Sentences with phrase «law societies»

And experienced lawyers should feel themselves betrayed by their law societies.

There are no support services for lawyers, because law societies don't sponsor their creation.

Then why do we need law societies to regulate the legal profession if law societies recommend that clients not use experienced lawyers?

For this reason and to ensure protection of the public, law societies and legal insurers provide supports and assistance to lawyers, their staff and their families.

Until the problem is solved, lawyers and law students best beware such obsolescent law societies, and for similar reasons, beware the proponents of «alternative business structures,» in whatever form and size proposed.

Therefore, the problem and its long history of failure, requires government intervention, because law societies, being the regulators of the legal profession in Canada, do not realize that they do not understand the true nature of the problem and won't accept the fact that they and all other such institutions within the legal profession do not have the expertise necessary to solve the problem.

As Simon notes, CanLII is funded by individual lawyers and notaries through their law societies.

So, we must get ready for, as some have predicted, the disappearance of middle - sized and small law offices over the next ten years, and also for government intervention that rolls back law societies» monopoly over the provision of legal services and the legal profession's independence from government interference.

For these reasons, the law societies of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan are doing this work together.

Perhaps, the biggest problem with reports and studies, whether by law societies or bar associations, is the generational divide of the persons undertaking them.

I would be happy to sit on such a committee of the variety of law societies could get behind such a proposal.

Finally, it is not always possible to discern from looking at the statements put out by the different law societies, but it appears probable that among law societies, the CanLII levy is funded mostly through law society member dues.

On Friday November 13, 2015, while two more states adopted a duty of technology competence into their codes — and while Canadian law societies maintained unanimous silence on such requirements for lawyers — British Columbia's Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner and Representative for Children and Youth, released Cyberbullying: Empowering Children and Youth To Be Safe Online and Responsible Digital Citizens.

Among law societies, we see a variety of approaches to funding and communicating the CanLII expense to their members.

But law societies and legal experts continue to try, again and again, as shown by each new report, institutional «initiative,» and other published proposals.

In the consultation paper, the Prairie law societies say there are numerous benefits of compliance - based regulation, including an incentive to be innovative in the delivery of legal services.

This reality means that our resources are limited and it is strategically wise to share them,» the law societies said in the consultation paper.

I expect this data will be closely reviewed by law societies across Canada in determining what comes next.

But that is the fault of law societies, not lawyers.

It has been resisted as being an improper use of a law societies» monopoly over the provision of legal services, which includes its ability to determine the requirements to become a licensed lawyer, and the motivations allowed to be operative in the marking of law school graduates» exam papers during a law societies» qualification process.

The only justification for the «law firm as an investment vehicle» is the fact that law societies don't innovate so as to prevent majority populations from not being able to get legal services at reasonable cost.

He also submitted that the monitor's recommendation to remove him was more of a lawyer discipline issue and therefore a function left to law societies in their roles as regulators.

The law societies and bar associations also have their awards of merit — usually given in very small numbers, appropriately enough — far smaller numbers than those of QCs in most places.

«Concurrent jurisdiction over lawyers, shared between superior courts and law societies, is an ordinary aspect of the dual identities of lawyers as officers of the court and members of a regulated profession,» she wrote.

To limit the number of lawyers so as to reduce the competition for clients, would be another evasion by law societies of their duty in law to solve the problem.

[i] Privilege being the jurisdiction of the courts, it would be for the law societies to reconcile the confidentiality rule rather than to pretend to the authority to change privilege

But if there isn't sufficient pressure to do so, there will be no innovation, which is why the unaffordable legal services problem exists, i.e., the absence of such pressure on law societies has allowed law societies to carry on without evolving in their management structure, and not sponsoring the necessary support services.

And therefore devices such as the following are used by law societies: (1) methods to control an alleged over-supply of lawyers; (2) «alternative legal services,» which are charity, simplistic services, and without the benefit of the solicitor - client relationship (pro bono services being but a very small exception, and possibly targeted legal services); and, (3) the sponsoring of «apps,» (the application of electronic technology to legal services), the effect of which upon the problem is unknown and unanalyzed, and can not solve any such access to justice problem.

But in very telling and sharp contrast, our law societies don't have sufficient respect for, and fear of, the power of the internet and social media, which, combined with the news media, enable the severely damaged people to find each other with amazing speed and talk - up this wide - spread and most damaging of problems.

That is because the law societies and other such institutions and experts that write the reports and speak to the problem do not understand a fundamental fact.

Why aren't law societies saying no to email?

Law societies have a role to play in guiding lawyers to properly use cloud computing.

They allow law societies to tailor programming and policies to ensure the legal profession becomes more inclusive and diverse so it better reflects the society it serves.

It is only a matter of time before it will «go viral» almost overnight, thereby becoming a major political issue — an issue, that when so publicized, will provide insufficient time for law societies to publish a persuasive response, and will compel governments to act.

Perhaps the CBA and law societies should have the initial draft of their reports done by students in the future....

Law societies across Canada are considering a shift from a regulatory system that focuses on individual lawyers to one that looks at the collective lawyers work in, whether that's a law firm, an in - house legal department, or a legal aid organization Unlike the current regulatory model, which takes reactionary steps whenever lawyers engage in wrongdoing, regulators are considering a more proactive model that should help prevent transgressions in the first place.

Because law societies are not accountable in fact (as distinguished from «in law»), to the political - democratic process, it is sadly true to have to say, «there are no economies - of - scale in the practice of law.»

Other law societies across the country are starting to examine changes to regulation as well but right now, it's almost all talk; but the LPP is a start and the NSBS» Gallant says within six months, there's going to be action in his province.

Law societies are the cause of the unaffordable legal services problem.

Safety comes through the entire parliament needing to appoint them, and the very loud noise from the law societies etc if bad appointments are made.

They're already hired full time to appoint people, and they themselves hire more people to assist them.They should already be listening to the courts, the solicitor - general, the law societies etc to know who would be good to appoint.

A list of provincial law societies that can help you locate a lawyer is available at www.flsc.ca.

A turf war between law societies and the federal government is almost inevitable with new rules on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing in the pipeline.

A recent Law Society of Upper Canada report highlighted the prevalence of systemic racism in the legal profession.

«She prepared and acted upon fake documents in support of other clearly fraudulent transactions,» a Law society hearing document states.

Silverthorn is actually the one leading the charge against Natale with the Law Society, having filed a complaint last year.

As reported in the Globe and Mail on Oct. 31, the judge ruled that the Law Society had put the commercial interests of its members ahead of its statutory duty to protect the public interest.

... This purpose was not authorized by the Law Society Act,» he said.

The case began several years ago when First Canadian, a title insurance company, sued the Law Society of New Brunswick for amending its professional standards to require a lawyer to be present when property owners swore affidavits for the sale or mortgage of a property.

(Saguil is also chair of the Law Society's equity advisory group and contributed to the recent landmark report on racism in the legal profession.)