Sentences with phrase «discussions of public interest»

More than 175 public interest employers conduct interviews for internships and full - time jobs and meet with students in informal «table talk» discussions of public interest legal opportunities.

Employers will also meet with students during informal «table talk» discussions of public interest legal opportunities.

As the JRP noted in its discussion of the public interest, «[h] aving an independent expert tribunal take the time to collect, digest, and understand all aspects of a complex application results in thorough, reasoned recommendations and conditions.

There was also a discussion of the public interest in ensuring equitable treatment of minorities and groups not traditionally part of the professions.

This topic also opens up a broader discussion of the public interest jurisdiction of law societies.

Not exact matches

«In my judgment that conduct foreseeably brought Lord Mandelson's public office and personal integrity into disrepute and exposed him to accusations of conflict of interest, and it gave rise to the reasonable grounds to suspect that Lord Mandelson had engaged in improper discussions with Mr Deripaska about aluminium...»

«The space between private and public is very interesting, somewhere between messaging and public forums,» Denton said, adding he feels that people present a more «interesting and constructive» aspect of themselves when they are speaking in private or semi-private discussions.

J&J spokesman Ernie Knewitz told CNBC, «As we have learned through the 2016 election campaign, personal attacks do not serve the interests of the American public or foster a balanced discussion on the substantive issues facing the nation.»

In conclusion, I do find it interesting that those who are raising concerns about all that happened and is happening are doing so unafraid in the public forum of my post with a lot of emotion and intelligence, while those who are trying to silence the discussion or at least control it are contacting me privately outside of the public forum with words that attempt to direct, intimidate or shame me.

President Brewster has expressed to me his interest in taking part in a public discussion of the issues he has raised.

That the issue at stake is a spiritual one is evident in the religious imagery that pervades Callahan's account of technological medicine: that the war on death is a search for «immortality»; that the dying patient might be «saved»; that medicine is seen as «omnipotent, holding life and death wholly in its hands»; that a lobbyist equates heart attacks, cancer, and strokes with sin (interesting rhetoric in the public sphere, but I'll save that discussion for another day).

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

The public campaign invites concerned and interested parents to get more information by attending parenting events, discussions, and conferences; offers group - based interventions for parents with specific interests and concerns; and provides in - depth treatment for parents who have children with serious conduct problems or who have serious problems of their own.

Without the «net, Murphy would have needed to catch a reporter's interest to get the word out, and even if parts of the discussion were published, it's not likely that the general public would learn the full contents.

It would be interesting to get any sense of how many Libdems wd broadly think that, though I appreciate the public discussion won't necessarily reflect that.

«The discussion will inform participants and the public alike and demonstrate the clashes of interests that policy - makers have to reconcile.

The right to exercise this power is so manifest in the interest of the public health and welfare, that it is unnecessary to enter upon a discussion of it beyond saying that it is too firmly established to be successfully called in question.

«Certainly discussion of pay increases for judges creates an environment that is as positive as it can be for the Legislature,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Cuomo has been studiously working to lock down the support of private sector unions while eschewing the public sector organizations that seem to be included when he discussions the amorphous «special interests» that hold too much away over Albany and are driving the cost of government ever upwards.

Fisher uses discussions of the science of everyday phenomena to show how they can open the doors to public understanding and interest as well as attract future scientists.

Reform that makes it less easy to use the law as a tool of intimidation and that introduces a robust public interest defence will be of critical importance for the future open discussion of issues of scientific concern.

Remember, part of what helps companies change practices is public interest in an issue, so blog posts and public discussion can help push companies to adopt better practices.

Scholars focused on higher education generally post low scores, and seem to be quoted much less frequently than K - 12 scholars — though it's not clear whether that's because there's less interest in and opportunity for public discussion of higher education, or a choice that these scholars are making.

Two key fault lines ran through the lively panel discussion of Terry Moe's new book, Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools.

It is great if these conversations happen around the water cooler, or the dinner table, but one of the real attractions to blogging for me is to have thoughtful discussions about interesting topics in the public realm.

It will especially help if these discussions relate to finances, relationships, health, or issues of public interest.

Just from this discussion, it's clear that the reading public has a huge range of habits and preferences and I don't believe it's in the reading public's interest to narrow them unduly.

