Sentences with phrase «of enhancing access to justice»

ABS was first proposed as a means of enhancing access to justice.

Such class actions permit the disgorgement of unlawful gains and serve not only the purposes of enhance access to justice and judicial economy, but also the broader purpose of behaviour modification.

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We will do the needful to ensure that the Centre serves the purposes to which it was built through regular access of the Centre on justice administration to enhance both civil and criminal justice adjudication», Aregbesola added.

The Office's goals are to enhance the economic, civic, and social integration of immigrant New Yorkers; facilitate access to justice for immigrant New Yorkers; and advocate for continued immigration reforms at all levels of government in order to eliminate inequities that impact New York's immigrant communities.

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.

This is the question that I was asking myself as I participated a recent workshop on enhancing access to justice in the area of family law, coordinated by the Manitoba Law Foundation and facilitated by John Paul Boyd.

It goes to the MBF to fund programs in Massachusetts that increase access to justice and that enhance the administration of justice.

As part of its mandate to protect the public interest, the Nova Scotia Barristers» Society is engaged in access to justice issues across Nova Scotia, through its Equity Program and enhanced consultation with other key players in the administration of justice.

A not - for - profit campaign organisation, APIL's 3,800 member lawyers are dedicated to changing the law, protecting and enhancing access to justice, & improving services provided for victims of personal injury.

The expert ministry would retain the responsibility of developing policy, while enhancing efficiency and access to justice by utilizing existing experience and expertise.

I am honored to serve as a trustee of this important charitable organization, which is dedicated to ensuring equal access to justice and to enhancing the administration of justice and understanding of the law.

I suspect that the real heavy lifting in enhancing access to justice is a matter of procedural reform — specialized decision - making bodies with extremely simplified procedural rules for specific civil law issues (something that actually already exists in certain areas such as Landlord / Tenant, but could be further improved upon), wider permissions for over-the-counter motions, fewer unnecessary court appearances, fewer procedurally - mandated appearances (e.g., going from a Case Conference to a Settlement Conference to a Trial Management Conference, and possibly further, before you can get to a family law trial), and so on.

The projects I have participated in as a supervising lawyer have without exception been well organized and effective both to develop and strengthen students» legal skills and to enhance access to justice through the enthusiastic effort of the student volunteers.

These developments illustrate a fundamental issue that most common law jurisdictions will need to address as they turn, increasingly, to consensual dispute resolution («CDR») processes like mediation and JDR in an effort to enhance access to justice in an environment of fiscal restraint.

There are many roads to enhancing access to justice across Canada and I have been fortunate to travel several of these via involvement with Manitoba organizations like Legal Aid Manitoba, Community Legal Education Association, Fort Garry Women's Resource Centre and Legal Help Centre of Winnipeg.

With all the recent cutbacks to compensation and restrictions on the rights of injured people to access the civil justice system, it's nice, for a change, to be able to highlight some positive changes introduced by the government that will actually help protect and enhance the rights of injured people.

If we were to draw on their collective wisdom to tackle the issues of access to justice with a multi-disciplinary approach, not only would we enhance the discussion, but we would also broaden the range of potential solutions to issues identified.

One of the justifications for a local final appellate court was that it would enhance access to justice as litigants would not have to bear the costs of travel to the United Kingdom.

In the course of an access to justice oriented post-mortem of the previous review of licensing requirements, published here, I outline some of the access to justice - enhancing options then proposed (but dismissed).

Several studies on using technology to enhance access to justice have called for the creation of statewide legal portals, most notably the LSC's December 2013 Report of The Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to Juaccess to justice have called for the creation of statewide legal portals, most notably the LSC's December 2013 Report of The Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to Jjustice have called for the creation of statewide legal portals, most notably the LSC's December 2013 Report of The Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to JuAccess to JusticeJustice.

Over the last year or so, there have been a number of developments that suggest the beginning of a new era for ODR and an increasing recognition that ODR can be an important vehicle for enhancing access to justice.

Whenever there is a conversation about using technology to enhance access to justice for the poor, there is sure to be talk of A2J Author.

The idea of using technology to enhance access to justice is nothing new.

In a move aimed at enhancing access to justice, the Legal Services Corporation announced today that it is partnering with Microsoft Corporation and Pro Bono Net to develop state legal portals to direct individuals with civil legal needs to the most appropriate forms of assistance.

(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.

