Sentences with phrase «effective legal service delivery»

«The purpose of the grant is to implement a well - integrated and cost - effective legal service delivery system that maximizes the impact of limited legal resources for older Pennsylvanians with the greatest need.

In the small working group focusing on New Models for Cost Effective Legal Service Delivery, Leah Margulies of LawHelpNY / PBN highlighted as examples of such models three exciting ProBonoNet initiatives: LiveHelp chat service of LawHelpNY, the DEN (Debt and Eviction Navigator) application, and Closing the Gap.

Not exact matches

To ensure the cost - effective delivery of legal services, a lawyer in private practice needs to: (1) operate in a skilled and efficient manner; (2) keep accurate records of time and costs; (3) maintain communication with the client as the matter progresses; (4) inform the client is there is a need for change in the arrangements concerning the scope of the work or fees and expenses; (5) bill clients monthly or quarterly, or as arranged, but promptly in accordance with the arrangement; and (6) maintain an internal rate schedule justifiable to the consumer, and review it at least annually.

The U.S. Supreme Court also has weighed in, writing in Missouri v. Jenkins, a 1989 school desegregation case, that paralegals provide the «cost - effective delivery of legal services.»

Either limit the regulatory monopoly or provide for the efficient and effective delivery of legal services for all legal problems

It is clear that a fully trained lawyer is not necessarily required for the effective and proper delivery of all legal services.

In fact, as part of my job with Pro Bono Net, a nonprofit that works with legal aid organizations, pro bono programs, and courts to improve access to justice through increasing volunteerism, collaboration, and effective use of technology, I've had the opportunity to work with Pro Bono Law Ontario and seen how adding technology to their service delivery (both as support for their programs and as information for the general public) has allowed them to be more effective and efficient in their work.

The objective is to ensure that each lawyer in Nova Scotia strives for excellence in the delivery of legal services through the mandatory annual planning and implementation of an effective CPD Plan.

These two issues include a call from the legal profession for students that are better prepared in their academic training to take on the rigours of practice and a call from the community at large for the cost effective delivery of legal services.

Written by Neota Logic's Michael Mills and published by Neota Logic client Thomson Reuters through the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, this new white paper addresses the need for legal practice engineering to bridge from process and technology to more effective delivery of legal servLegal Executive Institute, this new white paper addresses the need for legal practice engineering to bridge from process and technology to more effective delivery of legal servlegal practice engineering to bridge from process and technology to more effective delivery of legal servlegal services.

More specifically, I have argued that the single most effective reform we could make to better promote, monitor and enforce high standards of service in the delivery of legal services and to better protect consumers would be to make all law firms subject to the same regulatory arrangements as ILPs.

A targeted cluster of grants is awarded through the Foundation's Special Initiative to strengthen core elements of the national legal aid infrastructure, including innovations for better and more effective service delivery.

1) Strengthen core elements of the national legal aid infrastructure, and promote targeted innovations for better and more effective service delivery;

Our commitment to diversity is fundamental to our firm culture, critical to our ability to attract the best professionals and staff, and essential to the effective delivery of high quality legal services to our clients of all backgrounds.

By applying project management principles in the delivery of legal services, we can ensure that clients receive the most efficient and effective service from the very outset.

Practice Management Focus on the Delivery of Legal Services: Executive Committees and Managing Partners in mid-size law firms will devote more of their time performing the strategic planning function and managing the substantive and business sides of their law firms in an effort to provide high quality, timely and cost - effective service to clients.

SALI's goals are to successfully impact legal standards for the benefit of industry and the efficient and effective delivery of legal services.

He is one of the longest serving Wedlake Bell Partners and maintains a keen interest in the delivery of cost effective quality legal services.

[50] At the same time, the Futures Commission lamented, «systematic research on the current delivery of legal services — especially services for «ordinary individuals» — is strikingly limited,» [51] and that «limited data has impeded efforts to identify and assess the most effective innovations in legal services delivery.»

Starting from a historical context for the current state of legal services delivery, this course introduces human centered design thinking and other proven creative problem - solving constructs to provide a client - centered focus for creating innovative and effective methods of delivering legal services to a wide range of consumers in the 21st century.

Legal Project Management as a distinct discipline requires training and practical mastery in core competencies supporting the application of project management principles and practices to enhance and enable the effective delivery of legal services in the 21st cenLegal Project Management as a distinct discipline requires training and practical mastery in core competencies supporting the application of project management principles and practices to enhance and enable the effective delivery of legal services in the 21st cenlegal services in the 21st century.

I fervently hope that you and other erstwhile supporters of ABS will have the courage of epiphany and will eschew the worst idea to hit the profession in centuries, and will instead (1) strive to maintain the hard - won full and uncompromised independence of the legal profession, (2) fight against the greedy forces that would cartelize the delivery of legal services to the permanent detriment of the public and the profession, (3) be eternally vigilant in preserving our privilege / right of self - regulation, and (4) strive assiduously toward identifying and implementing effective ways (we pretty much already know them) to bring down the one horrific barrier to justice.

Organizational excellence disciplines have proven extremely effective for improving legal - service delivery.

Because of this, the modern Canadian in - house legal department has a set of goals that may not have been on its plate years ago, beyond the baseline of ensuring the effective delivery of legal services to its business.

We continue to invest in innovative legal technology, including AI, to better solve complex problems for our clients, whether to ensure efficient and cost - effective delivery of legal services or to help determine the best use of legal technology within their own organisations.

We invest in innovative legal technology, including AI, to better solve complex problems for our clients, whether to ensure efficient and cost - effective delivery of legal services or to help determine the best use of legal technology within their own organisations.

Zust leads Bryan Cave's research into new technologies and development of technology - augmented solutions to deliver efficient, cost - effective service to clients that improve the legal service delivery model.

Recognizing an Indigenous client, even if not disclosed, and being aware of any immediate assumptions about their identity or legal needs is the first step to effective service delivery.

The right technology can enable smart, efficient procurement and delivery of legal services for claims organizations and their insureds, providing the tools needed by claims professionals for effective oversight of claim - related legal services and costs.

Those choices, notably non-law firm legal service providers, are cost - effective, tech - and process - savvy, and expert in integrated legal delivery.

A solidly worded paragraph 18 of Delivering Justice on effective and equitable justice service delivery morphed into a blabbering paragraph 14 of the Declaration emphasizing the right of equal access to justice for all (making me ask: what legal value does «emphasizing» a right have?)

Commenting yesterday, Attorney General John Garretson said: «Passage of this new law will benefit legal professionals and the public they serve by allowing the Law Society of Upper Canada to develop stronger processes to ensure the delivery of more effective and efficient legal services in Ontario.»

Bar associations outlawing what consumers need, the effective delivery of legal services realized through legal technology.

Our Mission is to facilitate the effective resolution of civil disputes through the delivery of efficient and accessible legal aid and mediation services and to effectively manage and administer the State's criminal legal aid schemes.