Sentences with phrase «public interest law project»

Andrew Ardinger, whose start date at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe was deferred, is spending a year with the Public Interest Law Project (PILP), a civil legal services support and resource organization that works with partners throughout California.

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A project of the public interest law firm Frank Bold.

In sum, what started last April with a call to action to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to prevent a mega fossil energy project from threatening a primary source of fresh water has grown into a public interest campaign with powerful implications for energy development, the environment, and the rule of law.

Only after intense public criticism, the Liberals came up with «five conditions» that must be met in order to approve the project — conditions which largely already exist in law, and do little to actually protect B.C.'s interests.

«Despite the unnecessary cost increases associated with the prevailing wage law, special interests in Albany are pushing for prevailing wage to be expanded to projects that are not entirely paid for with public funds.

Blair Horner, of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said that the law has served as a distraction in a year when Albany has been rocked by the conviction of two former legislative leaders and a federal investigation into Cuomo's economic development projects.

The team became interested in curiosity because of its ongoing collaborative research project to improve public engagement with science documentaries involving the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and Tangled Bank Studios at the Howard Hughes Medical Insproject to improve public engagement with science documentaries involving the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and Tangled Bank Studios at the Howard Hughes Medical Instpublic engagement with science documentaries involving the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and Tangled Bank Studios at the Howard Hughes Medical InsProject at Yale Law School, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and Tangled Bank Studios at the Howard Hughes Medical InstPublic Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and Tangled Bank Studios at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

CDF grew out of the Civil Rights Movement, following Edelman's work in Washington Research Project — a public interest law firm she founded that monitored federal programs for low - income families.

As Philadelphia schools open under a second year of Doomsday budget proportions, Parents United for Public Education, the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Media Mobilizing Project, and State Sen. Vincent Hughes announced the re-launching of the website http://www.myphillyschools.com and encouraged parents to file formal complaints with the Pennsylvania Dept. of Education...

But Gabe Elsner, co-director of the public watchdog group Checks and Balances Project, said the legislation and economic reports amount to «a one - two punch against clean energy laws across the country» by fossil - fuel interests.

Professor Elizabeth Cooke, the Law Commissioner leading the project, says: «There is a public interest in the development of the modern, high quality residential, office and commercial development that we need in our town and city centres.

Bill developed extensive experience spanning several decades handling a myriad of natural gas and electric matters for some of the largest end - users in the State, representing the interests of individual users in a multitude of energy - related projects, transactions, and complaint proceedings, as well as representing groups of customers as intervenors in major utility rate proceedings before the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, the Office of Administrative Law and other bodies.

Increasingly, Justia devoted itself to public - interest projects — notably the Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center and Recall Warnings — and to building Justia into the kind of legal resource that FindLaw had earlier foreshadowed, adding such innovations as Justia Dockets & Filings, the Justia Supreme Court Center, BlawgSearch for searching law - related blogs, Blawgs.fm for searching law - related podcasts, and LegalBirds for finding legal professionals on Twitter.

As a collaborative project among over 200 American and Canadian law schools, PSJD is a free resource for law students and alumni of subscriber schools to search among thousands of public interest job opportunities and employer profiles.

Professor Perlmutter has received the National Association of Counsel for Children's 2003 Outstanding Legal Advocacy Award, the Clinical Legal Education Association's 2003 Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Law Case or Project, two Florida Bar Foundation Steven M. Goldstein First Runner - Up Awards for Excellence (in 2001 and 2003), and the Florida Bar Public Interest Law Section's Honorable Hugh S. Glickstein Child Advocacy Award, given to the members of the Florida Bar Commission on the Legal Needs of Children in 2002.

The University of Miami Law School's Health and Elder Clinic received the prestigious Clinical Legal Education Association's Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Case of Project after their work with the Haitian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Process.

HOPE Public Interest Resource Center Miami Scholars Public Interest Program CEPS - Center for Ethics & Public Service Historic Black Church Program PREP - Professional Responsibility & Ethics Miami STREET LAW Oral History Film Project

In addition to the Glickstein Award, which Perlmutter received in 2002, he has received many other honors for his advocacy, including the National Association of Counsel for Children's Outstanding Legal Advocacy Award, the Clinical Legal Education Association's Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Law Case or Project, the C. Clyde Atkins Civil Liberties Award from the Greater Miami Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the inaugural Miami - Dade County Children's Trust Champion for Children Award, and the Mental Health Advocate of the Year Award from the Florida Statewide Advocacy Council.

This project would draw out those talented law student / programmers who see a way for them to make a public interest contribution as well as further their future careers.»

Our barristers act for individuals who believe their rights have been violated and for leading human rights organisations such as Liberty, the Public Law Project and Public Interest Lawyers.

Our pro bono program has received numerous awards from legal service organizations, including Pro Bono Project, California Lawyers for the Arts, Public Interest Law Firm and the Santa Clara County Bar Association.

This highly competitive program includes a nine week, full - time internship at a public interest organization, a public Interest law seminar, and a legal research and writing interest organization, a public Interest law seminar, and a legal research and writing Interest law seminar, and a legal research and writing project.

At the risk of having this article go on too long, I want to point out a small sample of projects which underline the diversity of work being done in public interest law.

Current CAJT projects include the law school's Public Interest Certificate program; A2J Author, a collaboration with the Center for Computer - Assisted Legal Instruction to build new computer interfaces for self - represented litigants; and the Self - Help Web Center at the Cook County Courthouse in the Daley Center, where law student volunteers help self - represented litigants to use technology tools developed at CAJT.

A Commitment to Transparency and Openness Lex Machina started in 2009 as a public interest project — a unique collaboration between Stanford's Law School and Computer Science Department, designed to bring openness and transparency to patent lLaw School and Computer Science Department, designed to bring openness and transparency to patent lawlaw.

This article begins by presenting some examples of organizations dedicated to law practiced in the public interest followed by a few interesting projects in this domain.

Over four months, teams identify a discrete law - related social justice problem and develop a Project of Worth: an implementable solution to that problem combining innovative business principles with public interest goals to affect change and create value.

Lex Machina was founded in 2006 as a public interest project of Stanford's law school and computer science department; it spun out in 2010 as the first legal analytics company of its kind, according to founder and Stanford Law Professor Mark Lemllaw school and computer science department; it spun out in 2010 as the first legal analytics company of its kind, according to founder and Stanford Law Professor Mark LemlLaw Professor Mark Lemley.

Working with Fenske on the project was Public Interest Law Centre executive director Byron Williams and Joelle Pastora Sala, who was a law student when the paper was being written and is now articling at PILaw Centre executive director Byron Williams and Joelle Pastora Sala, who was a law student when the paper was being written and is now articling at PIlaw student when the paper was being written and is now articling at PILC.

The Barrett Social Justice Fellowship honors the legacy of renowned Nashville civil rights attorney George Barrett ’57 by enabling a Vanderbilt Law graduate to carry out a one - year public interest project under the supervision and sponsorship of a host organization.

The project was generated by PILnet's Global Pro Bono Clearinghouse, which disseminates pro bono opportunities for law firm and in - house lawyers to support the work of public interest lawyers around the world.

For those interested in violating computer laws — please, don't — and those interested in computer security research projects, a developer named Arnau, based in Spain, has published a proof - of - concept walkthrough for hacking public Wi - Fi networks to inject crypto - mining code in connected browsing sessions.

Rhyannon has a keen interest in access to justice and is an active volunteer with the Edmonton Community Legal Centre's civil and family law projects where she provides legal assistance to low income individuals and gives free public presentations on various family and civil law topics.

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.