Sentences with phrase «lawyers in private practice often»

Lawyers in private practice often perform pro bono work to help low - income individuals and underserved portions of the population such as the elderly, victims of domestic abuse and children.

Not exact matches

I have often made reference to the fact that, in my humble opinion, lawyers (both in private practice and inhouse counsel) must become increasingly comfortable with using social media to promote not only their achievements and relevant or interesting best practices or developments in their legal practice area, but also to build and grow their personal brand and networks.

It seems that there is a desire on Slaw to discuss the often hidden world of interactions between private practice lawyers and their in - house counterparts.

That in itself is a big change from being a private practice lawyer where you often tend to focus on one specific area.

Relationships across the table are often forged over decades, sometimes starting in law school and most in - house lawyers spend time in private practice where they get a deep understand the pressures faced, so there is a degree of respect and perhaps sympathy for the role of external counsel.

For transactional lawyers, commercial expectations have risen and the in - house lawyer is now expected to have good project management skills and work collaboratively as part of a wider team (it might sound simple, but let's not forget private practice lawyers often work in a very competitive environment, particularly when chasing partnership, and we all have stories of disfunctional cross-departmental teams).

The concept of «good enough means good enough» was discussed — the idea that in - house lawyers often do not have the time to do a «Rolls Royce» document review, and that there was a need for lawyers moving from private practice to become comfortable with the idea that it was better for them to spend 15 minutes looking at a document to highlight the key issues before a meeting, than either (a) for no - one to look at it at all; or (b) to wait for enough time to do a «proper job», only to find that the business couldn't wait for the advice and has gone ahead without any advice at all.

Lawyers in private practice in particular often experience significant demands on their time.

We also support lawyers from other commonwealth jurisdictions as well as those seeking a change from private practice (often top tier firms) in finding roles.

Solicitors who develop a reputation in private practice may move to become in - house lawyers, often as a result of being headhunted.