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2,200 people forced to wait for free legal aid
Source: Irish Examiner
FLAC is an Atlantic grantee. Figures from the Legal Aid Board released to the Irish Examiner show, in some parts of the country, people are waiting for six months or more. While numbers and waiting lists varied from centre to centre, black spots included Galway,…
Resource type: News
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Free Legal Advice Centres
The Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC), acting on behalf of Dr. Lydia Foy, successfully challenged the Irish Government's refusal to allow transgendered people to alter their birth certificates to accurately reflect their new identities. Learn more at http://atlanticphilanthropies.org/design/atlantic/flash/annualreport/index.html The Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC), acting…
Resource type: Video
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Legal matchmaker joining resources and genuine need
Source: Business Day
By Katy Chance. IT SEEMS entirely apposite that ProBono.Org has the street address of Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill; free legal work in SA may have had its roots in the criminal domain, but for services in matters of civil and public interest today, all roads…
Resource type: News
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Improving access to justice through Public Interest Law Alliance
Source: Irish Times
By Larry Donnelly. "PUBLIC INTEREST law . . . what's that, an oxymoron?" So remarked broadcaster and Irish Times columnist Vincent Browne at a Dublin conference held by the Public Interest Law Alliance (Pila) last April. We in Pila, and in our parent organisation the…
Resource type: News
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Fair Representation for All
Source: Mail & Guardian Online
By Fiona MacLeodWinnerDr Ivan May Memorial AwardProBono.Org When horse-riding instructor and stable manager Gary Allpass won his legal case earlier this year for being unfairly dismissed because he is HIV-positive, he set an important precedent for others in a similar position. His legal representation was arranged…
Resource type: News
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The Crisis in Zimbabwe: Atlantic’s Work with Refugees in the Limpopo Province
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche I recently travelled to Limpopo, a South African province on the border of Zimbabwe that is experiencing an influx of Zimbabweans who are escaping from that very troubled country, where human rights are disregarded, disease is running rampant, and the economy long…
Resource type: News
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Henrico Schools Take Steps to Reduce Racial Disparities in Suspensions
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
By Graham MoomawIn an effort to reduce racial disparities in student suspension rates, Henrico County Public Schools announced a partnership Monday with the Legal Aid Justice Center, a Virginia-based advocacy group that offers legal representation and other services to low-income people.Under the agreement, which has…
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Flac reports rise in debt queries
Source: Irish Times
BY CÍAN NIHILL Ireland urgently needs a better debt settlement system according to Free Legal Advice Centres (Flac) who experienced a 45 per cent increase in debt-related queries in 2010. In its annual report released today, the voluntary legal aid organisation revealed that since 2007,…
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Giving Hope and Dignity to the Poor: The Story of ProBono.org
Source: Probono.Org
Probono.org, a South Africa clearing house that seeks to increase access to justice through the pro bono services of law firms, provides a model that substantially reduces public interest law costs since it unlocks private legal expertise, according to this case study commissioned by The…
Resource type: Case Study
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Investment in South Africa From Inside and Out: Reflections of an Overseas Friend
The Atlantic Philanthropies’ approach to investment in South Africa and the country’s challenges in the face of declining international funding are discussed in this speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Inyathelo Annual Awards Ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa. It is…
Resource type: Speech
