Not exact matches
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The College also provides animal owners and the veterinary
profession with
access to expert veterinary care and
advice through its teaching hospitals; the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital in central London, the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (Europe's largest small animal referral centre), the Equine Referral Hospital, and the Farm Animal Clinical Centre located at the Hertfordshire campus.
These «general
advice» services (the fastest growing of which is Rocket Lawyer) have demystified the legal
profession and offered everyone the opportunity
to access and create legal documents and on their own or with an attorney at a discounted rate.
As a matter of
access to justice, it is in keeping with the best traditions of the legal
profession to provide services pro bono and
to reduce or waive a fee when there is hardship or poverty or the client or prospective client would otherwise be deprived of adequate legal
advice or representation.
Against the backdrop of cuts in legal aid and local authority spending on legal
advice, the
profession attempts
to facilitate
access to justice; most notably through pro bono work which assists many individuals who would, without it, ultimately, be deprived of
access to justice.
Re: lawyers practising in association with non-lawyers: - Absolutely necessary because: (1) technology will be the basis of almost all laws, therefore we will have
to practice with other experts in that technology; (2) records management law will be a major area of practice because, records are the most frequently used form of evidence and e-records depend for everything on their e-records management systems (ERMSs), and they must be compliant with the National Standards of Canada for e-records management, which standards require legal opinions, and every significant change
to an ERMS requires a legal opinion re ability
to produce records able
to satisfy laws as
to e-discovery, admissibility of evidence, privacy &
access to information, electronic commerce, tax laws, and compliance with National Standards of Canada for e-records management; (3) all new technologies require a legal framework, which means more work for lawyers; and, (4) otherwise, other
professions and service providers who now provide «legal information,» will begin
to provide «legal
advice» and other services that only lawyers should be providing.
The Racial Equity Committee monitors and provides
advice about programs that address issues of racism and discrimination in the legal
profession and in relation
to access to justice, including programs
to increase
access to the legal
profession.
The federation's model code of conduct states: «As a matter of
access to justice, it is in keeping with the best traditions of the legal
profession to provide services pro bono and
to reduce or waive a fee when there is hardship or poverty or the client or prospective client would otherwise be deprived of adequate legal
advice or representation.»
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I agree that we should be doing things such as charging retainers as any other
profession for
advice and
access to our expensive, intellectual property.