Sentences with phrase «of access to justice work»

I didn't plan to make a career of access to justice work.

I wanted to talk to you about one particular bit of access to justice work that's still in process, so we're not going to talk specifics about it, but maybe first we could talk a little bit about the design process that you bring.

It seems like another bit of access to justice work.

The new website represents a significant achievement of the Access to Justice Working Group and an unprecedented collaborative effort by many organizations within the province's justice sector.

Not exact matches

In our own country millions of people especially American Negroes are subjected to discrimination and unequal treatment in educational opportunities, in employment, wages and conditions of work, in access to professional and business opportunities, in housing, in transportation, in the administration of justice and even in the right to vote.11

The Ministry of Justice says prisoners still have access to the prison library and can spend any money they make in prison work on books.

Prior to joining Liberty Sara worked in a number of access to justice roles.

Come check out the local vendors and hear about One Region Forward's work to increase the sustainability of Buffalo Niagara, including the work of our Food Access and Justice Working Team.

The event is behind held in conjunction with The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools (AROS), an organization that works on behalf of «educational justice and equity in access to school resources and opportunities.»

Demand that school leaders invest in really supporting students by providing social and emotional support, like access to school psychologists and restorative justice counselors, and spaces where students can work through problems instead of calling law enforcement to deal with discipline issues.

We look forward to a robust and collaborative relationship with Governor - elect Murphy and Commissioner Repollet as we work together to support social justice in New Jersey by enhancing access to high - quality educational opportunity for all and improving the outcomes of education for all New Jersey's students.

The teachers Ellen had in high school inspired her to live her life working for social justice, including helping ensure that every child has access to an excellent education, regardless of their zip code.

With the three bodies of work, the exhibition will show Frazier's continuous concerns exploring the legacies of racism, inequality, economic decline, access to healthcare and environment justice in her work.

I am extremely honored to announce that I have been elected a trustee of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, the premiere legal charity in Massachusetts working to increase access to justice for all people in the state.

Also relevant is the fact, as acknowledged elsewhere by the LSUC, that Ontario has a serious access to justice problem (see also the recent work of the CFCJ).

However, that hasn't worked up until now, and without a systemic shakeup of structure that avails potential clients to legal professionals interested in access to justice, the crisis will remain in control of the efficacy desired in all legal systems interested in true justice.

Thankfully, the issue of access to justice is figuring prominently in the general debate, as evidenced by the recently released CBA Legal Futures report and the ongoing work of the Action Committee on Access to Juaccess to justice is figuring prominently in the general debate, as evidenced by the recently released CBA Legal Futures report and the ongoing work of the Action Committee on Access to Jjustice is figuring prominently in the general debate, as evidenced by the recently released CBA Legal Futures report and the ongoing work of the Action Committee on Access to JuAccess to JusticeJustice.

Why is the idea of asking service users what they need in terms of access to justice so challenging to those working in the justice system?

The fundraising drive was just one of several initiatives undertaken by the firm's regional branches as part of a co-ordinated strategy by the firm to boost access to justice through pro bono work; access to finance through microfinance initiatives; and access to education.

The OTLA goes on to say there's not been enough evidence of ABS really working or creating more access to justice, so now's not the time for it in Ontario.

The LSUC ABS Working Group itself has recognized [at para. 118 of its February report] that «it would be wrong to suggest that ABSs are a panacea» for access to justice, but does not yet seem inclined to go further.

In June 2017, the ABS Working Group presented an interim report to Convocation outlining a proposal to enable lawyers and paralegals to deliver legal services through civil society organizations, such as charities, not for profit organizations and trade unions, to clients of such organizations in order to facilitate access to justice.

This does not, of course, provide complete access to justice, but it provides some access to justice, and additional arguments are also to be made that limited legal work has incidental effects that improve clients» overall legal capacity, extending the benefit received beyond the brief services provided.

Beyond that, the potential for ABSs to improve access to justice is being put forward as a key reason for allowing them, as can be seen in Slaw columns of Malcolm Mercer and in the work of the Law Society of Upper Canada's Working Group on ABSs that he co-chairs.

Speaking of being «fair and objective», I think it is a bit unfair of you, Mitch, to have failed to mention that the LSUC's ABS Working Group report has only shelved one particular model of ABS and that it explicitly recommends further investigation of other ABS models and of associated business methods that may help achieve the same objectives — with the main objective being innovation to improve access to justice.

One point made by equity seeking groups to the Working Group was that not only is access to justice impeded by the systematic exclusion of racialized licensees in the province, but it also runs contrary to the public interest.

Paladin is building a global pro bono platform, working with leading Fortune 500s, law firms and law schools to maximize the ROI of their pro bono programs and increase access to justice.

As just a brief sampling, in «The Cost of Law: Promoting Access to Justice through the (Un) Corporate Practice of Law» [2] and «Life in the Law - Thick World: The Legal Resource Landscape for Ordinary Americans» [3](with Jaime Heine), Hadfield uses empirical evidence to demonstrate that there can never be enough pro bono (free) legal work or enough money for legal aid that could even come close to satisfying the huge unmet need for legal services in the US.

ACJF is guided by a vision of a strong state where there are no barriers to access to justice, adequate food, shelter, healthcare, education, and the opportunity to work and earn a living.

Some of the above examples of access to justice are those that are commonly predicted by advocates of alternative structures: business models that facilitate reduced and fixed price legal services and / or unbundling, technology that enables standardization and improved processes to handle large volumes of cases or contracts, branding that reduces the client's search costs and increases their level of trust, multidisciplinary services that significantly ease the client experience notably because they do not need to assemble or coordinate different streams of work.

