Sentences with phrase «promoting public interest law»

Equal Justice Works is focused on promoting public interest law amongst the next generation of lawyers.

As member of Equal Justice Works, the Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) is committed to promoting public interest law and community service.

Camilo Rodriguez is a third year law student at the Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in Tucson, and is dedicated to practicing and promoting public interest law in his community.

Not exact matches

Berg says she's more interested in seeing a package of bills being promoted by Rep. Craig Horn become law, which would invoke more systemic change in public schools through improving the teacher and principal pipelines.

The purpose behind these guidelines is to promote (i) honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; (ii) full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Trust files with, or submits to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Funds; (iii) compliance with applicable governmental laws, rule and regulations; (iv) the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Trust Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Trust Code; and (v) accountability for adherence to the Trust Code.

Partnering with the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) to protect the environment and promoting public interest environmental law in Latin America.

You claim that «the duty to advance the cause of justice and the rule of law, as well as to undertake measures to facilitate access to justice and protect the public interest, is also synonymous with a duty to «promote».

«The law society decided to commit to enhancing or promoting diversity and equality in the profession as a way of promoting the interests of the public.

The judge found that the Family Law Act, the Children's Law Reform Act and their related regulations work to promote the public interest.

The United States Supreme Court in Upjohn Company v. United States stated that the privilege's «purpose is to encourage full and frank communication between attorneys and their clients and thereby promote broader public interests in the observance of law and administration of justice.»

Private law proceedings contrast with public children proceedings where the child's interests are promoted by the child's guardian and legal representative.

A government - appointed Legal Services Board was established to oversee regulation by reference to eight «regulatory objectives» which were, confusingly given equal priority (the public interest, supporting the rule of law, improving access to justice, protecting and promoting consumers, promoting competition, encouraging a strong independent legal profession, increasing public understanding of citizens» rights and duties and maintaining a set of professional principles).

The mission of Washington Council of Lawyers is to promote pro-bono service and public - interest law.

These objectives include: protecting and promoting the public interest, supporting the constitutional principle of the rule of law, improving access to justice, protecting and promoting the interests of consumers of legal services, and promoting competition in the provision of legal services.

The objectives include «protect those who use legal services,» «promote the rule of law and the public interest in the justice system,» «promote access to legal services and the justice system,» and «establish required standards for professional responsibility and competence,» [6]

He is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and serves on a number of boards and committees, including the Australia Pro Bono Centre.In 2009, Ed was presented with an Australian Leadership Award, and in 2017, he was recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.From 2010 - 2016, Ed was chief executive of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, a leading non-profit organisation that promotes human rights through strategic litigation, policy development and education.Ed was previously a Senior Lecturer at UNSW Law School, a research director at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and a solicitor in private practice.

There are also going to easy questions, like, for example, whether a regulator acting under a public interest mandate should have an accurate name that the public understands or provide its imprimatur to — as one national newspaper has put it — a «gay - free» law school or, indeed, to take the highest profile example of late, require its members to act in ways that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.2 I don't say that these questions are easy because everyone will agree on them — clearly people have not and do not.

Rather than an across - the - board consent requirement, to protect individuals» privacy interests while also promoting public safety, we impose a set of procedural safeguards (described in more detail elsewhere in this regulation) that covered entities must ensure are met before disclosing protected health information to law enforcement officials.

The stated purpose of the Osgoode Society is «to study and promote public interest in the history of the law, the legal profession and the judiciary in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada and to stimulate research and publication on these subjects».

Law schools should therefore educate law students to adapt to complexity and change, and to embrace and promote change that is in the public intereLaw schools should therefore educate law students to adapt to complexity and change, and to embrace and promote change that is in the public interelaw students to adapt to complexity and change, and to embrace and promote change that is in the public interest.

Should Bill 28 to become law, HRPA would also be required by law to promote and protect the public interest.

The Issues Mobilization Grant, which is part of NAR's Campaign Services, provides financial assistance to state and local REALTOR ® associations to organize and manage effective state and local issue advocacy campaigns to promote positions on public policies (government laws, regulations, courses of action and funding priorities) that affect REALTOR ® interests.

Projects will be evaluated on their originality, innovation, benefits, goal attainability, and how strongly they support ARELLO jurisdictions in the administration and enforcement of real estate license laws to promote and protect public interest.