Sentences with phrase «ethical issue of law»

From my perspective the focus of the abortion debate should be sentience; however, even if we are at some point able to determine definitively when during pregnancy fetal sentience begins, we would still be faced with dealing with the ethical issue of law denying women autonomy.

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In this important work, Duddington takes consideration of a number of key ethical issues that face our contemporary policy and law - makers, including marriage, abortion, euthanasia, reproductive science, and religious conscience and freedoms.

For example, in 1994 the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association issued an opinion holding that it is «ethically permissible» to use «the anencephalic neonate» as an organ donor, even though, as the Council recognized, under current law anencephalic babies are not dead.

While «information» may include the identity of a client courts have found that revealing client identities does not breach ethical obligations because attorneys may be obligated or permitted by law to provide this information,» the report, issued in January 2010, found.

The Program is committed to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering; advancing the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications; engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts; monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical, legal, and human rights issues related to science and technology; furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights; and initiating activities to address the impact of developments at the intersection of science, technology, and law.

Approve of stem cell research, transgenic animal research and human gene therapy, although strict laws are needed to alleviate concern about ethical issues

This lesson focuses on the ethical theories of Situation Ethics and Natural Law and how they can be applied to the moral issue of family planning as it appears in Christianity.

In 2007, a conference was held on «Legal and Ethical Issues in Michael Crichton's Next «at the Chicago - Kent College of Law.

Fraud is an ethical issue, not a matter of criminal law.

In the absence of a court adjudicating what equity requires of nations in setting their national climate change commitments, a possibility but far from a guarantee under existing international and national law (for an explanation of some of the litigation issues, Buiti, 2011), the best hope for encouraging nations to improve the ambition of their national emissions reductions commitments on the basis of equity and justice is the creation of a mechanism under the UNFCCC that requires nations to explain their how they quantitatively took equity into account in establishing their INDCs and why their INDC is consistent with the nation's ethical obligations to people who are most vulnerable to climate change and the above principles of international law.

This question is designed to more expressly expose the ethical issue identified in response to question one, namely that high - emitting nations are responsible for the harms they are causing to others under the «polluter pays» principle of international law.

IPCC can, however, distinguish between prescriptive and descriptive questions that arise in relevant socio - economic literature about climate policy - making, identify important ethical and justice issues that arise in this literature, where there is a consensus on ethics and justice issues in the relevant literature describe the consensus position, where there is no consensus on ethical and justice issues describe the range of reasonable views on these issues, and identify hard and soft law legal principles relevant to how governments should resolve ethical and justice issues that must be faced by policy - makers.

«A forum for discussion of important, current issues in criminal law and procedure, a place to announce upcoming programs, cases, legislative initiatives, and policy changes, as well as a vehicle for encouraging creative law reform to promote a fair and ethical criminal process.

Posts take note of laws related to computer - based crime, issues that arise with digital evidence in criminal cases, and how lawyers and jurors can commit ethical breaches through their use of technology.

Because Sacramento is the state capital of California we had a very robust and well - thought - through field placement program where students would have the opportunity to extern in either state government or regulatory agencies or otherwise in what I call the hub - and - spoke model where they would go out into their field placement, come back into a hub, discuss, process, analyze under supervision either the ethical issues they were facing in those environments or other practice issues, and I think that helps prepare them for the transition into life beyond law school as well as allowing them to create the opportunities to meet people in those working environments, understand what it meant beyond the law school to be in that working environment, beyond just a kind of summer type of experience.

The Law Society of Upper Canada is currently reviewing the ethical and procedural issues relating to the «unbundling» of legal services, otherwise known as «limited scope representations» or «limited scope retainers.»

Naming a law firm is one of the first things to do when starting a new firm, and everyone should consider state rules and ethical issues when doing so.

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Commercial Law League of America to Sponsor May 1 CLE Event in Chicago That Will Address the Billable Hour, Transitioning Between Firms, and Ethical Issues for Attorneys:

A paper entitled «Legal and ethical issues in AI» by the Hon. Kirby J in THE COMPUTER LAW AND SECURITY REPORT; Vol 2 No 6; pp4 - 7, examined some of the implications of AI.

Proper guidance of an articling student or junior lawyer requires endless explanation of the law, heart - to - heart conversations about anything and everything, marking up memos and correcting draft documents, taking the junior to court appearances or client meetings (and maybe lunch), introducing the idea of law as a business as well as a profession, helping resolve complex ethical issues that sometimes arise — and that's just the half of it.

Dennis regularly advises lawyers and law firms on ethical issues, frequently speaking to bar associations and professional groups on ethics, risk management, and the avoidance of malpractice claims and bar complaints.

Eight advisory opinions were issued, and the staff authored three ethics guides on the subjects of succession planning for lawyers and law firms, the ethical obligations of lawyers who are changing law firms, and considerations for lawyers who are leaving the practice of law to take judicial office.

Finding the correct answer requires courts to parse both ethical issues and the law of fiduciary duty.

Before I decided to move out of Oracle Capital Group in order to create Oracle Family Office, I shared the view that having nonlawyer ownership of a law firm would create ethical issues.

However, that legal writing centers may in part draw upon positivist theory does not mean that they should be the remedial writing centers that appeared in universities in the 1940s and 1950s.91 Nor should the law school writing center be offered as a proofreading, cite - checking, or line - editing service for students; though tutors can provide generalized feedback and answer questions on issues of small - scale organization such as sentence structure and word choice, legal writers must be responsible for the polishing of their own documents, for both professional and ethical reasons.

