Sentences with phrase «face of the legal profession»

As the face of the legal profession continues to change, women's initiatives have already begun to adapt to the needs of women in the profession.

Berwin Leighton Paisner recently ran a competition for university graduates in which students were challenged to create a two - minute video on the changing face of the legal profession...

For a weekly roundup of news from around the world that «challeng [es] the face of the legal profession», see Ms JD.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first chair of the Commission, set the pace for the Commission to change the face of the legal profession by issuing a groundbreaking report in 1988 showing that women lawyers were not advancing at a satisfactory rate.

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) recently ran a competition for university graduates in which teams of students were challenged to create a two - minute video on one of four given topics relating to the changing face of the legal profession.

Today I've discovered a new project — Ms. JD — which endeavors to address the issue of women in the legal profession and «change the face of the legal profession.

While women and racialized persons are transforming the face of the legal profession, they encounter barriers within the profession.

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Clarissa's entrepreneurial approach to law has seen her regularly present on the changing face of the legal profession.

«The Changing face of the legal profession,» LawPro Magazine (Vol.

As mentioned early in this piece, «The Changing face of the legal profession» (LawPro Magazine, Winter 2007), a Canadian study suggests that the trend of lawyers deferring retirement is more prevalent in small firms, and in non-urban areas, with the trend being «particularly apparent in the personal legal services fields (real estate, family law, wills, criminal law).»

Even more than in 2005, there are strong reasons why I believe Baby Boomer peridementia is also very likely to blossom within the legal profession in the coming decade or two, as BoomerEsq decides to work well past the traditional retirement age (a trend already noted in studies such as «The Changing face of the legal profession,» which is discussed below):

Not exact matches

I was reminded of this anecdote from within the legal profession when reporters finally came face to face with Dean Skelos Tuesday outside the Capitol.

He highlights the 2012 Derek Keilloh case in the UK that shows the «impossible ethical and legal position doctors now face in Australia... as they are caught between the profession's ethical code, which places patient welfare at the heart of their endeavours, and the law of the country which places unacceptable obstacles in the way of doing so.»

As we face declining dues - paying membership and an increasingly complex marketplace, it's imperative that the ABA transform to better meet the needs of our members, the legal profession, and the public.

Although Women's History Month is coming to a close, the issues faced by women in the legal profession are still in dire need of continued conversation.

But strong pressure to do so will exist in times of economic downturns, as the legal profession is now facing by reason of the problem of unaffordable legal services.

Legal Ladder is a dedicated careers blog intended to help lawyers and recruiters keep abreast of the key issues facing the profession.

One of the key findings of the CBA's Legal Futures Initiative is that the client needs to become the centre of the legal universe if the profession is to maintain its relevance in the face of transformative chLegal Futures Initiative is that the client needs to become the centre of the legal universe if the profession is to maintain its relevance in the face of transformative chlegal universe if the profession is to maintain its relevance in the face of transformative change.

I also think another one — and I think it's facing the legal profession but more so the public — is the whole question of legal aid.

The IAALS is a think tank working on the development and application of innovative solutions for the toughest problems facing the US courts and legal profession... [more]

The result of extensive consultation and research, the report offered a considered assessment of issues and challenges facing the legal profession, and made recommendations for changes to the regulation and education of Canadian lawyers.

Lawyers who participate in these activities, law firms that participate, who become part of the thought leadership and who are seen by their clients as investing in thought leadership and partnering with law schools like ours to help to better train and educate the next generation of lawyers who are thought to be thinking seriously about the challenges facing not just lawyers of the legal profession but our clients, I think those kinds of lawyers will be rewarded because clients at all levels know that it's an increasingly complex and sophisticated and challenging world and they're looking for lawyers who understand that and can help them with their problems.

Ellen is particularly known for her expertise on the challenges faced by women in the profession and has been invited to address numerous audiences — including the Department of Justice Canada, the Center for Legal Inclusiveness, Harvard Law School's Women's Leadership Summit, the Center for Women in the Law, the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law's Women Leadership & Equality Program and bar and women attorney's groups on the national and local level throughout the US and Europe — on strategies for advancing women attorneys.

