Sentences with phrase «legal community in general»

This Act and the limited compensation offered by it is the subject of ongoing and growing concern to lawyers and the legal community in general.

Aaron Street: I guess with today's conversation with Nicole about technology design and access to justice, it's another good opportunity for us to step back and kind of chat about what this access to justice goal is all about and how our listeners and the small firm legal community in general can support it in a way that makes sense.

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That, in fact, in many places, the operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no legal redress?

In its work for General Electric Co. through the years, the public relations firm owned by Mark Behan became entangled in a legal battle between GE and several river communities that filed federal lawsuits against the company when their water supplies were tainted by the PCBs dumped into the river from its plants in Fort Edward and Hudson FallIn its work for General Electric Co. through the years, the public relations firm owned by Mark Behan became entangled in a legal battle between GE and several river communities that filed federal lawsuits against the company when their water supplies were tainted by the PCBs dumped into the river from its plants in Fort Edward and Hudson Fallin a legal battle between GE and several river communities that filed federal lawsuits against the company when their water supplies were tainted by the PCBs dumped into the river from its plants in Fort Edward and Hudson Fallin Fort Edward and Hudson Falls.

Senior Vice President, Legal Advocacy, and General Counsel 619-343-3726 [email protected] Ricardo oversees the Legal Team, provides general legal counsel to the Association and advises the Association in relation to legal strategies targeted to support the Association's statewide and regional advocacy efforts, the membership, the charter school community, and the Association's initiatives and strategic objectLegal Advocacy, and General Counsel 619-343-3726 [email protected] Ricardo oversees the Legal Team, provides general legal counsel to the Association and advises the Association in relation to legal strategies targeted to support the Association's statewide and regional advocacy efforts, the membership, the charter school community, and the Association's initiatives and strategic objeGeneral Counsel 619-343-3726 [email protected] Ricardo oversees the Legal Team, provides general legal counsel to the Association and advises the Association in relation to legal strategies targeted to support the Association's statewide and regional advocacy efforts, the membership, the charter school community, and the Association's initiatives and strategic objectLegal Team, provides general legal counsel to the Association and advises the Association in relation to legal strategies targeted to support the Association's statewide and regional advocacy efforts, the membership, the charter school community, and the Association's initiatives and strategic objegeneral legal counsel to the Association and advises the Association in relation to legal strategies targeted to support the Association's statewide and regional advocacy efforts, the membership, the charter school community, and the Association's initiatives and strategic objectlegal counsel to the Association and advises the Association in relation to legal strategies targeted to support the Association's statewide and regional advocacy efforts, the membership, the charter school community, and the Association's initiatives and strategic objectlegal strategies targeted to support the Association's statewide and regional advocacy efforts, the membership, the charter school community, and the Association's initiatives and strategic objectives.

The general consensus in the legal community seems to be that the existing tort - liability system is flexible enough to deal with autonomous cars.

Every hospital has its own policy regarding what vaccines are recommended for dogs and cats in general and what vaccines are required for boarding or grooming and most communities have legal requirements for rabies vaccination and may or may not allow for exemption.

The international community, in particular multilateral development banks like ADB, can play a greater role in ensuring that their support to developing countries not only includes general capacity development, but also focuses on identifying and addressing legal barriers to climate finance.

«In particular, we are concerned that this amalgamation does not reflect a model of community lawyering that responds to the needs of low - income people,» said the Law Union of Ontario in a recent letter to Legal Aid Ontario chief executive officer Bob Ward and the Ministry of the Attorney GeneraIn particular, we are concerned that this amalgamation does not reflect a model of community lawyering that responds to the needs of low - income people,» said the Law Union of Ontario in a recent letter to Legal Aid Ontario chief executive officer Bob Ward and the Ministry of the Attorney Generain a recent letter to Legal Aid Ontario chief executive officer Bob Ward and the Ministry of the Attorney General.

Legal OnRamp: Legal OnRamp was launched by the general counsel of Cisco and other major companies as an outlet for participating law firms to share expertise in a community environment.

But simply dismissing the entirety of the EDI initiatives as lacking legal authority, especially in the context of a study that has said that lawyers are resistant to preventing discrimination in their workplaces and the legal industry in general, only highlights further that the goals of many licensees differ from the broader objectives of creating a more inclusive legal community where systemic discrimination does not occur.

This program is designed to give the community local access to our organization by having our Outreach Coordinator set up a table at local community centers where the general public can inquire about and apply for our services, as well as hosting monthly legal clinics in these outlying areas.

If you are doing the sorts of things that make people recognize you as a good lawyer in general, which is being active in your local legal community, publishing, speaking, and you make sure that your Avvo profile reflects those things, then get a couple of your colleagues who actually know you to leave a recommendation on your profile.

