Sentences with phrase «on civil legal»

The idea was to identify locations in Mississippi where meaningful, smart strategies that looked at economic justice issues on the civil legal aid side, could make a real impact.

Overall spending on civil legal aid for 2016 was # 676m compared to # 709m in 2015.

In its report on the civil legal aid reforms two years ago, the House of Commons Justice Select Committee concluded that LASPO has «harmed access to justice» for some litigants (page 75, para 50) and that the MoJ should take steps to remedy the problems it had identified.

This case has had such a significant impact on civil legal proceedings in the courts in Ontario, including with respect to the access to justice, that it has, in the course of three years since the decision was released, been cited in more than 2,300 reported decisions of the courts in Canada and over 1,400 cases in Ontario alone.

In the 1990s, U. S. per capita government spending on civil legal services for poor people ranged around $ 2.25.

This Part draws on civil legal needs surveys, surveys with lawyers, and data from interviews with litigants.

The Dutch LAB is now putting a greater emphasis on people being able to obtain early advice on civil legal problems.

Qualifying projects under Elder Justice AmeriCorps program include support for attorneys on civil legal aid cases involving elder abuse, or on civil legal cases for other indigent clients.

January 31, 2017 — «With funding for civil legal aid in Florida at its lowest point in 10 years, a new study shows that every dollar spent on civil legal services for the state's low - income residents yields more than $ 7 in economic impacts.

The LSC told the committee that there were 11 consultations on the present criminal legal aid reform proposals, seven on civil legal aid and one cross-cutting consultation.

The U of T group has conducted a review of literature on civil legal needs, identifying debtor / creditor issues, employment law, and family law matters as the most pressing areas for increased service.

«Thanks to a generous grant from the Public Welfare Foundation, the National Legal Aid & Defender Association has developed this research database providing free access to research reports and other documents about evidence - based practices and research results on civil legal aid.

In 2012, Ms. Paul was one of only six legal aid program directors invited to participate in the first White House Forum on civil Legal Aid.

Organization: The Victim Rights Law Center (VRLC) is a nonprofit law center that provides free legal representation to victims of rape and sexual assault throughout Massachusetts and in Oregon, and national training and support for lawyers and advocates on the civil legal needs of rape and sexual assault victims.

Law firm experience (2 + years) with background in family law preferred, experience in support of litigation and commitment working with low - income and / or vulnerable clients and communities on civil legal matters also a plus.

Adding its voice to the growing clamour for the government to look again at the cuts it imposed on civil legal aid, last month LAG published Justice in freefall.

This case has had such a significant impact on civil legal proceedings in the courts in Ontario, including with respect to the access to justice, that it has, in the course of one year since the decision was released, been cited in more than 400 reported decisions of the courts in Canada.

The Court's reasoning for creating the LLLT program is based on the Civil Legal Needs Study, which led to two conclusions.

These cases already account for half of the expenditure on civil legal aid and while the number of cases completed was slightly down on the previous quarter the higher levels of spending appears to be a trend which is likely to continue given the wider picture around child protection policy.

First, the Court and proponents of the LLLT program stated that, based on the Civil Legal Needs Study findings, the high cost of lawyers is the primary cause of the justice gap.

«Comments on Civil Legal Service Providers.»

It appears that the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is having problems finding enough firms willing to take on civil legal aid work.

At 10 a.m., de Blasio testifies at a public hearing on civil legal services, Appellate Division Courthouse, 25th Street and Madison Avenue, Manhattan.

Not exact matches

«A ruling by a single judge in one circuit can not and does not undo the years of clear legal precedent nationwide establishing that transgender students have the right to go to school without being singled out for discrimination,» said a statement from five groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), that have filed «friend of the court» briefs on behalf of transgender students.

Cook wrote that the government should drop the legal request and instead «form a commission or other panel of experts on intelligence, technology, and civil liberties, to discuss the implications for law enforcement, national security, privacy, and personal freedom.»

Shannon Minter, a transgender man who is legal director of the San Francisco - based National Center for Lesbian Rights, said many transgender civil - rights gains of recent years are based on federal statutes and court precedents that can not be quickly undone.

After the sweeping Republican election victory on Nov. 9, 2016, transgender people «are concerned for their safety, survival and legal rights in the coming years,» said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who often works on transgender issues.

