Legal aid in the United States is the provision of assistance to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system in...
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development of legal aid and its principles, primarily as known in Europe, the Commonwealth of Nations and in the United States. Legal aid is essential...
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and largest provider of legal aid in the United States. Its attorneys provide representation on criminal and civil matters in both individual cases and...
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paid for by the government. Prior to the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, legal aid was accessible only to those who had the ability to...
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The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a publicly funded, 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation established by the United States Congress. It seeks to ensure...
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Neiman, and Hillary Clinton. Law portal Legal aid in the United States Cessie Alfonso Martha J. Bergmark "Legal Aid Societies," MSN Encantra, [1] Archived...
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is illegal in all 50 states of the United States. Assisted suicide is legal in 10 jurisdictions in the US: Washington, D.C. and the states of California...
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In the United States, the term "assisted suicide" is typically used to describe what proponents refer to as "medical aid in dying", in which a terminally...
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Whistleblower Aid is a nonprofit legal assistance organization co-founded by John Tye and Mark Zaid to help whistleblowers in government and the private sector...
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The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland is a legal aid society in Cleveland, Ohio established in 1905. It helped pioneer a nationwide legal aid movement whose...
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aid in the United States is funding that is available exclusively to students attending a post-secondary educational institution in the United States...
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Legal Assistance (PTLA) is a nonprofit agency that specializes in providing free civil legal services for the poor in Maine, United States. Based in Portland...
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TRLA is the largest legal aid provider in Texas and the second largest in the United States. TRLA's mission is to promote the dignity, self sufficiency...
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Lawyer referral service (redirect from Online legal matching)
referral services may attempt to match the client with a pro bono lawyer, or direct the client to contact a legal aid organization or law student clinic for...
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provide pro bono legal services to those who could not afford the services. The Jacksonville Area Legal Aid was officially named in 1973, and received...
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Green card (redirect from Legal permanent resident of the United States)
identity document which shows that a person has permanent residency in the United States. Green card holders are formally known as lawful permanent residents...
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Aid Access is a nonprofit organization that provides access to medication abortion by mail to the United States and worldwide. It describes its work as...
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The Central Virginia Legal Aid Society (CVLAS) is a nonprofit organization that provides free legal assistance in civil matters to low-income and elderly...
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The Legal Aid Justice Center is a Virginia based non-profit organization which provides legal services and advocacy to low income individuals. It was...
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along with the Legal Aid Society, New York County Defender Services in Manhattan, Brooklyn Defender Services in Brooklyn, Queens Law Associates in Queens...
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tradition of jury nullification in the United States has its roots in the British legal system, specifically in a 1670 English case where Quakers were...
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Gideon v. Wainwright (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court)
marked a key transition in legal aid in the United States. Before Gideon, civil litigants were able to access counsel only based on the following three stringent...
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A legal clinic (also law clinic or law-school clinic) is a legal aid or law-school program providing services to various clients and often hands-on legal...
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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. With the...
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The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been...
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Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) is a nonprofit organization that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in New York City. The community-based...
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Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California (redirect from Asian Pacific American Legal Center)
non-profit legal aid and civil rights organization dedicated to advocacy, providing legal services and education and building coalitions on behalf of the Asian...
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Public defender (redirect from Office of the Federal Public Defender)
these delivery models. Duty counsel Duty solicitor Legal aid Legal aid in the United States "About Us". The Public Defenders. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 2...
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The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing Native Hawaiians in legal disputes over land rights...
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U.S. state (redirect from States in the United States)
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental...
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