Sentences with phrase «junior lawyers on»

She works closely with our junior lawyers on professional development initiatives to ensure ongoing quality in English language transactions and those matters which interact with common law principles.

In connection with the summit the Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society are seeking the views of junior lawyers on issues affecting women lawyers.

The problem is that they can tend to farm out very junior lawyers on some deals, and they really don't have the experience to do the work, or give us the confidence that they know what they are doing.»

Not exact matches

On behalf of the players, the Charney Lawyers, a Toronto - based firm specializing in class - action law, is seeking compensation for time logged by the plaintiffs in the major junior league.

He agreed, but only on the condition that the junior lawyer continue with the assignment of arguing the motions.

He believes that junior lawyers should be focused on crafting a unique narrative by developing a global outlook, transparent personal branding and honest networking.

This had the effect of placing the email addresses in a fairly random order, with a key client tacked on to the end of the email addresses and some junior lawyers before more senior lawyers.

The most frequent argument in support of ghostblogging is that senior lawyers routinely enlist the services of juniors to write memos, documents, CLE papers and the like, and then place their own names on the resulting product (often, but not always, with a front - page footnote thanking the junior for his or her «assistance.»)

And a junior lawyer at one firm typically drafts complaints or motion papers into which are inserted the names of senior attorneys at multiple other law firms serving as co-counsel on the relevant case.

But as the volatility of the global economy continues, leading many law firms to cut back on their partnership promotions and restructure existing partners, there is mounting evidence that junior lawyers are becoming less focused on the dream of equity.

Alternatively, if the junior lawyer builds relationships and expertise, they may leave and set up on their own, possibly taking clients with them.

Another area that has been flagged by a number of junior lawyers as a concern, which was not covered in the survey, is the lack of transparency about why some associates on the partnership track do not make it at the end.

However, one junior lawyer responding to the poll rejects this seemingly negative review, suggesting that it is more important for associates to focus on the here and now.

Of course, out of context, this sounds absurd, but Jack goes on to write that «getting the new norm to be «we fill out our data forms after every matter» requires firm leaders to proselytize their practice group heads, requires those heads to lobby the partners and senior associates in their groups, and requires those lawyers to set the expectation with the junior lawyers that those forms must be completed.»

The consultation closes on 4 March 2016 and YLAL will be submitting a response to provide the SRA with views from junior and aspiring legal aid lawyers.

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The firm also stressed how using AI systems would allow the firm's junior lawyers and paralegals to focus on more complex work, though this does perhaps undermine the original reason for having the Manchester process centre, which became a flagship element of the firm's business strategy.

Most trainees and junior lawyers barely exceed nine hours on a typical day, arriving just after nine and leaving just after six (see average arrive and leave times below).

More junior lawyers — or even non-lawyers — can manage these processes without the need for expensive senior involvement, freeing up senior staff to focus on more strategically important tasks.

JLD is to release guidance for employers on best practice to support junior lawyers, as well as other employees.

The lowest paid on the law firm payroll who would kill for the salaries demanded by junior lawyers.

Commenting on the event, Osuntokun said: «Walking into a boardroom of white faces as a black lawyer can be daunting, particularly when you are more junior.

I began my legal career like many lawyers do, first as a trainee, then a junior, an associate and so on; but this is a risky and competitive market, and in order to attract clientele a supportive system is crucial.

But four senior lawyers from Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP and a junior associate found out that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

While I was at law school, I remember hearing time and time again from junior lawyers that it was not necessary to worry about what electives one took or how much one learned or did not learn during those three years of legal education as «the real learning, unless you are planning on pursuing a career in academia, starts once you enter the workplace.»

That said, the success of women's support organizations depends on women, especially senior women, being genuine about what their challenges have been, and listening to the current experience of more junior lawyers.

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Email us with your thoughts on how YLAL can help junior lawyers tackle problems facing entry into the legal aid profession: [email protected].

A good «open door» policy means more than just being available — check in on junior lawyers and ensure they are moving their files along.

The long hours worked by junior lawyers, and the considerable billings associated with them, seem to have little connection to the salary packages on offer.

Law students, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and junior lawyers (current, prospective or inbetween stages) are invited to enter the Law Society's annual Graham Turnbull essay competition on human rights.

Presented with results from the Initiative's own survey of client expectations, some lawyers present were a bit taken aback by the idea that clients wanted to do more of the work themselves in order to lower costs — because it seemed to contrast with their own experience of clients asking that junior lawyers not be put on their files in order to save time and money.

Perhaps a more junior lawyer can take on some of the tasks being carried out by a senior lawyer.

I had the opportunity to go in - house, but I was hesitant to do that because I think that once you go in - house, you become so commercially focused on «getting it done, getting it done» that you don't necessarily get to build on your technical skills, which as a junior lawyer I wanted to continue to develop.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has finalised a deal to take on the bulk of the remaining junior lawyers in Bingham McCutchen's London office this week, as a vote on Bingham's potential merger with Morgan Lewis & Bockius draws nearer.

The simplest thing for a small firm or solo practitioner is not to take on an articling student or very junior lawyer, and the statistics bear out this is what happens more often than not.

«Over the last few years, lawyers in India selling services offshore have focused mainly on the routine grunt work that is often done by junior lawyers, such as research, in which lawyers comb through legal documents searching for information to back up a case.»

``... lawyers in India selling services offshore have focused mainly on the routine grunt work that is often done by junior lawyers, such as research.»

We can propose improvements to free partner non-billable time for billable work, enable junior lawyers to take on more senior work (greater leverage), improve lawyer efficiency to reduce soft write - offs and hard write - downs and improve efficiency of fixed - fee matters.

Research undertaken by Legal Cheek shows Linklaters» London trainees and junior lawyers arrive at the office on average at 9:14 am and leave at 8:23 pm, which is in line with other top firms across the City.

Summer associates receive the same type of work assignments as our junior associates, on actual client matters, and work with as many lawyers as possible over the course of the program, which runs during the first half of the summer.

You can read YLAL's responses here and here, but briefly, we explained our reservations to both of the proposals, and urged the MoJ to reconsider their impact, in particular on junior lawyers.

Junior lawyers have different practice needs than senior lawyers, but may acquiesce to partner suggestions unless specifically called on.

As one of my Partners (who happened to be in my office while I was «holy cowing» over your post reminded me, it was not just the judges who missed this statutory provision, but likely the lawyers on both sides, their students and or junior counsel.

What really happens when you hire an assistant or junior associate is that you spend your freed - up time on management, not billable lawyering.

I hope that has come across in how I have and continue to develop my team; I have mentored several junior lawyers over the years who have gone on to a mix of great next jobs, which is what you want.

Conceptualizing organizational culture in this way underscores, for instance, that a lawyer's decision about whether to expose the firm to risk, by deliberately ignoring a potential conflict, may depend on whether the firm offers junior lawyers meaningful professional training opportunities, and whether it provides income partners with guidance on how to engage in business development.

This is nothing new; more junior (and cheaper) lawyers often do the leg work on a file while more expensive partners set the strategy and handle the thorny problems.

If a junior lawyer is not billing on a file, they are expected to make up the hours later.

More than three - fifths (61 %) of respondents to a survey by the Law Society's Junior Lawyers Division spent more than # 20,000 on their legal education, and more than a third spent at least # 25,000.