Institutions represented by The Ruth Toor Grant for Strong Public School Libraries jury can be eligible to apply, but committee members must recuse themselves from the discussion, voting or decline the nomination if they have a conflict of interest.

And he was the one who launched and hosted the groundbreaking Iwata Asks series of developer discussions, arguably the most open, interesting, and downright endearing insight the public have ever had into top level game development at a major platform holder.

As part of ICI's Curator's Perspective — an itinerant public discussion series featuring international curators — Mai Abu ElDahab (co-curator of the 2014 Liverpool Biennial) will present her current research interests and curatorial projects.

As part of ICI's Curator's Perspective — an itinerant public discussion series featuring international curators — Valerie Cassel Oliver (Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston) will present her current research interests and curatorial projects.

He criticizes the spinelessness of those who should actually be watching over institutions: «Lacking an interest in art and with no culture of discussion, they hide behind external aspects of the museum and withdraw to a position of delighting in the exercise of administrative control — to the point of calling in the public prosecutor's office when, to put it bluntly, something is not to their liking.»

«Whomever is nominated or wins, one of the Turner Prize's objectives is to draw public interest and discussion to British contemporary art,» Mr Thompson told Channel 4 News.

And on the subject of whether scientists should be expressing themselves more forcefully in public, there's an interesting discussion at realclimate on «Are we being too cautious in the way we talk about the implications of the results?»

There a just seem to be an awful lot of people stategically situated in influential places with a vested interest in dumbing - down public discussions.

Concerning the discussions of influencing public perceptions on global warming, the gentle folk here might be interested in:

The short answer: In practice, anyone (scientists and non-scientists) can comment on the articles undergoing public discussion, but we mention «the scientific community» in the guidelines because typically scientists (in the broadest sense of the word) are the ones interested in commenting on the articles.

These are social gatherings... public discussions of things that interest those who read and post here.

REDD + has stimulated almost every dimension of forest activity: real - time satellite tracking of global forest loss; local communities using handheld data devices; long - simmering disputes over forest ownership and use; methods for benefit sharing; nested accounting to meld project and national approaches; the role of women in forest stewardship; the place for certification and reduced impact logging; enticements of billions from donors; open discussion of illegal timber trade and corruption; public platforms for indigenous groups to command large audiences, and many more... the exponential interest in REDD + has been tremendous.

We should have a discussion of how to respond to it, and, as with all public interest spending, should consider whether, in a world of finite resources, any given euro (or dollar, or...) is better spent on fighting climate change, fighting malaria, fighting hunger, etc..

A survey like ours helps to break down these walls and involve people in public discussion on topics that are of general interest.

An interesting newcomer to the public discussion of arctic sea ice; fabulous visualizations and good insights [link]

The Earth Forum is one component of the Earth Portal that provides the means for the interested public to engage in discussions with experts on environmental issues — science,... More»

We had responded to their proposal in good faith and saw this as an opportunity for sensible and necessary discussion about issues of public interest.

The ensuing discussion was a simple proxy of some of the issues I was beginning to see raised in the discussions surrounding climate engineering proposals: controversy around the legality of intentionally changing the atmosphere (on any scale), suspicion of private interest in the name of the public good, confusion regarding the science behind it, unpredictability of the outcomes, or questionable logic of nature conservancy rules, to name a few.

Interesting to me about these measures, and the arguments recited in opposition to them, are the parallels we see in discussions about funding of other libraries: law firm, university, public.

We should engage in an examination and discussion of that issue with a clear eye, understanding that public interest and lawyer interest are connected, but also potentially divergent.

Needless to say, from a public - interest standpoint, the data breach and its fallout has been particularly «sexy» fodder for discussion (pun intended); it has raised sort of legal issues and water - cooler chat relating data integrity, privacy, and criminality, not to mention the more obvious social issues relating to infidelity, ethics and morality.

This proposal surfaced in a new discussion paper called Legal Aid and the Public Interest (which accused the government of having «lost its way» over legal aid reform).

This month's bulletin contains five short articles on (i) whistleblowing and the public interest criteria; (ii) upcoming employment law training in Cambridge; (iii) analysis of the «principal purpose» test in relation to staff transferring under TUPE; (iv) discussion of how many witnesses to call at Tribunal; and (v) the vexed question of entitlement to legal representation at internal disciplinary hearings.