Sentences with word «lawyerly»

There was a a touch of lawyerly nuance in that speech — with Inhofe specifying he was asserting that «catastrophic» man - made global warming was a hoax.

«Most firms,» the authors add gloomily, «are choosing to proceed with lawyerly caution in the midst of a market that is being reinvented around them.»

I would have been glad to see TechnoLawyer win under other circumstances, but this is a tainted victory, not to mention a dismal lesson in lawyerly behavior for the law students who were edged out.

Instead, she drew on her other lawyerly skills and decided to fight.

The Common Scold, just back from caring for her father and redesigning Legal Technology News, has it on good report that steamy «Desperate Housewives» has nothing on lawyerly hanky - panky in the office.

A commercial transaction of comparable value — say a share acquisition or a disposal of assets — would normally be accompanied by lawyerly advice: seeking contractual protections, guarantees, and amounts in escrow.

One LA Times article employed what the CJR describes as a «lawyerly lead,» portraying her speech as that of a courtroom advocate making her closing argument for Barack Obama's cause, while another described her as «the good soldier.»

Smile, be friendly, strive to not sound lawyerly, and listen, listen, listen.

I suppose the only answer to your questions is the very lawyerly answer: «It depends.»

At what point does lawyerly risk - taking in the public interest become crass ambulance chasing?

It all strikes me as a very lawyerly way of getting to a very simple point: Pro bono publico means for the public good.

Randazza had an email exchange with «Blade» (pdf) in which Blade (1) doesn't sound very lawyerly, and (2) claims he is using a pseudonym to protect himself from retribution.

Not to sound too lawyerly about it, but the answer depends on where you work and what you do, as the stories below suggest.

They do include a typical lawyerly disclaimer not to take the memos as legal advice (which clients would presumably have to pay for).

A policy grievance is «a more lawyerly type of endeavor,» he says, where lawyers argue their points before an arbitrator.

The Altman Weil 2016 Law Firms in Transition survey opens with the observation that «most firms are choosing to proceed with lawyerly caution in the midst of a market that is being reinvented around them.»

Miller is a fine writer, combining stylistic virtuosity with lawyerly precision and philosophical thoughtfulness.

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Now that we've figured out what you shouldn't be carrying your important lawyerly stuff in, we should discuss some better options.

You write: «If ABS threatens lawyerly independence, we should be wary».

It is so lawyerly worded that I bet half the people who read it still can't understand what it means.

More surprisingly, the closest thing Above the Law comes to a comment policy is the rather lawyerly terms of service with nothing around the comment form itself.

She is an active participant in a national lawyer group and is consistently adding her thoughtful, good lawyerly advice.

This is not the first time by any means that URLs, long or short, have been talked about on Slaw — which isn't too surprising, as it's part of typical lawyerly concern for detail in this time of transition from paper to pixel.

But making partner and holding a family together isn't exactly child's play, especially combined with a high - achieving lawyerly personality.

Potts» design incorporates common lawyerly functions into the keyboard, using the F1 through F12 function keys and the number pad.

(Sorry to be so lawyerly about this:)-RRB-

: Thanks, Sona, that's one of the remarks I hear most often is that the accessible writing, the non lawyerly writing is so important in communication.

Sharon Nelson: Thanks, Sona, that's one of the remarks I hear most often is that the accessible writing, the non lawyerly writing is so important in communication.

In addition, attorneys, while dependent on their smartphones and computers, have been skeptical about programs that purport to do lawyerly tasks.

You can read the «factual nuances» language either ominously — «we're looking for ways to trap you» — or just as lawyerly conservatism.

The agreement, an exercise in lawyerly ambiguity, complex and confusing, was no game for amateurs or knuckleheads.

Recent lawyerly requirements in respect of due diligence projects may include the obligation to destroy data when the project is finished, but quite a few times I have been asked months later by these same lawyers for a reprise of certain points... naturally, they assume I have the enabling data

But there's no reason to think that Bentham carried any particular weight on this point: he was probably describing an age - old lawyerly bias.

High sounding lawyerly self - descriptors such as this is are only possible for as long as discussions about access to justice are careful polemics devoid of the messy particulars in case after case after case.

Instead of sending the normal lawyerly cease - and desist letter alleging trademark infringement, Bud Light had some fun with it.

It is a very lawyerly response, involving a careful parsing of the words of the statement of the U.S. Bishops conference entitled «Catholics in Political Life.»

Still, lawyerly coziness with organizations in a position to send them referrals, I have read elsewhere, is an «ethically complicated» question.

The final straw for Pope was Dee's lawyerly doublespeak in the wake of the Sapp saga.