Sentences with phrase «many junior lawyers»

For example, although most of a lawyer's job can not be automated — yet — AI applied to extract information and model topics has automated parts of junior lawyers» jobs, according to the Stanford study.

It was a real treat for me as a junior lawyer to work with him and learn from him,» Smith said in an interview.

Justice Gordon also questioned the need for Coles to use 17 junior lawyers to defend the case.

Client care, trust in the profession, quality, investment in junior lawyers and government accountability decrease whilst miscarriages of justice, wasted costs and unfairness to acquitted defendants increase.

When asked about the general outlook for hiring in patent law, all of the «associates» (junior lawyers in a firm) and «partners» (senior lawyers in a firm) interviewed by Next Wave for this feature gave upbeat answers.

Colorful Cast of Characters — Join Phoenix Wright and his junior lawyers as they confront an all - new cast of interesting, amusing, and sometimes outrageous characters.

Longtime protagonist Phoenix Wright travels to the distant Kingdom of Khura'in, while junior lawyers Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes handle cases at the home office.

Point being, often firms put a grayhaired elder partner up to present an argument that was crafted by young junior lawyers who have become intimately familiar with the details of the argument, which the elder partner may not fully understand.

He agreed, but only on the condition that the junior lawyer continue with the assignment of arguing the motions.

He believes that junior lawyers should be focused on crafting a unique narrative by developing a global outlook, transparent personal branding and honest networking.

Firms will transition from using junior lawyers as profit centers and instead begin to outsource, offshore or automate many tasks previously performed by associates.

This had the effect of placing the email addresses in a fairly random order, with a key client tacked on to the end of the email addresses and some junior lawyers before more senior lawyers.

And a junior lawyer at one firm typically drafts complaints or motion papers into which are inserted the names of senior attorneys at multiple other law firms serving as co-counsel on the relevant case.

If this poll shows ambivalence among associates about partnership and concerns about how the process works, earlier research bears out that the remoteness of partners and tough demands made of senior lawyers are turning junior lawyers away from the traditional career goal.

Alongside this, you have the frustration of junior lawyers and associates facing a longer wait for partnership, and evidence that many firms are shrinking the relative size of their equity partnerships.

Madam Justice Steel reminded the more junior lawyers in the audience not to become complacent and assume the «battles fought» and won by women lawyers in the past have forever settled the issues.

But as the volatility of the global economy continues, leading many law firms to cut back on their partnership promotions and restructure existing partners, there is mounting evidence that junior lawyers are becoming less focused on the dream of equity.

Slaughter and May has announced that it will hand out end - of - year associate bonuses of up to 16 %, alongside an increase in pay rates for junior lawyers and trainees.

Alongside reduced trainee intakes, the number of jobs for junior lawyers took a dramatic dive in the immediate post-recession years.

Julia Vanoli, learning and development manager and lead career coach at the House of Commons, offers some career advice for junior lawyers

Furthermore, a group of risk - averse, under confident, frustrated junior lawyers without a commercial skillset perpetuates the risk culture that firms are supposedly seeking to avoid.

Perhaps if the junior lawyer gets too good, the client might believe they can get the same work at lower cost and form the relationship with the junior lawyer?

Alternatively, if the junior lawyer builds relationships and expertise, they may leave and set up on their own, possibly taking clients with them.

Another area that has been flagged by a number of junior lawyers as a concern, which was not covered in the survey, is the lack of transparency about why some associates on the partnership track do not make it at the end.

However, one junior lawyer responding to the poll rejects this seemingly negative review, suggesting that it is more important for associates to focus on the here and now.

They may provide simple drafting, proofreading or administrative tasks, but ultimately success is measured in billable hours, rather than in improving and properly training junior lawyers, hence enabling better work to be done at lower rates.

It's difficult for young lawyers to get that experience today, partly because fewer cases are going to trial and partly because some insurers don't want to pay for junior lawyers to sit second chair in the courtroom, says McCarthy, a partner at McCarthy Bouley Barry & Morgan in Waltham, Massachusetts.

The proposals to tender criminal defence work and slash fees paid to lawyers will make it very difficult, if not impossible for many junior lawyers to continue their crucial work for vulnerable clients.

Bennett was a junior lawyer in Cunningham's law firm.

How will the Legal Services Act affect law students and junior lawyers?

Of course, out of context, this sounds absurd, but Jack goes on to write that «getting the new norm to be «we fill out our data forms after every matter» requires firm leaders to proselytize their practice group heads, requires those heads to lobby the partners and senior associates in their groups, and requires those lawyers to set the expectation with the junior lawyers that those forms must be completed.»

YLAL has responded to this consultation voicing our deeply held concern that further cuts to remuneration for legal aid work will undermine the quality of legal help which our clients receive, cause more good legal aid firms to go under and make life more difficult for junior lawyers, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, who are struggling to enter the profession.

has responded to this consultation voicing our deeply held concern that further cuts to remuneration for legal aid work will undermine the quality of legal help which our clients receive, cause more good legal aid firms to go under and make life more difficult for junior lawyers, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, who are struggling to enter the profession.

Their investment in junior lawyers is enormous, with extensive training and a culture of mentorship, allowing trainees to realise their potential.

We use many junior lawyers and nonlawyer clerks, as well as IT, systems, and processes to get work through quickly and efficiently.

Technology that enables a savvy junior lawyer of five years» experience to go toe - to - toe with a long - toothed practitioner.

We are also concerned that changes to the way in which the fund is administered do not have negative consequences for junior lawyers, particularly in terms of ensuring that sponsored training contracts and other mechanisms designed to ensure quality supervision and career progression for legal aid lawyers do not fall by the way side.

This allowed even the most junior lawyers to come up with ideas for problem - solving with the safety net of a manager's experience and perspective.

PSLs are well - respected attorneys, usually with several years of practice experience, who draft or gather high - quality precedent documents, research and summarize legal developments for internal and client use, help billable attorneys find expert colleagues, and train junior lawyers.

To conclude, while not a legally - focused report, it's still fascinating, as paralegals and junior lawyers are not the only ones in the legal world facing the forces of the industrialisation of cognition, which is growing everyday.

In my field of law, machines are learning how to complete tasks traditionally delegated to junior lawyers, like document drafting and contract review.

This follows a review by the Law Society's Junior Lawyers Division, which represents students and solicitors with five years post qualifying experience.

A junior lawyer for example would likely demand a starting salary at their relevant PQE level and, ultimately, may end up missing day to day practice and decide coding and people management is not for them.

Formalize mentoring programs so that junior lawyers have scheduled «face time» with their mentors.

Junior lawyers: YLAL co-chair Ollie attended a Law Society Gazette roundtable discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing junior lawyers, the full report of which can be read here.

We have this fairly settled idea where junior lawyers do the more routine work as a sort of apprenticeship that then allows them to grow from junior to senior lawyers.

It takes about five years for a junior lawyer to really nail that, but once it becomes second nature, the opportunities at Slater and Gordon are endless.

The firm also stressed how using AI systems would allow the firm's junior lawyers and paralegals to focus on more complex work, though this does perhaps undermine the original reason for having the Manchester process centre, which became a flagship element of the firm's business strategy.

Most trainees and junior lawyers barely exceed nine hours on a typical day, arriving just after nine and leaving just after six (see average arrive and leave times below).

One of the things that I personally look for is a «self - starting» quality that I think helps junior lawyers (and senior lawyers) succeed.»