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• Legal aid budget is disappointingly low, says Australian Law Council

  May 15 2012 Funding for legal aid services in Australia is disappointingly low, according to the Law Council of Australia after the release of the Australian government’s 2012-13... more

• Legal aid budget is disappointingly low, says Australian Law Council

  May 15 2012 Funding for legal aid services in Australia is disappointingly low, according to the Law Council of Australia after the release of the Australian government’s 2012-13... more

• Slaughter and May launches diversity initiative for boys only

  Mar 09 2012 Slaughter and May has announced the launch of a new diversity initiative which focuses on a local state school in an attempt to motivate and encourage bright students... more

• NY court system suffers from budget cuts

  Feb 02 2012 The New York court system is suffering the effects of the $170 million in budget cuts made in the 2011-12 period, with widespread court delays, shortages of... more

• US Legal Aid to take another funding cut

  Jan 27 2012 Legal Aid in the US is set to take yet another hit, as a bill passed last November to slash federal funding for civil legal assistance to the poor by about 14% — from... more

• Senate and Congress approve deep cuts to legal Aid in the US

  Nov 22 2011 The US is set to cut funding from Legal Services Corp, the nation’s largest funding source for civil legal aid to the poor, after the House and Senate agreed to slash... more

• ABA to propose greater transparency obligations for law schools

  Nov 21 2011 The momentum behind moves for increased transparency in consumer information regarding law schools is growing, with an ABA committee working on a new accreditation... more

• NY Attorney General argues against opening law firms to outside investment

  Jul 26 2011 US law firm Jacoby & Meyers has brought a case seeking to overturn New York Court Rule 5.4, which prohibits law firms from accepting outside investment. The firm... more

• Without bank funding, UK sole practitioners are folding in numbers

  Jul 25 2011 The number of sole practitioner firms in the UK fell from 4,056 in March 2010 to just 3,692 one year later, says independent finance provider, Syscap. According to... more

• UK firm Irwin Mitchell considers alternative funding options

  Apr 29 2011 Personal Injury law firm Irwin Mitchell has revealed that it is in consultation with investment bank Espirito Santo, seeking advice on funding options ahead of the... more

• NDR and Trilegal help iProf Learning raise Rs. 22 crore through PE

  Apr 25 2011 iProf Learning Solutions Private Limited has raised Rs. 22 crore ($5 million) in a series of funding from PE firms such as Norwest Venture Partners and IDG Ventures... more

• Budget cuts threaten access to justice in the US

  Apr 18 2011 Government cost cutting, at both the state and federal level, is threatening access to justice in the US, according to reports. According to the Wall Street... more

• Funding cuts are destroying access to justice, says ABA president

  Feb 16 2011 Underfunding of the US justice system is threatening the principle of equal justice under law, according to American Bar Association President Stephen N. Zack. In... more

• UK government slashes justice funding

  Aug 17 2010 Access to justice is under threat in the UK following a series of budget cuts. The Ministry of Justice plans to cut £2 billion from it £9 billion budget, while a... more

• India: 14,008 courts need nearly $2 billion for infrastructure

  Jul 22 2010 The Law Minister at a press conference today announced a Rs. 14,000 crore package to be rolled out over the next five years to tackle the backlog of 2.71 crore pending... more

• IDIA initiative finds favour with Law Ministry and a few law firm Partners: Lawyers’ Social Responsibility?

  Jul 02 2010 The Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education (IDIA) initiative started by Professor Shamnad Basheer (pictured) from the National University of... more