Sentences with phrase «experiences as a law student»

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Most of these students had returned to school after some significant work experience — in such diverse fields as teaching, politics, law, securities, real estate and graphic design.

Largely as a result of my teaching experience at St. Jude, I arrived at law school with a deep desire to combine the new set of skills I would develop in law school with my passion for improving educational opportunities for under - served students.

While giving students experience working for such employers as law firms and advertising agencies, the arrangement also puts a private school education within the reach of many families in the predominantly Hispanic, low - income Pilsen neighborhood...

Linked Learning ignites students» passions by creating meaningful learning experiences in career - oriented pathways in fields such as engineering, health care, performing arts, law, and more.

Published in Autumn 2014, this issue explores students» and teachers» experience of Shakespeare in Japanese school and higer education classrooms — including law school and life - long learning as well as literarture departments.

Happily, as New York City public school students return to class, New York state's committee to implement this federal education law has pledged collaboration with higher education to improve aspiring teachers» student teaching and field experiences.

A student who is enrolled in a state - approved teacher preparation program in a postsecondary educational institution that is approved by rules of the State Board of Education and who is jointly assigned by the postsecondary educational institution and a district school board to perform a clinical field experience under the direction of a regularly employed and certified educator shall, while serving such supervised clinical field experience, be accorded the same protection of law as that accorded to the certified educator except for the right to bargain collectively as an employee of the district school board.

A few states have even passed laws regarding CBL that basically say if a student can have an educational experience other than classroom seat time, such as study abroad or work experience, then they should be able to earn credit for those activities.

In addition to training teachers, administrators, and other school leaders on issues such as tenure, special education, employment discrimination, employee whistleblowing claims, student harassment and anti-bullying law, ethics, governance, and student rights, Teresa has argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court, has substantial experience in federal and state courts, and has tried numerous disputes to conclusion in the New Jersey Office of Administrative Llaw, ethics, governance, and student rights, Teresa has argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court, has substantial experience in federal and state courts, and has tried numerous disputes to conclusion in the New Jersey Office of Administrative LawLaw.

Connecticut is nearing the 20th anniversary of its charter school law, and the day was celebratory, as parents, students, and educators had a chance to share their stories and experiences with law and policy makers.

Sharyn Howell, executive director of the LAUSD Division of Special Education, said the the district must comply with laws aimed at giving special education students the same experiences and learning opportunities as other public school children.

Write about experiences that qualify you as a potential law student.

While no one becomes a pro in sales without having built experience actually selling things, everyone can benefit about understanding these three fundamental laws of selling and how they can help you further your growth as a student, individual, or in business.

Not just understand it well enough to say lots of nifty words about it — well enough to start from the basic empirical laws and principles and derive and demonstrate nearly the whole thing through the introductory classical level at the blackboard, without notes, as I do several times a year in front of several hundred very bright students a year, working with a team of Ph.D. physicists who are my co-instructors (with perhaps a century of teaching experience between us who, one would think, would correct my errors if I made any egregious ones along the way).

The «can't afford an office» category includes recent law school grads who are burdened with student loan debt as well as more experienced lawyers who have been laid off.

A few years ago, as a result of a bright idea from my colleague Leigh - Ann McGowan, we encouraged our summer students to set up their own blog to record what they were experiencing in their immersion into the law firm culture.

For example, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's publication, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada,» (Sept. 2012) recommends lowering legal costs so as to preserve the existing system by means of using much less competent alternatives to using experienced lawyers — students, paralegals, unbundling of legal services, and the unpredictable capacity, availability, and timing of services provided pro bono.

TRU law student Chris Albinati told 4Students in July that he experienced some of the tension between the administration and the law faculty first hand as a member of TRU's senate, adding the university constrained the law school's ability to grow.

Discussions around this issue have resulted in schemes such as PRIME — a social mobility initiative launched by 23 major law firms in September last year, which will see participating firms provide an annual number of work experience placements to eligible students that is equivalent to 50 % of their trainee intake.

Though she spoke specifically of her time as a graduate student in law, Michelle's remarks stimulated my thoughts about the many ways in which law school in general can be a transformative experience.

Victoria is passionate about leveraging her experience as a successful law student and practicing lawyer into practical, real - world advice to help law students and new lawyers achieve success and satisfaction as they embark on their legal careers.

We have been delighted to once again join CMS to help run a workshop for students spending a week at the firm as part of PRIME, an alliance of law firms and legal departments, which gives school - age students from less privileged backgrounds access to quality work experience in the legal sector.

During this time, students may attend and participate in a variety of law - related experiences of interest to them, such as a trial or arbitration, or conferences / seminars on legal issues.

As NSU explains, «This course provides hands - on experience for students on a number of key operational aspects of the practice of law, including the business foundation of successful law firm management; security and confidentiality of client information; marketing, public relations, advertising and social media; duties of technological competence under ABA «Ethics 20/20» amendments to the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility; predictive coding and other eDiscovery issues; client intake and case management; and issues related to the scope and composition of representation, including the unauthorized practice of law and unbundled legal services.»

About: «Legal Networking Group (LNG) is created to bring together people who are currently working as attorneys, legal assistants, law clerks, legal support stuff, paralegals, freelance paralegals, law students, paralegal students, or thinking to enter the legal field to share their knowledge, resources, and experiences, to help each other generate better results for their businesses, improve professionalism, gain recognition in the legal profession, network and socialize!

