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30 May 2022, 9:23 am
Although organized legal aid in Boston began with the nonlawyers at the Union, they were eventually overtaken by the lawyer-centric Legal Aid Society. [read post]
30 May 2022, 9:23 am
Although organized legal aid in Boston began with the nonlawyers at the Union, they were eventually overtaken by the lawyer-centric Legal Aid Society. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 1:40 am
“Judges have slammed government plans to cut legal aid, but also criticised publicly funded lawyers who bring ‘unmeritorious’ public law claims, and proposed limiting legal aid in judicial review cases. [read post]
3 Aug 2012, 8:49 am
In a year fraught with financial uncertainty, the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia recently got some good news: the civil legal services group's annual Generous Associates Campaign blew past its goal and previous fundraising highs, taking in a record $901,000. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 6:53 am
Lady Hale, in a speech to the Law Society entitled ‘Equal Access to Justice in the Big Society’, warned that the government’s legal aid plans will have a ‘disproportionate effect upon the poorest and most vulnerable in society’. [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 9:33 am
Enquirer.com: "Legal Aid Sues Alleged Copycat" "The Legal Aid Society filed the suit this week after learning several potential clients mistakenly called Legal Aid Alternative for help, only to be turned away or charged $350 for useless documents. [read post]
6 Jul 2018, 5:03 am
At least that used to be the job at the Legal Aid Society. [read post]
12 Jun 2009, 2:05 am
“Government proposals to cap payments made to acquitted defendants who have paid privately for their defence are the ‘final nail in the coffin' of criminal legal aid firms, a leading practitioner group has warned. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 5:00 am
Yesterday, the ACLU of Delaware, ACLU Racial Justice Project and Community Legal Aid Society filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights asserting that Delaware’s charter school policies discriminate against students of color and students with disabilities. [read post]
20 Jan 2016, 6:30 am
It presents two such women who represented different types and models of legal aid — Minnie Low of the Chicago Bureau of Personal Service, a Jewish social welfare organization, and Rosalie Loew of the Legal Aid Society of New York. [read post]
7 Sep 2007, 1:25 am
“The Legal Services Commission (LSC) is to appeal against the Law Society's High Court victory on legal aid, the body announced last night (5 September). [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 6:56 am
THE Law Society of Scotland’s current President, former Procurator Fiscal Cameron Ritchie has confirmed to the Glasgow Bar Association that Society staff & the Criminal Legal Aid Negotiating Team, whose members all resigned to form Esto Law Ltd, a venture accused by some in the legal profession of being an attempt to siphon off legal aid funds from many law firms, met with the Scottish Legal Aid Board on the… [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 8:03 pm
The Legal Services Society (LSS), which administers legal aid in British Columbia, has announced that it will be closing its offices in Surrey, Kelowna, Victoria, Prince George and Kamloops - essentially all of its regional offices outside of Vancouver. [read post]
19 Mar 2017, 2:00 pm
Introduction Legal aid is intended to assist the most vulnerable in our society, and ensure that they obtain justice irrespective of their financial situations. [read post]
13 Jun 2014, 4:00 am
Jonathan Bradshaw, The Concept of Social Need, New Society 6 No. 484 January 1972 [5] This is reported for 9 jurisdictions. [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 2:23 am
“The Law Society has called on the Ministry of Justice to clarify its ‘incoherent' and ‘deeply flawed' consultation on criminal legal aid cuts. [read post]
9 Apr 2010, 1:48 am
“The legal aid budget will face further cuts whoever wins the election, politicians from the three main parties warned last week. [read post]
18 May 2007, 1:56 am
“Proposed reforms to legal aid will destroy specialist civil liberties teams, practitioners have warned. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 1:19 am
“Last week’s adjournment debate on legal aid cuts in the House of Commons marked a change in tone among MPs who, before Christmas, had not made much of the Ministry of Justice’s proposed £350m annual cut to the legal aid budget. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 2:11 am
But the government argue that the legal aid system has become unaffordable and along with no win no fee has helped create a litigious society. [read post]