He has also Chaired the Tax Section's Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee, which addresses issues relating to all aspects of criminal and civil tax controversy throughout the country and served on the Section's Committee on Appointments to the U.S. Tax Court as well as serving as Vice-Chair, IRS Liaison of the Section's Continuing Legal Education (CLE) CommiCivil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee, which addresses issues relating to all aspects of criminal and civil tax controversy throughout the country and served on the Section's Committee on Appointments to the U.S. Tax Court as well as serving as Vice-Chair, IRS Liaison of the Section's Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Commicivil tax controversy throughout the country and served on the Section's Committee on Appointments to the U.S. Tax Court as well as serving as Vice-Chair, IRS Liaison of the Section's Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee.

Her organization, ACT for America, has been criticized by Muslim Advocates, a legal advocacy organization focused on the civil rights of Muslim citizens.

To participate effectively in a constitutive dialogue carried on in the venue of the courts, one must be a member of the priestly class of our civil religion: a lawyer or someone with a large measure of legal knowledge.

I have also written critically of blacks» continued reliance on civil - rights - era protest and legal strategies, and of the propagation of affirmative action throughout our employment and educational institutions.

«That Sudan continues to prosecute these men, and without even allowing them free access to their legal team, makes a mockery of the judicial process and is a clear violation of fair trial principles, as articulated in Article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) and Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Sudan is a party.

[6] «There is no legal requirement for a ceremony to make a civil marriage legal, and the law on civil partnerships (available from 5th December this year) mirrors civil marriage.

Santorum claims the USA is the shining star on the hill, but while in Europe gays can enter civil unions which are providing the same legal protection and rights as normal weddings the USA is fighting over this and call this an attack on family values.

@Salero21 — break it down I «am so totally stomping on the Cons - ti - tu - tional, civil and Legal Rights of atheists ---- You forgot Human Rights.

I «am so totally stomping on the Const - ti - tu - tional, civil and Legal Rights of atheists and there's nothing they poor people can do about it!

I «am so totally stomping on the Cons - ti - tu - tional, civil and Legal Rights of atheists and there's nothing they poor people can do about it!

DV goes on to insist that civil legislation must give legal protection to human embryos: «The inalienable rights of the person must be recognised and respected by civil society and the political authority,» and these include «every human being's right to life and physical integrity from the moment of conception until natural death».

Jesus never condemns civil authorities for executing murderers but builds on existing legal penalties to drive home the point that much much worse is coming down the pike for those who are unrepentant — eternal judgment.

Here's a Commission press release: The United States Commission on Civil Rights announces that it will hold a briefing to examine recent legal....

Granted, the outcome may not be a sharply defined «civil religion» — one that could be universally recognized as such — but at the least it can be anticipated that some kind of «political religion» will be more likely to emerge in societies where legal structures take on meaning - bestowal qualities.6 Obviously such political religion can emerge in «totalitarian» as well as «democratic» societies, but in either setting it will be the law and not mere coercion that facilitates social development.

fishon — I'm curious as to what you would do if, when eventually you do speak to that couple about them living together, they say they have a different view on what the Bible teaches (either on sex outside of marriage or the definition of marriage — i.e.: not requiring a civil / legal marriage).

«With his work at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and to be just the third African American on the state's highest court, he exhibited a lifelong advocacy for civil rights.

Liberal Democrats have an outstanding track record on civil liberties, although their greatest champion on the issue, Chris Huhne, is currently off fighting a legal case.

A «participative process» was finally implemented in November 2014, based on civil society «volunteers» who counted on legal protection and some infrastructures of the Catalan government.

Late last month Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Clifford Stanley issued a memo which stated that chaplains may officiate the marriage and civil union ceremonies of gay couples in states where it's legal, including those taking place on military installations.

Others are: Chief Okoi Obono - obla, Special Assistant on Prosecution to President Muhammadu Buhari (who will give some introductory remarks); Babatunde Ogala former Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly's Committee on Judiciary; Mr Tayo Oyetibo SAN; Mr. Levi Adikwaone Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikorodu Branch; Nurudeen Ogbara NBA Ikorodu Chairman Legal Education; and representatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission; the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC); the media, and civil society.

This would make it legal for civil partnerships to be registered on the premises of religious associations who wish to do so, without creating any obligation on the part of those religious groups who do not wish to do that.

We sought the repeal of the twin legal bans on same - sex civil marriages and opposite - sex civil partnerships; pressing for both systems to be open to all couples, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

The government stated that there are 1,390 cases on civil litigations (legal disputes between two or more parties that seek money damages or specific performance rather than criminal sanctions) in Magistrate, High Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Nigeria.