Sentences with phrase «unmet civil legal needs»
«These seven fellows will help deliver on that promise by addressing the unmet civil legal needs of some of Ohio's most underserved populations.»
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Speaker John Levi, Chairman of the Legal Services Corporation, will unpack the data from LSC's 2017 report: The Justice Gap: Measuring the Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low - Income Americans.
«The Justice Gap: Measuring the Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low - Income Americans,» Legal Services Corporation (June 2017)
The Commission on Access to Civil Justice will study the unmet civil legal needs of disadvantaged, low - income, and moderate - income Floridians.
The major initiative of his two - year administration, the commission will study the unmet civil legal needs of disadvantaged, low - income and moderate - income Floridians.
The permanent commission will «study the remaining unmet civil legal needs of disadvantaged, low income and moderate income Floridians,» the order states.
Notably, the Legal Services Corporation recently issued a report entitled The Justice Gap: Measuring the Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low - income Americans.
The most recent Legal Services Corporation report, The Justice Gap: Measuring the Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low - Income Americans, found that not only do low - income American citizens receive inadequate or no legal help for 86 % of their civil legal problems but over 71 % of these households had at least one civil legal problem in the past year.
Contrast what the Supreme Court of Texas presumably learned back in June, 2017 from a report by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), «The Justice Gap: Measuring the Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low - Income Americans.»
The unmet civil legal needs of low and moderate income Americans is well documented and has grown worse since the economic crisis hit in 2008.
The US Legal Services Corporation has released Documenting the Justice Gap in America: The Current Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low - Income Americans.
The now - permanent Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice will study the unmet civil legal needs of disadvantaged, low - income and moderate - income Floridians.
The recently released report from the Legal Services Corporation, The Justice Gap: Measuring the Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low - income Americans, includes notable findings regarding the legal needs of veterans.
The Justice Gap: Measuring the Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low - income Americans https://www.lsc.gov/sites/default/files/images/TheJusticeGap-FullReport.pdf
Not exact matches
He conducts annual public hearings to assess the unmet civil legal aid needs throughout the state.
Arguing for a shift rather than reduction of labour, Professors Remus and Levy also say: «By many estimates, 75 % of civil legal need in the country goes unmet.
He shares that 80 % of the civil legal needs of low income people go unmet and analyzes statistics from legal aid organization studies that show that between 50 % to 67 % of individuals who can't afford a lawyer are denied legal services because of inadequate resources.
Technology can be a powerful tool in narrowing the justice gap — the difference between the unmet need for civil legal services and the resources available to meet that need.
The LSC has found through its experience with its Technology Initiative Grant program that technology can be a powerful tool in narrowing the justice gap — the difference between the unmet need for civil legal services and the resources available to meet that need.
One paper summarizes the following important findings of surveys of everyday civil legal problems in connection with the unmet legal needs of the poor and vulnerable:
Offered: Summer Session: 2015 Course Description: (1 credit): Research studies repeatedly demonstrate that 80 % of the legal needs of the poor in the United States remain unmet, despite existing federal, state, and volunteer programs that provide some civil legal services to low income people.
The Endowment was founded in 2000 by two visionary attorneys to address the growing unmet needs of low - income families and the unpredictable nature of civil legal aid funding.
Bencher Malcolm Mercer, who is also part of the working group and a proponent of ABS, said the concerns around access referenced the figure that 85 per cent of civil legal needs were going unmet in Canadian society.