Jason Fry, secretary general of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, was in Toronto yesterday to provide the legal community with an overview of the changes to the rules of ICC arbitration, which come into force Jan. 1, 2012, and outline the reasons for some of the changes.

Thanks are also owing to the other members of that committee: Sharon Crooks of Rowanoak Law Office in Sylvan Lake; Megan Dawson of McCuaig Desrochers in Edmonton; Andrea Doyle of Legal Aid Alberta in Edmonton; Kim Feodoroff of Calgary Legal Guidance; Cecelia Frohlick, Kendall Moholitny, Nonye Opara and Myra Skerrett of Pro Bono Law Alberta in Calgary; Ed Gallagher of Patriot Law in Onoway; Jack Hauptman of Shourie Bhatia in Fort McMurray; Brad Kring of Alberta Justice and Solicitor General in Edmonton; Kathy Parsons of the Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic in Red Deer; and, Richard Rand QC, of Rand Kiss Turner in Edmonton.

«Neither the general public nor, in many cases, members of the legal community fully appreciated the substantive and procedural impact of the Sault Ste. Marie decision.

It was not the legal community that felt wronged by the verdict; a portion of the general public caught up in the media hoopla surrounding the case thought the verdict was wrong, but I have yet to read a single legal analysis attacking the verdict.

«As legal leaders in Canada, we are duty - bound not only to advocate for greater inclusion, but also to act to generate the positive impact we want to see in our businesses and communities,» said Desjardins, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, corporate social responsibility chairman, with Bombardier.

In general, Lake County is a very tight knit legal community where the reputation of your lawyer can really help or hurt your case.

Yesterday's release of the Conservative government's proposed omnibus crime bill, relatively benignly named the safe streets & communities act, wasn't exactly met with resounding approval by either the legal profession or the Canadian public in general.

General community legal clinics that provide services to people in the clinic's local community, and,

Members of the firm often speak at meetings and conferences as well as at client sites in order to provide general legal education and legal support for the community.

First, unlike general legal practitioners, the Team's «core» attorneys concentrate a significant portion of their legal practice in the area of community association law.

These days, after a couple of years in a BigLaw firm doing the lowest level possible of quasi legal work, not so much., Sad to say, but I think that proposal to market such a person, perhaps with a PhD in the «intersection between the law and basket weaving» or some other risible contrivance of the new academia, would be met with derision by the business community (in general, exceptions, of course, notwithstanding).

There is a lot of support in the legal community for the Uniform Bar Exam as a way of expanding the job market for new graduates and attorneys in general.

His commitment and devotion have made Daniel a lawyer respected throughout CBC / Radio - Canada and the legal community across the country,» said Maryse Bertrand, vice president, real estate, legal services and general counsel, in the internal statement.

The Report focuses on current events in the law, as well topics of general interest to the Greater Cincinnati legal community.

Right now, we're testing it in our offices and in the community legal centres we work with; we intend to make it available to other organisations and to the general public through the internet.»

2012: Ford Motor Company Office of the General Counsel in partnership with Dykema Gossett PLLC, Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc., and Michigan Community Resources

Honorees are widely respected across the legal, compliance, and governance community, and include government stars, outside counsel, and top general counsel and ethics and compliance officers of major companies, who rise above their counterparts in ethical business practice, public service, legal community engagement, and academic involvement.

At our general counsel meetings — where we bring together 20 - 30 chief legal officers at a time along with some of the law firms» managing partners — we talk a lot about the specific innovations of the various law firms in the group, and even come up with ways the firms can further innovate to drive value for our GC group and the in - house community overall.

The target audience would include (in something like this order): future and current law students, current law faculty, all legal practitioners, the blogging community in general, anyone else w / an interest in blogging and / or developments in the law.

Events like the Canadian General Counsel Awards (CGCA) help illustrate the wonderful work that these lawyers, often a step removed from the rest of the legal community, are engaged in.

As Telstra's General Counsel Carmel Mulhern describes it, «We are a really large, if not the largest, in - house legal team for a corporate [entity], and we feel we have a role and a responsibility to give something back to those less fortunate and to give something back to the community.»

Many leading justice sector organizations are partners in Steps to Justice, including the Ministry of the Attorney General, Legal Aid Ontario, community legal clinics, the Law Society of Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Justice, The Action Group on Access to Justice, among otLegal Aid Ontario, community legal clinics, the Law Society of Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Justice, The Action Group on Access to Justice, among otlegal clinics, the Law Society of Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Justice, The Action Group on Access to Justice, among others.

