Sentences with phrase «leading legal academic»

A substantial proportion of traditional smaller law firms will disappear over the next few years to make way for more efficient legal services providers, a leading legal academic predicts.

Given the scope of this legislation, and the compressed time for consideration, the Faculty of Law presents a conference involving Canada's leading legal academics, which asks important questions about the scope of the Bill C - 36 and the relationship between national security and restrictions on rights and freedoms.

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GSR was a company led by a seemingly reputable academic at an internationally renowned institution who made explicit contractual commitments to us regarding the its legal authority to license data to SCL Elections.

In her book Law and Reorder, published by the American Bar Association in 2010, she describes a legal profession «where the billable hour no longer works»; where attorneys, judges, recruiters, and academics all agree that this system of compensation has perverted the industry, leading to brutal work hours, massive inefficiency, and highly inflated costs.

Both reports were instrumental in setting up the Faculty of Law at Legon, leading to the current bifurcated legal education system, which includes the academic component at a University followed by a professional component at Makola or an equivalent professional school.

AAAS, joined by other scientific, engineering and academic organizations, spoke out against the Jan. 27 executive order that sparked confusion, prompted protests at international airports and led to legal challenges.

Funded by MacArthur, Oak and Open Society Foundations, SITU has undertaken collaborations with a diverse range of partners, including the International Criminal Court, the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, B'tselem, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), as well as projects with international legal teams, award - winning journalists and leading academic institutions such as Carnegie Mellon and Princeton Universities.

Using examples from academic literature, popular culture, legal cases, and the media, he illustrated how a combination of media, myths, and politics have led society to fear certain dogs based on their presumed breed or appearance.

It is a medium in which leading lawyers, academics, technologists, law librarians, consultants, vendors and other legal professionals are regularly contributing their insights and knowledge.

In a jurisdiction that has prided itself on the importance of «doctrine» in interpreting the law, the fact that the major French language university opts for content with the lowest common denominator, while a foreign owned commercial publisher offers an authoritative work by leading academics and legal practitioners, is a remarkable case of role reversal, as well as a reflection on how times have changed.

34 And, much can be gained from reaching out to academics in other specialties who do have expertise in empirical work, potentially leading to interdisciplinary work that could reach a broader audience.35 Long sums up the point well: «If we want legal writing as a discipline to be taken seriously, we must be able to show, throughrigorous studies, that we engage in serious legal writing scholarship.»

He is a former Academic Co-Director of the Georgetown University - led Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London and was a Fulbright Scholar at NYU and Georgetown University law schools.

More information on the Signet Accreditation program is available at: http://law.gsu.edu/Communication/Signet.htm Session 1 on Saturday was led by David Shearon, Executive Director of the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization, and NIFTEP Director Clark Cunningham, who is serving as an academic consultant on the Signet Accreditation program.

NIFTEP conducts national and international workshops that bring together leading academics and practitioners involved in teaching legal ethics and promoting professionalism.

Currently in private beta testing, this site will launch with nearly 30,000 documents contributed from national law firms, major regional firms, academics, leading practitioners and legal bloggers, research specialists, commercial publishers and law societies.

It was a noteworthy event, held in Middle Temple Hall and guests included many High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court judges, as well as leading barristers, academics, law librarians and other legal practitioners.

To this end, Ryerson University held a one day Symposium on innovative approaches to legal education, bringing together a cross section of leading thinkers, practitioners, academics, and other interested persons, to discuss the latest developments in this area.

Richard Hart, managing director of Hart Publishing Ltd, commented: «Hart has a leading position in academic legal publishing, with a thriving backlist, a huge number of authors who are leading authorities in their field, a dynamic digital programme, and - above all - an excellent team in Oxford.

For the next five years, legal researcher Yvonne Peters, CCD, and Dr. Michael J. Prince, University of Victoria, Principal Investigators for this strategic initiative, will lead a team of disability community and academic researchers dedicated to bringing forward recommendations and plans for alleviating the disproportionate poverty of Canadians with disabilities.

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Legal AI research company, ROSS Intelligence, has appointed AI pioneer and leading academic, Randy Goebel (pictured above) as an advisor.

Our Editorial Board is composed of faculty from law schools across the country, and includes some of the leading scholars and academics in the field of legal writing.

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CALIcon16 The 26th Annual CALI Conference for Law School Computing brings together leading academics, educators, institutional leaders, and technology professionals to discuss the transformation of legal education through technology and innovation.

The law school teaches in small groups and the academics are leading legal scholars who are experts in their fields of research.

As part of a new Academic Success and Wellness program at York University's Osgoode Hall Law School, Ronda Bessner, the Assistant Dean of the Juris Doctor (JD) Program, led a session this past Monday called From Keele Street to Bay Street: Learning About the Writing & Research Skills Necessary to Succeed in the Legal Profession.

Globally, LexisNexis is a leading publisher and online solutions provider for legal, tax, academic and test - preparation books.

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Another led to the legal costs for one individual academic running close to # 1m.

Tyrrell points out that leading EU legal academics, such as Jacques Ziller, a professor at the European University Institute in Florence, have argued that the UK's opt - out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights is not legally binding.

Lewis Parle is the Programme Director of Independent Academic Research Studies (IARS); a youth - led social policy think - tank in London, England, with an interest in law and policy reform in the fields of criminal justice, human rights, restorative justice and public legal education.

Among those doing the tweeting were leading technology and privacy law academics and practitioners, alongside dozens of twittering lawyers, media and more, all with a collective «follower» reach of over one hundred thousand individuals (not quite @AplusK numbers, but still not too shabby in a Canadian legal context).

Recent acquisitions confirm the trend, with Lexis Nexis (RELX) taking over Intelligize, a business that, split infinitive notwithstanding, «provides a leading analytics solution enabling legal, academic and business professionals to efficiently mine data and insights from SEC filings, M&A contracts, transactional agreements and corporate governance documents».

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The new members include law schools, legal departments of universities, academic institutions and leading global law firms.

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Many have learning disorders and academic problems, or impulse control problems that lead to relationship, legal, institutional, or authority problems.