«The Complete Lawyer Explores What Do Women Lawyers Really Want Main Commercial Law League of America to Sponsor May 1 CLE Event in Chicago That Will Address the Billable Hour, Transitioning Between Firms, and Ethical Issues for Attorneys»

The CSA Group (formerly the Canadian Standards Association) with the assistance of the nationally based law firm Grant Thornton LLP has developed a free guide to help organizations develop and maintain a whistleblowing system with the goal to encourage workers to report ethical and safety issues within an established mechanism.

Canadian law societies have not yet ruled directly on these types of ethical issues.

[3] This system also creates an atmosphere of stress and competitiveness within law firms, as lawyers are overworked for prolonged periods of time, which has also raised serious concerns in the legal industry about the ethical issues caused by the billable hours system.

Representing a law firm in litigation arising from the misconduct of a partner and related ethical issues.

It provides coverage of current legal issues, office management and purchasing topics, new technology for law offices, and articles featuring legal education, professional networking, and ethical considerations.

Faculty Carole J. Buckner, Principal, Buckner Law Corp. (Irvine) Jan L. Jacobowitz, Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law (Coral Gables) Ronald C. Minkoff, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC (New York) Course Description Panelists discuss a range of the hot ethical issues that arise when attorney fees and legal billing are at issue.

Faculty Carole J. Buckner, Deputy General Counsel, Procopio LLP (San Diego) Susan D. Carle, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law (Washington) Anne P. Ray, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP (Chicago) Course Description A panel of some of the nation's top legal ethics experts cover a range of ethical issues on attorney fees and legal billing.

The office of general counsel is responsible for all litigation where HHS is a party, ensuring regulations and policy decisions are consistent with the law, reviewing legal issues involving appropriations, and ensuring ethical rules are followed.

Fiona is the co-author of a paper published by the University of Alberta Health Law Journal, focusing on ethical, criminal, civil and professional liability issues associated with the use and abuse of cognitive and memory enhancing drugs by college and university students.

My law firm, the Law Offices of Daniel J. Siegel, LLC, and my consulting firm, Integrated Technology Services, LLC, help lawyers prepare for and to address the practical, legal and ethical issues they falaw firm, the Law Offices of Daniel J. Siegel, LLC, and my consulting firm, Integrated Technology Services, LLC, help lawyers prepare for and to address the practical, legal and ethical issues they faLaw Offices of Daniel J. Siegel, LLC, and my consulting firm, Integrated Technology Services, LLC, help lawyers prepare for and to address the practical, legal and ethical issues they face.

Nancy frequently speaks to legal professional groups on the risk and ethical issues of managing law firm records, and has authored several articles on the topic.

Here the attendees will be joining our speakers to discuss issues of interest in such sessions as: «Going Beyond the Law Society of BC's Cloud Checklist», «Technology and Legal Ethics: What are a lawyer's ethical obligations in connection with technology?

Without exception, I found the courses taught by practitioners to be far more interesting — the focus wasn't on the principles derived from cases, or the progression of historical development of the law — but on real cases and the day to day issues that they faced — what kinds of cases come up most often, what procedural issues delay cases, and how to work around them, real life ethical issues of clients who lie, or don't pay, or harass their lawyers — which judge thinks (or decides) which way — how to help a client that won't do what they need to do to get their kids back (and not get too involved at the same time).

Meanwhile, Eric Turkewitz's previous investigation of the judge's «Sotomayor and Associates» law practice and the ethical implications of her choice of firm name was picked up by the New York Times, albeit (as he and Scott Greenfield both noted) without any recognition of Turkewitz» key role in bringing this issue to light.

This includes both public law and private law claims, and relates to, amongst other things: challenges by way of judicial review to hospital closures and reconfigurations, availability of specific treatments and drugs, contractual and structural issues in the NHS (especially GPs and dentists), mental health law, medical product liability, cases involving ethical questions such as consent to treatment, and cases relating to confidentiality and patient information.

[11] The American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs has issued an opinion stating, «The physician should not reveal confidential communications or information without the express consent of the patient, unless required to do so by law [and] subject to certain exceptions which are ethically and legally justified because of overriding social considerations.»

«Commercial Law League of America to Sponsor May 1 CLE Event in Chicago That Will Address the Billable Hour, Transitioning Between Firms, and Ethical Issues for Attorneys Main Ex - «Big Law» Attorneys From Wilson Elser and Other Firms Overcome Obstacles and Start Their Own Practices»

Kudos to the Federation's Model Code Committee (chaired by Vancouver lawyer and former Law Society of BC President Gavin Hume, QC) for taking up the thorny but important ethical issues surrounding retired judges returning to practice.

In terms of top - down regulation, what states can do to promote arbitration is to a certain extent «get out of the way» or avoid micro-managing procedures through arbitration laws, all the while providing a «safety net» to participants in terms of ultimate control over ethical issues and due process.

(Note: I emphasize that it is not my intent to imply that Ms Woolley thinks complex consideration of ethical issues are only important in the area of sexual assault and not in law generally.

the issue of ethical boundaries and their honoring, across all areas of law is intrinsically and inextricably connected with issues of competence.

It is good to hear that the Law Society acted in this matter, however I have seen where the LSUC has permitted a lawyer to assist his client to commit an Offence under a provincial statute which is not only an ethical issue, but an issue which involved direct violations of the LSUC Code of Conduct for lawyers.

The guidelines addressed a number of ethical issues that can arise when lawyers interact on social media sites, including the issues surrounding categorizations on sites that might imply «expertise» in an area of law to legal consumers.

The purpose of the LCA is to recognize deserving, experienced, and highly qualified lawyers, to provide an outlet for scholarly authorship of legal articles on trial and litigation practice, to provide additional sources for professional development, to promote superior advocacy and ethical standards in the practice of law, to assist in community involvement by its membership, and to advance a superior judiciary, by taking relevant positions on issues or legislation affecting judicial compensation and / or benefits, as well as those affecting the American litigation processes.