Sentences with phrase «private practice initiative»

Not exact matches

New York State is using the best lessons from private practice and creating a large scale public policy initiative based on real data to determine investment and return.

Schneiderman, who once represented financial firms in private practice, has used the Martin Act to pursue his «Insider Trading 2.0» initiative, obtaining multimillion - dollar settlements from financial institutions such as Deutsche Bank, BlackRock, and Barclays, as well as settlements with banks such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs over deceptive practices leading up to the financial crisis.

The Forum's Poston concluded the conference by highlighting the fact that many programs and practices discussed need flexibility to be innovative, the same kind touted in alternatives to district public schools like charter schools, private school voucher schools and similar initiatives recently introduced in North Carolina.

From its inception, AAHA focused on promoting high - quality standards for the rapidly evolving sector of small animal private practice through accreditation and other initiatives.

Delivering access to justice demands change and action on a very broad range of initiatives — pro bono work by the private bar, fair and adequate funding of legal aid, collaboration among all system participants (clients, lawyers, courts, agencies, NGO's), legal education (and its financing), e-filing and case data standards, court forms, court interfaces to self - represented litigants, unbundled legal services, virtual law practice, multistate practice, law practice ownership and investment, limited practice licenses, unauthorized practice of law rules, lawyer advertising rules, and lawyer discipline.

While focused on American firms, the NAWL Foundation report has some good analysis of what firms are and can be doing in order to make their initiatives more valuable and actually work to keep women in private practice.

Clients can easily spot shallow initiatives, hollow offers and marketing speak (after all, they started out as lawyers in private practice and know exactly how law firms work).

A initiative set up by in - house and private practice lawyers to help drive social mobility in the legal sector has expanded its coverage to include Leeds and Birmingham.

Such initiatives could be paid or unpaid, and in the calls to LawPRO have involved insured lawyers in private practice.

For all of the above, one can consider, as an example, an initiative that was launched within government to pay private practice lawyers a modest amount to do certain work on an occasional basis.

To stem this flow of legal talent out of private practice, the Law Society of Upper Canada, which regulates Ontario's legal profession, has issued a number of recommendations and started the following three major initiatives that LSUC hopes will serve as a model for other jurisdictions in Canada:

The think tank is an initiative resulting from the reports of the Retention of Women in Private Practice Working Group, the Final Consultation Findings of which are available online [PDF].

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

Gather with other private practice clinicians to set business goals, work on growing your private practice, share innovative ideas, and get feedback on your own initiatives.

Mr. Kenner has also worked as a Senior Fund Manager at Fannie Mae; served as Vice President at Jones Lang LaSalle specializing in public / private initiatives; as a Manager of the Government Real Estate Advisory Services Consulting Practice at Ernst & Young; and as a Presidential Management Fellow from the White House.