What I detected at the Policy Day was a general feeling among Ontario lawyers (certainly in the break out group I attended), that any rule change that results in an increase in the number of settlements enhances access to justice and enhances the reputation of the administration of justice.

-- Examine issues of significant interest and importance — Develop recommendations designed to improve the administration of Ontario's justice system and — Enhance access to justice.

In enhancing access to legal services and the justice system, «We will be accountable for collaboration with other partners in the justice system for specific positive change in the area of access to justice for equity - seeking groups,» he said.

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.

We hope and believe that sensible and dedicated members of the Ontario Family Bar can and will get behind this proposal, make sure that the new licensing training program is as good as it can possibly be, and work alongside family paralegals to enhance Access to Justice for Ontarians.

As I write in my column this week at Above the Law, these grants provide tangible, real - world examples of how technology is being used to enhance access to justice and narrow the justice gap.

An explicit aspect of the Law Commission of Ontario's mandate is to «consider technology as a means to enhance access to justice».

The Nova Scotia Barristers» Society is committed to enhancing the access of all Nova Scotians to both the justice system and legal services across the province.

At ROSS, we are committed to partnering with national and state bar associations, like the New Hampshire Bar Association, state and local - level access - to - justice commissions, the courts, pro bono and public interest groups, legal services organizations and law schools throughout the country, to not only enhance the delivery of legal services to those in need but to offer support to the heroic work already being performed by those on the front lines.

The commission was created to expand access to and enhance the quality of justice in civil legal matters for low - income Oklahomans, Combs said.

The Commission listed and discussed four «potential benefits» of ABS (increased access to justice, enhanced financial flexibility, enhanced operational flexibility, and increased cost - effectiveness and quality of service) and four «potential risks» (threat to lawyers» core values, decreased pro bono work, threat to attorney - client privilege, and failure to deliver identified benefits).

Overwhelming majorities of voters believe it is important to «ensure that everyone has access to the civil justice system» and «strongly support a wide range of services to enhance access.»

On the one hand, the Court noted that this was a claim for $ 60,000 under Simplified Procedure and access to justice principles of timeliness, affordability and proportionality favour using its enhanced powers.

In the process of designing and building these applications, the students have learnt how to manage a small project, have practiced engaging with clients, have thought creatively about how technology can enhance access to justice, and have gained valuable experience building an expert system,» Bennett Moses added.

Since the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark decision in Hryniak v Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, summary judgment has been lauded as an effective tool to enhance access to justice and achieve cost - effective results for litigants.

On the first day of the JDP, we had the opportunity to hear from Nicole Aylwin, Assistant Director of the Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution, and Kari Boyle, Coordinator of the BC Family Justice Innovation Lab (@BCFamInnovLab), about the importance of adopting a user - centered approach to enhance access to jJustice Innovation Lab (@BCFamInnovLab), about the importance of adopting a user - centered approach to enhance access to justicejustice.

A not - for - profit campaign organisation, APIL's 4,700 member lawyers (mainly solicitors, barristers and legal executives) are dedicated to changing the law, protecting and enhancing access to justice, and improving the services provided for victims of personal injury.

Pro bono law is consistently characterized as something that lawyers should do, as well as an important tool for enhancing access to justice, especially for Canadians of limited means.

Another highlight of Forum 2012 will be the Canada Showcase — How Technology is Enhancing Access to Justice in Four Canadian Jurisdictions.

We should not lose sight of the fact that the promise of arbitration to enhance access to justice remains.

Building a culture of wellness and self - care throughout the legal profession is key to enhancing the public profile of the profession, to drawing and retaining new talent into the profession, thereby supporting access to justice efforts and to reducing risk of malpractice, competence and quality of service claims against lawyers.

Facing the overwhelming case for systems change — recognizing and responding to the large and rising number of individuals who can not afford legal counsel and are representing themselves in court — requires us to be open to re-thinking and re-working the way that legal and court services are conceived and offered to enhance Access to Justice.

The experiential portion places our fellows at a legal aid organization that is engaged in the development of innovative technology projects to address the crisis in access to justice and enhance service delivery.

In this spirit, Anand often steps forward to defend the defenseless, fulfilling his professional obligation and offering steadfast support to enhance access to justice for all in pro bono representation of impecunious accused persons under the auspices of the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences (LASCO) and the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS).

Enhanced public access to justice will promote the rule of law without which lawyers — and society as a whole — are out of business.