Sentences with phrase «asked practising lawyers»

«What we've tried to do is when we were developing the program we asked practising lawyers who are experts in their area to tell us what every lawyer in their first five years of practice needs to know to be a successful lawyer in that field, and that's what we're teaching,» explains Leveque.

I was somewhat surprised and disappointed, having asked a practising lawyer that I know to describe what he thought to be key quality standards from legal publishers who serve his needs.

Not exact matches

While counsel for the law society had asked the panel to revoke Farkas» law licence, the tribunal settled on the six - month suspension and determined the lawyer could return to practising refugee law if he completes a one - year supervision plan under the mentorship of a specialist lawyer.

The plaintiff asked the court to find, as a matter of public policy, that for policy reasons, the lawyer should nevertheless be treated as either a partner or employee of the firm, because lawyers «practising in association» should be treated as part of a «collective identity.»

Solicitors are being asked to write to their MP about the practise rights of lawyers post-Brexit.

The Law Society has urged its members to contact their MPs in writing to ask that the government negotiate and secure the continued rights of lawyers to practise, establish law firms, and have rights of audience in EU member states.

For example, a lawyer who normally practises only family and estates law may be asked to set up a charitable corporation for a family law client.

Canadian Lawyer asked numerous Nova Scotia lawyers to comment on Howe's claims of racial unfairness in the system — including senior criminal defence counsel who practise in Halifax, members of the judiciary, Dalhousie University law professors, and members of the NSBS governing council.