Sentences with phrase «speaking as a law student»

Speaking as a law student I, for one, would greatly appreciate quick and convenient access to a comprehensive online citation manual.

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Speaking to Citi News, the President of the Association, Noah Tetteh, said, «we are asking for students to be allowed to go to the law school, and directly after that, there should be an examination that they will take and if they pass that exam, then those who make it will be called to the Bar as lawyers.

SALDF chapters raise awareness of issues affecting animals through activities such as holding events for ALDF's weeks of action, like Speak Out for Farmed Animals Week; tabling; leafleting; screening films; organizing symposia and guest speakers; and building coalitions with other law school student organizations.

She spoke of how, were it not for her time here as a graduate student in law, she would have done none of this — to have engaged in activism to the extent she has done, to have found the courage to take on the role of an ally, and even to have written and performed poetry on issues that move her.

Speaking to law students at the University of Connecticut yesterday, Scalia said that his 2004 decision not to recuse himself from a case involving Vice President Cheney was the «proudest thing» he has done on the Court, as reported by Associated Press.

Though she spoke specifically of her time as a graduate student in law, Michelle's remarks stimulated my thoughts about the many ways in which law school in general can be a transformative experience.

See Brugger, supra n. 141, at 647 (stating that while Tucker's moot court was «no innovation in legal training,» Tucker enjoyed using it); Butler, supra n. 143, at 29 (stating that «with the higher view of preparing students for speaking and writing on legal subjects, it will be useful to exercise their minds by forensic debates in moot courts, and by requiring from them written opinions on questions of law, and readings and dissertations on statutes and other themes, as circumstances permit»); Laub, supra n. 144, at 14 (quoting Reed's letter to the Dickinson College Trustees on a course of study); Barrow, supra n. 148, at 289.

Because the university programs were not seen by prospective students as useful training for the practice of law, they lost out to the more practical pathways of apprenticeship and private law schools.85 Only later, when they married the theoretical and the practical instruction, including the teaching of writing and speaking about the law, would university programs rise to become the dominant force in legal education.86

Because Sacramento is the state capital of California we had a very robust and well - thought - through field placement program where students would have the opportunity to extern in either state government or regulatory agencies or otherwise in what I call the hub - and - spoke model where they would go out into their field placement, come back into a hub, discuss, process, analyze under supervision either the ethical issues they were facing in those environments or other practice issues, and I think that helps prepare them for the transition into life beyond law school as well as allowing them to create the opportunities to meet people in those working environments, understand what it meant beyond the law school to be in that working environment, beyond just a kind of summer type of experience.

Coming from a science background, I had no legal work experience, but I spoke to friends who were doing the GDL, read the legal guides aimed at students (Lex 100 etc), attended legal recruitment events at university and made sure I spoke to the people at the Bird & Bird law fair (as well as other law firms that I was applying for at the time).

Last week, I had the chance to speak to a Legal Writing class at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, and as expected, the students were great and they helped the session go tremendously well.

Last week, during a visit to BYU Law in Provo to speak as part of its Future of Law series, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to sit in on the lab, meet the students and faculty involved with it, and hear about their progress so far.

In one of his first addresses as Ontario's attorney general, Yasir Naqvi spoke to law students at the University of Ottawa about the need to modernize the justice system.

Last week I had the opportunity to speak with law students at Robson Hall as part of the Pro Bono Students Canada («PBSC») launcstudents at Robson Hall as part of the Pro Bono Students Canada («PBSC») launcStudents Canada («PBSC») launch event.

Tomorrow I am speaking with law students at Robson Hall as part of a Do Law Differently launch event hosted by the MLSA and Canadian Bar Associatilaw students at Robson Hall as part of a Do Law Differently launch event hosted by the MLSA and Canadian Bar AssociatiLaw Differently launch event hosted by the MLSA and Canadian Bar Association.

My advice to students would therefore be to try to gain as many insights into different firms as possible — whether that's speaking to them at law fairs, going to their open days or, ideally, doing a work experience scheme with them.

Denise also regularly volunteers with the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, providing coaching and guidance to students participating in the school's moot programs, mentoring law students through its alumni mentorship program, and speaking to high school students as part of its programs for youLaw, providing coaching and guidance to students participating in the school's moot programs, mentoring law students through its alumni mentorship program, and speaking to high school students as part of its programs for youlaw students through its alumni mentorship program, and speaking to high school students as part of its programs for youth.

In law school, most upcoming lawyers are exposed to the so - called «Socratic Method,» in which the professor — generally in modern dress and typically not speaking Greek — seeks to compel the student to find or discover or discern or make a lucky guess at the point of doctrine under consideration, much as the character we know as «Socrates» in the Dialogues of Plato does with his students or debating partners.

If you spoke to me about who I was measuring myself against, I would describe the group of law students who had it all: great relationships, lots of friends, supreme fitness, straight As, buckets of energy, and made law review.

Today, I want speak to those law students who will be returning to school after spending the summer gaining some type of professional legal experience, whether working for pay in some capacity, completing an unpaid internship, or earning law school credit as an extern.

Reading about Justice Jackson as a student, listening to a man speak that Memorial Day in 1909 about the civil war, peace and justice, when the speaker would later become the Justice's law partner, brought to mind the bonds lawyers develop with each other as time passes.

Objectives of the tournament are to: Teach students ethics, civility and professionalism; Further students» understanding of the law, court procedures and the legal system; Improve proficiency in basic life skills, such as listening, speaking, reading and reasoning; Promote better communication and cooperation among the school community, teachers and students and members of the legal profession, and; Heighten appreciation for academic studies and stimulate interest in law - related careers.

Law Day activities include mock trials, courthouse tours, open citizenship courts, as well as public speaking and mock trial contests for junior high and high school students.