Sentences with phrase «cent of lawyers»

Nearly 50 per cent of lawyers in the province called to the bar since 2000 are female.
However, that meant only 11 per cent of lawyers in two to four lawyer firms purchased excess insurance, and only 9 per cent of sole practitioners.
According to the report, 43 per cent of lawyers surveyed at law firms and corporations indicated they are likely to increase hiring in the fourth quarter of 2011.
About six per cent of lawyers who were asked if they planned to increase spending said they planned to do so significantly.
That is down six per cent from the third quarter when 49 per cent of lawyers indicated they planned to increase staff levels.
In 2012, 52 per cent of the lawyer licensing candidates were women.
A widening urban - rural divide is exemplified by Alberta, where 88 per cent of the lawyers practise in either Calgary or Edmonton, which raises serious access to justice concerns.
The survey by Robert Half Legal shows that 79 per cent of lawyers polled said their firms or corporate legal departments are planning on pay raises and bonuses for their associates.
Eighty - seven per cent of lawyers upgrade to premium economy, business or first class when travelling long haul on a work trip compared to an average across the sectors of 81 %.
Now, 15 years later, the Law Society of Upper Canada has released its report on retaining women in the profession and many of the same issues raised by Wilson are still present: a high proportion of women enter the legal profession at the initial entry level (more than 50 per cent of lawyers called to the bar are female), and that there is a higher attrition rate for women than men from private practice.
Though Boyd estimates 40 per cent of the lawyers listed on the website do family law as some or all of their practice, he says it's «all across» the profession, with many doing wills and estates or corporate commercial services in an unbundled way as well.
The show, which follows the personal and professional lives of the law firm's staff, is still top of mind with 24 per cent of lawyers deeming it their all - time favourite TV legal drama.
In Ontario in 2007, 34.5 per cent of lawyers voted in the bencher election; in 2011, 37 per cent (15,592 lawyers) did so.
In a recent paper, Woolley examined the track records of five provincial law societies and concluded 87 per cent of the lawyers disciplined in 2009 were either sole or small firm practitioners while none who belonged to a very large or national firm were disciplined.
«A net 49 per cent of lawyers at law firms and corporations surveyed indicated they are likely to increase hiring in the third quarter of 2011.
Robert Half Legal released a report Thursday that found 30 per cent of lawyers surveyed said they expect their organization will add new positions in the first six months of 2017.
«I intend to stay in office and to carry out the reforms desired by the 63 per cent of lawyers who democratically elected me on May 22.
That result reflects statistics showing 80 per cent of lawyers practising in that province do so in the metropolitan areas of those two cities.
The disparity is stark: Despite now making up 39 per cent of the profession in Ontario, and 31 per cent of lawyers in private practice, women account for only 21 per cent of law firm partners.
Fifteen per cent of lawyers surveyed said they would have chosen business management or marketing careers in lieu of practising law.
Hilland quotes 2006 figures that show 4.5 per cent of the B.C. population are Aboriginal; but only 1.5 per cent of lawyers are Aboriginal.
However, women still account for only 40 per cent of lawyers in the profession, 33 per cent of lawyers in private practice and 22 per cent of law firm partners.
In 2006, women accounted for nearly 60 per cent of the youngest lawyers and 38 per cent of all lawyers in Ontario.
Racialized women account for no less than 16 per cent of all lawyers under 30, compared to just five per cent of lawyers 30 and older; racialized men account for seven per cent of lawyers under 30, compared to six per cent of lawyers 30 and older.
According to the report, racialized women account for 16 per cent of all lawyers under 30, compared to just 5 per cent of lawyers 30 and older.
In Ontario in 2006, members of a visible minority accounted for 30.7 per cent of all physicians, 31.7 per cent of engineers, 17.6 per cent of academics, and 11.8 per cent of high - level managers, compared to 11.5 per cent of lawyers.
With 16 per cent of lawyers choosing it, Law & Order was second on the list, followed by Boston Legal, favoured by 13 per cent of lawyers.
While everyone loves to vouch for their favourite show, barely anyone actually sees their own lives on the screen with only one per cent of lawyers saying the shows «hit too close to home.»
According to Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) figures released last October, just three per cent of lawyers are disabled, whether solicitor, barrister or other legal professional.
«As many as 50 per cent of all lawyers in Canada don't use (one of the major research services),» he said.
In Ontario in 2010, the law society found 32 per cent of lawyers were between 50 and 60 years old and 10 per cent were 65 or older.
While 66 per cent of the lawyers who received the simple version would have advised their client to accept the offered settlement, only 44 per cent who received the complex version made the same recommendation.
The LPAC has reported that stress, anxiety, and burnout are the most prevalent issues affecting the legal profession with only 37 per cent of lawyers surveyed believing they had enough time to exercise and 45 per cent believing they lacked enough quality time at home with family.
In Alberta, in 2009, about 58 per cent of its lawyers were between 41 and 70 while 25 per cent fell into the 31 to 40 age range and less than 10 per cent were under 30.
Latest figures indicate about 17 per cent of lawyers — and 28 per cent of paralegals — are not white, up from about 9.2 per cent in 2001.
A recent study by McKinsey & Company estimates that 23 per cent of lawyer time is automatable, while similar research by the highly respected AI expert Dana Remus at the University of North Carolina School of Law concludes that just 13 per cent of lawyer time can be performed by computers.
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