This might lead to
the emergence of a legal framework to tackle such cases.
Consider: (1) the separation from the pack by a few of The AmLaw 200; (2) a recent report by ALM Intelligence revealing that law firms now account for only 25 % market share; (3) changed customer expectations — «faster, better, cheaper» and «more with less»; (4) new competitors — notably the BigFour, in - house departments, and legal service providers; (5) the sustainability of the partnership model for economic, cultural, structural, and succession reasons; and (6)
the emergence of legal operations — CLOC and its ACC counterpart — and the distinction between legal practice and delivery.
Two trends that are not getting much press, and are transformational in our view, is the consolidation of legal panels and
the emergence of the legal operations group inside large legal departments.
The other matters on the committee's agenda were
the emergence of legal apprenticeships as a route to qualification and the mysterious disappearance from the SRA's agenda of work - based learning as an alternative to the training contract.
From your perspective what has most surprised you about
the emergence of legal operations as a field?
We discuss
the emergence of legal marketplaces, including a discussion of LAWCLERK ™ and the opportunities, including personal branding, for today's lawyers.
This year, the awards recognise
the emergence of legal operations as a discipline.
The emergence of legal highs should come as no surprise.
«Although the ultimate impact is currently unknown,
the emergence of legal cannabis in certain U.S. states and Canada may result in a shift of discretionary income away from our products or a change in consumer preferences away from beer,» wrote The Molson Coors Brewing Company in its most recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Not exact matches
The devastation and moral atrocities
of the war, the rebuilding
of European
legal systems, the
emergence of....
Here is the argument locating this chapter in the context outlined in the opening paragraphs: The
legal order in some significant measure becomes a substitute for the religious order — the order that supplies meaning — and thus sets the stage for the
emergence of civil religion.
The report by Amnesty highlights the
emergence of «advice deserts» across England and Wales where the provision
of free
legal advice is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain, including in parts
of the South West,
of the Midlands and parts
of the North
of England.
Also, in her welcome address, the Chief Judge
of Osun state, Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo said the
emergence of the centre will make the state to stand shoulder - to - shoulder with other judiciaries when it comes to the digitilization
of legal research.
The judiciary's role in social policymaking expanded broadly with the rights revolution
of the 1960s, as the public's thirst for «total justice» combined with the courts» willingness to embrace new
legal doctrines, increasingly long and complicated federal statutes, and the
emergence of well - funded advocacy organizations to generate a surge
of litigation across policy areas.
As Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary
of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), states in her preface, these chapters collectively provide a «review
of the
emergence of a new discipline, its core principles and
legal techniques, and its relationship and potential interaction with other disciplines.»
Failing to acknowledge that this latter possibility is still very much alive is particularly problematic given that, in some
of your previous SLAW blogposts in support
of allowing ABS, you have highlighted the
emergence of the not - for - profit ownership model
of ABS, in the form
of Salvos
Legal in Australia, as proof that ABS can contribute to improving access to justice.
Yet, there are mounds
of evidence that reveal a fundamental gap (or at the very least, the
emergence of one) between what the
legal profession is and represents, and where society is now.
The
emergence of the modern lawyer allows for alternative approaches to providing
legal services.
Then there's the
emergence of social media, blogging and websites which are becoming part and parcel
of the modern
legal practice.
Much
of the debate surrounding the future
of law practices centers around how New Law and the
emergence of Alternative Business Structures are changing the delivery
of legal services.
«We're starting to see an
emergence of new organisations in the
legal sector that are honing in on the inefficiencies that we've seen in the space, and are finding innovative ways to solve these age old problems — primarily, efficiency.
For instance, the UK is seeing the
emergence of charitable and not - for - profit ABS, while Trebilcock has also written about the potential
of our public
legal aid agencies to become
legal services innovators in the public interest (although that piece looked to a public
legal expense insurance scheme as the possible source
of capital).
Over the past 25 years or so, we've seen the
emergence of a new (or newly restored, some would say)
legal and cultural understanding
of religion, driven in part by the insight that for many believers, religious faith isn't a private «hobby» that can be relegated to the home and church; rather, religious belief and identity are integral parts
of a person, necessarily and appropriately informing public roles and the public sphere.
The resulting white paper, titled The
Emergence of Tigers and Bears and Other Law Firm Trends, is the fourth report in a longitudinal research initiative began in 2009, providing insights into the changing dynamics
of the
legal industry and how firms around the world are responding to those changes.