The grant funding will go to Community Legal Aid, Inc., in Worcester; Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center in Gardner; The Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School in Boston; and Veterans Legal Services in Boston, Attorney General Maura Healey's office announced Wednesday.

So, in the early days I was one of a small group of lawyers who were asked to help out with «speaking notes» for non-partisan topics, such as the role of the Attorney General, children's rights, the responsibility of the legal profession to give back through community service and of course the importance of law reform.

In addition to her regular legal duties, Durand volunteered to help develop the company's corporate social responsibility plan, called the Better Tomorrow Plan, where she saw an overlap between the legal, compliance, and ethical side of general practice with health, wellness, and impact on local communities.

In addition, over the next 20 years visible minorities in law schools and in the legal profession will rise and it is likely their number will also increase in the community of general counseIn addition, over the next 20 years visible minorities in law schools and in the legal profession will rise and it is likely their number will also increase in the community of general counsein law schools and in the legal profession will rise and it is likely their number will also increase in the community of general counsein the legal profession will rise and it is likely their number will also increase in the community of general counsein the community of general counsel.

«The hearing panel's reasons suggest that there will rarely be a conflict of interest on a transaction if the lawyer advises on legal, and not commercial, issues in a transaction; that general practice in a sector of the legal community may determine the standard for finding a conflict; and that a finding of conflict of interest requires that a lawyer in fact preferred the interests of one client to another.

19 (1) A legal aid services staff office established and operated by the Corporation may provide general legal aid services or may specialize in one or more areas of law or types of cases or types of proceedings or may specialize in providing legal aid services to one or more disadvantaged communities.

We aim to provide balanced and objective research, offer new and unexplored viewpoints to public policy discussions which are inclusive of the opinions and interests of a broad range of IP stakeholders (including governments, nongovernmental organizations, the legal community, businesses and the general public) and ultimately, act as a facilitator for the flourishment of a knowledge - based society in Canada.

Chairing the new American Chamber of Commerce Ireland's general counsel forum, David Dobbyn is respected across Ireland's in - house legal community for his «progressive» and «dynamic» approach.

In June 2007 the Commission was funded by the Attorney - General's Department to develop and deliver an education module for these 15 Community Legal Education workers.

The enjoyment of those rights may require positive legal measures of protection and measures to ensure the effective participation of members of minority communities in decisions which affect them» (8 April 1994) General Comment 23, para 7.

FATHERS: In our view, this film, if given credence, will have the effect of creating an environment in which judges are fearful of allowing perfectly good men from participating in the care of their children, and of creating the impression among the general public, custody evaluators, the legal community, legislators and others that it is dangerous to award any form of custody to fatherIn our view, this film, if given credence, will have the effect of creating an environment in which judges are fearful of allowing perfectly good men from participating in the care of their children, and of creating the impression among the general public, custody evaluators, the legal community, legislators and others that it is dangerous to award any form of custody to fatherin which judges are fearful of allowing perfectly good men from participating in the care of their children, and of creating the impression among the general public, custody evaluators, the legal community, legislators and others that it is dangerous to award any form of custody to fatherin the care of their children, and of creating the impression among the general public, custody evaluators, the legal community, legislators and others that it is dangerous to award any form of custody to fathers.

In its General Comment on article 27 of the ICCPR, the Human Rights Committee stated «With regard to the exercise of the cultural rights protected under article 27... The enjoyment of those rights may require positive legal measures of protection and measures to ensure the effective participation of members of minority communities in decisions which affect them», General Comment 23 The rights of minorities, 8 April 1994, para In its General Comment on article 27 of the ICCPR, the Human Rights Committee stated «With regard to the exercise of the cultural rights protected under article 27... The enjoyment of those rights may require positive legal measures of protection and measures to ensure the effective participation of members of minority communities in decisions which affect them», General Comment 23 The rights of minorities, 8 April 1994, para in decisions which affect them», General Comment 23 The rights of minorities, 8 April 1994, para 7.

In particular, General Comment 23 states, at paragraph 7: «The enjoyment of [cultural] rights may require positive legal measures of protection and measures to ensure the effective participation of members of minority communities in decisions which affect them»In particular, General Comment 23 states, at paragraph 7: «The enjoyment of [cultural] rights may require positive legal measures of protection and measures to ensure the effective participation of members of minority communities in decisions which affect them»in decisions which affect them».

Inclusion of Parental Alienation in DSM V will increase PA's recognition and legitimacy in the eyes of family court judges, mediators, custody evaluators, family law attorneys, and the legal and mental health community in general.

In 2007 the Commonwealth Attorney - General's Department provided funding to 9 Family Violence Prevention Legal Services (FVPLS) to employ 15 Community Legal Education (CLE) workers.