Sentences with phrase «current legal approach»

The purpose of this guide is to assist separating couples, working with the mediator, to reach their own decision about spousal maintenance by providing information about the law and current legal approach to spousal maintenance.

Not exact matches

«In order to improve on the current legal procedures and ease asset recovery procedures, we have drafted the Proceeds of Crime Bill which provides for the transparent management of recovered funds and assets and a non-conviction based approach to asset recovery.

Their three - pronged approach will target key state races, support legal challenges to current maps and pursue ballot initiatives to change the redistricting methods in some states.

Despite what the current and last government have said, yes it would be — which is why the European Commission is starting one itself, looking at different approaches to controlling new synthetic drugs - so - called («legal highs»).

Lawyers seeking to thrive in the current and future legal market need to approach law practice with entrepreneurial vigor, not a copycat mindset.

The same could be true of the next generation of lawyers and their current legal research professors.2 We have likely reached a point at which our frames of reference diverge sufficiently that we don't share a common reference point for approaching the structure of legal research.3 Arguably, the tech - saturated millennials need a solid research foundation more than any generation before them.4 Yet many of them regard our legal research instruction as cumbersome or outdated.5 Having grown up using intuitive electronic devices, and using them to good advantage, 6 many modern law students resist legal research methods that require rigidity, formality, or — worst of all — a trip to a print library.7 Indeed, many of them are downright «mistrustful both of physical libraries and of those who extol their virtues.»

In particular, as part of a more qualitative approach, one needs to have a look whether the current perceived «turbulences» have also by now reached the more fundamental layers of international law, i.e. meta - rules such as the ones on sources, State responsibility, State immunity, treaty interpretation, or res judicata effect of international court decisions must be abided by the parties involved, to name but a few, the general acceptance of which is indispensable for a functioning international legal system.

JO: With respect to the aforementioned trends, lawyers should stay current on relevant technology (easier said than done, I'm still figuring out hashtags), become conversant in international legal trends, and above all else, to incorporate system thinking and a cross-disciplinary approach to the provision of legal services.

He regularly updates these chapters to stay current with the changing legal landscape in Illinois, allowing countless others to approach litigation with the techniques that benefits all injury victims across the state.

This would essentially lay the current financial aid approach bare such that students would know several years beforehand that a legal education is within their financial reach.

The «prove it first» approach, presupposes that the current arrangement is already the very best way to provide legal services and the very best way to provide access to justice.

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I think one of the reasons that wikis all but failed to have a transformative impact in the legal sphere is that the «allow changes first, let the community correct later» approach of wikis creates too much uncertainty about the quality of the current version of the document.

The current approach to public legal information, advice and representation strikes me as a bit like providing advice about dental care only when the tooth is already half rotten and the options are reduced to extraction or a root canal, without having previously discussed the importance of basic dental hygiene.

From a legal POV I might approach this slightly differently (but be mindful that what I propose may or may not be legal in Denver)- I might allow the current agreement to be canceled by all parties conditional on each tenant entering a suitable new agreement directly with the landord (and over only the part of the property they occupy).

Applying knowledge and experience to tackling complex issues on a diverse range of matters, approaching a problem logically, communicating effectively, having the ability to negotiate, providing advice and finding solutions are all skills that I possess and apply to my current work in the legal sector.

Gerard Sanders, General Counsel of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, speaks about the AIIB's objectives, operations and current legal needs, and reveals the AIIB's thinking about various dispute resolution approaches, including whether AIIB views Hong Kong as a likely venue for resolving contractual disputes with the institution.

Because the current legal environment discourages the early settlement of disputes, society is demanding a new approach for resolving disputes more efficiently.

IWC calls for legal discipline in Board policy and decisionmaking (i.e. adjudication in adherence with the law and legal principles rather than the current aggressive and «cost - effective» approach), and for consideration of institutional memory and historical perspective in adjudication (Meredith and Weiler principles).

So, if someone is suggesting that they deliver their legal services differently (i.e., look at the current process and identify a more streamlined approach or improve the process), they can either analyze it to death (or paralysis) or challenge it to the point where nothing is accomplished.

It is interesting to see large law firms attempt to emulate the well - established model of the global legal networks in their current approach to international expansion and realise the importance of deep local expertise for their clients.

Current subscribers may find the new forms of access helpful, but such an approach can turn off the legal community as a whole and do more harm than good to your brand.

Our team of lawyers and legal specialists approach complex legal problems using expert knowledge of the current domestic legal environment and international resources.

Consuming and analyzing the tweets sent by the folks around you on the subway could yield just enough information to approach someone and offer to set up a trust for their new baby, legal counsel for their upcoming business venture, or representation for their current marital situation.

Regardless of the amount of effort, time and creative thinking put forth, even the most innovative structure is susceptible to erosion from rate creep if the legal services purchaser does not think beyond the current year's procurement of services when structuring their approach to external counsel management.

In light of the extent of foreign ownership and control, combined with outsourcing and offshoring, the question should be asked whether the current approach of the National Library and Archives in granting exemptions to databases of legal information is in the public interest.

That is when the current approach to legal education was established with a required minimum of two years undergraduate education followed by three years of law school, then the Bar Admission Program and then articling.

A diverse legal profession will also approach current challenges from very different perspectives, and that diversity needs to be reflected in those we elect to oversee our law societies.

Langdon is also looking forward to being part of a five - lawyer team Cognition is creating to provide legal department operating support — offering assistance to existing in - house teams in evaluating their current operations and providing guidance as to how they can be approaching work differently.

On the potentially «dramatic impact» of the majority's approach on the extent to which native title may have survived over current or former pastoral leases in Western Australia, see also D Bennett SG QC, «Native Title and the Constitution», Native Title in the New Millennium Representative Bodies Legal Conference, Melbourne, 16 - 20 April 2000, at 20.

It's all politics, and I don't always agree with some current legal definitions of what is right and what is wrong, so I take my chances with my sometimes bizarre approaches.