Sentences with phrase «from members of the legal community»

Part of the Commission's work is to gather input from members of the legal community and clients, technologists and innovators about ways to deliver legal services more effectively and efficiently.

Not exact matches

In addition to the normal representation of regional and linguistic interests, the commission included members from business, labour, the co-operative movement, the legal and academic communities, the public service and all 3 national political parties.

State Sen. Diane Savino, a founding member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), may be facing a challenge in the Democratic primary this fall from Jasmine «Jasi» Robinson, 38, a legal secretary and community activist from Port Richmond.

During the forum, a panel of legal experts fielded immigration questions from the community members.

SENATOR KLEIN HOLDS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FORUM FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES Panel of legal experts will field immigration questions from concerned Muslim community members Bronx, NY — Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj (D - Bronx) and Councilman Ritchie Torres (D - Bronx), joined -LSB-...]

Panel of legal experts will field immigration questions from concerned Muslim community members

These were just a few of the questions raised in an open meeting on 10 October 2002 in Washington, D.C. Within the ornate halls of the National Academy of Sciences building, members of the scientific and legal communities, ethicists, and representatives from funding agencies and professional societies discussed a recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct.

As we evolved, we found that there were also just a lot of children out in the suburbs who were from remote communities, who were in [Darwin] because parents were accessing dialysis, or legal services, or were in rehabilitation programs, or who'd just moved into town to be with other family members.»

Now, members of a grassroots group are asking the legislature for the legal backing to break away from Anderson Community Schools and start their own district.

While many fans and community members speculate the takedown is due to a cease and desist demand from Nintendo, the Project M team has asserted that the decision was not caused by any sort of legal warning.

Because of this, both members were permanently removed from the community and addressed to our legal department, as per the terms of the NDA.

Nonetheless, this is awful, and I realized I needed to read more content from women authors, thinkers, and members of the legal community.

They were there under the auspices of the John Carroll Society, a Roman Catholic charitable organization whose members come mostly from the legal and business communities.

Canadian Lawyer welcomes commentary and op - ed pieces from members of the profession, students, legal academics, judges, and others in the legal community.

@Gary P. Rodrigues: «My understanding is that the decision to continue to offer the Ontario Reports in print is in response to feedback received directly from members of the legal profession who see the Ontario Reports as a mechanism for creating a sense of community among members of the legal profession as well as the primary means whereby the Law Society communicates with the profession.

The early storm winds did not stop many long - serving members of Toronto's legal community from coming together to honour this year's award recipients.

Sam Glover: We're going to take a few minutes to hear from our sponsors, and when we come back, I want to explore the various flavors of geekdom and talk a little bit more about what it means to sort of represent the legal community as a member of a tribe, or represent your tribe as a lawyer, so we'll be back in a minute.

Although we intend for this Corner to be particularly useful for members of the legal community and law students, we hope that individuals, organizations and government institutions will also benefit from accessing relevant laws, jurisprudence, findings, interpretations,

• Bring members of the Deaf community, interpreters, legal service providers, governments and others together to create a vision that will be refined with knowledge gained from the above service delivery project.

On Thursday, April 26, CPCS had the pleasure of honoring exceptional members of our community — attorneys from the public and private counsel divisions, as well as a social worker, investigator and administrative professional — who work tirelessly to insure that CPCS meets our mission: to fight for equal justice and human dignity by supporting our clients in achieving their legal and life goals; to zealously advocate for the rights of individuals; and to promote just public policy to protect the rights of all.

Advanced legal writers can benefit from this type of collaboration as well; the ideal reader for an upper - level seminar paper or thesis is a non-expert member of the discourse community who can provide feedback as a knowledgeable (but not expert) legal reader.

New legal writers can benefit from the interaction with a slightly senior member of the legal discourse community.

Candidates are then interviewed by the 11 - member Provincial Court Nominating Committee, which has representatives from the Alberta Provincial Court, the Law Society of Alberta, the Alberta branch of the Canadian Bar Association and people from the province's legal community and the public appointed by the minister of Justice and Solicitor General.

