Sentences with phrase «fewer young associates»

Considering that many firms now have a disproportionate amount of non-progressing non-equity partners and relatively few younger associates, it is hard to see if law firm staffing structures include the needed talent to sustain many of these firms.

Not exact matches

Over half of respondents across all countries associated drinking spirits with emotions of energy and confidence, with young people being the most susceptible to these emotions after a few shots.

But, while it seems to show a slight increased risk associated with starting curveballs at a young age, it had far too few participants to determine such an association.

A substantial body of research now indicates that high levels of involvement by fathers in two parent families are associated with a range of desirable outcomes in children and young people, including: better peer relationships; fewer behaviour problems; lower criminality and substance abuse; higher educational / occupational mobility, relative to that of parents; capacity for empathy; non-traditional attitudes to earning and childcare; more satisfying adult sexual partnerships; and higher self - esteem and life - satisfaction (for reviews see Flouri 2005; Pleck and Masciadrelli 2004).

Additionally, MS progression - free survival was 46 percent at five years after AHSCT, with younger age, a relapsing form of MS, use of fewer prior immunotherapies and lower neurological disability scores associated with better outcomes, according to the report.

ASSOCIATED PRESS - Nov 7 - Cougar relationships may be hot in Hollywood from ABC's «Cougar Town» but few women are married to men who are significantly younger.

He showed a few painters who were loosely associated with that tendency, including myself, Peter Young, and David Diao.

Polar bears are one of the most sensitive Arctic marine mammals to climate warming because they spend most of their lives on sea ice.35 Declining sea ice in northern Alaska is associated with smaller bears, probably because of less successful hunting of seals, which are themselves ice - dependent and so are projected to decline with diminishing ice and snow cover.36, 37,38,39 Although bears can give birth to cubs on sea ice, increasing numbers of female bears now come ashore in Alaska in the summer and fall40 and den on land.41 In Hudson Bay, Canada, the most studied population in the Arctic, sea ice is now absent for three weeks longer than just a few decades ago, resulting in less body fat, reduced survival of both the youngest and oldest bears, 42 and a population now estimated to be in decline43 and projected to be in jeopardy.44 Similar polar bear population declines are projected for the Beaufort Sea region.45

There are few firms structured in such a way that the other lawyers do not benefit from a young associate's successes and I am fortunate to work in an environment where those with the knowledge are more than willing to share it.

After my call to the bar I was working at a boutique litigation firm in the city; the firm did high end corporate - commercial cases, and was led by a very senior and eminent lawyer, «XY», and a few much younger partners and associates whose work was primarily through him.

Very few young BigLaw associates ever get near meaningful work or a plum assignment.

A few days ago I launched a new book called The Essential Associate: Step Up, Stand Out, and Rise to the Top as a Young Lawyer.

As I wrote a few years ago when I first tackled the role of procurement: «A law firm that can demonstrate its prowess in managing to a budget through effective project management, that keeps the client fully informed of any changes to expectations, that staffs appropriately and doesn't «overwork» matters or expect clients to subsidize young associate training, is in a better position to present clear, quantifiable evidence of its higher rates.»

Positive parenting practices (e.g., parental support, monitoring, avoiding harsh punishment) are associated with positive child outcomes, such as better adjustment, higher self - esteem, higher grades, fewer behavior problems, and lower reports of deviance among school - age children.6 Even if programs target parents of young children, parents may be able to use the skills they develop for years into the future or to help parent older children.

Rather fewer meet the diagnostic criteria for research, which for the oppositional defiant type of conduct disorder seen in younger children require at least four specific behaviours to be present.7 The early onset pattern — typically beginning at the age of 2 or 3 years — is associated with comorbid psychopathology such as hyperactivity and emotional problems, language disorders, neuropsychological deficits such as poor attention and lower IQ, high heritability, 8 and lifelong antisocial behaviour.9 In contrast, teenage onset antisocial behaviour is not associated with other disorders or neuropsychological deficits, is more environmentally determined than inherited, and tends not to persist into adulthood.9

Fewer sales associates, greater productivity, more assistants, more young professionals entering the field, greater affiliate association, more specialization.