Sentences with phrase «days of your law practice»

I try to do that, and be grateful, every day of my law practice.

Whilst most partners still pine for the old golden days of law practice, a sense of realism and the urge for survival has enabled most law firms to keep their heads above water.

Even after they have built up knowledge so that they know what to do in order to bring about change, have provided or obtained the tools they need to create that change, set deadlines for accomplishing their desired goals, somehow the day to day of law practice gets in the way.

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The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

«Each period, whether a day, a month, a year or longer, represents an infinite number of possible learning opportunities, revealing more and more about correlations, hedging, law, regulation, culture, sizing positions, trading versus holding, activism, bankruptcy law and practice, government action and political impacts on investing, organizational realities and growth, as well as the kind of personal characteristics that are required to do this job well.»

And in 1890, Woodruff, who the Utah History Encyclopedia says initially had supported the practice of polygamy, issued what became known as the 1890 Manifesto: «I publicly declare that my advice to the Latter - day Saints is to refrain from contracting any marriages forbidden by the law of the land.»

Who are we to tell God he can not do the same in our day and time??? The Law now states it is illegal, Edmunds / Tucker act, and as of 1890 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints also does not practice day and time??? The Law now states it is illegal, Edmunds / Tucker act, and as of 1890 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints also does not practice Day Saints also does not practice it.

In the pursuit of his mission he found himself obliged not merely to neglect some of the finer points of current religious practice (such as fasting on the proper days) but also to break some of the rules which were thought necessary to safeguard the religion of the Law (such as those of Sabbath observance).

The Jewish people, more faithful than any similar group in the keeping of the moral laws they share with the Christians, more assiduous in the practice of repentance, more diligent in forgiveness, have indeed survived to this day and so demonstrated in a fashion the social relevance of their faith; but it would be difficult to describe the sort of existence the Jewish race has enjoyed as «fullness of life.»

I practice the sabbath day, and to think that because one went out of the house on Saturday if there is an emergency, they will be put to death is crazy, something is definitely wrong with this law.

Many of the elements basic to a Christian way of life were first basic to a Jewish way of life: a reverence for the Scriptures; a sense of the sacred; respect for the law; humility before the transcendent; the cherishing of the human capacity for reflection and choice; the sharp taste of the existing (as distinct from non-existing), and of being (as opposed to nonbeing), and therefore of the blessed contingency of this created world; the practice of compassion; the ideal of friendship with God and of «walking with God»; the habit of prayer; and a sense of the presence of God during the activities of every day — all these are habits of life that Christians share with Jews and have learned from Judaism.

The laws of every state now mandate - at least at the high school level - that athletes with suspected concussion not only be removed from the game or practice in which they are participating, but be barred from returning to play that same day, and obtain written authorization to return to play from a health care professional with expertise in the identification, diagnosis, and management of concussion.

She makes oodles of money practicing law and leaves her baby each and every day in the care of strangers.

One day after Democrats in the Senate proposed sharply curtailing outside income earned by state lawmakers, the leader of another Senate faction says he's quitting his private law practice.

A few days after a state audit criticized a long - used Syracuse hiring practice to get around civil service laws, the Common Council probed the issue, but councilors came down more on the side of the mayor's office than the auditors.

«It's rare to have a market that large open itself in this day and age,» said Carlos Solé, co-chair of the Latin America practice at Baker Botts LLP, a law firm that represents many energy companies.

Unless any new assessment system is accompanied by systems of multiple indicators to mute the distortions implied by Campbell's law, teacher capacity building to support better classroom practices, and greater emphasis on short - cycle formative classroom assessment to guide instruction, we may be doomed to repeat, in Groundhog Day — fashion, the frustrations of the past.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, which has risen to prominence with its annual rankings of state charter school laws, sought to measure the «health» of each system, as determined by factors such as the size of charter populations, racial demographics, test scores and the use of «innovative» practices such as extended school days or apprenticeship programs.

Prior to the passage of HB 1403, HEF had argued that the «Craig Dickinson Law» did not define season and that when the law was passed in 1996, the FHSAA by - laws did not define «season» as first day of practiLaw» did not define season and that when the law was passed in 1996, the FHSAA by - laws did not define «season» as first day of practilaw was passed in 1996, the FHSAA by - laws did not define «season» as first day of practice.

