Sentences with phrase «of public interest attorneys»

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.

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

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.

The Equal Justice Works Fellowship program funds hundreds of public interest attorneys annually, each assisting vulnerable populations through a project of their own creation.

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.

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 Actpublic interest laws, the Equity Act 2010 and the Public Libraries and Museums ActPublic 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.

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Posted Sunday, September 20th, 2009 by Gregory Forman Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific

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, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, Visitation 6 Comments»

Posted Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 by Gregory Forman Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific