Sentences with phrase «as advanced legal research»

I agree that the legal research landscape has changed, but so long as Advanced Legal Research courses change with it, I think there is still a need for them in law schools today (and for continuing legal research training for articling students and lawyers, too).

Not exact matches

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Cornell offers basic and advanced legal research courses of three credits each, as well as several specialized topics, such as International and Foreign research, and Law Practice Technology which can be one or two credits.

Those anomalies aside, the CARA AI - assisted research tool strikes me as a major advance in legal research.

There are now over 800 lawyers in the UK working for «virtual» law firms as advances in technology drive the rise of a new business model in the legal sector, shows new research by Hazlewoods, Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors who specialise in the legal profession.

The new tool became available today as part of a package of updates to the LexisNexis legal research service Lexis Advance.

Doing so effectively calls for research skills beyond those that students acquire through working with domestic legal resources.56 Mary Rumsey explains that students must go beyond their dependence on domestic databases to learn how to access the different resources relevant to international and comparative law.57 She describes, as examples, the need to find customary international law through treaties, laws of other nations, diplomatic correspondence, and scholarly works, and she points out that civil law research requires much more emphasis on statutes and scholarship than on the case law that plays such a dominant role in American legal analysis.58 While there have been significant advances in access to foreign and international legal sources, there are still substantial barriers, 59 and the research methods needed to obtain these resources can be different (in ways either subtle or stark) from those that apply to domestic law.

The more difficult calculation was using this archive not only to preserve and document our past but as an instrument actively to advance research into Osgoode's legacy of innovation and leadership and its impact on the legal profession.

«The attorneys surveyed placed advanced legal research skills alongside drafting pleadings and motions as the skills both «most needed» and «most lacking» in litigation practice,» according to Nota Bene, a blog by the librarians at the University of Houston O'Quinn Law Library.

In a statement announcing the award, Greg Lambert, AALL president, said, «As leaders of legal research best practices and advanced technology tools, our members recognize the value of powerful litigation support resources.

After all, WestlawNext is the world's most advanced online legal research tool, and the focus of our product development — including new content, enhanced search and customization tools, as well as workflow and product integration strategies.

As such, I think there is still much work to be done in the field of Advanced Legal Research in our law schools.

I think part of the difficulty with teaching Advanced Legal Research to today's law students is their superficial facility with online search tools, such as Google.

As part of its renewed approach to advancing access to justice, the CBA has released a 125 - page research report, Moving Forward on Legal Aid: Research on Needs and Innovative Appresearch report, Moving Forward on Legal Aid: Research on Needs and Innovative AppResearch on Needs and Innovative Approaches.

Appointment as a Centre for Legal Innovation Research Fellow is open to anyone who has a proven research record or requires seed funding to advance a specialism / expertise that intersects law and innovation (for example College staff, lawyers, other professionals and consuResearch Fellow is open to anyone who has a proven research record or requires seed funding to advance a specialism / expertise that intersects law and innovation (for example College staff, lawyers, other professionals and consuresearch record or requires seed funding to advance a specialism / expertise that intersects law and innovation (for example College staff, lawyers, other professionals and consultants).

This is your chance to learn about the free services and legal information sources available to you, including digital resources such as WestlawNext, Lexis Advance, and ProView, document delivery, and experienced and friendly legal research help.

As a member of the Miami Law faculty, she teaches Legal Communication and Research Skills and upper - level courses on Guantánamo legal issues and advanced writing techniLegal Communication and Research Skills and upper - level courses on Guantánamo legal issues and advanced writing technilegal issues and advanced writing techniques.

Other Research Skills Presentations: 4 - Primary legal research II - Researching Case Law 5 - Articles as a source of law 6 - Guide to using PacLII.org 7 - Guide to using Lexis 8 - Guide to using Westlaw 9 - Advanced Guide to using the internetResearch Skills Presentations: 4 - Primary legal research II - Researching Case Law 5 - Articles as a source of law 6 - Guide to using PacLII.org 7 - Guide to using Lexis 8 - Guide to using Westlaw 9 - Advanced Guide to using the internetresearch II - Researching Case Law 5 - Articles as a source of law 6 - Guide to using PacLII.org 7 - Guide to using Lexis 8 - Guide to using Westlaw 9 - Advanced Guide to using the internet - incl.

This one - credit advanced legal research seminar will introduce students to specific sources and strategies for researching health and medical legal topics, including the right to health care, pharmaceutical and medical device regulation, Stark and anti-trust laws as applied to the health care industry, medical malpractice and standards of care, and medical ethics and experimentation.

The technologies that contribute to the successful running of a legal business, such as legal research platforms and case management systems, are more advanced in their development.

He hails from the innovation hub of Stanford Law School and is advancing next - generation methods of graphical legal research, as well as advocating for the free law movement.

Since 2016, Knomos as been working with UVic's Advanced Legal Research & Writing course to enable upper year law students to gain practical experience with new and emerging legal technologies as they prepare to embark into their professional carLegal Research & Writing course to enable upper year law students to gain practical experience with new and emerging legal technologies as they prepare to embark into their professional carlegal technologies as they prepare to embark into their professional careers.

Though the course became quite popular, drawing one hundred second and third year students each semester, Advanced Legal Research was viewed as an odd duck.

Visitors to the Law Library of Congress and other law libraries can also use legal research databases such as Lexis Advance and Westlaw to perform more targeted searching for majority opinions by Judge Gorsuch, as well as his concurring and dissenting opinions.

As Rebecca Merrett has reported — in one of unfortunately few serious reviews to date by media — the 12 - page «research priorities» document attached to the open letter asks legal and ethical questions of rapidly advancing intelligence and autonomy in machines.