Sentences with phrase «legal practice culture»

L. Rev. 471, 473 (2013)(«In today's legal practice culture of on - screen reading and writing, lawyers complain memos are expensive, time consuming, and perhaps even ill - suited for reading on screens and mobile devices.»)

I would be remiss if I didn't mention Scott Greenfield's recent reaction to the idea of «robot overlords,» as his thoughts represent a certain segment of the legal practice culture:

Not exact matches

Legalistic cultures may be corrosive of creating or maintaining a values - based corporate culture — one in which a company's norms and practices reflect a commitment to ethical values greater than merely avoiding legal liability or punishment.

Schooling serves to make common sense explicit where this is thought necessary, but also to correct common sense with respect to the technical beliefs and institutional practices that constitute the reigning science, criticism, and legal system of the culture.

Based on an actual incendiary legal case that was a sensation in Ethiopia a decade ago, «Difret» not only deals with an abhorrent practice that is still going on, it provides a dramatic yet nuanced window into a culture we almost never see.

Please note that all such forms and policies should be reviewed by your legal counsel for compliance with applicable law, and should be modified to suit your organization's culture, industry, and practices.

Vlad Zabrodin's insightful observation at this year's Balkan Legal Forum points out a persistent challenge in the communications practices of many lawyers and in the culture of many otherwise well - managed law firms.

We understand how to navigate a firm's culture, how legal professionals work, and the effective role of technology in the practice of law.

International organizations, and especially their in - house legal departments, must have in place not only processes and technology that can help address these conflicts; they also need to successfully change the culture of their organizations to a point where e-discovery practitioners — litigation support teams, paralegals, and IT professionals included — recognize and resolve cross-jurisdictional concerns as a matter of practice.

From the Aug. 5 Boston Business Journal article, The lawyer hunt: In the legal industry, competition heats up for lateral hires: «The lateral hiring sprees at national firms that have colonized Boston in recent years and the growing embrace of businesslike practices and cultures have spurred a bare - knuckled fight for talent.

The 12 - week program is intended to help participants gain knowledge and expertise in a variety of topics, including technology and product development, running an agile product development organization, building a strong company culture, selling to legal departments and law firms, leveraging legal data, and best practices in customer success, marketing and fundraising.

The Equality & Human Rights Commission has funded Shelter Scotland to develop events and resources to help develop legal culture and practice in Scotland.

Moreover, fluency in different languages, familiarity of legal culture, as well as international experiences are essential elements for the formation of a successful practice group in international arbitration.

My recommendation to the profession would be use regulation and the profession's self - governing status to facilitate the creation of circumstances of legal practice that encourage ethical behaviour and a culture of legal practice in which ethical conduct is expected.

What this means is that if we want ethical legal practitioners we not only need to identify what constitutes ethical practice in particular practice settings, we also need to create a culture and circumstances of legal practice that encourage those behaviours, and discourage those which are unethical.

1) Best Canadian Law Blog (or Blogger) Award 2) Best Practitioner Support Blog 3) Legal Culture Award 4) Non-Legal Audience Award 5) Friend of the North Awards 6) EuroCan Connection Awards 7) Practice Management Award 8) Law Librarian Blog Award 9) Best Legal Technology Blog 10) Best New Law Blog Award 11) Law Professor Blog Award

It is too early to know what action should flow from the evidence, but it is anticipated that this may include an array of reforms affecting formal court procedures, frontline legal service entry and information points, changes in legal and judicial culture, alternative models of legal practice, multi-sector perspectives on investment in access to justice, and effective public involvement in the change process.

In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Shah is the Chief Diversity Officer for Brooks Kushman and as such serves on the management committee to help shape a culture of diversity and inclusiveness within the firm and extend the firm «s reach through pipeline initiatives and outreach efforts.

In practice, international child custody cases often yield complex and messy conflicts between the laws and courts of different countries, demonstrating serious clashes of societal views about culture, religion, gender roles, parental rights, and children's rights, as well as of the role of the legal system in intervening in disputes about children.

Commerce & Finance is able to bridge business cultures because we have a diligent team of attorneys who have acquired training and exposure in diversified areas of legal practice.

In Trinidad and Tobago, as a small developing country but one of the State leaders in the Caribbean, a major judicial challenge of the society is to escape the colonial shackles of its legal heritage and to create a body of laws, conventions and legal practices that are consistent with its indigenous culture and norms.

An integrated, practical approach, including multidisciplinary skills training, should be incorporated into substantive curricula to provide «translational knowledge» — the ability to turn critical knowledge of legal concepts, regulatory processes, and legal culture into actual problem - solving ability in practice.

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Stephen M. Paskoff and other ELI team members share their perspectives on best practices for fostering legal, ethical, values - driven workplace cultures.

