Sentences with phrase «entered the legal profession there»

Since women entered the legal profession there has been a steady erosion of women moving from private practice to in - house, government and other legal positions that offer a more supportive work environment.

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There, he encountered lawyers who inspired him to enter the legal profession.

She shares her sister's view that there are so many different possibilities of how to enter the legal profession, aside the traditional route, than there were previously, with less differentiation of whether you are a solicitor, barrister or Chartered Legal Execulegal profession, aside the traditional route, than there were previously, with less differentiation of whether you are a solicitor, barrister or Chartered Legal ExecuLegal Executive.

Now, 15 years later, the Law Society of Upper Canada has released its report on retaining women in the profession and many of the same issues raised by Wilson are still present: a high proportion of women enter the legal profession at the initial entry level (more than 50 per cent of lawyers called to the bar are female), and that there is a higher attrition rate for women than men from private practice.

The recent Law Society of BC Report on the Retention of Women in Law Task Force notes as follows: • Women have been entering the legal profession in BC in numbers equal to or greater than men for more than a decade, yet represent only about 34 % of all practicing lawyers in the province and only about 29 % of lawyers in full - time private practice; and • the legal profession in BC is aging and there will be a net reduction in the number of practicing lawyers — a looming shortage — as older lawyers retire without a corresponding increase in younger lawyers joining the profession.

While there was definitely a very steep learning curve when I entered the profession, I am still grateful for the countless hours of theory, philosophy, analysis and critical thinking that was a very large part of my legal education.

This means that there are two different schools that train students to enter the legal profession: the law schools, which have a secular approach; and the Sharia schools, which have a religious approach to legal education.

The recent Law Society of BC Report on the Retention of Women in Law Task Force notes as follows: • Women have been entering the legal profession in BC in numbers equal to or greater than men for more than a decade, yet represent only about 34 % of all practicing lawyers in the province and only about 29 % of lawyers in full - time private practice; and • the legal profession in BC is aging and there will be a net reduction in the number of practicing lawyers — a looming shortage — as older lawyers retire... [more]