Ithunyelwe nge-17 ka-Okthobha, ngo-2024
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Sivuyisana nabaFundi beMbasa yoNcedo lwezoMthetho ka-2024!
Umbutho woNcedo lwezoMthetho waseCleveland uya kuqonda aba balandelayo abafumana ibhaso labasebenzi kwiNtlanganiso yoNyaka ka-2024, eya kuba ngoMvulo, ngoNovemba 25 eHilton Cleveland Downtown. Funda ngakumbi kwaye uthenge amatikiti.
Umbutho woNcedo lwezoMthetho waseCleveland wamkela abasebenzi ngale nkqubo yamabhaso axhaswa ngemali yiNgxowa-mali yobuNkokheli yeLegal Aid kuPhuhliso loMbutho. Le ngxowa-mali ixhaswa yi-Allen Madorsky Memorial Fund kunye ne-Alan Gressel Memorial Fund kwi-Legal Aid kunye nezinye izipho ezininzi. Ukuba unomdla wokwenza isipho sokuxhasa iNgxowa-mali yobuNkokheli boNcedo lwezoMthetho, nceda ufowunele ku-216-861-5217.
Uluhlu olupheleleyo lwabafumana amabhaso adlulileyo luyafumaneka kwiwebhusayithi yethu: IiMbasa zaBasebenzi
ULyonel Jones uMvuzo woBomi bonke wokuPhumelela... ngomsebenzi ozinikele kuMbutho woNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye nabaxumi bawo; ebizwa ngokuba yimbeko kaC. Lyonel Jones (1932 - 2006) owathi ngokwakhe wanikezela umsebenzi wakhe wonke wezomthetho kuNcedo lwezoMthetho.
- UMaria A. Smith, Esq., IGqwetha eliLawulayo, ezeZindlu
Maria Smith usebenze kwaLegal Aid kuba phantse iminyaka 30. Oogxa bakhe bamchaza njengegqwetha elinomdla, elinolwazi, elinobuchule iquka umsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho. Yaziwa ngokuphonononga yonke into nokwenzeka isisombululo esisemthethweni, sikaMaria ukuzibophelela kwi ubulungisa kunye nokuzinikela ukufumana esona siphumo silungileyo kubaxumi bakhe kubonakala kuko konke akwenzayo. A ingcaphephe yezinto, UMaria yinkokeli kwiQela lokuSebenza kweZindlu, nakuNcedo lwezoMthetho. Uyakonwabela ukucebisa abafundi bezomthetho ehlotyeni, amagqwetha amatsha kunye nabancedisi bezomthetho, kunye nabafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo abafuna ukubhengezwa ngumthetho. EkaMaria Impembelelo ivakala ngaphaya komsebenzi wakhe ngamnye, njengoko ebonelela uyaba inkxaso kuba oogxa bakhe kwaye ikhuthaza kubo ukuba uyilo kwaye uyazingisa kwi wenar Uthethelelo kunye nomthetho umsebenzi.
Ukuzimisela kukaMaria, izakhono eziphakamileyo zokumangala, kunye nokusombulula iingxaki ngokuyilayo kubonakala kakhulu xa ethethelela abathengi abasengozini yokuphulukana nezindlu kunye netyhefu yelothe. Ummeli okhohlakeleyo wezindlu, uMaria uye wanceda amakhulukhulu abathengi ngexesha lokuhlala kwakhe kuNcedo lwezoMthetho. Nangona kunjalo, wuHen wabuza ukuba mangaphi amatyala athintele ukugxothwa, elikaMaria tho bekile impendulo ithi ngokulula, "Ayonelanga."
Imbasa yobuNkokheli… ukubulela ubunkokeli obugqwesileyo babasebenzi, iinzame ezingadinwayo zabaxumi boNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye nombono womsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho. IMbasa yobuNkokeli inikezelwa kumntu owenza uNcedo lwezoMthetho ube ngumbutho ongcono, unceda abanye ababangqongileyo ukuba bafezekise ngakumbi abathengi boNcedo lwezoMthetho, kwaye udale iqela lobulungisa bentlalontle.
