Not exact matches
The workshops are a straight - talking, practical guide of how to gain a competitive edge in the search for a
training contract; designed to meet the realities of today's rigorous
legal recruitment market, and equip students with a thorough
grounding in commercial awareness in the context of the more specific components of the
training contract selection process.
Shawn McReynolds, managing partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, told us that the best
training ground in North America for top
legal talent remains law firms and the Big Four would have to persuade «people who are successful and at the top of their game» to jump ship.
Could law schools also partner with
legal organizations in communities to provide practical, on - the -
ground and contextually - appropriate
legal training for law students to supplement their distance education?
It is probably not surprising, then, that a call for a new kind of pedagogy also emerged from members of this original
legal realist group, some of whom began to push for a «lawyer school» that would
train students in law as it was actually practiced on the
ground.11 Interestingly, this very same movement toward practice was accompanied by increased attention to another tool for understanding law - in - action: social science.
By «
legal writing scholarship» I mean articles
grounded in theory that explore the creation and meaning of
legal texts and communication in all its forms,
legal writing pedagogy and curricula, and the importance of
legal writing and other skills
training in
legal education.
But the Indiana University Maurer School of Law's new Center on Global
Legal Profession will break fresh ground, by «focusing on the unprecedented challenges lawyers are facing around the world and develop research and training materials to assist current and future attorneys in their understanding of international legal systems.&r
Legal Profession will break fresh
ground, by «focusing on the unprecedented challenges lawyers are facing around the world and develop research and
training materials to assist current and future attorneys in their understanding of international
legal systems.&r
legal systems.»
«We want our clients to love their new home in
Legal Files Software, so our goal is to help them create exactly what they need and then
train them to use the features and functionalities, allowing them to hit the
ground running with their new matter management system,» says Matt.
Training allows users to hit the
ground running with
Legal Files Software, and it's worth the extra time and effort to secure your investment
(And I don't just mean «practice»
training; the tools with which you become a great lawyer include a really solid
grounding in jurisprudence,
legal history, and ethical philosophy, and not many law degrees can say they deliver that.)
I hope they will really enjoy their
training contracts with us and gain a thorough
grounding in all the key aspects of Local Authority
legal work.»
While we can report good results with
training teams that combine lawyer and non-lawyer facilitators, it is critical to have lead trainers who have the credibility of on - the -
ground experience with other law firms,
legal practice and law firm clients, and who therefore are able to field pointed
legal questions from program participants.
«Law schools» teaching is good
grounding, but we need to think about how we take this into the real world,» said Headon of the many of the report's 22 recommendations related to
legal education and
training.
The professionals who are members of CPSMC are
trained to work together and with a divorcing couple to assist then in identifying the
legal issues they face, gathering and sharing necessary information, brainstorming a variety of solutions, evaluating settlement proposals, and finding the middle
ground that will become that couple's custom tailored solution.