Sentences with phrase «with providing access to justice»

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Contingent fees do provide many people with access to justice, but sometimes the fee is so large that the lawyer becomes the real party in interest.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

Under a grant from the State Justice Institute (SJI -01-N-210-C03-1), the National Center for State Courts Institute for Court Management, in collaboration with the American Judges Association, is pleased to provide judges access to an online course on Substance Abuse.

«As the Justice Center has repeatedly explained, the Justice Center is prohibited, by law, from providing OSC with access to unsubstantiated records.

The committee recommended that states — with assistance from relevant federal agencies, particularly the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — provide universal access to evidence - based treatment for opioid use disorder in a variety of settings, including hospitals, criminal justice settings, and substance - use treatment programs.

Arenas leads Hoover's after - school Garden Nutrition classes, one of several programs comprising the educational outreach of the People's Grocery, a nonprofit West Oakland organization that, in addition to providing the community with access to high - quality, affordable food, aims to educate children and adults about nutrition and what it calls «food justice,» or «the human right to healthy food.»

Demand that school leaders invest in really supporting students by providing social and emotional support, like access to school psychologists and restorative justice counselors, and spaces where students can work through problems instead of calling law enforcement to deal with discipline issues.

«It is crucial for a democratic society to provide all of its schoolchildren with fair access to an unsegregated education,» Ellen A. Peters, then chief justice of the state's High Court, wrote in the majority opinion in July 1996.

Juvenile Justice Education Programs; Revising requirements for the multiagency education plan for students in juvenile justice education programs, including virtual education as an option; authorizing instructional personnel at all juvenile justice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersJustice Education Programs; Revising requirements for the multiagency education plan for students in juvenile justice education programs, including virtual education as an option; authorizing instructional personnel at all juvenile justice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersjustice education programs, including virtual education as an option; authorizing instructional personnel at all juvenile justice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersjustice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersJustice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersjustice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centersjustice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centers, etc..

Mr Gibb will argue that access to a strong academic education is the key to social mobility and his proposals will «provide the foundations of an education system with social justice at its heart».

His Swiss debut follows his 2016 inclusions in the Montreal Biennale, the São Paulo Bienial, and the Asia - Pacific Triennial, providing an increasingly global audience with access to the artist's nuanced explorations of social justice.

Yet energy justice — defined here as meeting one's needs for the services that energy provides at reasonable cost, with fair and equitable access, and without disproportionate economic and environmental burdens — can mitigate the problems and pressures in other areas, especially when efficiency and solar energy are developed so as to create local jobs.

The European Justice portal Europa provides access to national and EU laws, with summaries in English, French and German of decisions in other European languages.

«But there will also be cases that might provide that public information that we think is consistent with access to justice.»

Providing access to justice to people who need legal advice can only increase with providing incentives for saiProviding access to justice to people who need legal advice can only increase with providing incentives for saiproviding incentives for said people.

Would this help with access to justice and allow more lawyers to provide help in simple matters?

Linkilaw helps all pre Series - B startups with their legal needs and was built out of the admirable desire to better provide access to justice.

The Montana Justice Foundation supports the Access to Justice Commission by providing staffing and assisting with projects that meet MJF's organizational objectives and mission.

[38] I would point out that an order under section 140 (1) does not deprive a person of access to justice; rather, it provides extra scrutiny by the court, and impresses potential claims with a form of orderliness without prejudicing their merits.

In 1974, Congress chartered the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to promote equal access to justice in the civil judicial system by providing low - income Americans with high quality legal aid.

The report of the first working group «Access to Justice and Rule of Law» contains a number of observations and recommendations with respect to «reforms to the law and justice sector that will provide poor people with the institutional environment, the protections, and the incentives they need to realise their full capabilities and reap the maximum potential return of their existing assets.Justice and Rule of Law» contains a number of observations and recommendations with respect to «reforms to the law and justice sector that will provide poor people with the institutional environment, the protections, and the incentives they need to realise their full capabilities and reap the maximum potential return of their existing assets.justice sector that will provide poor people with the institutional environment, the protections, and the incentives they need to realise their full capabilities and reap the maximum potential return of their existing assets.»

Washington State's legal aid network, known as the Alliance for Equal Justice, is comprised of statewide and specialty legal aid organizations that work collaboratively with 17 county - based volunteer attorney programs to provide low - income people with access to jJustice, is comprised of statewide and specialty legal aid organizations that work collaboratively with 17 county - based volunteer attorney programs to provide low - income people with access to justicejustice.

As a PhD student studying the use of knowledge technologies and access to justice strategies, I am following with interest the development of the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT)[Civil Resolution Tribunal Act, SBC 2012, c. 25;] in BC — an online dispute resolution process which will provide an alternative to the courts for small claims and strata property disputes.

While we have a moral and ethical responsibility to provide people with access to justice through pro bono work and other public programs, when running a law firm, the question of profitability can not be ignored.

