The book should be of interest and benefit to readers
interested in the legal profession and the meaning of professionalism in our culture.
FCA became an IB school under her tenure, began offering CTE classes to students
interested in the legal profession, and partnered with After School Matters to create murals that have beautified both the school and the community.
It will be of exceptional importance to sociologists and others
interested in the legal profession, in the general study of professions, and in social stratification and the distribution of power.
If you have not been successful in your applications for mini pupillages or vacation schemes, completing a legal internship, usually within the in - house legal department or a large company, is another effective way to demonstrate
your interest in the legal profession.
Additionally, an agency with deep history and
interest in the legal profession will understand the case life cycle and plan a smart marketing strategy around that cyclical process.
Not exact matches
It could also be that the Law Societies
in the 13 provinces and territories, which are entrusted with regulating the
legal profession in the public
interest, actually appear to be functioning more like cartels.
At this point
in time fiduciaries may be among the minority
in the
profession, but there's one out there who will surely look out for your best
interests without conflicts — and who is willing to sign a
legal document stating as much.
Louise also has a special
interest in succession and health law and has worked with key government departments, judicial stakeholders as well as the
legal and the medical
profession in furthering policy law reform
in these areas.
The House was a stronghold of the aristocracy, although it did represent a broad cross-section of the established
interests in the state: the church, rural and urban property, the navy, the army, the
legal profession, commerce and trade.
Specifically, attorneys that are eligible for this loan forgiveness must work
in the
legal profession in the areas of public
interest.
Ultimately, awarding federal QCs to deserving federal government lawyers is
in the
interests of the public service, the Department of Justice, the
legal profession and of the government of the day.
As was observed by Henry James MP, at another time of unprecedented radical change some 140 years ago, «those who had to frame and introduce a measure of
legal reform had sometimes to contend with -LSB-...] with members of the
legal profession, who might think that their
interests would be affected by any change
in the existing system.»
«Recent law grad over $ 250,000
in debt blogs about trying to make it as a small practice public
interest lawyer — all within the context of broader changes happening within the
legal profession.»
Therefore, if you are unsure which branch of the
legal profession you are
interested in pursuing, it could be that the best option would still be to focus on obtaining a qualifying law degree.
It will, however, be much harder to arrive as similar indicators to persuade the members of the
legal profession that they can best serve their clients
interests in adopting such an approach.
It would certainly be helpful for those within the
legal profession interested in access to justice to build more bridges to other fields.
Taken as a whole, these amendments set the stage for The Law Society of Manitoba to move towards stronger and more effective protection of the public
interest through a more diverse governing body, introduction of multi-disciplinary practices and opportunities for participation
in and ownership of firms by those outside the
legal profession.
The judiciary, HMCTS and the
legal profession have a shared
interest in ensuring that our system is fair, accessible, efficient and effective.
Legal profession regulators have a high duty to act
in the public
interest and,
in my long experience, they have consistently done so with one exception and one potential additional exception.
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In accordance with its governing statute, the respondent regulates the legal profession in the public interest and exercises discretionary public law power
In accordance with its governing statute, the respondent regulates the
legal profession in the public interest and exercises discretionary public law power
in the public
interest and exercises discretionary public law powers.
-LSB-...] dozen years» experience
in legal journalism and communications with my emerging
interest in social media for the
legal profession.
Just as Rome was not built
in a day, the garotting of the
legal profession and public
interest does not occur
in a day.
Elliott Portnoy - Dentons» man of the moment «One regret I have is that I didn't make the move sooner to a law firm that was
interested in changing and disrupting the
legal profession.»
I have heard many litigants express concern to me that because lawyers are seen to belong to a private club «members of the
legal profession», they don't feel they can trust that their own lawyer is truly acting
in their best
interest.
What should be of particular
interest to the American
legal profession is the creation in the U.K. of a distinct self - regulated profession of Legal Cost Manage
legal profession is the creation
in the U.K. of a distinct self - regulated
profession of
Legal Cost Manage
Legal Cost Management.
By carefully studying the recent past, it provides a valuable reference for anyone - especially those
in large urban firms -
interested in future of the
legal profession.
In recognition of her extraordinary contribution to the legal profession and, in particular, for her significant role in promoting the interests of women lawye
In recognition of her extraordinary contribution to the
legal profession and,
in particular, for her significant role in promoting the interests of women lawye
in particular, for her significant role
in promoting the interests of women lawye
in promoting the
interests of women lawyers
Perhaps more importantly, such inquiries appear to only take the regulator away from its core goal of governing the
legal profession in the public
interest, and more towards resolving philosophical and mundane disputes between the bar.
