Below is the taxonomy of Do
Less Law options.
Not exact matches
Matt said career
options can range from working directly with animals to
less hands - on — but still very important — endeavors, including lawyers and lobbyists who help animals by writing animal protection
laws and lobbying their legislators to get them passed.
But with the new ethics bill (apparently about to be signed into
law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo) requiring new disclosure of outside income, that's looking like a
less attractive
option for some senators and assembly members.
Instead of takeovers, closures, and other dire
options mentioned in press coverage of the
law, most states and school districts have chosen
less aggressive interventions.
But such claims are difficult to square with the legislators» designation of schools as not making «AdequateYearly Progress,» much
less with the fact that the
law gives families the
option to attend another school if their school twice fails to make AYP.
While there are exemptions that allow you to keep assets like most household furnishings, clothing and a car valued at
less than $ 6,600, if you have significant equity in your home (beyond the seizure limits set by Ontario exemption
laws) or investments, bankruptcy may not be your best
option.
Because
law degrees take
less time to complete than medical or dental school degrees, more private student loan lenders offer students
options for financing their
law school education.
The cost of
law school tuition varies from school to school, and going with the
less expensive
option of your top choices can help to cut back the amount of debt you'll need to pay off.
These results may reflect a lack of familiarity with arbitration processes and procedural
options, as
less than one - third of respondents said that they use arbitration in their practice — compared to the 80.1 % of respondents who said they use mediation, the 62.7 % who said they use collaborative negotiation and the 68.7 % who said they use litigation — and as only 8.5 % of respondents said that they frequently use arbitration to resolve family
law disputes.
Working on - site (at the
law firm) usually comes with the perk of
less oversight from the staffing firm, nicer offices, better parking
options, cafeterias, coffee machines (tiny perk).
With that in mind, here is a truism you ought to know: Most consumers can't readily distinguish between
law firms and assume they're more or
less the same; and now that smartphones enable consumers to review a larger array of
options more quickly than ever before, you can't afford to be one of many and subsist on whichever clients just so happen to come across you.
Although
law school is expensive and most
law students graduate with significant student loan debt, reducing the costs that are within your control, choosing federal over private loans, and understanding your repayment
options will go a long way toward successfully managing your debt.Ideally, your total debt would be
less than
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By preventing the addition of new beds, the new
law may discourage those «
lesser» nursing homes from making any changes because, once the better homes fill up, they know that there will be no other
option.
While you will always have the right and
option of using the California family
law court system, there are alternative
options that can (a) provide more control and (b) be
less expensive.
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If such
options are designated only for Flex Time
law students, moreover, this distinction may give rise to stigma or a «second tier» impression for Flex Time students, just as «night school» legal education in the US often is referred to as
less rigorous and of lower quality than «day programs.»
One may be a more conservative, well - tested approach and the other is a
less tested
option, but one that leaves them within the parameters of the
law.
It has been the author's experience that the long - held view by many / most
law firms that a part - time lawyer lacks commitment, coupled with the fact that part - time work is not often well - defined, results in a perception that
less than a 24/7/365 involvement severely limits advancement and career
options.
For those
less commercially inclined,
options include advanced criminal practice, personal injury, immigration and family
law.
However, the time it takes the commercial publishers to edit and disseminate
law reports and other publications can make their services
less timely than some of the other
options.
From Lemons to Lemonade (which I didn't purchase, by the way — this was a free review copy) starts by talking in detail about the «untapped legal job market,» which includes things such as JD - preferred jobs, «hidden» jobs that aren't necessarily advertised but can be uncovered with some due diligence, and
less commonly considered
options, including small town lawyering and teaching outside of
law schools.
It is more productive and
less adversarial to use cooperative and collaborative approaches to resolve family
law disputes and your lawyer will discuss these
options with you.
-- Practice Oriented: in addition to a
lesser number of
option classes, students would choose between working at
law school clinics, mooting, interning at
law firms or in government, etc..
The surplus of lawyers and further increased competition may also make
law a
less appealing
option for students.
Peter: [24:28] Yeah, because when I think of your Do
Less Law, and I think about what you were talking about earlier, in terms of sitting down and doing some of the hard work of mapping out what the
options are.
Over time, as new
options have become available to separating and divorcing parents, Dr. O'Connell has worked with family
law attorneys and other professionals in developing and refining new
less conflictual approaches to divorce.
-- including a lien on the stock of a cooperative housing corporation (a «co-op»)-- no lender can enforce its due - on - sale clause due to any of the following prevalent circumstances: (1) The creation of a lien (or other encumbrance subordinate to the lender's security instrument) that does not relate to a transfer of rights of occupancy in the property; (2) The creation of a purchase money security interest for household appliances; (3) A transfer by devise, descent, or operation of
law on the death of a joint tenant or tenant by the entirety; (4) The granting of a leasehold interest of three years or
less * not containing an
option to purchase (5) A transfer to a relative resulting from the death of a borrower; (6) A transfer where the spouse or children of the borrower would become owners of the property; (7) A transfer resulting from a decree of dissolution of marriage, legal separation agreement, or from an incidental property settlement agreement, by which the spouse of the borrower becomes an owner of the property (8) A transfer of the borrower's property into an inter vivos trust in which the borrower is and remains a beneficiary and which [trust agreement] does not relate to a transfer of rights of occupancy in the property; or (9) Any other transfer or disposition described in regulations prescribed by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.