Sentences with phrase «drafting written pleadings»

... In my post on Blawgers and the Inquisition I suggested that lawyers should perhaps utilise their skills in drafting written pleadings when preparing a blog post and ensure that there is little for other blawgers to attack.

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In Europe and the United States it has become very common for corporate entities and, more recently, law firms to outsource legal work, including agency work, document review, due diligence, legal research and writing, drafting of pleadings and other litigation support, contract management, and patent and other IP services.

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.

Trial lawyers must master the art of oral and written persuasion as they argue motions, try cases, take depositions and draft various legal pleadings.

Write or phone opposing parties on behalf of the client to resolve the client's problem, or assist the client in drafting simple pleadings, and instruct client on how to complete legal tasks.

Whether you are reviewing contracts or medical records, researching, drafting pleadings or legal documents, you are mostly reading and writing.

Writing ability is also necessary since bankruptcy lawyers draft pleadings, briefs, motions and other documents.

Investigate and develop cases, develop written reports to attorneys detailing results of investigation; draft motions, pleadings and other documents as directed;

These attorneys typically handle substantive work on a project basis for other attorneys — research and writing, transactional work, drafting briefs, motions, and other pleadings, managing discovery, covering hearings or depositions, etc..

But beyond this, name another established business where the people responsible for production — crafting deals, drafting contracts, writing pleadings, arguing cases — also are in charge of finding new customers.

Litigation: writing research memoranda, drafting pleadings, motions and briefs, preparing discovery responses and assisting with trial preparation for a wide variety of disciplines including commercial litigation, product liability, labor and employment, real estate, patent, trademark and anti-piracy;

A wide variety of duties — including «inside» tasks like drafting pleadings and discovery requests, reviewing discovery responses, performing legal research, brief writing and even transactional drafting, as well as «outside» tasks like court appearances and depositions — can be outsourced to freelance lawyers.

These duties include client interviews and case investigation; memoranda and brief writing; drafting of pleadings and judgments; court representation as a 711; direct representation at administrative hearings; and legal research.

The candidate should have experience of drafting and editing pleadings, briefs, and other written work product; and preparing for and conducting depositions, arbitrations, and trials.

These opportunities allow students to conduct client interviews, draft pleadings and legal briefs, conduct legal research and write legal memoranda, attend court hearings, and develop case strategy with attorneys throughout their service.

They also have to provide efficient legal services, to help attorneys with writing and drafting pleadings or to receive telephone calls and visitors and to provide information related to various procedures.

* Strong analytical capabilities and judgment * Compose, edit, copy, and distribute a variety of internal and external written communications, reports, visual aids, and presentations to opposing counsel, clients, witnesses, etc. * Draft legal documents including pleadings, interrogatories, jury i...

The Collaborative attorneys draft the written documentation of the agreement and prepare the required court pleadings for review and signing.