On the corporate side, the
emergence of blockchain technology in aid
of large financial institutions is probably the most significant change in the
legal service model.
That is due, he said, «to the pace
of change caused by globalization, the disaggregation
of legal services, the
emergence of alternative
legal service providers [and] disruptive technologies... so to prepare lawyers for the future needs
of the profession is
of critical importance.
The
emergence of this role shows that the shift in
legal service delivery is real.
Concepts such as the demise
of BigLaw, the
emergence of NewLaw, the rise
Legal Processing Outsourcing, artificial intelligence and IBM's «Watson» supercomputer rendering lawyers less valuable than robots.
Twitter Moments, regardless
of its own eventual success, foreshadows the
emergence of a very different world for
legal news,
legal marketing, and
legal knowledge management over the next decade or so.
Even with the
emergence of lower - cost competitors, Lexis and Westlaw are frequently regarded as the gold standard for computerized
legal research service.
He also predicted that there would be an
emergence of a new kind
of legal professional in - house including those who specialize in data analytics and process engineers — those who may help develop new interfaces for dealing with clients.
As noted by former BC Attorney General Geoff Plant at a BC Council
of Administrative Tribunals conference many years ago, it was no surprise that long and expensive
legal proceedings (both in the courts and at administrative tribunals) and the cost
of legal advice had resulted in the
emergence of private on - line
legal services that offered alternative means
of settling disputes.
The
emergence of free services and the competition for customers that followed the development
of alternative online services that are virtually clones
of one another has resulted in lower prices and declining revenue in the most profitable area
of legal publishing.
- whether the fact the
legal systems are not yet fully fledged influences the
emergence and operation
of private dispute services;
We knew that as recruiters we could play an important part in one
of the great business stories
of our time: the
emergence of a truly responsive and globally - capable 21st century
legal profession.
In a
legal context, the uncertainties triggered by the
emergence of a new digital reality are particularly urgent.
Firstly, regarding the scope
of the aforementioned exceptions (or the
emergence of a possible third kind
of exception as regards the tariffication procedures), but, secondly, also as to the general constitutional approach to international law in the EU
legal order.
This will mean the
emergence of new types
of consumer - oriented,
legal businesses.»
that describes the
emergence of animal law as a serious field
of study and perhaps
legal practice:
Taken together, the globalization
of legal services, the
emergence of the in - house law department as the manager
of core
legal services, and the insourcing
of legal work have significant and serious consequences for law firms.»
This change is accelerating with the
emergence of the Corporate
Legal Operations Consortium, ACC
Legal Operations, and other organizations pushing for change.
Yet, despite the
emergence of advanced
legal hold software, many organizations remain bound by reactive
legal hold approaches characterized by emails, spreadsheets and manual oversight.
It has set in place the momentum to generate new ideas, and has allowed for the
emergence of fresh skills and expertise that continue to change
legal culture from the inside out.
The
emergence of new technologies such as the Internet has expanded the number
of ways in which
legal advice and information can be disseminated, which has increased the complexity
of the task,» as noted in comments made by the Federal Trade Commission and Department
of Justice, in response to the American Bar Association's proposed Model Definition
of the Practice
of Law.
As I said in New Developments in Advanced
Legal Search: the
emergence of the «Multimodal Single - SME» approach, the next stage
of the debate is not whether to use a CAR, or how much disclosure you should make, but which CAR, and, most important
of all, how to drive the CAR.
The
emergence of programs like Lakehead's is a step in the right direction, according to Jordan Furlong, an Ottawa - based
legal consultant and critic.
First, there is a general frustration within the Commission: the NRF has not allowed the
emergence of effective competition as consistently across countries and as quickly as expected and this contributed to a proliferation
of legal cases.
The
emergence of real competition in the market for
legal information online, combined with the recent economic downturn, has been a major challenge for
legal publishers everywhere.
The
emergence of CLOC and The Association
of Corporate Counsel
Legal Operations group signals the digital phase
of disaggregation.
Susan Block - Lieb Cooper Chair in Urban
Legal Issues Established in 1999 Professor Block - Lieb writes on a wide range of topics that include sovereign debt, the emergence and evolution of international lawmaking on trade and commerce, and new theories of transnational legal or
Legal Issues Established in 1999 Professor Block - Lieb writes on a wide range
of topics that include sovereign debt, the
emergence and evolution
of international lawmaking on trade and commerce, and new theories
of transnational
legal or
legal orders.