- UKatherine Hollingsworth, Esq., IGqwetha eliLawulayo, ubuLungisa boQoqosho
NjengeGqwetha eliLawulayo leQela lokuSebenza ngoBulungisa kuQoqosho ukusukela oko 2015, Katherine uye wanceda iqela guqula. Yena umbono Ikhokele i Ubulungisa kwezoqoqosho Pugqatso Group ukwandisa umda wayo kunye nokwandisa impembelelo yayo. Phantsi kobunkokeli bakhe, iqela liye laphuhla ubuchule ukukhonza oosomashishini abanemivuzo ephantsi kwaye abantu abajongene nocalucalulo emsebenzini. Ubuchule bakhe nobunkokeli Nceda abathengi bajonga ityala lomthengi, ukubanga ilayisenisi enxulumene namatyala ukumiswa, kunye nokwakha iindlela eziya empumelelweni.
UKatherine uye walawulad ukukhula kweQela lokuSebenza ngoBulungisa kuQoqosho ngo u kugcina a Bunzulu imvakalelo yoqhagamshelwano ngaphakathi kwi iqela kunye nokwakha i-collaboumxhesho kunye nokuthembela. Uyi iqhawe kumalungu eqela lokuziqhelanisa, ukubaxhasa ukuba babe ngabathetheleli neenkokeli ezinamandla. Ngaphezu kwako konke, uKatherine ukrelekrele, ububele, ukuqonda, nonolwazelelelo inkokheli ozinikele ngenene kumsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho.
Imbasa kaClaude E. Clarke… ithathela ingqalelo abasebenzi ngenkonzo ebalaseleyo ngokusebenza ngobungcali nokuzibophelela kuNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye nabaxumi bayo, kwaye ithiywe ngoClaude E. Clarke (1890 – 1975), owakhokela umsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho phantse iminyaka engamashumi amane.
- Kimberly Barnett-Mills, Esq., IGqwetha eliLawulayo, iNgxoxo yoLuntu
Kutshanje unyuselwe kwindima yokuba liGqwetha eliLawulayo lokuBambisana noLuntu, uKim ngaphambili yasebenza njenge IGqwetha eliLawulayo kwi-Intake & VLP, kunye ngenxa ye ukuba ah IGqwetha eliPhezulu kwi le UmThetho oNgeentsapho Iqela lokuziqhelanisa. Kodwa esi ayisosihlandlo sakhe sokuqala ngoNcedo lwezoMthetho; waqashwa ekuqaleni njengegqwetha kwiLegal Aid's emva koko-icandelo loKhuselo lukaMasipala. Oko ebuyile ukuba Uncedo Lwezomthetho ngo-2017 ube yinkokeli - esebenza kwiikomiti ezahlukeneyo zangaphakathi, esebenzisana nazo umbutho wamagqwethas, kunye nokusebenza ngokusondeleyo namavolontiya ukuphuhlisa iindlela ezintsha zokuyila zokukhonza abathengi. As inxalenye yeqela le-Intake & VLP, uKim njalo waya eziklinikhi kwaye wasebenza njengomcebisi kumavolontiya. Usebenze ngokusondeleyo ne-Intak entshae Iingcali zokubonelela ngoqeqesho kunye nokubeka iliso, kwaye ukhokele iinzame zokuyila inkqubo yokuthatha ukuqinisekisa oloNcedo lwezoMthetho is iyakwazi ukuchonga nokusebenzela abathengi beqela, kubandakanywa abangenzi nzuzo kunye noosomashishini.
- UJulia Lauritzen, Esq., IGqwetha labaSebenzi, iMpilo kunye neThuba
UJulia wafika kuqala kuNcedo lwezoMthetho ngo-2015 njengommeli osebenza kwirhafu, ingqesho, kunye namatyala okufudukela kwelinye ilizwe. Ngelixa zonke ezi ndawo zomthetho zazintsha kuye, wakhula ngokukhawuleza a ukuqonda okubambekayo kwale miba inzima yezomthetho. Emva kwesikolo somthetho, uJulia wanyulwa kwi-Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Fkwaye wabuyela kuNcedo lwezoMthetho njengegqwetha ngo-2020. Kwiprojekthi yakhe yobudlelwane, uphuhlise i intsebenziswano kunye ne-Ofisi yoMkhuseli woLuntu weCuyahoga County, ukubonelela iinkonzo zomthetho kuluntu kubaxhasi babo. Julia iyaqhubeka nokubonisana ne-ofisi yePD kwaye iye yaba liqabane elithembekileyo nelihlonitshwayo kumsebenzi wabo. Ukongeza kokuqhubeka nolu nxibelelwano, uJulia ngoku iphatha umthamo ophezulu wamatyala anzima ngokumangalisayo okufudukela kwelinye ilizwe. Yena ukhuthele ngakumbi kuhlalutyo lwakhe lwamayeza anokubakho okufudukela kwelinye ilizwe afumanekayo kubathengi bakhe. Julia izenzo umthetho ngendlela enolwazi ngomonzakalo kwaye unobuchule bokuqinisekisa ukuba abathengi bakhe baziva behlonitshiwe, bexhaswa kwaye bephakanyisiwe..
