research Group.
The complaint, which argues that DEC's actions violate laws prohibiting state entities from expending resources to benefit a private
interest, was sent to the offices
of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, state Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott and the Joint Commission on
Public Ethics.
«Mr. Rattner shares with the New York
Attorney General the goal
of eliminating
public pension fund practices that are not in the
public interest.
«Tish James embodies the vision
of the
attorney general's office to be the largest
public interest law firm.»
«An act to provide for the implementation
of the constitutional rights to information held by a
public institution subject to the exemptions that are necessary and consistent with the protection
of the
public interest in a democratic society to foster a culture
of transparency and accountability in
public affairs and to provide for related matters», the Deputy
Attorney General submitted.
He told the court that parliament had taken «a carefully considered, deliberate decision» to give ministers such as the
attorney general power to override rulings by the freedom
of information tribunal «to protect the
public interest where real and significant issues arise».
With the help
of the
public interest law firm Advocates for Justice and the organization's
attorney Arthur Schwartz, a 60 - page document was filed in federal court on Tuesday, August 7.
Long Island is so awash in conflicts
of interest and outright stealing that it's keeping the
public corruption divisions
of two
of the largest U.S.
attorney's offices in the nation working overtime.
Silver's conviction for doing legislative favors in return for legal referral fees and 12 - year prison sentence was reversed because
of incorrect jury instructions, but prosecutors from the office
of acting U.S.
Attorney Joon Kim told the judge it is in the «
public interest» to retry him quickly.
In his Aug. 17 letter to Cuomo, Soares — citing the executive order and
public comments by the governor and
attorney general about a perceived conflict
of interest for district
attorneys in such cases — said he was stepping back.
«I think the bigger picture here is bringing transparency and sunlight to an issue
of significant
public interest and concern,» said Karim Abdulla, one
of the
attorneys retained by Investigative Post to pursue the case.
But Jim Angell, lead
attorney for the Oakland, Calif. — based
public interest law firm Earthjustice, which represents a host
of environmental groups suing the BLM, says this 1 percent stipulation is «an accounting trick.
Composed
of field testimonies and hidden camera footage, the film also features interviews with Haiti's Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Raymond Joseph, the U.S. Department
of States» Ambassador John Miller from the Office
of Human Trafficking, renowned anthropologist and sugar historian Sidney Mintz, Carol Pier from Human Rights Watch,
Public Interest Attorneys Bill Quigley as well as Greg Schell, and a number
of activists from the field including human rights lawyer Noemi Mendez, Colette Lespinase
of G.A.R.R. Haiti [Organization for Refugees and the Repatriated] and missionaries Pierre Ruquoy and Father Christopher Hartley.
The CFE, which had begun as a modest
public -
interest group in 1993 by Robert Jackson, then president
of one
of the city's 32 community school boards, and Michael Rebell, the
attorney for the same school board, had grown into an impressively powerful education lobbying organization.
Attorneys from the Education Law Center and the
Public Interest Law Center cited gross inequities in school funding among the state's school districts, to argue that the state's current school funding system violates the state Constitution's requirement that the state legislature «support and maintain» a «thorough and efficient system of public education.&
Public Interest Law Center cited gross inequities in school funding among the state's school districts, to argue that the state's current school funding system violates the state Constitution's requirement that the state legislature «support and maintain» a «thorough and efficient system
of public education.&
public education.»
This privately - held company and nonprofit seems to have a talent for commingling the efforts
of private charter
interests and
public oversight conduits that creates serious conflicts
of interest, causing a California state whistleblowing
attorney to be ``... opposed to such activities between
public officials, private
interests, and
public charter schools.»
They fail to mention that Connecticut's
Attorney General George Jepsen, a former state representative and state senator from Stamford, is fully aware
of the problems with Connecticut's school funding formula and yet is spending massive amounts
of public funds and staff time in an immoral and unethical fight against the
interests of Connecticut's children and property taxpayers.
This decision has allowed for the closing or loss
of all but fifteen libraries in the county, and the
attorneys have stated that the decision violates two
public interest laws, the Equity Act 2010 and the Public Libraries and Museums Act
public interest laws, the Equity Act 2010 and the
Public Libraries and Museums Act
Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.
Managing Education Debt for
Public Interest Attorneys 1.00 hour
of Standard / Professional Development CLE credit has been approved.
Specifically,
attorneys that are eligible for this loan forgiveness must work in the legal profession in the areas
of public interest.
Players in this «CRD» movement include state
attorneys general, comptrollers and treasurers, and lawmakers combining with
public pension funds,
interest groups and,
of course, contingency - fee lawyers.
Three days ago I was heading to the northernmost town in the United States in order to help a dedicated
public interest attorney prepare for and argue one
of the most important cases the Supreme Court
of Alaska has ever heard, Nelson Kanuk v. State
of Alaska.
Prior to her tenure at the Union
of Concerned Scientists, Shultz served as director
of legislative and regulatory affairs at the Mineral Policy Center (now Earthworks), and as a staff
attorney at the U.S.
Public Interest Research Group (now Environment America).
The
Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC), held each year at the University
of Oregon Law School in Eugene, brings together
attorneys, practitioners, students, and activists from around the world to explore panel and keynote topics as
interesting and diverse as global warming impacts in Africa to wolf recovery in Oregon.
For the AILA, the Department
of Education decided that the people that work for the AILA do not provide
public interest law services but the member
attorneys that work with the AILA provide
public interest law services.
Those qualifying services include
public interest legal services and
public education, both
of which are relevant for
attorneys hoping to fall under the program.
Tags: Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Popular Culture, The Honorable Wayne Morris Creech, Visitation Posted in Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific,
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Pennsylvania personal injury
attorneys might believe they have little, if no
interest, in the topic
of public nuisance.
Posted Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 by Gregory Forman Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific,
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Posted Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 by Gregory Forman Filed under Child Custody,
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