Sentences with phrase «volunteer lawyers»

A small army of volunteer lawyers trained in election law are ready to step in.

We are proud to offer this opportunity to recognize volunteer lawyers who help to provide equal access to justice under law.

These seminars are conducted by volunteer lawyers, and are followed by a question - and - answer period.

What will happen where volunteer lawyers identify a conflict?

While volunteer lawyers won't eliminate the access - to - justice gap on their own, the need is still great.

Founded in 1981, it consists of ~ 30 full - time staff, 200 part - time volunteer lawyers, and 100 volunteer law students.

And there are organizations that help find volunteer lawyers to take on those clients pro bono.

A clinical psychologist is on staff to take care of mental health for kids and their families, and volunteer lawyers run free clinics regularly throughout the year.

It brings together leading Canadian organizations and groups of volunteer lawyers and law students who quickly came together to oppose the ban and fight for the rights of those impacted.

We have also had volunteer lawyers who worked with us consistently for more than a decade.

Members of the public can have their legal questions answered by volunteer lawyers.

On a dreary, rainy weekend, September 11 and 12, 30 attorneys met to be a part of the first «class» of volunteer lawyers for the Pennsylvania Innocence Project.

VLS matches charitable organizations and low income individuals with volunteer lawyers who provide pro bono legal services which they would otherwise not receive due to a lack of financial resources.

Maryam has experience working as an attorney for small law firms, big international law firms, well - known international corporations, as well as volunteer lawyers associations.

The Law Day event, which goes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will allow veterans and their families an opportunity to get free legal information from volunteer lawyers on a first come, first served basis, the law school announced.

She was one of the founders of the Brockton Housing Court Lawyer for the Day Program, which provides advice to unrepresented landlords and tenants, and has organized educational programming for volunteer lawyer programs in collaboration with the Southeastern Housing Court for the past nine years.

The Centre operates a Legal Advice Clinic where volunteer lawyers provide free, half - hour legal advice sessions to women.

The committee administers and evaluates programs, and recruits volunteer lawyers for legal service opportunities (both legal advice and legal information) that suit their interests and availability including: pro se clinics on various legal topics such as family law, bankruptcy and small claims court proceedings; annual events such as the Homeless Vet Stand Down; various «call - a-lawyer» programs offered by TV or radio stations; and other such programs or events as needed.

Women walk by a team of volunteer lawyers in their makeshift office working to assist travelers detained as part of Donald Trump's travel ban in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York.

There will be 110 volunteer lawyers on call for Election Day.

Through a diversity of programs tailored to meet the legal needs of the community, volunteer lawyers work to leverage the full power, resources and passion of the legal community so that Atlantans are not deprived of basic civil legal needs without the benefit of a lawyer.

In addition, many volunteer lawyer programs offer free or low - cost training programs for CLE credit.

Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON, Ottawa, ON, Vancouver, BC: The Canadian Cross-Border Legal Coalition is deploying volunteer lawyers and advocates to major airports across Canada to ensure that anyone with valid documentation is not banned from travel to the United States because of the January 27th U.S. executive order.

We provide funding for the Pro Bono Council Manager, who supports volunteer lawyer programs across the state.

The US Department of Justice, the American Bar Association, nearly every state bar, most law schools and many volunteer lawyer organizations have all recognized that continued public support for the legal system requires more fairness.

This program brings volunteer lawyers into Chambers, where they act as «amicus curiae» and help the court understand the issues related and the positions taken by unrepresented litigants.

the Queen's Bench Amicus Project brings volunteer lawyers into Queen's Bench Justice and Masters Chambers to assist self - represented litigants who are set to appear that day.

Behind the scenes of volunteer lawyers serving clients in clinics, hearing rooms and courthouses throughout BC, hundreds of administrative volunteers work diligently to ensure that our clients receive the timely legal services they need.

A pro bono program where volunteer lawyers call a pre-screened client to provide an hour of advice to help them with their legal issue.

For 45 years, the Legal Aid Foundation has matched volunteer lawyers to low - income families needing legal solutions to desperate situations.

Recruits and coordinates volunteer lawyers to perform free and low - cost legal services for poor and near - poor persons who live and work in Adams, Broomfield, Arapahoe, Denver, Elbert, Douglas, Jefferson, and Denver Colorado Counties.

In 1971, SLS received its first substantial grant - $ 50 000 from the federal government's Opportunities For Youth (OFY) program — and moved from simply giving information and assisting volunteer lawyers to actually running trials themselves.

It supports clients throughout the legal process, with casework carried out by volunteer lawyers trained in this aspect of nationality law and supervised by a specialist lawyer at CCLC.

She has been a volunteer for LAW Advocates, the Whatcom County volunteer lawyer program, for over 20 years.

Pro Bono Net, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to justice through innovative uses of technology and increased volunteer lawyer participation, will convene local partners and provide service design expertise to execute the pilots.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is in the process of establishing a hotline staffed by ABA volunteer lawyers to assist victims in each affected state.

Travellers affected were grateful to see the table of volunteer lawyers waiting at each terminal, ready to help.

Lawyers Without Borders is a 501c3 not - for - profit that manages volunteering lawyers from around the world who donate pro bono service to rule of law projects, capacity building and access to justice initiatives.

You must be able to meet with a Kansas Legal Services or volunteer lawyer during office hours.

To this end, the Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta (PBP - ATL) organizes local volunteer lawyers to meet the non-litigation needs of nonprofit clients.

Accepting the award on VLP's behalf was Sidney Cherubin, director of legal services, who trains and supervises volunteer lawyers.

A panel of the Hearing Committee, which includes volunteer lawyers and members of the public, will hear the charges and evidence and upon finding the lawyer guilty, may sanction the lawyer — up to and including disbarment.

On the first Wednesday of every month, a group of volunteer lawyers meet at Casa ALBA Melanie in Green Bay to offer free legal advice to anyone who comes in.

Susan explained how she recruits new volunteer lawyers.