Sentences with phrase «of access to legal representation»

Addressing the annual conference of the Institute of Barristers» Clerks (IBC), Browne praised clerks and practice managers for their constructive thinking, and invited them to consider direct access and block contracting as possible solutions to the issue of access to legal representation.

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The House also passed legislation that provides staff who are survivors of harassment or discrimination access to free legal representation.

The death penalty historically falls heaviest on the poor and the illiterate, both of whom have limited resources and limited access to legal representation.

When asked about what the legislature has done to protect New Yorkers from the policies of Donald Trump, both Cuomo's office and a spokesperson for the IDC pointed to the $ 10 million set aside in the budget for an immigrant defense fund to ensure that undocumented immigrants have access to legal representation.

«Ensuring everyone has access to adequate legal representation, regardless of their economic standing, is our moral responsibility,» Heastie said.

• Discounted legal products including model board policies, Student Code of Conduct, and a Personnel Handbook • Access to the Learning Zone, TCSA's robust online training portal, and discounted registration rates for the Texas Charter Schools Conference • Legal information and advice, as well as updates and alerts on specific matters pertaining to charter schools • Tools to engage parents on advocacy efforts with the Texas Legislature • Access to a growing market of solution providers and strategically - aligned partnerships with negotiated pricing and contract terms • Resources and advice for navigating TEA requirements for your school's growth and expansion • Representation in the rulemaking process with TEA to protect the interest of public charter sclegal products including model board policies, Student Code of Conduct, and a Personnel Handbook • Access to the Learning Zone, TCSA's robust online training portal, and discounted registration rates for the Texas Charter Schools Conference • Legal information and advice, as well as updates and alerts on specific matters pertaining to charter schools • Tools to engage parents on advocacy efforts with the Texas Legislature • Access to a growing market of solution providers and strategically - aligned partnerships with negotiated pricing and contract terms • Resources and advice for navigating TEA requirements for your school's growth and expansion • Representation in the rulemaking process with TEA to protect the interest of public charter scLegal information and advice, as well as updates and alerts on specific matters pertaining to charter schools • Tools to engage parents on advocacy efforts with the Texas Legislature • Access to a growing market of solution providers and strategically - aligned partnerships with negotiated pricing and contract terms • Resources and advice for navigating TEA requirements for your school's growth and expansion • Representation in the rulemaking process with TEA to protect the interest of public charter schools

Access to legal aid is reserved only for the very poorest, while the private bar is reserved only for the very richest, leaving the vast majority out in the cold facing not only exclusion from the justice system based on finances, but also based on knowledge given the complexity of the legal system and the inherent difficulties of self - representation.

Those who can not access legal advice (either through full - representation or unbundling), need a service (guide / helper / navigator) to hear the story, consider the process options and present a short list of viable alternatives that best meets the person's unique situation.

The conference focused on exploring innovative ways of using technology to promote full access and high - quality legal representation for low - income people.

The only guarantee here is that hundreds of thousands of working people are going to have their rights diminished and their access to free legal representation taken away.

At Preszler Law, we believe that everyone who has been injured in a serious auto accident deserves access to legal representation regardless of their ability to pay.

Our law firm has access to the resources, technology and knowledge of the nationally acclaimed Cochran Firm, founded by the late Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., who believed that every person, regardless of race, religion or gender, deserves high - quality legal representation.

AUSTIN — Business and community leader and advocate Priscilla Guajardo Cortez has been selected to lead Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, which helps low - income individuals access the civil justice system by providing volunteer attorneys who donate legal advice and representaLegal Services of Central Texas, which helps low - income individuals access the civil justice system by providing volunteer attorneys who donate legal advice and representalegal advice and representation.

The goal of the website is to expand access to justice by facilitating the sharing of information and resources among legal services advocates and by promoting pro bono representation by the private bar.

«[T] he most prevalent and acute access to civil justice needs of Ontarians, those for which legal advice and representation are most in demand, fall in the areas of family law, employment law, debt and consumer issues.»

Many people are hesitant to pursue justice because they are worried about the cost of an attorney, but at Morgan & Morgan, we believe all people should have access to high - quality legal representation.

Following the legal aid cuts introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO»), it is clear that access to justice has been severely limited — both in terms of the areas of law for which people can obtain publicly - funded legal advice and representation, and in relation to the proportion of people who are financially eligible for such legal legal aid cuts introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO»), it is clear that access to justice has been severely limited — both in terms of the areas of law for which people can obtain publicly - funded legal advice and representation, and in relation to the proportion of people who are financially eligible for such legal Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO»), it is clear that access to justice has been severely limited — both in terms of the areas of law for which people can obtain publicly - funded legal advice and representation, and in relation to the proportion of people who are financially eligible for such legal legal advice and representation, and in relation to the proportion of people who are financially eligible for such legal legal help.

Thompsons is proud to provide the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) legal service and to give members access to free legal advice and representation from our specialist personal injury and employment rights lawyers.

The Florida Bar Foundation strives to provide greater access to justice in Florida by: expanding and improving representation and advocacy on behalf of low - income persons in civil legal matters; improving the fair and effective administration of justice; and promoting public service among lawyers by making it an integral component of the law school experience.

Limited scope representation provides greater access to justice, as clients need not retain a lawyer for the whole life of a file, and can instead save money by ordering from a «menu» of legal services.

