Sentences with phrase «qualify for legal aid funding»

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In this way, once up and running, a CLAF would fund litigation for those who don't have the resources to achieve it and wouldn't qualify for legal aid.

The Legal Services Corporation, which is the largest single funder of legal aid for low - income Americans, is significantly underfunded, and qualifying individuals must be below 125 % of the federal poverty level to receive servLegal Services Corporation, which is the largest single funder of legal aid for low - income Americans, is significantly underfunded, and qualifying individuals must be below 125 % of the federal poverty level to receive servlegal aid for low - income Americans, is significantly underfunded, and qualifying individuals must be below 125 % of the federal poverty level to receive services.

She explains many people have legal issues not covered by legal aid and do not have the means to pay a lawyer, while others do not qualify for legal aid even if their legal issues fall within the organization's scope, but still don't have the means to fund counsel.

The Louis M. Brown Award recognizes programs and projects that employ innovative means to enable affordable access to legal services for those of moderate income, who do not qualify for legal aid yet lack the discretionary funds to pay the traditional costs of legal services.

According to LSC, nearly one in three Americans — 95.2 million people — qualified for federally funded legal aid at some point during 2014.

Also in June, Legal Aid Handbook reported that the Legal Aid Agency will no longer consider applications for funding in cases where the merits are considered to be poor or borderline, and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) extended the timetable for making a final decision on whether to introduce its proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), announcing there would be a further consultation.

To qualify for aid currently from programs funded by the Maryland Legal Services Corp., an individual must earn less than $ 27,390 and a family of four must earn less than $ 52,674.

When the province increased funding for Legal Aid Ontario by $ 86 million over the last two years, Attorney General Yasir Naqvi expected 400,000 more low - income people to qualify for services.

According to LSC, nearly one in three Americans — 95.2 million people — qualify for federally funded legal aid during some point in any given year.

Massachusetts legal aid organizations turned away nearly two - thirds of people qualifying for civil legal assistance over the last year due to a lack of funding, leaving thousands of low - income residents without representation in cases from domestic violence to foreclosure, according to the findings of a statewide task force to be released Wednesday.