Sentences with phrase «pursuing public interest»

LAFLA invites recent law school graduates interested in pursuing a public interest legal career to submit fellowship applications.

Pursuing public interest causes, especially good ones, can help a firm's reputation quite a bit, as well as result in a massive uptick in potential client interest.

The Girl's Guide to Law School site has a section dedicated to pursuing a public interest legal career.

IIT Chicago - Kent is dedicated to supporting students, alumni and those in the legal community pursuing the public interest through its Certificate in Public Interest Law, initiatives, events, curriculum, student organizations and faculty.

It underlined that Article 16 EEA served the purpose of allowing EEA Member States to pursue public interest aims through the maintenance of commercial monopolies, so long as operators and traders from other EEA States were not put at a disadvantage in law or fact through the operation of such monopolies (paras 51 - 52).

The Clinic seeks to instill in students a sense of professionalism and encourages them to pursue public interest law careers or to devote substantial portions of their legal practices to providing pro bono legal assistance to the poor.

Law students considering a career in public interest law have often pursued public interest law fellowships upon leaving school.

EPIC pursues public interest litigation, conducts public education, testifies in Congress, organizes conferences, coordinates grassroots advocacy, and publishes books, reports, and an online newsletter.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today reacted negatively to a letter from the Chair of the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) rejecting PIAC's call for the CRTC to pursue a public inquiry into reported inappropriate, aggressive and potentially misleading sales of communications serPublic Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today reacted negatively to a letter from the Chair of the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) rejecting PIAC's call for the CRTC to pursue a public inquiry into reported inappropriate, aggressive and potentially misleading sales of communications serpublic inquiry into reported inappropriate, aggressive and potentially misleading sales of communications services.

The high cost of education and the burden of student debt prevents many from pursuing and remaining in public interest careers.

«Trump's election should have triggered alarm bells in Ottawa about the dangers of pursuing trade agreements that promote corporate interests at the expense of the public's.

Whereas traditionally a start - up with a promising idea would sell its business plan to interested angel investors, later commit to sequential funding rounds in which venture capital investors would provide scale - up financing in return for a slice of equity, before eventually pursuing an initial public offering (if very successful) to sell some or all of its shares to the general public, the ICO can offer a novel and much faster approach.

The Justice Department accuses the insurers of pursuing profit over the interests of the public, casting Bertolini as an anti-consumer CEO.

The message of this book is that democratic life should be conceived not as an enterprise of autonomous men, no matter how clever they may be in organizing to pursue their interests, but as a way of realizing the Will of Heaven — that is, of doing the truth and serving the right in which man's proper being and destiny consist, This is another manner of signifying the «public philosophy» earlier mentioned.

Robert Bellah has shown that American culture from its early beginnings has held two views in tension: on the one hand, the biblical understanding of community based on the notion of charity for all members, a community supported by public and private virtue; and, on the other hand, the utilitarian understanding that community is a neutral state which allows individuals to pursue the maximization of their self - interest.16.

The utilitarian tradition believed in a neutral state in which individuals would be allowed to pursue the maximization of their self - interest and the product would be public and private prosperity.

The resulting public interest and inquiries prompted Bartelt to pursue the continual development of packaging machinery.

In an email to SB Nation, NCAA Director of Public and Media Relations Stacey Osburn sent the following statement: «The NCAA is always interested in pursuing behaviors that harm college sports, including recruiting violations.

Arsene Wenger is known to have been pursuing Ivory Coast international Tiote for some time and the tough tackler's public comments on his interest in completing such a deal may well have brought the situation to something of a head.

Never again should public servants be permitted to pursue such a self - interested stratagem.»

This guilty plea underscores our unwavering commitment to hold responsible those who abuse their authority and pursue their own financial interests instead of the public interest.»

People who go into public life, they want to act in the public interest, to pursue the national interest, to do things for other people, to make the country, make the world a better place.

«Ministers do not appear to be interested in making our public services better, they are pursuing a political agenda to undermine them and sell them off.»

