Sentences with phrase «lawyers learn judges»

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The centerpiece of the evening was the presentation of awards to Judge Michael Telesca, Dr. Walter Cooper, Lawyers for Learning, and Xerox for their longstanding support of and partnerships with Rochester city school students.

November 1, 2006 Awards to Judge Michael Telesca, Dr. Walter Cooper, Lawyers for Learning, and Xerox for their longstanding support of and partnerships with Rochester city school students highlighted REF's first Partnership Awards Dinner.

Their lawyers pleaded with the court that, they are first time offenders and the court should have mercy on them but the presiding judge stated that the media and all radio panelists must learn valuable lessons from today's ruling and stop unnecessary attacks on the courts and its judges.

Kindlon, now chief assistant to Herrick, the retired Albany County judge, said they met to to learn about the role of judges, lawyers and other players in the American and New York judicial systems.

November 1, 2006 Awards to Judge Michael Telesca, Dr. Walter Cooper, Lawyers for Learning, and Xerox for their longstanding support of and partnerships with Rochester city school students highlighted REF's first Partnership Awards Dinner.

As a law student learning trial practice, and later as a young lawyer, I recall being instructed numerous times about «Rule 1,» i.e., «When the judge agrees with you, stop talking!»

Eighteen years after the trial, Hood's lawyer learns about the judge's relationship with the prosecutor, fights valiantly to secure an on - the - record admission of the affair, and submits the evidence to the court.

Among the new rules is a provision that requires judges to recuse themselves from hearing cases where the judge knows or learns that a party, a party's lawyer, or the law firm of a party's lawyer has made...

Predictive coding, referred to by Judge Peck as «TAR» (technology - assisted review), is the use of computer algorithms and machine learning to complement document review by lawyers.

Transcript of Attorney Norm Pattis» Overview of Hate Crime Prosecutions, Origins and Criminal Defense Strategy in Hate Crime Prosecutions It might surprise you to learn that criminal defense lawyers, law professors, and judges can not agree on just how many ways there are to break the criminal law...

We lawyers, academics and law - students write about judges and their decisions often, so it is encouraging to learn that a judge has read and given some thought to our perspectives on the law and the proper judicial function.

Finally, you'll know which lawyers you want to work for because what you haven't learned about them, the judge probably knows.

A Toronto lawyer says he has learned an expensive lesson about not taking clients» words without a written direction after a judge ordered him to pay nearly $ 20,000 this week for accepting a settlement offer without receiving an instruction from his client first.

As a judge at the Guilford County Teen Mock Trial Court since 2013, Ms. Hicks has enjoyed helping aspiring young lawyers who are in high school learn how they, too, can help clients breathe a bit easier as they advocate for the rights of others in a courtroom setting.

[This is] not a mere encyclopedia, it is not merely a collection of cases, but a number of treatises composed by learned lawyers, supported by the decision of the great judges who have from time to time adorned the English Bench; it is hoped that when finished the work will furnish a complete statement of the laws of England

I now realize that it is more likely due to the fact that most lawyers and judges know how much work they themselves have had to put in to learn all the necessary skills that would enable them to represent someone.

If a judge puts an entirely public profile on social media, it would seem there is no ethical rule precluding a lawyer from reading the public profile and utilizing information learned from it so long as the use of the information is in accordance with the ethical rules (i.e., you can't communicate ex parte with the judge about the subject of your case just because they posted on Facebook about a topic of mutual interest).

Being a personal injury lawyer is no easy job; you need to believe in your client, have faith in the justice system, and, very importantly, learn and develop the skills necessary to convince a judge and jury that the clients we represent are not overreaching or crying out for mere sympathy, but instead are persons deserving of civil justice.

The problem lies with what they read: 95 % of what students are assigned has been written by judges and law professors, and lawyers learn to imitate and replicate their bad habits.

While preparing for a hearing, Pattis learned from one of the witnesses that the woman married to his client's stepfather had told the family that Pattis was the perfect lawyer, because he had a sexual relationship with the judge which he could use to obtain a favorable result.

Local lawyers have the opportunity to learn the court systems and judges who will be overseeing your claim.

Before the Cosby trial, Defense lawyers learned that the judge's wife had actively and publicly supported sexual assault victims in the past.

And, while Magnum is not an NLP - led platform, once the industry has litigation lawyers working primarily off digital sets of documents then it opens up interesting possibilities to use machine learning technology to improve the lives of solicitors, barristers and judges involved in disputes and to deliver new and valuable legal and / or economic insights.