The legal profession is facing an avalanche of change in the way it conducts its business.

«Many of the challenges facing the legal profession can be reduced to supply and demand: too many lawyers chasing too little work, which itself results from too many people going to law school.

The Global TEC Forum addressed diversity in the tech industry, the latest disruptions and challenges facing the legal profession, and how emerging technologies are changing the practice of law.

And, while we think of ourselves as having broad shoulders when it comes to coping with the risks facing the legal profession in Ontario, no insurance company has sufficient resources to be a complete answer to crime.

«I think movement will be a continuing part of the profession as we face more changes in technology and in the kinds of ways people get legal services and the continuing evolution of the balance between in - house and external counsel.»

The legal profession in Canada is strong but facing an increasingly challenging time as we shift into new understandings of what it means to provide client service and how the services are going to be provided and by whom.

In a post today that is sure to please the law school «scamblogger coalition,» Adam Smith, Esq. writes that the entrenched ways of law schools are a big part of the current problem facing the legal profession.

I think what the Law Society of Upper Canada was facing was increasing pressure from graduates who couldn't come through traditional conduits for entry into the legal profession and they are trying to make sure those portals or entry ways remain open.

As she prepares to take office, Klein joins us on the latest Lawyer2Lawyer podcast to share a preview of her agenda for the year and to discuss some of the tough issues facing the ABA and the legal profession.

While public attention tends to focus on employment issues facing industries such as forestry, mining and agriculture, small communities across Canada are also facing serious challenges in regards to the attraction and retention of professional service providers, including those in the legal profession.

The challenges facing small communities in regards to legal professionals arise from two primary trends; the aging of the legal profession as a whole and the preference among newly called lawyers to practice in urban centres.

There are not on the face of it any valid legal reasons to not have them available and they may well be of interest to the profession and public.

Many law associations have faced the challenge of balancing their duties to the public and to the legal profession.

A primary purpose of ReInvent Law is to provide a new element of education through research and experimentation on endeavors designed (1) to solve problems faced by the legal profession including access to justice concerns and (2) to create new vehicles for the delivery of legal services.

«The problems we face are compounded by the dogged refusal of too many in the legal establishment to put the defence of our civilisation ahead of the defence of the traditions with which their profession has grown comfortable.»

Hosted by the Women's Law Association of Ontario, the panellists at this annual event shared their thoughts on issues women face in the legal profession, such as finding your career path, mentorship, and leaving private practice.

Brings together all facets of the legal profession to address the key challenges facing the industry

Recent studies by the Washington and New York state bar associations, the National Association of Women Lawyer, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Catalyst, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, and others, confirm that women lawyers continue to face obstacles to success in the legal profession — and that employers who are committed to women's professional success can remove those barriers.

Dr. Richard Susskind has stated that ODR is one of the top 10 «disruptive» technologies facing the legal profession.

In part one of this article series I posed the question of whether clinical legal education can provide the solution to two difficulties facing the legal profession in Canada today.

This decision flies in the face of the former professional ethos of the legal profession, reflected in the articling process, that members had a responsibility to train the next generation of lawyers.

In addition, through her leadership, she has opened new horizons for women of all ethnic origins in the legal profession, and made the face of the legal community more representative of today's society.

As the nature of legal services changes rapidly, it's a truism that the legal profession in Canada is facing a great deal of restructuring and disruption.

Newly appointed University of Toronto law dean Edward Iacobucci says one of the considerations in his new role will be how best to educate students in the face of a changing legal profession.

This defeats the point of the LPP and further penalizes poorer students who already face barriers to entering the legal profession.

There are a number of trends currently facing the legal profession (increased client sophistication, fee pressures, stagnant growth, the number of lawyers growing at a faster rate than the general population, succession planning needs and an increased emphasis on non-traditional skills — see the CBA Futures Report for a more fulsome list) that make the traditional practice model difficult (impossible?)