Sentences with phrase «legal profession remains»

``... the perception of a lawyer and the legal profession remains as someone or something that we need usually in a stressful, difficult situation / time and that, as a buyer of legal advice / services, you're going to get whacked with an expensive bill for a piece of work that you don't understand for the privilege of not being communicated with very often throughout the process.»

While Canada's legal profession remains self - regulating, and not all law societies have embarked on these sorts of developments, the changes show a sophistication and engagement on the part of regulators that is to be commended.

The legal profession remains split, with some applauding his temerity while others suggest he might have gone too far.

«Widening access to the legal profession remains important to us and we work with organisations such as PRIME and Pathways to Law to ensures that we are doing all we can to give talented individuals great opportunities.

It was made very clear throughout the convention that, despite good intentions and a valiant effort, diversity and inclusiveness within the legal profession remain elusive and the needle has, if at all, only barely moved.

Recognizing this, the Canadian Bar Association recently launched a «Legal Futures» probe into the future of the legal profession, to help the Canadian legal profession remain relevant, viable and confident in the face of change.

Not exact matches

Leaving aside the fact that nearly twenty - five years later legalized abortion still remains our most pressing legal and social issue, the claim that the issue of abortion could be medicalized turns out to be wrong in a way that we should have been able to predict long before: the medical profession has for the most part declined to join the partnership.

Although the number of women entering the legal profession has steadily increased over the years, more senior positions at larger law firms remain antiquated.

The question remains, is it against fundamental justice for the legal profession to condone discrimination based on sexual orientation?

In the legal profession, it barely started, but remains stalled.

«The ability to understand and build legal technologies will become an increasingly valuable skill in the marketplace, while the ability to provide appropriate critique and understand their limitations remains important for the legal profession.»

«We look forward to working with Rocket Lawyer on this pilot program to identify ways for our members to serve more clients while remaining faithful to the legal profession's high standards of ethics and professionalism.»

I think what the Law Society of Upper Canada was facing was increasing pressure from graduates who couldn't come through traditional conduits for entry into the legal profession and they are trying to make sure those portals or entry ways remain open.

The prolonged eurozone downturn and economic stagnation in the UK are continuing to dent business confidence within the legal profession, with one in three partners expecting revenues to fall or remain static at their firm over the coming year.

Partner lateral recruitment remains one of the primary drivers of growth in the legal profession.

«Law students and lawyers with disabilities still face barriers in accessing and remaining in the legal profession.

Having posted here earlier today about big - firm salary wars carrying fresh - out - of - school associates to the absurd pay level of $ 160,000, I was reassured that there remains some hope for the legal profession by this article to appear in Monday's National Law Journal: Interest in summer jobs at top firms cools down.

While political commitment to social mobility and diversity may ebb and flow, the underlying importance of having a legal profession representative of our society, remains constant.

You might be frustrated at how best to achieve greater diversity in a profession that remains too white, middle - class, and male to differing degrees in differing parts; you might be anxious about how you are going to pay your way through law school and how much debt you are going to have at the end of it; alternatively, you might well be vexed about the oversupply of graduates who never achieve legal careers; you might be concerned about preserving the unique identity of your profession (as many at the Bar are); or you might just want to ensure that new recruits in law firms have a basic grip of the fundamentals and can do something useful on day one.

The legal profession should unify, singing from the same hymn sheet to promote the value of justice, and access to it; with the foundations lying within the Magna Carta itself, which still provides three clauses that remain in force today.

Further, women who remain in the legal profession in Canada are subject to a substantial income gap.

Considering that 70 % of cases feature SRLs and that it is claimed that a lot of legal needs remain unmet, making litigation files affordable for the general public could even generate more revenue for the profession.

It touches on the legal profession's ability to remain independent and self - governing, and it concerns the public interest in access to justice.

Still, the question remains whether workplace investigations by attorneys constitute «the regular practice of the [legal] profession» under N.Y. GBL § 83.

