Sentences with phrase «larger number of law firms»

It remains to be seen whether contract lawyering will become a viable proposition for a larger number of law firms and contract lawyers alike going forward, given that — by its very nature — the demand for contract legal services is unpredictable.

Its stated goal is to recruit, vet and admit a large number of law firms as members in the next few months, clearly a very ambitious and costly goal, particularly when no application or membership fee is charged.

Although a large number of law firms do send trainee solicitors on client secondment, there are some that don't, preferring to send associates with a year or two post-qualification experience (pqe) under their belt.

«Large numbers of law firm timekeepers billing to matters Main Human resources (HR) representative for the law department»

Since the first issue was published in 2004 it has gained popularity among a large number of law firms, academics and other professionals in the field of arbitration.

Not exact matches

In some cases, where ownership is dispersed among a number of different owners — such as a large law firm or medical group, for instance — the bank will consider and sometimes accept a limited guarantee shared by all business partners, says Battles.

In fact, it appears that there has been a large surge in the number of disgruntled Ph.D. s finding relief writing patents at law firms.

The absence of these programs or similar solutions is particularly surprising when one considers the large number of vendor supplied and internally customized labour saving solutions law firms implement in the interest of repeatedly saving small amounts of time and the institution wide licences many universities have implemented to encourage their use.

The difficulty with this observation is that the required work hours of most traditional law firms make it difficult for them to retain large numbers of women, who still generally shoulder more child rearing responsibilities.

Not only the financial difficulties being faced by law firms large, medium, and small but also the growing number of unrepresented litigants in the courts and a serious deficit in access to justice across the country are driving the inevitable.

Although the number of women entering the legal profession has steadily increased over the years, more senior positions at larger law firms remain antiquated.

Gross points out that the program reflects a number of important trends, including (1) A Touch of Conscience (where most companies pay lip service to concerns like global warming or poverty); (2) The New Guilded Age (where fat and happy law firms think nothing of the absurdity of giving students a $ 60 allowance for lunch); (3) Defining Public Service Down (a situation where most people claim interest in community service but don't want the lower incomes that go with it, so they find a win - win situation like doing pro bono at a large firm); and (4) It's Good To Be the King (describing how partners set priorities and realize that the $ 15 lunch is quicker and gets associates back to billing more quickly and spares partners from socializing).

As I discussed in this post, the consolidation of Supreme Court practices within a limited number of large law firms has contributed to the under - representation of minority lawyers before the high court.

The minimum spend requirement (or «cover» charge, as Law Shucks describes it) is designed to help reduce the number of situations where the firm is «prevented from taking on large instructions after previously accepting smaller mandates.»

Often, when distributing an email announcement to a large number of clients and other contacts, a law firm would like to include a document (e.g., PDF, Powerpoint) with the email.

The number of women promoted to partner at the UK's 30 largest law firms has fallen by almost a quarter during the past two years, according to new Legal Week research that also shows firms cutting back on London promotions in the wake of last year's Brexit vote.

Stem Legal client King & Wood, China's largest law firm, have recently published a number of new articles by the firm's China intellectual property practice group.

Over the last year at the nation's largest 250 law firms, the number of female lawyers decreased by 2 percent, compared to an overall headcount loss of 4 percent.

Hoping to expand their reach or trying to position lawyers as thought leaders in their practice areas, a number of large law firms are now actively producing content and distributing it through social media.

Where small firm lawyers who are overwhelmed by administrative tasks would not need to do them: They could join a franchise, which, benefitting from external investment, would have the resources to develop and offer to a large number of small firms streamlined IT infrastructure, billing, marketing and file management, advertising, and a branded name and logo, freeing the lawyers to practice law.

In this connection, VATIER has gained significant access to international resources by becoming a member of The International Society of Primerus Law Firms, with its large number of member firms, selected for their expertise, making it possible to put together high level transnational teams to meet client nFirms, with its large number of member firms, selected for their expertise, making it possible to put together high level transnational teams to meet client nfirms, selected for their expertise, making it possible to put together high level transnational teams to meet client needs.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised a consortium of Chinese banks on syndicated secured financing of approximately US$ 1 billion to Reliance Communications Limited, India's second largest telecoms operator by subscriber numbers

The firm was one of Canada's most prominent full - service law offices with one of the largest litigation practices in the country, and was a leader in a number of specialized practice areas.

Whether it's lazy solicitors buying - in claims from ropey claims management companies, or some large «factory - style» law firms heaping a staggering numbers of cases onto their unqualified staff — it all -LSB-...]

