Sentences with phrase «public interest mandate by»

However, once we peel back even a few layers of the onion skin, it quickly becomes apparent that any type of robust embrace of a public interest mandate by Canadian law societies is a relatively modern phenomenon.

Not exact matches

«The principle that requested information should be disclosed if there is an overriding public interest in having access to information, has been reaffirmed in the Joint Declaration adopted by the UN, OSCE and OAS special mandates on freedom of expression.»

«The strict secrecy of grand jury proceedings — originating in medieval England and mandated in New York by statute — can be detrimental to access to justice and public debate over issues of compelling public interest,» Lippman said in his annual address, known as the State of the Judiciary.

The Advisory Board, which is mandated by the Older Americans Act, helps conducts annual public hearings; represent the interests of older persons; and reviews and comments on community policies, programs and actions, which affect older persons.

Mr. Hikind might start by taking an interest in working toward the restoration of the public school system and the lack of adherence to the NYS mandates in teaching subjects such as math and science in many of the private schools in the East Ramapo Central School District.

How does that serve the public interest, as mandated by every broadcast license issued to CBS stations by the FCC?

Despite the reluctance of school administrators to speak up and push back against this ludicrous accountability exercise that has been promoted by politicians and corporate education reformers who have many self - interested reasons for maintaining this misguided testing endeavor, it is well - known that the «standardized» testing mandate only serves to continue the false narrative of failing American public education in order to drive the profit - making agenda of those who seek to privatize education and undermine the public trust.

By Anne B. Pope, Executive Director — The Tennessee General Assembly created the Tennessee Arts Commission in 1967 with the special mandate to stimulate and encourage the presentation of the visual, literary, music and performing arts and to encourage public interest in the cultural heritage

The Tennessee Arts Commission was created in 1967 by the Tennessee General Assembly with the special mandate to stimulate and encourage the presentation of the visual, literary, music and performing arts and to encourage public interest in the cultural heritage of Tennessee.

Why the lack of attention to oversight by the AG (who like the Law Society, is mandated to act in the public interest)?

But because lawyers and some other professions such as medicine and engineering can drive demand for our services, it is necessary that such professionals be regulated by profession - specific bodies mandated to act in the public interest.

The mandate of the NCA is to help Canada's law societies protect the public interest by assessing the legal education and professional experience of individuals who obtained their credentials outside of Canada or in a Canadian civil law program.

Our CPD Requirement is a flexible and convenient method to ensure lawyers meet both their professional duty of competence and the Society's public interest mandate, by implementing a regulatory program to ensure the ongoing competence and professionalism of lawyers in Nova Scotia.

The CPD Requirement is a flexible and convenient method to ensure lawyers meet both their professional duty of competence in the delivery of legal services and the Society's public interest mandate, by implementing a regulatory program to ensure the ongoing competence and professionalism of lawyers in Nova Scotia.

The Law Society is mandated by legislation to govern in the public interest and it does so.

To ensure that the public interest is kept as the foremost consideration when cases are handled by private attorneys on contingency fee basis, the bill mandates that a government attorney retains complete control over the litigation.

In short, the public interest mandate under the Teaching Profession Act was limited to regulating the conduct (or likely conduct) of teachers, it did not extent to remedying the perceived wrongs inflicted by TWU's code of conduct.

Through its mandate PHPIC represents the interests of its members and the public by promoting and enhancing members professionalism and competency.

«Despite its mission, which is restricted to protecting the public, the OACIQ is perceived, especially by brokers themselves, as a body mandated to defend the business interests of brokers and agencies, with the result that its role in this respect melds with that of the real estate boards and their federation,» says the report.

Its mandate is to protect the public interest by enforcing the licensing and licensee conduct requirements of the Real Estate Services Act (RESA), Regulation and Council Rules.