(d) In the case of an alleged act or practice prohibited by this title which occurs in a State, or political subdivision of a State, which has no State or local law prohibiting such act or practice, a civil action may be brought under subsection (a): Provided, That the court may refer the matter to the Community Relations Service established by title X of this Act for as long as the court believes there is a reasonable possibility of obtaining voluntary compliance, but for not more than sixty days: Provided further, That upon expiration of such sixty - day period, the court may extend such period for an additional period, not to exceed a cumulative total of one hundred and twenty days, if it believes there then exists a reasonable possibility of securing voluntary compliance.

within one hundred and eighty days after the alleged awful practice occurred, or in a case to which section 14 (b) applies, within three hundred days after the alleged unlawful practice occurred or within thirty days after receipt by the individual of notice of termination of proceedings under State law, whichever is earlier.

(d) A charge under subsection (a) shall be filed within ninety days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred, except that in the case of an unlawful employment practice with respect to which the person aggrieved has followed the procedure set out in subsection (b), such charge shall be filed by the person aggrieved within two hundred and ten days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred, or within thirty days after receiving notice that the State or local agency has terminated the proceedings under the State or local, law, whichever is earlier, and a copy of such charge shall be filed by the Commission with the State or local agency.

My Journey presents Why I am Not A Big Proponent of Revocable Living Trusts posted at My Journey to Millions, saying, «In both my law practice and day job Revocable Living Trusts come up often, however, I am not a particularly big proponent of using them for one specific reason discussed below.»

While living in Cambridge, Mr. Stone met the artist Robert S. Neuman, whose work he admired so much that, after moving to New York to practice law, he spent much of his working day trying to get Neuman exhibitions and giving free legal advice to artists like Elaine de Kooning.

Much of this dirty work is the result of «Sue and Settle» lawsuits, in which friendly Green groups sue the EPA over some technical point in the law knowing full well that a deal has already been struck for the EPA to settle the lawsuity and be thus «forced» to impose heavy burdens on the American people — who have not had their day in court to defend their longstanding practices.

I was at that debate, Don, and Mike Crichton «s performance prevailed not just because he could act — he was a screenwriter after all, but because besides practicing his act before a critical CalTech audience, he was studying environmental law as part of his due diligence for State of Fear — John Gresham made for serious hardcover competition in those days.

In addition, we manage the day to day details of our clients» integrated digital marketing campaigns, so they can focus on practicing law.

Posts include snarky op - eds related to the legal news of the day, columns written by law students and young practicing lawyers about their experiences in the profession, coverage of quirky legal news stories — and a weekly caption contest.

Prof. Bainbridge says that as far as he can tell, these days law schools hiring professors focus almost solely on qualifications that do not have a «goddamn thing to do with the practice of law» such as «having a PhD» or «having multiple publications, even if they demonstrate the author's utter lack of doctrinal knowledge or inability to do basic legal research.»

The day you recognize what you love to do as it relates to the practice of law, you will have recognized your purpose in life and retirement will be an obsolete concept.

Throughout the two days of TBD Law, Sam asked several of the attendees to tell him one thing about the practice of law that would be different in 10 years and one thing that would be the saLaw, Sam asked several of the attendees to tell him one thing about the practice of law that would be different in 10 years and one thing that would be the salaw that would be different in 10 years and one thing that would be the same.

WHEREAS Skeeter Jones, good and gentle Labrador, attended faithfully with Ms. Amy Jones all prescribed Baylor Law School classes, dog - day in and dog - day out, until completion; WHEREAS he showed uncommon bravery in yawning loudly in abject dog - boredom during a certain lecture of Professor Jeremy Counseller, caring but little for the intricacies of removal and remand; WHEREAS he successfully begged for donuts from Professor David Guinn, having been unfairly tempted by the hi - jinks of the latter; WHEREAS Good Dog Skeeter completed the Practice Court program without being called upon once or reading nary a case, all knowing that a snarl would rebuff any such intrusion; WHEREAS he is now an older, wiser and even a bit fatter dog; WHEREAS those who survive Baylor Law School are entitled to all barking rights, entitlements and appurtenances thereto; THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY DECREED that Baylor University School of Law confers upon Skeeter the Labrador this

Dubbed as «two days of engaging keynote presentations and interactive sessions on technology for the legal industry», this looks like it'll be a fantastic opportunity for legal industry folks to learn more about Clio's law practice management software (through the conference's Clio University track) and to hear from a great group of speakers on topics ranging from virtual practice, to mobile & paperless law offices, social media and online marketing, cloud ethics and the future of law.