The FT disapprovingly quotes our manifesto «The conservatives often talk about economic and social crises as if they are unavoidable, a law of nature... Conservatives have pursued a policy of blind faith in the market - serving the interests of the few rather than the general public...».

The fundamental problem is that the WFP isn't a real political party — it's an agglomeration of public - employee unions dedicated to pursuing union interests, and to hell with everybody else.

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.

He told The Post in an e-mail that his «office is working closely with the Conflicts of Interest Board and other relevant entities to ensure that public - private partnerships are pursued in the proper manner.»

This is the key to the law's success or failure — advocates know this and are going to energetically pursue something that gives full voice to public concerns and interests.

«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.

Foster urged ambassadors interested in getting involved in public policy at a local, state or national level to pursue that route, saying scientists and those with technical backgrounds can have a positive impact at any level.

The «Me» in «Medicine» Numerous researchers are currently delving into Poldrack's public datasets and have expressed interest in pursuing their own MyConnectome - style studies, this time involving multiple individuals.

They found a gratifying public interest but a frustrating lack of money to pursue saurian research.

With revelations spread over more than a decade, between late 2003 and 2017 Brian Deer pursued a landmark public interest investigation for The Sunday Times of London, the United Kingdom's Channel 4 Television network and BMJ, the British Medical Journal, into allegations linking the three - in - one measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) with claims of a terrifying new syndrome of bowel and brain damage in children.

NHGRI regularly receives inquiries from geneticists and genomicists interested in pursuing science and health policy, but who are not eligible for the NHGRI / ASHG Genetics and Public Policy Fellowship.

While the contest is open to male and female students, the companies selected Rosalind Elsie Franklin as a figurehead for the contest to support their joint interest in encouraging young female scientists to pursue career paths in chemistry and to increase public awareness of an important female scientist.

This program supports rising seniors from a public high school within San Francisco who have an interest in pursuing careers in science.

THE DEAL — Dec 30 — Internet companies pursuing initial public offerings in 2005 can expect a reinvigorated IPO market bolstered by strong investor interest.

FIRST, founded in 1989 and based in Manchester, NH, is a not - for - profit public charity designed to inspire young people's interest and engagement in science and technology, and to motivate them to pursue education and career opportunities in STEM fields.

According to Feistritzer, the «old way» of training public school teachers — putting undergraduates through an education major — does not suit many of today's candidates, who get interested in the profession only after completing a degree in science or the humanities or spending several years pursuing another career.

We just trust that the public purpose of subsidizing education will be served by people pursuing their own interests.

By a 61 percent to 39 percent margin, they voted to repeal a law to gut collective bargaining rights, making clear that educators and other public employees have a basic right in a democracy to band together and pursue their interests.

ASBO International offers members professional growth and development programs, administers a scholarship fund to help members continue professional training, participates with other public - interest groups in pursuing common goals, honors outstanding members annually in two special awards programs, and recognizes school systems with outstanding comprehensive annual financial reports.

She is particularly interested in public, broad - access, four - year institutions and received the inaugural Graduate NYC Dissertation Fellowship in 2015 - 2016 to pursue her dissertation research within this context.

Affiliate Members are educators of groups of educators wishing to pursue similar public school interests.

To help other districts and schools interested in learning more or pursuing blended learning, Raise Your Hand Texas also launched a public blended learning resource portal with curated national resources and materials, as well as content created exclusively for the Raising Blended Learners initiative.

They conclude with recommendations for policies that help ensure that charter schools pursue their publicly established goals and that protect the public interest.»

The U.S. Department of Transportation is encouraging projects to make the Build America Bureau their first stop when thinking about accessing federal credit programs, or if they are interested in pursuing other innovative finance strategies a public private partnership.

At Touro Law, we have a longstanding commitment to support our graduates who choose to pursue careers in the public interest.

The program recognizes the fact that government and public interest jobs offer excellent opportunities for John Marshall graduates, but the necessity of paying school loans and the lower pay levels of these jobs can discourage graduates from pursuing these positions.