Sentences with phrase «lawyers in private practice willing»

In 1980, I bought and put a desktop computer on the desk of each of my legal research lawyers at LAO LAW, (a large centralized legal research unit at Legal Aid Ontario for lawyers in private practice willing to service legal aid cases).

Even lawyers in private practice will second that fact; they know how their government compatriots think.

Not exact matches

I wonder if the lawyers most likely to see the benefits of this will be the in - house lawyers who may be more aligned to the commercial needs of their firm than those lawyers in private practice.»

The recent Law Society of BC Report on the Retention of Women in Law Task Force notes as follows: • Women have been entering the legal profession in BC in numbers equal to or greater than men for more than a decade, yet represent only about 34 % of all practicing lawyers in the province and only about 29 % of lawyers in full - time private practice; and • the legal profession in BC is aging and there will be a net reduction in the number of practicing lawyers — a looming shortage — as older lawyers retire without a corresponding increase in younger lawyers joining the profession.

However, the number of senior women lawyers in private practice is increasing so slowly that it will be a long time to wait for greater female judicial representation if appointments stay locked below the percentage of women in the practice of law.

It will take much longer for women to advance beyond their current 26 % of lawyers in private practice.

More young lawyers will become sole practitioners because there are very insufficient sources of employment in private practice now.

A limit of $ 250,000 will be adequate for certain lawyers, including those who were never in private practice and who may only be worried about «phantom client» scenarios (instances in which individuals may have misinterpreted casual conversations or presentations as legal advice).

The first - tier national and metropolitan rankings will also appear in a stand - alone publication being mailed on September 15 in print to 30,000 general counsel and in digital form to 55,000 private practice lawyers

Tech - savviness, business acumen, cultural sensitivity, solution - oriented design thinking... without these skills, and probably many others, a lawyer in private practice today will either flounder or end up before a discipline panel — or both.

This new committee, comprised of private practice lawyers, will make recommendations to the EJC's governing board as to new and appropriate areas where assistance is needed and how the private bar can better assist in those efforts.

Just as all new lawyers don't necessarily earn $ 160,000 a year, we shouldn't assume that all sitting judges will necessarily double or triple their salaries in private practice.

Lawyers in private practice and in - house will be now be dealing with issues and situations they have never faced before — and none more so than general counsel (GC).

On October 15, I will moderate a panel on advancing the careers of women lawyers in both private practice and corporate law departments at the Dorsey & Whitney Corporate Counsel Seminar in Minneapolis.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has announced that leading private equity lawyers Richard Youle and Katja Butler will join the firm's European private equity practice as partners in London.

We will get to you in five hours (at which time you will (a) probably catch the flu from someone else waiting, and (b) get a lousy will from a harried, distracted lawyer who would see you as an intrusion into her day rather than as the life - blood of her private practice).

The recent Law Society of BC Report on the Retention of Women in Law Task Force notes as follows: • Women have been entering the legal profession in BC in numbers equal to or greater than men for more than a decade, yet represent only about 34 % of all practicing lawyers in the province and only about 29 % of lawyers in full - time private practice; and • the legal profession in BC is aging and there will be a net reduction in the number of practicing lawyers — a looming shortage — as older lawyers retire... [more]

ABS would have affected maybe 1 lawyer in 100; entity - based regulation will affect every single lawyer in private practice.

Initially, that entailed establishing a taxonomy of legal services against which lawyers can record their time — even though many in - house lawyers will throw up their hands in horror and tell you a major factor in leaving private practice was to get away from time recording.

Overall, such a system will even reduce the number of lawyers in private practice, further reducing choice to the public.

Of course for fellow lawyers in private practice, and for in - house lawyers, the title and connotations will be understood.

With access to thousands of private practice and in - house lawyers, we will have no problem reaching the audience you want to engage with.