Sentences with phrase «adversarial legal system»

Ours is an adversarial legal system, under which all parties to a dispute are entitled to legal representation.

Perhaps this is just an inevitable consequence of our adversarial legal system, but that is a whole new topic for debate.

The adversarial legal system has largely eluded or ignored this objective, largely in part of its historic roots, as well as the cultural blinders that Sue references.

Our adversarial legal system can not work if defendants are not represented by well - trained, zealous advocates who have sufficient resources.

These attitudes communicate themselves to the bar, [creating] an unfortunate feedback effect because of the dependence of judges on lawyers in our adversarial legal system.

It should also be stressed, particularly to those in the media who may not appreciate the point, that it is inevitable in an adversarial legal system that different opinions will be expressed on different sides.

You see, the one thing that each of the client has in common is a willingness to bypass the adversarial legal system and use a New Jersey divorce mediator to help them peacefully and amicably work through the four major tenants of their divorce:

There will always be that one or two percent of the people who no matter how much you explain to them that their result in mediation is going to be superior to that of a result dragged through the adversarial legal system and watered down by warring lawyers taking sides and entrenching in their positions, will want to take their chances and go to court.

The first thing you should know is our adversarial legal system is not child focused or family friendly.

After years of practicing law as courtroom attorneys in the adversarial legal system, and then years of practicing exclusively collaborative family law, in which the court system is explicitly rejected as part of the process, it is clear to us that the adversarial system is a major contributor to the bitter nature of divorce.

Without us, people who are struggling to resolve divorce, co-parenting, elder care, and other internal family conflicts are at high risk for getting involved with an adversarial legal system that will exacerbate and intensify conflicts.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the adversarial legal system was the only process available to assist families in resolving their disputes in most jurisdictions in the United States.