Sentences with phrase «who improved access to justice»

In 2014, the award was presented to Kimberly Murray, who improved access to justice for Aboriginal Peoples as well as her public service as an educator, attorney and community leader for 20 years.

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The news has been welcomed by disability rights campaigners and health groups, who say the new changes will improve access to justice.

«We are all shocked that the governor vetoed a bill that would have reduced racial disparities in the criminal justice system, helped ensure equal access to justice for all New Yorkers, provided improved public defense programs for those who can not afford an attorney, and much - needed mandate relief for counties,» Gradess said.

Created in 1996 to honour H. Donald Guthrie, a Law Foundation trustee for 21 years, including 13 years as chairman, the Guthrie Award recognizes individuals who have devoted their careers to improving access to justice.

Will it improve access to justice or does it still depend on who has the ways and means to effectively raise money?

After seven hours of discussion over five months, the ideas proffered for improving access to justice were (1) more money for legal aid (to be extracted somehow from the most indebted sub-national government in the world), (2) more e-filing, (3) more pamphlets in more languages, (4) re-purposing the Shirley Dennison fund to laud someone who does something beneficial wrt A2J, and (5) encouraging indigenous peoples to use circles of healing instead of the court system.

The reforms allow for people who have different skills and expertise to be brought together, people that typically aren't brought together, in order to meet customer needs, and in order to improve access to justice and to legal services.

It can be a legal aid organizations or other people, funders that are interested in legal aid who want to build products to improve access to justice.

Whether it is improving the delivery of legal services, the justice system, lawyer efficiency, legal education, or access to justice for all, Theory and Principle works with clients who are moved to innovate and build to create a better system.

The reforms allow for people who have different skills and expertise to be brought together — people who typically aren't brought together — in order to meet customer needs, and in order to improve access to justice and to legal services.»

Let us hope that more and more past supporters will have the courage of epiphany and (1) give up trying to deliver ownership of our profession to those who do not and can not share our ethos, and (2) work toward improving access to justice by tackling the real problems.

The ultimate goal of the AJRN is to create a community of justice stakeholders who are committed to improving access to justice in Canada.

Our purpose is to promote access to justice for all Ontarians, preserve and improve the civil justice system, and advocate for the rights of those who have suffered injury and losses as the result of wrongdoing by others, while at the same time advocating strongly for safety initiatives.

The concept of unbundled legal services has been recognized as a measure to improve access to justice for those who fall into the wide and growing gap between Canadians who can afford full representation and those who qualify for legal aid.

The Legal Resources Foundation, with the support of the EU under the Zimbabwe Justice Sector Programme, is offering legal training to traditional leaders with the aim of improving access to justice for rural communities in Zimbabwe, particularly those who are marginalised and vulnJustice Sector Programme, is offering legal training to traditional leaders with the aim of improving access to justice for rural communities in Zimbabwe, particularly those who are marginalised and vulnjustice for rural communities in Zimbabwe, particularly those who are marginalised and vulnerable.

Even the legal services community who for years has called for only full service representation for all is now starting to promote unbundling as one of the major ways we can improve access to justice in our country.

This investment is to help improve access to justice for women who have experienced domestic violence.

Court staff who bring Matterhorn into their courts increase access to justice and improve the workflow for all parties, including slimming their own task list.

Many of the groups, completely independent of each other, came up with solutions to improve access to justice for lower - and middle - income people who can not afford a lawyer's help.

Whether it is improving the delivery of legal services, the justice system, lawyer efficiency, legal education, or access to justice for all, we work with clients who are moved to innovate and build to create a better system.

The ATJ Tech Fellows program is seeking diverse and entrepreneurial - minded law students who are passionate about social justice and want to spend the summer learning new ways to leverage technology in order to improve access to legal services for people who can't afford a lawyer.

That said, no matter what barriers remain in the overall pursuit of improving access to justice, we must continue to do all we can to ensure knowledge of the law is accessible to those who seek it out.

However, as a practical step in improving access to justice, this decision will result in more people — in particular, women, disabled people, First Nations people and immigrants, who are less likely be able to afford hearing fees — gaining access to the justice system without having to compromise their everyday cost of living.

The effort to improve youth access to justice was inspired by Elizabeth Goldberg, who was the foundation's chief executive from 2007 to 2015 and who previously served on the foundation's board of trustees.»

The award is given to an individual who exemplifies the Massachusetts Bar Foundation's goals of improving the administration of justice, promoting an understanding of the law, and ensuring equal access to the legal system for all residents of the Commonwealth, particularly those most vulnerable.

Many have reached out on these important topics, and I had the pleasure of interviewing two New York - based leaders who are using technology to improve access to justice.

This transformation will speed access to justice, reduce the costs of legal service for those who pay for it, improve the profitability for those who provide it and begin to narrow the inexcusable 80 % gap for those who currently have no access to legal professional assistance.

The point is expanding and improving access to legal literature for the benefit of all who have a stake or interest in the research and its results, enhancing access to justice by facilitating access to legal information.

Every year, Educaloi carries out new public legal education projects and collaborates with organizations who share its commitment to improving access to justice.