The goal of these lawyers was to manage life in a way that let them stay at home with their children, and at the same time remain in the legal profession.

Further, the example of England and Wales shows that it is possible to establish regulatory bodies and procedures that permit the legal service providers to remain independent — not only of the representative interests of the legal profession and of the government but also of the courts, all while maintaining political accountability.

Nancy McCarthy analyzes the results in the current issue of the California Bar Journal, and notes that «minority attorneys continue to face serious obstacles to success in the legal profession from initial job opportunities to career advancement, and they remain grossly underrepresented in top - level private sector jobs.»

Perhaps the data you cite is a start, but it is nowhere near conclusive, and it remains greatly outweighed by the vast body of social science data that tells us the legal profession is still highly segregated.

First, The Lawyer's Daily remains a news service dedicated to serving the entire Canadian legal community — across the country, across areas of practice, covering both the practice of law and the profession.

Networking will remain a key part of the picture, but as more sites compete to serve the legal profession, they will offer more diverse and practical suites of tools.

More than 50 years after the firm's founding, its attorneys and staff remain mindful of, and committed to, its role as a solid member of Arizona's legal profession and its half - century legacy of purposeful service to clients and the Arizona community.

The starting point for the Court's assessment of a «fair fee» remains the parties» agreement, but the dollar amount ultimately charged must not be so disproportionate to the work done as to impugn the integrity of the legal profession.

Trust can come in many forms and can be the result of many actions, but remains paramount in the legal profession.

The immediately preceding post examined in detail one element of the Haeri Report, which expressly recommends that law firms be allowed to open their share capital to nonlawyers (specifically, to persons who are not members of one of France's regulated legal professions), provided that nonlawyers remain minority shareholders.

The Society strives to remain abreast of changes in the legal services marketplace that may impact the profession and consumers in Nova Scotia; be aware of the expectations of consumers of legal services; demonstrate commitment to educating and assisting lawyers in achieving the goals of competent and ethical practice; and adopt clear and transparent means for enforcing adherence to these standards.

If not, then you'll remain dependent on both market conditions and the hope that other lawyers will continue to falsely think that they are not in the profession of selling legal services.

Created to advance professionalism within the legal profession, the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism relies on our fourteen commissioners to ensure civility remains a cornerstone of law practice throughout the entire state.

Though I remain an optimist, it's sad to see lawyers who do not give a darn about their reputation or the reputation of our legal profession spam away like this.

Betsy remains an outspoken advocate for women and minorities in the legal profession.

But until that day comes, absolute LSAT scores will remain a more appropriate measure than intra-race segmented scoring, because the bar exam will remain a gate - keeper to the legal profession.

Even though the legal profession has evolved over time, it remains a document - intensive industry, and it is one that puts great pressure on scanners, printers, faxes and document - management software.

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Although women make up about a third of the legal profession and 42 % of associates at major firms, the number of women partners in those firms remains low (16.30 %) and the number of women in firm management and leadership roles is even smaller.

From auditing classes and free and reduced cost CLE opportunities, to a top - ranked LLM program in Taxation, NYLS offers alumni a variety of ways to remain on the cutting - edge of a changing legal profession.

Through it all, I kept up my ties to the legal profession because it is important to me that I remain a lawyer.

they contribute to maintaining this website, ensuring that all publications of the Institute and the former Law Reform Commission remain available to the public and the legal profession and that the Law Reform Database is kept up - to - date.

Particularly in sharing in print his unfolding thinking and decision - making about pedagogy, in a profession where so few legal academics talk in print about Socratic case method teaching, Bainbridge remains a must - read.

Finally, in order to help ensure the recipient's successful entry into the legal profession, the firm will assign an attorney to mentor the recipient for the student's remaining law school career.

Just as doctors must ultimately still produce a diagnosis, lawyers will remain front and centre of the legal profession.

The Court split 5 to 2, holding that legal advice privilege remains the exclusive preserve of clients of the legal profession.