Family law will continue to be the most pressing area for legal reforms and access to justice, especially because those most in need are priced entirely out of the market for legal representation.

The Ministry of Justice claimed that the measures which will remove injured people's access to free or affordable, independent legal representation would tackle a «rampant compensation culture», however these figures clearly show that claims are already on the decline.

Our barristers (all independent self - employed practitioners) are regularly involved in providing legal advice and representation on a pro bono basis (i.e. without charge) for the benefit of individuals and organisations who might otherwise be unable to access legal assistance.

In other words, if you have a lawyer then you have a lawyer, and there is no relevant difference in terms of access to justice or the satisfaction of the accused's rights that could arise from the quality of that lawyer or her legal representation.

The test will exclude many people from access to legal help and representation in civil and family cases, including children who have been in the UK for a number of years, victims of trafficking, and even British nationals (unless they can show that they have lived here for at least a year).

It also provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the access to justice crisis and the plight of many vulnerable individuals who are without legal representation because of the significant reduction in the availability of legal aid.

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.

However, numerous stakeholders, including many in the legal community share a growing concern that access to justice is increasingly posing challenges to those who need it, and obstacles such as time, expense and representation stand in the way of securing this right for all Quebec citizens.

Third, the compulsory pro bono work served a wider objective of providing access to legal representation.

After three years at the University of San Francisco School of Law, I did as planned: I founded Bayview Hunters Point Community Legal, the first nonprofit in the country to guarantee the ability to access legal representation for everyone living in a single neighborLegal, the first nonprofit in the country to guarantee the ability to access legal representation for everyone living in a single neighborlegal representation for everyone living in a single neighborhood.

As with all of our locations, the attorneys at The Cochran Firm Houston provide each client with personalized representation while maintaining access to the enormous resources of our national legal team, enabling them to provide targeted and effective representation for every case.

The goals of the website are to expand access to justice by facilitating the sharing of information and resources among legal services advocates and by promoting pro bono representation by the private bar.

I was going to create a universal access center for legal representation for the residents of one of the poorest neighborhoods in San Francisco.

Part of Ovbiagele's motivation was the messy break up of his parents» marriage in the absence of their having too little money for proper legal representation — an access to justice issue.

The High Court judge, Mr Justice Francis, said that Parliament can not have intended for legal aid not to be available in such cases: «However, it does seem to me that when Parliament changed the law in relation to legal aid and significantly restricted the availability of legal aid, yet continued to make legal aid available in care cases where the state is seeking orders against parents, it can not have intended that parents in the position that these parents have been in should have no access to legal advice or representation... I am aware that there are many parents around the country in similar positions where their cases have been less public and where they have had to struggle to represent themselves.

From Richard Zorza's Access to Justice Blog comes word of an interesting new - ish paper1 on the role of nonlawyer representation (such as Washington state's Limited License Legal Technicians) in increasing access to juAccess to Justice Blog comes word of an interesting new - ish paper1 on the role of nonlawyer representation (such as Washington state's Limited License Legal Technicians) in increasing access to juaccess to justice.

Pretty much every report on self - represented litigants, from the work of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family to the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters to the CBA's Envisioning Equal Justice Initiative to the National Self - represented Litigants Project, agrees that the cost of legal representation is the number one barrier to accessible justice.

Unbundled legal services, also called limited - scope representation, has gained traction in recent years as a way to increase access to justice and reduce the cost of legal services.

As a matter of access to justice, it is in keeping with the best traditions of the legal profession to provide services pro bono and to reduce or waive a fee when there is hardship or poverty or the client or prospective client would otherwise be deprived of adequate legal advice or representation.

From time to time, Joseph has made a point of voluntarily representing clients who might not otherwise be able to afford legal representation, and he consistently provides self - help advice to individuals and small businesses in an effort to reduce their cost and increase their access to the judicial system.

We envision a Canada that ensures all members of society, can have access to justice and fair representation in all legal matters;

The Morgan & Morgan Business Trial Group believes that all people should have access to quality legal representation, regardless of income.

The EJC is a diverse group of more than 180 organizations and individuals committed to ensuring that poor people throughout Massachusetts have equal access to legal representation and to the courts.

At Morgan & Morgan we believe that every person should have access to quality legal representation, regardless of how much money they make.

He founded the firm in 1980 with the aim of providing clients with 24 hour access to high quality legal advice and representation in criminal law and civil litigation matters.

Instead of operating a less well funded legal aid style program, perhaps the profession could start addressing the structural issues that are contributing to the problem amorphously referred to as «access to justice» (which I am defining as a person's inability to obtain legal representation at a price they can afford) by:

The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) forcefully called on member states to respect prisoners» inherent dignity, allow access to medical care, protect vulnerable inmates and ensure access to legal representation.

The concept of unbundled legal services has been recognized as a measure to improve access to justice for those who fall into the wide and growing gap between Canadians who can afford full representation and those who qualify for legal aid.

The insurer outlined changes meant to have long - term positive impact on the legal representation rate among its clients, including resolving claims effectively and quickly «in a fair and reasonable manner» through streamlining determination of coverage and payment of benefits, implementing initiatives improving access to benefits and providing education to customers so they have more control over the claims process.

He says two factors are driving people to self - representation: frustration with the cost and access to the legal system, and a lack of legal information that people can access.