She will continue in her role as minister responsible for francophone affairs, with her new position potentially providing greater scope to explore access for justice issues for linguistic minorities.

... in order to provide the users of our court with real access to justice we must make available to them a variety of ways for communicating with the court, including electronic communications.

What's especially noteworthy about Free the Law, though, and what distinguishes it from other preservation initiatives, is that it provides for the preservation of historical legal materials in connection with free, public access to them, on the conviction that access to legal information promotes access to justice.

Sam Glover: Well, I suppose I've fallen into the trap that I often accuse other of, which is conflating access to justice with providing legal services to the poorest of the poor, which is really a foundational question, but it's really just one piece of the access to justice puzzle.

B.C. is the home of innovation when it comes to law in this country, moving ahead with new ideas and new ways of providing its citizens with access to justice.

At the most basic level, the civil justice system exists to provide people with access to knowledge about their rights, and if necessary to a means of enforcing them (Civil Justice Advisory Group, 2005, justice system exists to provide people with access to knowledge about their rights, and if necessary to a means of enforcing them (Civil Justice Advisory Group, 2005, Justice Advisory Group, 2005, p. 20).

Similar in nature to the inaugural Ontario Access to Justice (A2J) Challenge that was run last year, the AI Challenge will also provide the winning companies with residence in the zone and access to the mentoring, training and support services supplied to all of the startups who are part of the legal technology incuAccess to Justice (A2J) Challenge that was run last year, the AI Challenge will also provide the winning companies with residence in the zone and access to the mentoring, training and support services supplied to all of the startups who are part of the legal technology incuaccess to the mentoring, training and support services supplied to all of the startups who are part of the legal technology incubator.

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.

But I do think the province recognizes that and has made a long - term commitment to access to justice by providing us with additional resources.»

As a matter of access to justice, it is in keeping with the best traditions of the legal profession to provide services pro bono and to reduce or waive a fee when there is hardship or poverty or the client or prospective client would otherwise be deprived of adequate legal advice or representation.

The legal profession should unify, singing from the same hymn sheet to promote the value of justice, and access to it; with the foundations lying within the Magna Carta itself, which still provides three clauses that remain in force today.

By working full - time for people like those I was trying ineffectually to help in Hampstead I thought I could help to provide them with something approaching that equal access to justice which I naively thought the rule of law was all about.

The problem with access to justice is a function of the existing regulatory framework, which ABS doesn't change — namely that legal services must be provided by lawyers who, in order to become lawyers, must be highly skilled people (in order to jump through the hoops to become lawyers), and who typically have high reservation wages (i.e., they don't need to be lawyers, they could get good jobs in other fields).

Their purpose was to provide the poorest residents with access to a lawyer and the justice system.

The LRF understands that it is not enough to provide the indigent with legal assistance and legal education if the structures within the justice system do not facilitate access to justice for the general population.

Some of these issues are commonly seen at Legal Help Centre where the service focus remains on filling gaps in access to justice and supports are provided at no cost to individuals with household incomes of < $ 50,000 annually.

Providing legal aid services to those facing barriers to access to justice — such as those with low incomes, mental illness, addictions and homelessness — has made up a significant part of his work over the years.

Since that time, I've continued to work and volunteer in the non-profit legal sector, frequently with a focus on providing increased access to justice, at least for the lucky few.

The Equity & Access Office provides expertise and administrative support to cross-sector collaborations with justice system actors and government bodies.

Such periodic consultations with an attorney can provide value to consumers and increase access to justice.

Recognizing the significant legal needs of Veterans, TLSC teamed up with the Texas Veterans Commission and the Texas Access to Justice Foundation to provide specialized legal assistance to Veterans who have served our country.

Rhode Island Legal Services provides high quality legal assistance and representation to low - income individuals and eligible client groups for the purpose of improving their economic condition and overall wellbeing by protecting and enforcing legal rights, stabilizing the family unit and communities where clients live, promoting self reliance, ending domestic violence, preventing homelessness, affording dignity to all people, and reaching out to groups with added burdens on their ability to access the civil justice system.

The Equity & Access Office has partnered with Avalon Sexual Assault Centre to provide education sessions for lawyers that help participants recognize the signs of trauma in their clients; provide suggestions for mitigating re-traumatization from the justice system; and identify the supports and services available for sexual assault survivors in Nova Scotia.

With funding from AARP, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS), and the Texas Access to Justice Foundation, the Legal Hotline has provided individualized advice and counseling by attorneys to clients in over 120,000 cases.

«We agree with Judge O'Neill's order recommending that the Los Angeles County Superior Court's complex litigation department will provide the most efficient access to justice for all of the victims of the Southern California Fires and Mudslides.

«The Access to Justice Technology Fellowship Program (ATJ Tech Fellows) is an exciting new fellowship program that provides law students a unique opportunity to participate in a 10 - week summer experience, working with legal services organizations to assist in developing new models of user - friendly, accessible, and engaging legal services through the use of technology.