While these firms may be able to learn our state's specific rules without too much trouble, they will never be able to match our local knowledge or the credibility our lawyers have established with the bankruptcy judges, trustees and creditors» attorneys.

Please review the use of experts with your MacLean Law family lawyer and learn more about how some judges and legal counsel have become somewhat skeptical of the use of experts, who now are often giving argument under the guise of «expert opinion evidence.»

As the crown jewel event of the year, our National Conference serves as a forum for underrepresented students to learn more about the legal profession from prominent lawyers, judges and politicians.Our conference was created as, and continues to be, a response to the troubling level of black representation in the legal profession.

We have learned that the judge must be attuned to the psychological dimensions of being a witness, or a litigant, or a lawyer in the very special atmosphere of the courtroom.»

Looking to fields of study such as composition and rhetoric theory, legal writing scholars including Anne Ruggles Gere, 2 Laurel Oates, 3 and Linda Berger4 helped us to learn more about the ways we write and read as lawyers and teachers.5 Other scholars like Kristen Tiscione began to do empirical work, surveying practicing lawyers and judges to learn more about their preferences, which writing techniques worked, and which didn't.6 Both in the Legal Writing Journal and in other publications, legal writing scholars turned their eye towards the question of how we read and how we write, and developed a strong body of scholarship that has enriched the discipline and supported how we teach legal writing in the classroom.

Although not all adjuncts have other employment, this discussion refers to those «lawyers and judges with full - time occupations who also teach part - time in law schools in non-tenure track positions...» David M. Siegel, The Ambivalent Role of Experiential Learning in American Legal Education and the Problem of Legal Culture, 10 German L. J. 815, 816 (2009).

In law school, every lawyer is taught that the Honorable Learned Hand was a very smart, very important judge who wrote very smart things about... well, like 99 % of lawyers, I haven't the foggiest idea of what Learned Hand was actually famous for.

«There are literally tens of thousands of lawyers, paralegals, techs, judges, law students, professors, and others that need to learn more about electronic discovery,» said Losey.

The Resource Centre on their website provides a gateway to learning more about Canada's court system and the roles of judges and lawyers.

Committees of lawyers and judges alone will not by themselves learn the true cause of the problem.

It is a national self - learning program designed to provide Canadian lawyers, judges and law students education, supports and resources to assist them in understanding mental health and addiction issues.

... a national self - learning program designed to provide Canadian lawyers, judges and law students education, supports and resources to assist them in understanding mental health and addiction issues.

Read this article from July's ABA Journal to learn the thoughts of one judge about that worst mistake lawyers make in final argument.

It will not learn what the lawyer or judge omitted from the papers.

Download the federal judges survey results to learn why disruptive change is needed for lawyers to become e-discovery competent.

Using machine learning and natural language processing, the platform reveals insights and actionable intelligence on opposing lawyers, law firms, parties, judges, venues and more.

Judges, lawyers, justice personnel and teachers get young people learning about the law and democracy in schools, alone at home and even in courthouses.

And with advancements in machine learning, they are also being used to conduct legal research, predict legal outcomes and to find out which lawyers win before which judges.

Geoff Hall, partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP and a commercial list regular, described making an effort to personally attend Commercial List Chambers appointments because of the importance of connecting with, and learning from, other Commercial List lawyers and judges.

Perhaps the most moving speech this year came from a well - known local lawyer who, I learned for the first time, is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve with a distinguished record of service as a Judge Advocate General.

Using machine learning and natural language processing, the platform provides insights and actionable intelligence on opposing lawyers, law firms, parties, judges, venues, and more.

The order appears to be aimed at preventing a repeat of something that happened two weeks ago, when defense lawyers looking for a confidential emergency hearing went to another judge after learning that Scherer was unavailable.

The decision by Broward Circuit Judge Charles Greene puts the Broward Public Defender's Office one step closer to learning whether Cruz, 19, can afford to hire his own lawyer without having his legal fees picked up by taxpayers.

Personality disorders are increasing in our family court systems, so that lawyers, judges, mediators and others need to learn about them and how to deal with them.

Learning Curves: Education Advocacy for Children in Foster Care McNaught (2004) View Abstract Explains Federal laws that support education rights and describes the role of lawyers, judges, parents, and educators in ensuring that foster and adopted children receive necessary school services.

An experienced and learned family lawyer should always encourage divorced couples to settle their affairs without a judge if possible.

The New Ways for Families Professional Guidebook is for mental health professionals (counselors), lawyers and judges who want to learn more about New Ways for Families or use the method with their clients.