Collectively, lawyers are encouraged to enhance the profession through activities such as: (a) sharing knowledge and experience with colleagues and students informally in day - to - day practice as well as through contribution to professional journals and publications, support of law school projects and participation in panel discussions, legal education seminars, bar admission courses and university lectures; (b) participating in legal aid and community legal services programs or providing legal services on a pro bono basis; (c) filling elected and volunteer positions with the Society; (d) acting as directors, officers and members of local, provincial, national and international bar associations and their various committees and sections; and (e) acting as directors, officers and members of non-profit or charitable organizations.

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 program also proved to be the right experience for Anna - Carolle Bougie, who graduated in 2001 from law school as a mature student.

As a student at Lakehead University, home to Canada's newest law school, I already have some personal experience with one such model.

But, as The New York Times reports, the anonymous blogger is, in fact, Jeremy Blachman, a 25 - year - old third - year Harvard law student «whose firsthand experience of Big Law comes down to a round of recruiting interviews last fall... and three months as a summer associate at a large Manhattan firm.&raqlaw student «whose firsthand experience of Big Law comes down to a round of recruiting interviews last fall... and three months as a summer associate at a large Manhattan firm.&raqLaw comes down to a round of recruiting interviews last fall... and three months as a summer associate at a large Manhattan firm.»

It envisions a semester - long clinical program, in partnership with the province's law schools, where students could gain practical experience, such as, according to Track, «interviewing skills, learning about the core process, even having the opportunity to be on their feet in the Provincial Court.»

As a law student you'll have experience of long hours and competing deadlines, but are you willing to work long hours for the foreseeable future?

Western already does a great job of being inclusive, Chamberlain says, noting she had a great student experience as a National Scholar at Western Law in 1996, followed by getting her LLB as gold medalist from Western Law in 2001.

Coming from a science background, I had no legal work experience, but I spoke to friends who were doing the GDL, read the legal guides aimed at students (Lex 100 etc), attended legal recruitment events at university and made sure I spoke to the people at the Bird & Bird law fair (as well as other law firms that I was applying for at the time).

As for the aforementioned New York Times piece about Peltz's lawsuit, it concludes with what may be a classic case of understatement: «The Arkansas case could do more than give law students practical experience before they take the bar; it could also renew debate about free speech on campus and academic freedom.»

As Atlanta's WXIA - TV reports, the program is designed to help bridge the disconnect some minority students experience as they begin law schooAs Atlanta's WXIA - TV reports, the program is designed to help bridge the disconnect some minority students experience as they begin law schooas they begin law school.

Based on the early comments I heard when I was Executive Director at LHC, I expect these law students would agree that their experience was enhanced by the inter-sectoral approach taken, and that clients were better served as a result of that approach.

Though most students feel that law school offers adequate opportunities to write papers and memos, more than a third wished for hands - on experience in practice - related writing, such as drafting motions or transactional documents.

As always, I love to hear from students about what's going on at your law school, in your fledgling legal careers, and anything else about the experience of a legal trainee.

Against this backdrop, law students may come to view their emotional experiences as a taboo topic.

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In my experience as a law teacher, another aspect of this displacement is a profound alienation that many indigenous students experience within our school communities.

It may be important to establish design constraints on the development of Flex Time JD models that satisfy other equity or policy considerations — for example, as part of Osgoode's Accessible JD Working Group, we considered as a point of departure that the cost model of Flex Time and full time JD programs be similar, so that neither group of law students is asked the «subdidize» the other, or may feel their Law School experience has been deemed more or less deserving of Law School resourclaw students is asked the «subdidize» the other, or may feel their Law School experience has been deemed more or less deserving of Law School resourcLaw School experience has been deemed more or less deserving of Law School resourcLaw School resources.

One lawyer in attendance noted the ability of students to gain more practical experience through working at legal clinics such as Parkdale Community Legal Services in Toronto, a legal aid clinic established by York University's Osgoode Hall Law School in the 1970s.

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Kate has several years of legal experience acquired first throughout her years as a law student, and later during her articling year where she focused on personal injury litigation from a Plaintiff's perspective.

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She also gained experience conducting personal injury trials as a law student, working for a prominent personal injury firm in Victoria.

Regardless of the reason, whether a student decided to study externally to gain international experience, or to take advantage of more practical legal training offered in schools such as in the United States, or because the applicant is an immigrant with a law degree from another country, they face unique hurdles in finding articling roles (assuming that they do not qualify for an exemption from the Experiential Training requirement.

«Each of these programmes is specially curated and covers varied fields, such as law, business, global governance etc. for instance, the program at Somerville College, University of Oxford pertains to «International Law and Global Governance» for over three weeks, the students will study under some of the best international law professors in the world and experience the unique tutorial system at Oxford,» said, Aditya Swarup, Assistant Dean, International Collaborations, Jlaw, business, global governance etc. for instance, the program at Somerville College, University of Oxford pertains to «International Law and Global Governance» for over three weeks, the students will study under some of the best international law professors in the world and experience the unique tutorial system at Oxford,» said, Aditya Swarup, Assistant Dean, International Collaborations, JLaw and Global Governance» for over three weeks, the students will study under some of the best international law professors in the world and experience the unique tutorial system at Oxford,» said, Aditya Swarup, Assistant Dean, International Collaborations, Jlaw professors in the world and experience the unique tutorial system at Oxford,» said, Aditya Swarup, Assistant Dean, International Collaborations, JGU.