Sentences with phrase «lack of good lawyers»

In addition, a lack of good lawyers and judges with knowledge around human trafficking and child prostitution impacts the amount of convictions.

But the statement exposes Ayine's lack of good lawyering skills and raises the question of whether he studied under any eminent and seasoned senior before his appointment as Deputy Minister for Justice.

Not exact matches

There's an underlying theme of contempt for institutions — for government, for university education, for lawyers and reporters («the biggest bunch of liars»)-- as well as for «losers» who lack initiative and expect handouts.

His success in that case makes him a media darling as well, which draws the attention of accused murderer Douglas Benoit (Hurt, 1984), who wants the young lawyer's sense of style to help him prevail against overwhelming circumstantial evidence and a lack of alibi.

Lacking knowledge in the field, the former entertainment lawyer set out to school herself in learning theory and instruction, as well as the workings of the bureaucracy in the 65,000 - student district, for insight into how best to proceed.

No doubt about it: information technology is marching — no, sprinting — ahead, fueled by new products that promise to revolutionize law practice and make lawyers more efficient.16 But at the same time, the feedback about law graduates» research skills remains lackluster at best.17 Despite a literal surplus of available tools, recent law graduates generally lack the research skills employers expect.18

Instead I'd argue — view and compensate the «sales people» (for lack of a better way to put it) as sophisticated practitioners akin to hybrid lawyers / business developers.

Mind you, that's not nearly as harsh as one recent comment by a (B.C.) corporate lawyer, who described the Quebec Court of Appeal decision as «poorly reasoned, spectacularly wrong in its conclusions and generally reflect [ing] a lack of understanding of both corporate law principles and commercial realities», adding that «parties to sophisticated business agreements will be far better served by agreeing to adjudicate their disputes in Ontario, where the courts generally have much greater commercial sophistication.»

The best illustration of this, for profs and, indeed, for many lawyers and librarians, who are also info - grabbers, is the complete lack of attention to type faces.

In the Globe and Mail article, Dealing with mental illness in the workplace, employment lawyer, Daniel Lublin, concludes that an employer's lack of awareness of their employees» mental well - being may not free them from liability in the event that violence occurs in the workplace.

Meanwhile, these four types of damage caused by the problem are getting worse: (1) to the population in that there are many thousands of people whose lives have been damaged for lack of legal services; (2) to the courts in that they are being clogged, as judges have warned, by high percentages of self - represented litigants, because their cases move much more slowly than those that have lawyers; (3) to the legal profession in that it is shrinking and is predicted to have a very negative future of contracting and of law firms failing; and, (4) to legal aid organizations because it is politically very unwise for governments to fund them better with taxpayers» money, to enable them to provide free legal services to more poor people, while the majority of the taxpayers can not obtain legal services for themselves at reasonable cost.

Pre-Charge Counsel For lack of a better term, criminal lawyers advising people who have not been charged with a crime, but have concern that they could be charged, can be said to be providing «pre-charge counsel.»

Personal injury lawyers know too well that insurance companies can be difficult to deal with and anger can reside when big corporations often lack sympathy in hope of retaining financial gain.

The increased use of emails to replace face - to - face meetings has significant implications in family law where emotions (and tensions) often are high; clients can be difficult, emotional and prone to misunderstanding (and for these reasons some lawyers find the lack of face - to - face contact a good thing).

And the ready availability of this information ought to deter lawyers from lying or failing to reveal disbarment or lack of good standing to an employer.

It has been said that lawyers do not necessarily know the law better than other people; rather they only know where to find it.10 A lawyer who does not know how to perform legal research is lacking a defining characteristic of the profession.

The Illinois State Bar Association Report contains a well - documented description of what it calls «The Big Picture» affecting the profession, including: the economic challenges plaguing lawyers, the lack of training for law students in the skills needed to succeed in the current climate, the reluctance of the population to use traditional legal services, and the technological changes redefining the way people work and enabling new actors to reshape the legal marketplace.

They could hire the best lawyers and experts, and then grind the less well - off party into submission both because of a lack of resources and cash flow issues.

As we discussed in our recent piece «Robot, Esq.: Four Reasons Lawyers Shouldn't Fear AI and Automation Legal Tech», there are critical limitations on the ability of existing, non-general AI to replace human beings in legal practice — including the truly bespoke nature of certain tasks, the lack of sufficiently relevant and tailored data sets to train algorithms to handle even semi-bespoke tasks (given the complex cocktail of idiosyncratic considerations that good legal counsel comprises), and the non-empirical or data - driven aspects of the practice of law — involving emotional intelligence, communication, and persuasion — which I believe are core to providing effective legal services.

It's been my experience that most lawyers, certainly those of the managing partnership generation, lack the confidence with IT issues and knowledge necessary to make good policy without lots of advice.

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The good professor is certainly onto something in terms of most newly - minted lawyers being woefully unprepared to actually practice law, but that's certainly not for lack of time spent in law school!

Despite a lack of evidence, large firms presume that candidates who go to an elite school make a better lawyer; Bill Henderson explains how elite credentials were repriced when firms experienced a downward pressure on fees.

With that said, writer Stephen Krasner stressed the lack of specialized training in family court judges and lawyers in the field of psychology, as well as in dealing with children and parenting, is somewhat alarming.