Sentences with phrase «of access to justice focused»

Without this addition, the total of access to justice focused companies, according to the report, is 4.5 percent.

Not exact matches

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

There were also several submissions from IGA stores - most adopting very similar (in some cases identical) wording - these typically focus on misuse of market power, access to justice, zoning restrictions and a supermarket code of conduct.

In contrast, nonprofits tied to SUNY Polytechnic Institute have not had their access to state subsidies suspended, even though they were involved in questionable dealings that are the focus of wide - reaching criminal investigations — that have yielded significant arrests — by the state attorney general and U.S. Justice Department.

As regards access to tertiary education, they are treated as if they are international students who are required by immigration policy to be self reliant and economically independent.9 South African social justice policies focus primarily on advancing the historically disadvantaged and such focus has an implication of excluding refugees from benefiting from socio - economic scheme.

Frazier's practice spans photography, video and performance and focuses on the artist's deeply rooted and long held concerns exploring the legacies of racism, inequality, economic decline, access to healthcare and environmental justice.

A breakout group of what the report called «ATJ - related tech companies» that focus on access - to - justice issues, had a higher proportion of diverse founders at 44 percent.

The lack of focus on access to justice and diversity in leadership can create problems and biases in a product's outcome.

Similarly, JUSTICE's 2015 Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity Report focused on the pre-issue stage and promoted the need to educate LiPs at an early stage, arguing «improved access to information and advice can offer important cost savings in the long term&JUSTICE's 2015 Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity Report focused on the pre-issue stage and promoted the need to educate LiPs at an early stage, arguing «improved access to information and advice can offer important cost savings in the long term&Justice in an Age of Austerity Report focused on the pre-issue stage and promoted the need to educate LiPs at an early stage, arguing «improved access to information and advice can offer important cost savings in the long term».

Based partly on the findings from the first part of the communication handed down in 2011, the Committee's findings and recommendations mainly focus on two concerns with regard to EU law and the implementation of Articles 9 (3) and (4) AC on access to justice in environmental matters.

The lack of access - to - justice - focused businesses is not a diversity problem alone.

In my last column, I focused on the Canadian Bar Association's Access to Justice report released in December, entitled Equal Justice: Balancing the Scales (disclaimer — I am a member of the committee).

The debate around ABS focuses on their risks and rewards, with opponents suggesting that ABS pose significant risks to lawyers» integrity and their provision of services to clients, while creating few real benefits to access to justice.

Neither report focuses on non-market provision of legal services through legal aid and otherwise or effect of the law and legal institutions on access to justice.

The home page for the Center states that the Center's «two main focuses» are «supporting the growth and development of state - based Access to Justice Commissions,» and «collecting and analyzing data on the various sources of funding for civil legal aid.»

Advocacy Committee: The Advocacy Committee focuses on coordinating efforts to deal with, among other things, issues of barriers to the legal profession by internationally trained lawyers, diversity in the legal community, access to justice, and the role of Canadians in global legal markets.

A greater focus on technology and strong leadership from the judiciary are both key to improving access to civil justice, according to a series of reports released yesterday by the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Maaccess to civil justice, according to a series of reports released yesterday by the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Mjustice, according to a series of reports released yesterday by the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family MaAccess to Justice in Civil and Family MJustice in Civil and Family Matters.

We focus on issues relating to access to justice and legal advocacy in a variety of forums including the state and federal courts.

But the reports also suggest access to legal information to better inform citizens — who should be the primary focus of all access to justice initiatives — of their rights and obligations can be relatively easily achieved through more online legal information.

Allocations include: nearly $ 4.8 million in additional annual funding for legal aid, with a focus on indigenous and family law services; $ 3.8 million per year to fund expansion of Parents Legal Centres; $ 5 million more per year for sheriff services and court staff to help reduce delays in the court system; and an additional $ 3.3 million annually for government initiatives related to family dispute resolution services and increasing digital access to justice services.

Not only would such a model help address concerns about post-graduate articling positions and work experiences, but it would also help facilitate the access to justice and technology focuses of the proposed law school.

Assuming no general election is called in the near future, access to justice policy will be focused on the review of LASPO.

Ms. Desormeau's comments focus on access to justice, particularly for victims of family violence; Mr. Giggey talks about the challenges of representing a family law client where the opponent lacks representation.

First of its kind in the world, the CRT will focus on early online dispute resolution as a tool to improve access to justice in BC.

Earlier this year, Ms. Walwyn was appointed to the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, which was convened by the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, and is focused on improving access to the civil and family justice sAccess to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, which was convened by the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, and is focused on improving access to the civil and family justice Justice in Civil and Family Matters, which was convened by the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, and is focused on improving access to the civil and family justice Justice of Canada, and is focused on improving access to the civil and family justice saccess to the civil and family justice justice system.

They also wonder if the legal profession isn't focusing its efforts on civility to the detriment of the larger issue of access to justice.

As well, in recent years considerable popular and legal media attention has focused on the lack of access to justice and the high cost of legal representation, often making connections to concerns about the adequacy of available legal aid.