The benchers are to regulate the
legal profession so as to, «maintain and advance the cause of justice and the rule of law,» and, «facilitate access to justice,» and, «to protect the public
interest,» being, for example, among the express duties of LSUC (the Law Society of Upper Canada), [2] being duties expressly set out
in legislation such as... [more]
Anyone
interested in blawgs as a phenomenon within the
legal profession should read the results of the readership survey conducted by Bruce MacEwen for his blog, Adam Smith, Esq..
Are we
legal information professionals collaborators, performers
in a production that promotes an exclusive system, a system that is
in neither the
profession's nor society's best
interests?
Such lawsuits would severely distract this country's thirty - two integrated bars from their critical work «serv [ing] the «State's
interest in regulating the
legal profession and improving the quality of
legal services.
In short, The Millennial Lawyer is a must read for anyone interested in the future of the legal profession.&raqu
In short, The Millennial Lawyer is a must read for anyone
interested in the future of the legal profession.&raqu
in the future of the
legal profession.»
To advance and protect the
interest of the members of the
legal profession residing or practicing
in and about the City of Kamloops, Province of British Columbia;
We need to set out a clear vision of what we expect from law firms and engage with the
profession and firms, including the major commercial firms, on the delivery of good services for clients and the public
interest in a reputable, well working
legal system.
If you know of a worthy Manitoban engaged
in advancing the rule of law, through that activities support an independent judiciary, an independent
legal profession, access to
legal services, access to justice, and public
interest advocacy, submit your nomination before July 31.
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting is an
interesting publisher, established
in 1865 by the
legal profession in Great Britain, to bring some order to the then somewhat chaotic world of law reporting.
It has nearly 1.5 million documents across over 300 case law and legislative collections, and at nearly 10 million visits
in 2014 is quite likely the most used
legal information resource
in Canada and unquestionably essential to supporting the work of the
legal profession, the courts and the public
interest in free access to law.
«When Canadian
legal history is written, it may show that the
profession was distracted by civility and failed to devote sufficient
interest to access to justice,» he wrote
in 2011.
He acknowledged that stereotypes of Asian model minorities as smart, nerdy, not risk takers, not
interested in leadership and boring as assumptions that have hurt Asians
in upward mobility
in the
legal profession.
Having posted here earlier today about big - firm salary wars carrying fresh - out - of - school associates to the absurd pay level of $ 160,000, I was reassured that there remains some hope for the
legal profession by this article to appear
in Monday's National Law Journal:
Interest in summer jobs at top firms cools down.
The Society launched a Facebook page
in October, to increase public engagement and awareness of our role as the public -
interest regulator of the
legal profession in Nova Scotia: https://www.facebook.com/NSBarristers
Adding another layer to the issue is the fact that the Ontario Bar Association — the body traditionally associated with having an advocacy mandate to advance the
interests of the
legal profession in Ontario — is also reported to have made donations («$ 8,100 to the Liberals, $ 7,700 to the Conservatives, and about $ 4,300 to the NDP»).
New CILEx chief executive Mandie Lavin has called for collaboration within the
legal profession at large to work together
in the public
interest.
Much of what the
legal profession calls public
interest litigation, he argued, «is purely political, and transcends the
interest of the named plaintiffs, who are not clients
in any ordinary sense.»
The article reports on several
legal profession luminaries — including Beth Wilkinson, who prosecuted Oklahoma City bomber Tim McVeigh; former 4th Circuit judge Michael Luttig; and Eric Dinallo, who investigated conflicts of
interest on Wall Street under Elliott Spitzer — who have opted for
in - house positions with big - name corporations like Fannie Mae (Wilkinson), Boeing (Luttig) and the Willis Group (Dinallo).
My point,
in a nutshell, is that much of what we call
legal work for the public
interest is essentially selfserving: Lawyers use public
interest litigation to promote their own agendas, social and political — and (on a wider plane) to promote the power and the role of the
legal profession itself.
I founded this blog
in 2002 to post news and reviews of websites of
interest to the
legal profession.
Perhaps its acquisition by a company with a strong
interest in community newspapers will end up as a benefit to the community that is the
legal profession.
Engendering anti-competitive cartels and compromising the independence of the
legal profession are not
in the public
interest.