Rick will speak on «Innovation and Technology in Legal Practice,» a talk which includes how to embrace technology and culture of innovation as well as tips for legatech start - ups and the realities of delivering legal practice in a technology - driven world and the emerging role of AI in legal practLegal Practice,» a talk which includes how to embrace technology and culture of innovation as well as tips for legatech start - ups and the realities of delivering legal practice in a technology - driven world and the emerging role of AI in legal prPractice,» a talk which includes how to embrace technology and culture of innovation as well as tips for legatech start - ups and the realities of delivering legal practice in a technology - driven world and the emerging role of AI in legal practlegal practice in a technology - driven world and the emerging role of AI in legal prpractice in a technology - driven world and the emerging role of AI in legal practlegal practices.

Intoxicated by the possibilities of using education to change the adversarial culture of legal practice, I was a law school junkie — dropping in on the local law school wherever I wound up on vacation, writing my doctoral thesis on legal education, developing new curricula (in England, Hong Kong, and Canada), and daydreaming about «my perfect law school».

The answers do seem to depend an awful lot on the details of political practice and on the political and legal cultures that grow up around rights instruments.

Todd Masuda's legal practice can be described as «outside general counsel,» which means he advises business clients on a wide range of business issues while being aware of their particular goals and culture.

The culture of legal practice is simply not a good enough reason for resistance to LSR's.

This is a holdover of legal culture around the globe that is being transformed by clients and entrepreneurs that favor a corporate structure where diversity, collaboration, digitization, and a different performance / reward process accords equal status between those that practice law and others that deliver it.

It is true that when challenges arise such as multi-jurisdictional practice and bar examinations, social media and advertising regulations, and start - up culture and non-lawyer ownership, the legal profession could move much faster than it is doing.

«Forced ranking of lawyers in a department — a highly - problematic practice Main Culture integration — the steepest slope for global legal functions to climb»

One can only wonder how the history of this country might have fared had members of the legal profession refused to accept as somehow legitimate the culture which legalized slavery or which institutionalized segregation or anti-Semitism, all of which were accepted practices and expressions at one time, and all of which were then, and are now reprehensible.8 Id.

Professor Jane Wright suggests that this practice is justified given that the ECtHR does not lay down exacting rules, but instead «embodies very general principles which have to be mediated into national legal cultures» (Public Law (2009), Jul, 595 — 616).

Topics covered in the curriculum include technology and product development; running an agile product development organization; building a strong company culture; selling to legal departments and law firms; leveraging legal data; and best practices in customer success, marketing and fundraising.

The event includes 14 teams partnered with law firms designing concepts that will «disrupt law» and is co-hosted by The Legal Forecast, a not - for - profit advancing legal practice through technology and innovation, and QUT Starters, a student society building a culture of entrepreneurship and innovaLegal Forecast, a not - for - profit advancing legal practice through technology and innovation, and QUT Starters, a student society building a culture of entrepreneurship and innovalegal practice through technology and innovation, and QUT Starters, a student society building a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation.

Finally, if we expect the bar to embrace unbundling and legal coaching, we need a professional culture that values limited - scope services: Lawyers who develop these practice models need to be recognized and applauded.

I have dealt with «professional appearance and demeanour» issues in practice and have no doubt the initial article was crafted to be a helpful and lighthearted overview of a significant, if underappreciated, perhaps unexamined aspect of legal culture.

Throughout the rigorous, 10 - week curriculum, Legal Tech Accelerator participants will gain knowledge and expertise in a variety of topics, including technology and product development, running an agile product development organization, building a strong company culture, selling to legal departments and law firms, leveraging legal data, and identifying best practices in customer success, marketing and fundraiLegal Tech Accelerator participants will gain knowledge and expertise in a variety of topics, including technology and product development, running an agile product development organization, building a strong company culture, selling to legal departments and law firms, leveraging legal data, and identifying best practices in customer success, marketing and fundrailegal departments and law firms, leveraging legal data, and identifying best practices in customer success, marketing and fundrailegal data, and identifying best practices in customer success, marketing and fundraising.

Georgetown Kentucky About Blog A Community of Practice: Teaching English and Other Languages, CALL, Educational Technology, Advocacy, Immigrant Issues, Professional Organizations, Culture, Teacher Training, Assessment, Family Outreach, Assessment, Standards, Legal Issues, and Professional Development Frequency about 24 posts per week.

As a journalism mediator in Korea, I had focused on the legal system and culture for promoting and practicing dispute resolution.

Culture, religion and language rights are contained in articles 11 - 13 of the Declaration: right to practice and revitalise their cultural traditions and customs, right to practice and develop their spiritual and religious traditions, customs and ceremonies; right to revitalise, use, develop, and transmit their histories, languages, oral traditions, philosophies, writing systems and literatures; and right to interpretation for political, legal and administrative proceedings where necessary.