Forster Dean Solicitors is - based on a «number of branches» metric - the UK's largest law firm.

However, law firms struggle with identifying conflicts due to the large amounts of data and number of staff members involved with highly manual processes.

Bond Solon's Witness Familiarisation service is utilised by the majority of the UK's leading law firms on behalf of their clients, a large numbers of companies and also witnesses themselves.

«D4 has seen tremendous growth this past year in many West Coast markets, particularly in San Diego where we have added a number of large corporate and law firm clients.

But, of course, law firm attrition numbers aren't just explained by job trends in other fields but by the fact that few lawyers find the career satisfaction they crave working 60 - hour weeks on small bites of large cases.

Traditionally, law firms have adopted a «pyramid» model for hiring, with a small number of partners at the top followed by a larger number of senior associates and a still larger proportion of juniors at the bottom.

A growing number of larger law firms are releasing their own mobile apps.

Companies, law firms, lawyers and individuals have to go through a large number of case laws and judicial decisions to identify or retrieve information necessary to support legal decision - making or finding something relevant to their case.

The work at the law firm was a bit more mentally stimulating but I felt that the work I was doing at DHS would actually help a large number of people who really needed it.

As an Edmonton personal injury law firm, Cummings Andrews Mackay has represented a large number of clients who have been injured in motor vehicle accidents.

By having such a large segment of our workforce employed at Marshall Dennehey for a significant number of years — and in many cases, this has been the only law firm at which they have worked — our clients realize tangible benefits.

And Susan Robinson, assistant dean for career services at Stanford Law School, says that while more students consider alternatives to larger firms, she has not seen a noticeable decline in the number of 2Ls taking big - firm internships.

What is it that is causing us to see a large number of women leave the law when we're graduating almost 50 % out of law school and we're starting at law firms, almost 50 % so we're almost 50/50 going in, so why is it 10 years down the road we're down to 18, 20 % of women in the law.

A «perfect storm» is about to hit, the report claims, because public bodies and large corporate are seeking to reduce their advocacy spend; solicitor - advocates are increasing in number, and will soak up more advocacy work; 2,000 instructing law firms may close this year, and larger firms may seek to do more in - house; family law legal aid firms are closing shop following the introduction of new contracting rules, and the Ministry of Justice is seeking to cull criminal legal aid firms, perhaps to a level of 70 %, reducing the pool of referral law firms; and tenancies will continue to decrease as chambers merge to consolidate their business position.

A decline in your realization rate can sometimes be indicative of larger problems in your firm and, as the ABA Law Practice Magazine notes, time and effort written - off by your firm can have a number of causes.

Clifford Chance LLP is the largest law firm in the world, both by number of lawyers and revenue, and part of the UK's «Magic Circle» of leading law firms.

Whether it's lazy solicitors buying - in claims from ropey claims management companies, or some large «factory - style» law firms heaping a staggering numbers of cases onto their unqualified staff — it all boils down to the same thing: personal injury claims being treated as meaningless numbers.

«For a number of years, Southern California Edison («SCE») often operated under the belief that the retention of the large, well - known law firms was necessary to receive top - tier legal representation.

Amid the noise and the hand wringing, the key change this year among the order of the law firms is that Latham & Watkins is now listed as number one — that is, Latham is now the largest firm in the United States by gross revenue — a remarkable rise to the top for a firm that only 20 years ago was seen primarily as a Los Angeles firm.

«D4 has gained significant traction this past year in many Midwest markets, particularly in Chicago where we have added a number of large corporate and law firm clients.

The number of Am Law 200 law firms with blogs more than doubled since 2007, but they still make up less than half of the nation's largest firLaw 200 law firms with blogs more than doubled since 2007, but they still make up less than half of the nation's largest firlaw firms with blogs more than doubled since 2007, but they still make up less than half of the nation's largest firms.

The study, which looked at 44 of the largest international and US law firms in the City, found that the number of lateral partner hires made by the group dropped to 77, compared to 127 across the same group in 2012.

And many of the larger corporations are using requests for proposals to create panels of law firms to consolidate the number of firms with which they are working.

The sprint is for a limited number of jobs at large law firms.

A spokesperson at the SRA said it has had «serious discussions» with between 15 and 20 organisations seeking the change to ABS, and has received a larger number of initial enquiries from law firms.

Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the second magic circle firm to reveal its gender pay gap data, with the firm's report providing more hard evidence of the disproportionate number of women in lower - paid roles at large law firms.