Nicole Bradick: Yeah, so I do think it's great that there's so much focus right now on access to justice technology, but the people who are doing the really hard work are the people who are out there sort of pushing for a systemic change and trying to make changes to court rules or processes.

Instead of doubting the role of pro bono, Burns says governments and the legal profession should focus on creating a more seamless co-ordination between pro bono services and other ways of addressing access to justice.

My last article focused on the Inventory of Reforms, which, alongside our Clearinghouse, is designed to provide greater access to information on the civil justice system and civil justice reform initiatives.

Access to justice professionals have to remain focused on ensuring that the doors to courtrooms across the country are open to all, including the growing number of self - represented litigants who often face an unfriendly judicial system.

The methodology makes it clear that the focus was «the future of the legal profession and law firms», access to justice and the role of bar associations.

Competitors were broken into two categories, those that were focused on the business and practice of law and those that worked to build access to justice and government solutions for the public.

Now, CuroLegal, a company that designs and develops technology for the legal industry, has launched CuroStudio, a venture studio with a special focus on developing tools and services to address the access - to - justice gap and improve the delivery of legal services.

CuroStudio's focus will be on products and services that increase access to justice, but that also extends to products that improve the business side of law practice.

In part I of the report, the Action Committee presents a view of access to justice that is much broader than the traditional perspective that has focused on courts, tribunals, judges and lawyers.

«I came to UVic because of its focus on social justice and I am interested in access to justice,» she says.

The annual Isaac Pitblado Lectures are coming up in a couple of days and will focus attention this year on issues in access to justice.

The commission puts forth focused access to justice improvements by uniting the strengths of separate institutions.

(a) an internal focus on access to justice as a strategic objective underpinning all of the Law Society's work, which will include: (i) designating appropriate resources to enhance the Law Society's approach to developing access to justice objectives integrated across program areas; (ii) strategically reviewing, reconsidering and, where appropriate, amending the Law Society's rules, regulations, policies and practices to foster change and innovation and achieve the Law Society's access to justice objectives; and (iii) developing metrics to measure the effectiveness of actions taken; and.

(b) An external focus through which the Law Society will provide facilitation of a standing forum for collaboration on access to justice by: (i) Reconstituting the Treasurer's Advisory Group on Access to Justice as a standing forum called the Treasurer's Action Group on Access to Justice; and (i) Providing administrative and other resources necessary to convene and support the ongoing functioning of the standing forum.&access to justice by: (i) Reconstituting the Treasurer's Advisory Group on Access to Justice as a standing forum called the Treasurer's Action Group on Access to Justice; and (i) Providing administrative and other resources necessary to convene and support the ongoing functioning of the standing forum.justice by: (i) Reconstituting the Treasurer's Advisory Group on Access to Justice as a standing forum called the Treasurer's Action Group on Access to Justice; and (i) Providing administrative and other resources necessary to convene and support the ongoing functioning of the standing forum.&Access to Justice as a standing forum called the Treasurer's Action Group on Access to Justice; and (i) Providing administrative and other resources necessary to convene and support the ongoing functioning of the standing forum.Justice as a standing forum called the Treasurer's Action Group on Access to Justice; and (i) Providing administrative and other resources necessary to convene and support the ongoing functioning of the standing forum.&Access to Justice; and (i) Providing administrative and other resources necessary to convene and support the ongoing functioning of the standing forum.Justice; and (i) Providing administrative and other resources necessary to convene and support the ongoing functioning of the standing forum.»

With respect to this premise, a team of collaborators and I, after a decade of analysis and exploration, sensed the need of creating an open collaborative environment that promotes a multidisciplinary approach focused on understanding the different challenges and questions arising from the combination of technology and access to justice.

If we're serious about access to justice, then our focus should be on reducing all of the inherent inefficiencies in the litigation process — not to mention societal inequities generally — and not on producing more lawyers who can't even afford their own services.

Even if it does, silver linings may be found in better access to justice via intelligent machines, and a renewed focus of human lawyers on expanding access to justice.

She is currently a Scientific Coordator at Cyberjustice Laboratory of the University of Montreal, where she focuses on the role that information technology and communication can have on access to justice.

But as we're focusing more on the legal - access plight of moderate / middle - income folks, are we going to, without realizing, expand the «justice gap's» width and effectively conflate the low - and middle - income populations?

At Stanford's Code X, speaker Jim Sandman of Legal Services Corporation promoted the use of technology in the legal industry in 10 ways: Focus on courts and administrators to improve access to justice.

But it's good to know that our law firm, although still focused on the rule of law, access to justice and client service, is effective in this mysterious digital world.

It recommended developing a new framework that is proactive; principle - based and outcomes - focused; risk - based; able to encourage and accommodate new business models; able to enhance access to justice and affordable legal services; one that involves new ways of engaging law firms to achieve outcomes.

Some of these issues are commonly seen at Legal Help Centre where the service focus remains on filling gaps in access to justice and supports are provided at no cost to individuals with household incomes of < $ 50,000 annually.