- UOlivia Pollack, Umthetho, iMpilo kunye neThuba
U-Oliva wajoyina i-Legal Aid njenge-paralegal ngo-2022. Ukususela ngoko, yena boniswa Umdla, ukuthembeka, umdla, ukutyibilika kolwimi lweSpanish, kunye nophando olomeleleyo kunye nezakhono zokubhala zibonakalise ukuba yi-asethi. Njengenxalenye yeQela leLegal Aid's Immigration, u-Olivia uxhasa amagqwetha amathathu ahlukeneyo anemithwalo yamatyala amakhulu, kwaye usebenza ngenzondelelo kunye noluhlu olwahlukeneyo lwabathengi. Ulungelelene, ukhuthele, kwaye ubonisa ukulangazelela ukufunda. Umtyumbi wakhe umncome ngendlela ebalaseleyo izakhono zakhe zokubhala kunye nophando - ngakumbi iileta zakhe zesiqinisekiso se-visa se-U kunye uncedo ngophando oluntsonkothileyo kunye nohlalutyo lwamatyala e-asylum. UOlivia naye wenze njalo boniswa ubunkokeli ekusungulweni kweekliniki zoNcedo lwezoMthetho - ukunceda ngokuyila imodeli yekliniki; ukugqiba uyilo lokuqala lwezicelo zekhusi; ukulandela abathengi ukuba baqokelele eyongezelelweyo iinyani; kunye nokucwangcisa ukuqeshwa eklinikhi kunye neetoliki. Yena iphatha wonke umntu ngentlonipho, ukubandakanywa, kunye nesidima, kunye nabaxhasi kunye noogxa ngokufanayo xabisa isimo sakhe sobuhlobo, ukuphendula, novelwano.
- Anna Seballos, Umcebisi wezomthetho, iZindlu
U-Anna wazibandakanya neQela lokuSebenza leZindlu loNcedo lwezoMthetho njengomncedisi wezomthetho ngo-2022. Ungumcebisi wezomthetho ophambili kumatyala amabini ezindlu avumayo, kwaye ukwaxhasa. isimangalo seminye imicimbi emibini entsonkothileyo yezindlu. Kwimeko nganye, uAnna uye wabonakalisa ukugqwesa. Ukusuka ekwakhiweni kobudlelwane nabaqeshi kunye nokubonelela ngezisombululo ezisebenzayo, ukulungelelanisa izicelo zokufunyanwa nokucinga ezinyaweni zakhe, ukusebenzisa ulwimi lwakhe lweSpanishi ngokutyibilikayo ukwakha iibhulorho -uAnna ubonisa ukuzinikela kwakhe okunzulu kwimilinganiselo yoNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye nabaxumi. Ubonelela ngenkxaso yesimangalo egqibeleleyo kwaye ungumsombululi weengxaki onobuchule. Ukulungiselela ityala elizayo, uAnna walungiselela utyelelo lwenkundla ukuze aziqhelanise nobugcisa benkundla kwaye afunde izinto ezikhethwa ngabasebenzi benkundla. Ukongeza kuxanduva lwakhe olumileyo, u-Anna uvolontiya kwi- Know Your Rights Presentations, Client Outreach Clinics, kunye nenkqubo ye-Civic ye-CMA ye-3Rs yabafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo. Oogxa bakhe bakhuthazwe ngumlinganiswa, ukuqhuba, kunye nobukrelekrele obuchaza uphawu luka-Anna lokugqwesa kobuchwephesha.