Sentences with phrase «range of access to justice»

Millennials show keen interest in a range of access to justice initiatives.

Not exact matches

Overview For young people involved in the justice system, navigating a pathway into and through postsecondary education and the workforce is often met with a range of barriers including social stigmatization arising from court involvement, lack of access to resources

Both of their longstanding, diverse practices have touched on themes of sustainability ranging from micro to global scales, and have covered issues of equality, place, justice, health, and access.

Delivering access to justice demands change and action on a very broad range of initiatives — pro bono work by the private bar, fair and adequate funding of legal aid, collaboration among all system participants (clients, lawyers, courts, agencies, NGO's), legal education (and its financing), e-filing and case data standards, court forms, court interfaces to self - represented litigants, unbundled legal services, virtual law practice, multistate practice, law practice ownership and investment, limited practice licenses, unauthorized practice of law rules, lawyer advertising rules, and lawyer discipline.

«But especially where such strategies may have wide ranging and adverse implications involving widespread denial of access to justice, the use of such strategies should not be encouraged by the giving of cost breaks on foreseeable costs consequences.»

It has been developed with a range of partners both inside and outside of the justice system in an attempt to diversify participants in the access to justice conversation.

Our conversation with LegalZoom CEO John CEO ranged from the nuts and bolts of how LegalZoom builds documents to the role it plays in access to justice, its emphasis on Net Promoter Score, 10,000 hours of law practice, and regulation, including LegalZoom's brushes with various states» ethics boards.

If we were to draw on their collective wisdom to tackle the issues of access to justice with a multi-disciplinary approach, not only would we enhance the discussion, but we would also broaden the range of potential solutions to issues identified.

We need to look at the issues related to access to justice from a wide range of perspectives, and work collaboratively to develop solutions.

Yet, until now, there has been no identifiable, central platform in Canada where a wide range of justice stakeholders can exchange research and resources, raise questions and share ideas and concerns about access to justice issues.

We know many people work in different sectors with regards to providing better access to justice, and there's a strong range of nominees, so it's hard to choose,» she says.

A lack of access to justice for such women has wide - ranging implications not only for the women themselves, but also for society as a whole and for public confidence in our justice system.»

According to recent research, voters want civil justice reform and strongly support a wide range of services to enable everyone to get access to the information and effective assistance they need when they need it and in a form they can use.

The Commission is working on a range of projects to achieve its mission to develop and encourage means of expanding access to the civil justice system for unrepresented low - income Wisconsin residents.

CRT adjudications will have the same effect as court orders and will provide the population inexpensive, fast, and easy access to justice for a range of civil disputes.

Let's start in Australia where Attorney General Robert McClelland unveiled an ambitious range of measures to improve access to justice:

Our speakers presented a range of future law topics from closing the access to justice gap, understanding the role of data in the profession, redefining the lawyer's business model and her relationship with the client, and enabling diversity in the workplace.

Explicitly recognises that some people will be unable to use online and, in the words of its official summary, «a range of strategies must accompany the introduction of online dispute resolution to ensure access to justice for people who experience particular disadvantage or require extra support».

The Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters has reported that the cost of a civil action up to a 5 - day trial ranges from $ 23,083 to $ 79,750 (Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, «Access to Civil & Family Justice: A Roadmap for Change» (Ottawa, October 2013) at 4, n 29 [Action Committee]-RRB-.

Overwhelming majorities of voters believe it is important to «ensure that everyone has access to the civil justice system» and «strongly support a wide range of services to enhance access.»

Katherine Alteneder will explain how we understand the range of IT solutions designed to improve access to justice.

In an interview that covered issues ranging from the build versus buy decision in legal tech to the importance of technology in expanding access to justice, Bradick spoke to LegalTech news about the launch of Theory and Principle.

In an interview that covered issues ranging from the build versus buy decision in legal tech to the importance of technology in expanding access to justice, Bradick spoke to LegalTech...

For context, we'll do a deep dive into the current state of the legal profession, to understand the range and scope of service delivery challenges faced across the spectrum, from access to justice challenges to BigLaw struggles, and everything in between.

This week will include a range of engagement and learning opportunities for the public, legal professionals, community workers, students and other access to justice advocates — including remarks from The Honourable Yasir Naqvi, Attorney General of Ontario.