Young Legal Aid Lawyers, Legal Aid Practitioners Group and Legal Action Group have sent an open letter to the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, welcoming her vision of «a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us» and calling on the government to review the impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice.

Most recently, she was a legal intern at the Montana Supreme Court where she worked for Justice Beth Baker on Access to Justice Commission projects, including the Public Forum Series on access to justice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy eJustice Beth Baker on Access to Justice Commission projects, including the Public Forum Series on access to justice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy efAccess to Justice Commission projects, including the Public Forum Series on access to justice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy eJustice Commission projects, including the Public Forum Series on access to justice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy efaccess to justice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy ejustice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy efforts.

Delivering access to justice demands change and action on a very broad range of initiatives — pro bono work by the private bar, fair and adequate funding of legal aid, collaboration among all system participants (clients, lawyers, courts, agencies, NGO's), legal education (and its financing), e-filing and case data standards, court forms, court interfaces to self - represented litigants, unbundled legal services, virtual law practice, multistate practice, law practice ownership and investment, limited practice licenses, unauthorized practice of law rules, lawyer advertising rules, and lawyer discipline.

The Center for Access to Justice at Georgia State University College of Law is working to change that misconception, demonstrating through research how lower - income individuals have a fundamentally different experience with the civil and criminal justice systems, particularly in theJustice at Georgia State University College of Law is working to change that misconception, demonstrating through research how lower - income individuals have a fundamentally different experience with the civil and criminal justice systems, particularly in thejustice systems, particularly in the South.

The report of the first working group «Access to Justice and Rule of Law» contains a number of observations and recommendations with respect to «reforms to the law and justice sector that will provide poor people with the institutional environment, the protections, and the incentives they need to realise their full capabilities and reap the maximum potential return of their existing assets.Justice and Rule of Law» contains a number of observations and recommendations with respect to «reforms to the law and justice sector that will provide poor people with the institutional environment, the protections, and the incentives they need to realise their full capabilities and reap the maximum potential return of their existing assets.justice sector that will provide poor people with the institutional environment, the protections, and the incentives they need to realise their full capabilities and reap the maximum potential return of their existing assets.»

Washington State's legal aid network, known as the Alliance for Equal Justice, is comprised of statewide and specialty legal aid organizations that work collaboratively with 17 county - based volunteer attorney programs to provide low - income people with access to jJustice, is comprised of statewide and specialty legal aid organizations that work collaboratively with 17 county - based volunteer attorney programs to provide low - income people with access to justicejustice.

4.1 - 1 [2] of the Model Code encourages pro bono work and waiving fees to encourage access to justice.

(4) Reports, dated May 2012, of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, recommending that legal services be provided by non-lawyer professionals who provide related services: Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group; and, Report of the Court Processes Simplification Working Group.

While we have a moral and ethical responsibility to provide people with access to justice through pro bono work and other public programs, when running a law firm, the question of profitability can not be ignored.

Chris Bentley, executive director of Ryerson's LPP, and director Gina Alexandris say they are evaluating all aspects of the program over the summer, such as doing more work on client development and the access to justice innovation challenge.

For example, the CBA's Reaching Equal Justice report stated that «Canada is plagued by a paucity of access to justice research» [3], and noted that «we still know relatively little about what works to increase access to justice and how and why it does.Justice report stated that «Canada is plagued by a paucity of access to justice research» [3], and noted that «we still know relatively little about what works to increase access to justice and how and why it does.justice research» [3], and noted that «we still know relatively little about what works to increase access to justice and how and why it does.justice and how and why it does.»

As somone who works with the public and self - reps trying to navigate our court system every day, I can say that increasing the number of claims that people can access through that simplified court process will definitely increase access to justice.

The MBF is Massachusetts» premiere legal charity, working to increase access to justice for all individuals, regardless of -LSB-...]

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On March 24, 2016, the Barreau du Quebec (Quebec Bar Association) released a report «La tarification horaire à l'heure de la réflexion» (in French only and translated to say Hourly Billing: A Time for Reflection) calling for an end to hourly billing by lawyers and law firms in the hope of improving access to justice for the public and a better work - life balance for lawyers... [more]

The idea that limited scope work could improve access to legal help has been cited by many reports on access to justice, but no one has ever conducted any empirical research to test the idea, says [/ span] John - Paul Boyd, executive director of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family in Calgary.

Your sponsorship will both honor Mary's legacy of outstanding legal work and help support civil legal services and access to justice in Massachusetts.

In a presentation at the Action Group on Access To Justice's Access to Justice Week, University of Toronto sociology professor Ronit Dinovitzer and PhD candidate Jonathan Koltai discussed their recent work and the imperative for the legal community to meet challenges it faces in mental healtTo Justice's Access to Justice Week, University of Toronto sociology professor Ronit Dinovitzer and PhD candidate Jonathan Koltai discussed their recent work and the imperative for the legal community to meet challenges it faces in mental healtto Justice Week, University of Toronto sociology professor Ronit Dinovitzer and PhD candidate Jonathan Koltai discussed their recent work and the imperative for the legal community to meet challenges it faces in mental healtto meet challenges it faces in mental health.

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.

While it is perhaps a small point, I suggest that using more inclusive language to describe those among us who are not lawyers, and especially those who are not lawyers but work to support the rule of law and advocate for those who have no voice, could be effective in finding creative solutions to break down some of the barriers that impede access to justice in Canada.