When I asked how she came to have that job, she told me that she knew she needed to get out of family law practice when she found herself driving to work one Monday morning and thinking that if she could just somehow get into a minor car accident, she would not have to go in that day.

FindLaw has been serving legal professionals since the early days of the internet, and we have helped tens of thousands of attorneys and law practices reach their web marketing goals.

While it may be true that «Not a day goes by without a legal professional telling us that he or she relies almost entirely (or entirely) on CanLII for his or her primary law needs», and that it is a «practice enabler» for small firm or solo practitioner, it is not credible as a vehicle for serious legal research other than a source of recent cases.

Lawyering is changing fast these days, and lawyers who innovate will define the practice of law in the years to come.

«At the Fordham Law School conference where I spoke 10 days ago (on challenges to «professionalism» posed by large firm practice), an off - agenda, spontaneous and heartfelt dialogue broke out about the nefarious impact of BlackBerrys — albeit on the premise that there's no going back.

The third year of law school should also include some required clinical programs to give law students a real life look at the day to day practice of law and help them not only gain experience (including the required pro bono hours), but also give them a better frame of reference to help t hem decide what area of practice they would like to pursue.

Although law school had provided me with the tools and theory necessary to practice law, I still lacked significant experience in actual day - to - day practice of law.

The system uses a combination of modern - day algorithms and time - tested flash cards, according to the company's founder, Gabriel H. Teninbaum, professor of legal writing at Suffolk University Law School and director of the school's Institute on Law Practice Technology & Innovation.

Two days simply were not enough to take in all the great programming, learn about each of the exhibitors and spend time getting to know more of the 700 people who attended — every one of whom, it seemed, had good stories to share about their law practices or businesses.

Just one month from today, on October 28th, 2016, Above the Law will host its second annual Academy for Private Practice («APP»), a full - day conference offering practical solutions and expert insight on meeting the challenges of starting and optimizing a small law firm practiLaw will host its second annual Academy for Private Practice («APP»), a full - day conference offering practical solutions and expert insight on meeting the challenges of starting and optimizing a small law firm pPractice («APP»), a full - day conference offering practical solutions and expert insight on meeting the challenges of starting and optimizing a small law firm practilaw firm practicepractice.

So, not only do you have to obtain and retain clients, you also need to focus on the day - to - day aspects of running your law practice, including managing your employees.

18 Unlike the extracurricular interscholastic competitions that bear the same name today, the moot courts of this period were mandatory exercises in the law school curriculum, modeled after the «moots» of the Inns of Courts in England.19 The law school professors of the day gave the students a fictitious case and assisted the students in drafting the pleadings and other documents, preparing the arguments, and then arguing the case.20 In theory, if not always in practice, these were the forerunners of today's legal writing classes that emphasize persuasive writing.

Many of these programs have the potential to displace administrative assistants, paralegals, and entry - level lawyers — or, at the very least, will replace some of the more mundane tasks undertaken by lawyers in the day - to - day practice of law.

Whether practicing at a private law firm or in - house, you need to understand your clients» objectives and the importance of any particular day - to - day legal question to the overall success of their business.

Your partners are busy and don't have the time or money to spend on another unproductive business - school exercise led by consultants who know almost nothing about your firm or the day - to - day realities of the business of practicing law.

So there you have it — a list of some of the newer legal apps available to assist lawyers in the day - to - day practice of law.

Sharon Nelson: Well, I should mention to the audience that I am very grateful to David who agreed to speak to the Virginia State Bar's Committee on the future of the practice of law and so I've had the pleasure of speaking with him before and you were absolutely marvelous to do that for us, and one of the things we talked about that day, as you'll recall, is how the American legal industry has remained stubbornly opposed to ABS in any form, so I'm going to repeat a question I asked you when you spoke to the Committee, why do you think American lawyers are so opposed to ABS?