We partner with a diverse range of organizations, including civil legal aid organizations, non-3profit legal services programs, access to justice commissions, bar associations, and more.

The Network brings together a range of organizations including courts, and access to justice organizations in support of innovations in services for the self ‐ represented

Surveying topics ranging from how to pair technology with legal functions, legal technology startups, law practice management software, and the use of technology to increase access to justice.»

The TUC is calling on the government to adopt a series of measures including: abolishing employment tribunal fees to give more people access to justice; reinstating provisions in the Equality Act which placed a duty on employers to protect workers from third party harassment; giving employment tribunals the power to make wider recommendations; and extending the full range of statutory employment rights to all workers.

In spite of the lack of a comprehensive study in Canada to determine: (1) the full range of apps available; (2) what they purport to do; and, (3) whether they can actually improve access to justice, there is a substantial population of law society, commercial, academic, and independent, keen advocates of apps as being the way to the solution to the problem, including displacing some lawyers.

For example, the cost of civil matters can vary but according to an October 2013 report published by the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, national ranges of legal fees may vary from «$ 13,561 — $ 37,229 for a civil action up to trial (2 days), $ 23,083 — $ 79,750 for a civil action up to trial (5 days), $ 38,296 — $ 124,574 for a civil action up to trial (7 days)»

This cluster brings together a range of family justice system participants to address the impact of frivolous and vexatious litigants on court processes and the subsequent shortage of qualified custody and access assessors.

The Access to Justice Program employs a range of resources including Help Centers, volunteer attorney and other volunteer programs to carry out its mission to serve unrepresented litigants in all New York courts.

The Jomati Foundation also fund a range of charities focussing on access to justice issues both in the UK and internationally.

Surveying topics ranging from how to pair technology with legal functions, legal technology startups, law practice management software, and the use of technology to increase access to justice, Legal Technology and Informatics also exposes students to prominent leaders in the field through weekly guest speakers that include top management from the Seyfarth Shaw and Orrick law firms, a co-founder of LegalZoom, and professors who are applying legal technology to areas such as access to justice, document automation, and legal prediction.

Working with a broad range of state, community, and national civil legal assistance, civil rights, and community - based organizations to advance racial justice and leadership development as core values in the civil justice community and to help low - income people have meaningful access to a full range of legal assistance services

For instance, in 2000, the average employment income for full - time female employees working year - round was 70.8 % of the income of male workers.25 In addition, gender interacts with other factors, such as race, ethnic origin and disability to compound that economic disadvantage.26 Another persistent barrier to equality for women is gender - based violence in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murder.28

A profession that does not look like the public and can not relate to the full range of its lived experiences is a poor instrument for supporting access to justice.

Sam suggested (and I agree) that opening the market to providers outside the legal profession would substantially enhance access to justice, probably at a (short - term) cost in the range of quality in legal services.

Justice Sanderson rejected Aviva's argument and said: «For this court to let proportionality be the overriding, or even the predominant factor, would be grossly unfair to (Persampieri) and would be to reward the uncompromising, and — in the light of the jury verdict — unreasonable behaviour of the insurer...» Justice Sanderson agreed that insurers can pursue whatever legal strategy they deem fit, but added that, «especially where such strategies may have wide ranging and adverse implications involving widespread denial of access to justice, the use of such strategies should not be encouraged by the giving of cost breaks on foreseeable costs consequences.Justice Sanderson rejected Aviva's argument and said: «For this court to let proportionality be the overriding, or even the predominant factor, would be grossly unfair to (Persampieri) and would be to reward the uncompromising, and — in the light of the jury verdict — unreasonable behaviour of the insurer...» Justice Sanderson agreed that insurers can pursue whatever legal strategy they deem fit, but added that, «especially where such strategies may have wide ranging and adverse implications involving widespread denial of access to justice, the use of such strategies should not be encouraged by the giving of cost breaks on foreseeable costs consequences.Justice Sanderson agreed that insurers can pursue whatever legal strategy they deem fit, but added that, «especially where such strategies may have wide ranging and adverse implications involving widespread denial of access to justice, the use of such strategies should not be encouraged by the giving of cost breaks on foreseeable costs consequences.justice, the use of such strategies should not be encouraged by the giving of cost breaks on foreseeable costs consequences.»