Sentences with phrase «for practising lawyers»

Search our lawyer directory Use the Society's online lawyer directory to look up contact information for practising lawyers in Nova Scotia and non-practising members.

is presently involved with developing English Law seminars for practising lawyers in Cyprus and

The Law Society is required by statute to protect members of the public who seek to obtain legal services by establishing and enforcing educational standards for practising lawyers.

He touches on the occurring problems when he deals with IP cases and offers a solution that would make the process easier for practising lawyers, as well as businesses and clients who wish to protect their inventions.

LAWPRO is the mandatory insurer for practising lawyers in Ontario and is a subsidiary of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

The Society's CPD Requirement is a regulatory program and a mandatory requirement for all practising lawyers.

Not exact matches

«There's never a distinction between a lawyer that's been practising for a minute or 20 years — you're expected to step up and do the job.

The recent clarification of the powers of the federal Commissioner of Competition to assert privilege over documents is an opportunity for more efficient and fair proceedings in the future, say lawyers who practise in the competition field.

Amy Fong is circle leader of the Real Diaper Circle for Metro Vancouver, mom of 2 kids, and a full - time practising lawyer.

In 1997, Alexander, then a practising lawyer in Scotland, took leave of absence to share the Treasury office in which Miliband was working as a special adviser; in 1999 they were both responsible for the Scottish Parliament election campaign that overturned the Scottish National Party's poll lead.

Even though I have practised as a lawyer for two years, I don't think I'm in any way competent to give you legal advice regarding IP contracts.

Born into a family of artists but opting to study law at Rome University — after which he practised for nine years as a lawyer — from 1935 he worked as a freelance photographer in the pleasant seaside town and port, Senigallia, on Italy's Adriatic coast, north of Ancona, in the Marche region.

Young lawyers are not getting enough exposure to the real world,» says Thomas Zuber, a retired superior and appeal court judge who also practised law and taught at the University of Windsor for many years.

The University of New Brunswick law grad has some advice for lawyers looking to practise in Canada's picture province: Consider both your professional life and your personal life.

Acknowledging and respecting those subtleties is second nature to lawyers who have been practising in the province for even a short time.

While the LSUC has undertaken numerous efforts to boost the number of available articling positions, the default logic remains primarily market - based in the sense that private lawyers who are eligible to serve as principals (and it is private lawyers who make up the vast bulk of principals) are entitled to decide for themselves, on the basis of their own private economic calculations, whether to devote any of their money, time and other practise resources to experiential training.

Well, lawyers practise wherever the subject needs protection and assistance; and the present scheme operating outside the county and other civil courts cries out for critical lawyers to help the unfortunates caught up in them.

Legal publishing in jurisdictions like Victoria — or Canadian provinces for that matter — relies on legal academics or practising lawyers who work hard to write a book, which their publishers will know have very limited sales potential.

Val has been practising for 20 years and is one of Scotland's best known claimant lawyers.

Indeed, Legal Cheek's snap election poll shows practising lawyers and law students alike are wary, and would rather vote for Theresa May or Tim Farron.

Bruce Karten is an experienced criminal defence lawyer who has been practising for 40 years in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Scarborough and other parts of Ontario, including Newmarket, Brampton, Oshawa, Trenton, Belleville and the Niagara Region.

Whatever the reason, the policy provides for run - off coverage that covers the work you did as an Ontario practising lawyer, for free!

I think women in our class accounted for 40 per cent so it was a decent percentage but from my graduating class, in terms of transaction lawyers, there is essentially myself and one other classmate still practising who happens to be at Dentons as well.»

Regardless of their reasons for choosing a legal education, today's young lawyers can expect that their experiences practising law will be different from depictions of the profession they witnessed growing up.

By mid-April, only nine of B.C.'s more than 10,300 practising lawyers were still under suspension for failing to log the required number of hours for the past year.

Using artificial intelligence in the legal profession can aid lawyers in completing menial tasks with accuracy, which is in line with the Law Society of Ontario's mandate for lawyers to practise more efficiently and cost effectively, attendees at the Ontario Bar Association's annual Institute heard this week.

Any lawyer or paralegal who has been practising for more than two years needs 12 hours of CPD, including a minimum of three hours of professional responsibility and ethics.

China imposes special tax rules and limitations on foreign law firms» new offices, and Indonesia is proposing a mandatory ethics exam for foreign lawyers practising there.

Hancock was a lawyer practising in criminal, civil, family and corporate law before becoming an elected representative and member of the government of Alberta for 18 years.

While lawyers sharing space and resources may practise independently from each other, courts may well find them liable for the work of each other where it is reasonable for the public to assume that they may collaborate or share information on client matters.

The plaintiff's lawyer and the lawyer with whom the defendant had spoken both practised as part of a group of lawyers under the same firm name, sharing the same business address and office premises and using the same telephone number (save for three digit extensions), fax number and email domain — but who were not partners, nor members of a law firm as traditionally defined.

I would have thought that the reason for rule # 1 on presence of a physical office is to increase the ability to enforce professional discipline on someone practising in the jurisdiction, not just to make it hard for out - of - state lawyers to compete.

The need for uniform coverage is true for lawyers practising in any kind of partnership.

In recognition of the need for consistent coverage for individuals practising together, paralegal licensees who practise in partnership with lawyers must now carry LAwPRO professional indemnity insurance.

As of 2016, however, mentoring services provided by lawyers while exempt will be deemed to be professional services provided by the lawyer while still a practising lawyer insured under the program, for the purposes of run - off coverage.

In recognition of claims data demonstrating that lawyers who practise part - time have fewer claims, LAWPRO introduced a premium discount for part - time practice in 1997.

The combined team of more than 45 lawyers is led by partners who have practised for decades in the region and are fluent in English, Russian, Kazakh and a variety of other languages.

She is admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales and Hong Kong, and has practised as a disputes lawyer for 10 years.

LAWPRO coverage for paralegal shareholders in law corporations In recent years, licensed paralegals have begun, in some instances, practising in partnership with lawyers.

Adrian Laing first practised as a Tenant in Chambers (2 Pump Court) and then embarked upon a career as a commercial lawyer and consultant working for the IBA (later the ITC) as the Assistant Head of Licensing during the Channel 3 franchise round.

There are only a few months left for Quebec lawyers to prepare for this significant reform that will change the way they practise.

In it we propose changes which we believe will equip the lawyers we regulate to practise effectively in the new landscape for legal services.

But let's say, for hypothetical purposes, that we did come up with an affordable and practical articling system, one that could satisfy outside observers that new lawyers are competent to practise law.

Practising lawyers are changing how they do business but the need for them has not disappeared.

She also practised as defence counsel for the Lawyers» Professional Indemnity Company.

Following on the model of subsidizing new medical graduates to practise medicine in underserved or smaller communities, we may have to fund debt relief for those willing to work as lawyers in similar locations.

As far as the EU is concerned the ability for British lawyers to practise in the EU after Brexit remains a key issue.

Egypt is not without its problems, particularly for lawyers practising in Egypt.

Part of it is for law students to get out there and make contact with lawyers in areas — of the law or geographic location — in which you want to practise.

This month sees the debut of two columns: the monthly Human Rights... Here and There, helmed by professor Lucie Lamarche, Gordon F. Henderson Human Rights Chair at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law; and Craig's Reviews, a bimonthly review of law - related fiction from Craig Paterson, a former law prof and lawyer who has been practising for 33 years.