Despite widespread public support from Quebec's legal community and a mid-strike vote in which they rejected the government's final offer by a whopping 97 per cent, the striking lawyers emptied their $ 4 - million strike fund, took out an $ 8 - million loan (which is currently being repaid through an increase in union dues to three per cent from 0.75 per cent of members» salaries) and dropped strike pay to zero from the 60 per cent of members» weekly salaries paid at the start of the strike.

Martindale Hubbel determines a lawyer's legal ability and ethical standards by seeking detailed information from members of the same legal community in which the lawyer practices.

For example, once students recognize that texting has its own discourse community whose members have certain rhetorical expectations, they are more likely to appreciate that legal writing similarly has its own discourse community whose expectations students will also need to learn.128 As students develop towards becoming experts, they «shift their basis for categorizing problems from relatively surface attributes of problems to more abstract, structural attributes that cue principles relevant to the solution.»

On a grant from the Alberta Law Foundation, he and James flew a light aircraft throughout Northern Alberta to examine the availability of legal assistance to members of remote communities.

Peter is «AV Preeminent» rated by Martindale - Hubbell ©, a well - respected peer review organization that rates lawyers based on input from judges and other well - respected members of the legal community.

Members of the KYL Keeps You Learning «community of experts» have been awarded Distinguished Peer Awards from the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) in both 2011 and 2014 as well as top honors from Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists (ACEDS) at their first annual award ceremony in 2015.

With the commitment of 1200 + volunteers, including judges from all levels of the courts, members of the bar, court staff, legal aid clinics, law schools, teachers, and community representatives, OJEN reaches over 200,000 youth across the province each year.

Mark has an «AV Preeminent» rating by Martindale - Hubbell, a well - respected peer review organization that rates lawyers based on input from judges and other esteemed members of the legal community.

«The focus of this research is innovative, and studying it raises concerns for some members of Ontario's legal community, as we learned in the planning process from the benchers, staff and the literature.

Peter is «AV Preeminent» rated by Martindale - Hubbell ©, a well - respected peer review organization that rates lawyers based on input from judges and other esteemed members of the legal community.

The European Parliament shall appoint an Ombudsman empowered to receive complaints from any citizen of the Union or any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State concerning instances of maladministration in the activities of the Community institutions or bodies, with the exception of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance acting in their judicial role.

This wording incorporates two important Community law principles which are explained further in the same judgment: «It is settled case law that in the absence of Community rules governing the matter it is for the domestic legal system of each member state to... lay down the detailed procedural rules governing actions for safeguarding rights which individuals derive from Community law, provided, however, that such rules are not less favourable than those governing similar domestic actions (the principle of equivalence) and do not render virtually impossible or excessively difficult the exercise of rights conferred by Community law (the principle of effectiveness).»

From my perspective, the assumption (as articulated by members of the profession) that visible minority licensees are not relatively disadvantaged is simply incorrect and even though the statement of principles decision has been made, there continues to be resistance within the legal community including pieces in Law Times, The Toronto Star, The National Post, CBC and page 30 of The Middlesex Law Association's December newsletter.

«CBA President Bernard Amyot will lead the procession of CBA Bar Leaders, lawyers, law students and other members of the legal community from across Canada.

The guiding spirit behind [these guidelines] is to promote the commitment by those providing legal and related services to a deliberate use of technology to advance access to justice, particularly for members of communities facing exclusion from the legal system and barriers in using technology.

«This gap between being eligible for legal aid and being able to afford counsel that she fell into meant she wasn't able to get the legal assistance that could have prevented the crime from happening,» said Lorne Sossin, dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, addressing members of the legal community who came together last week in Toronto to launch the second year of Flip Your Wig For Justice, the pledge - based fundraiser, which aims to raise awareness as well as money for access to justice programs in Ontario.

CanLII Connects, is a collaborative site with links to and from cases on CanLII, which allows members of the legal community to write about Canadian caselaw.

Australia's ongoing inability to secure decent living standards for its Indigenous citizens is not only a failure of domestic policy, it is also a failure to meet basic legal obligations arising from Australia's role as a responsible member of the international community.

Legal assistance for family law disputes is available from a number of government - funded organisations to assist vulnerable members of the community.