Sentence examples for for representing poor from inspiring English sources

Judge Lippman said court officials wanted to increase the lawyers' fees to $75 an hour for representing poor defendants charged with felony crimes and $60 an hour for those charged with misdemeanors.

For years, lawyers and judges have been warning of a growing problem in New York's justice system -- the dwindling number of competent attorneys willing to work for the low rates the state pays for representing poor people in New York City's criminal and family courts.

The school's closure prompted federal MP Warren Entsch to describe Aurukun as a "failed social experiment", with hundreds of millions of dollars spent on programs advocated by Pearson representing "poor value for money".

I've never been someone who sees a "short" video game as representing poor value for money – if I've had an absolutely glorious, genuinely moving, or palpably perplexing time with an interactive experience, hands on pad and brain engaged, then whatever the price, it's been worth it.

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We pre-specified a small effect size of an ICC of 0.20, given by the mid-point of the category representing poor agreement for the Kappa statistic (0.00 to 0.39)[22].

Flecknoe [ 7] notes the requirement of United Kingdom Teacher Training Agencoursesed courses for schoolteachers to demonstrate impact on pupils, and reports that the attempts to measure impact are not working and are seen as "inconsistent, lacking validity and reliability... imposing excessive burdens, insufficiently promoting quality enhancement, and representing poor value for money" [ 8].

Similarly, the total number of errors in the Short Category Test was higher for C/C-carriers representing poorer executive function.

At times, he has looked confident and has perhaps suffered because Liverpool have often played without a target man in the area, but not a single Premier League goal so far for Liverpool does represent poor value for the club.

Sandra Russo, housing law coordinator for Legal Services for New York City, a not-for-profit organization that represents poor clients in civil actions, said that in the past, financial arrangements between roommates were the business of only the roommates themselves.

Mrs. Kapen's lawyer, Jacqueline Burger of Legal Services for New York, which represents poor people in civil cases, contended that her client "was not overcharging because she provided other services".