Sentences with phrase «legal research practice»

I hope that my friend Maurice Coombs will forgive me reproducing a tribute to the late Justice Bertha Wilson, which has some interesting insights into how Osler established the first legal research practice area in Canada — and I would suspect the world.

J. 575, 578 (2011)(suggesting that «law librarians with recent practice experience» can «draw on their experience in a contemporary legal research practice setting to enhance their instruction»)(citing Nolan L. Wright, Standing at the Gates: A New Law Librarian Wonders About the Future Role of the Profession in Legal Research Education, 27 Legal Reference Services Q. 305, 332 — 33 (2008)-RRB-.

Legal Research The practice of law inherently requires a lot of research.

Though legal research practice in a law firm setting may operate differently than in academia, the principles of legal research are the same.

Daily routine in the trenches of an active legal research practice affords little time for exploring technological innovations in the legal field.

In my early months in the field of legal research practice I discovered the usefulness of ALRI reports and working / discussion papers, primarily because Alberta was undergoing a major revision of its limitation of actions legislation, and sessions were hosted to introduce the Bar to the then - forthcoming changes.

Good legal research practice is to keep track of the sources you have searched and what method you used.

But this may also explain why the legal research practice area doesn't have the prominence some may wish it had within the legal profession.

Blue Hill's research indicated «clear advantages resulting from the use of ROSS to supplement traditional electronic legal research practices», ultimately concluding that the ROSS A.I. tool can «unlock new gains in the efficient and profitable operation of legal organizations, as well as create opportunities for new revenue gain.»

I have been reading in the area of Lean Six Sigma lately and have come to the conclusion that good legal research practices and good project management skills have wide overlap.

Increasing the efficiency of legal research practices often offers the means to avoid these scenarios and increase the workload capacity of associate attorneys, which potentially offers to help increase revenue per attorney and, in some scenarios, reduce overhead.

Not exact matches

SAN FRANCISCO (September 13, 2007)-- Glass Lewis & Co., LLC, a leading independent research and proxy advisory firm, today announced the launch of the ESG Watch List Service, a tool that enables Glass Lewis» proxy voting clients to track companies with environmental, social, or governance (ESG) policies and / or practices that may create operational, performance, financial, legal, accounting or reputational risks.

Dissolving the company greatly reduces the legal and financial liabilities associated with its data mishandling practices in the future,» said Albright, research director a Columbia's Tow Center for Digital Journalism.

Sustainability Reporting: Final chart in this session looks at the proportion of companies which have adopted «sustainability reporting» - it speaks to the emerging field of ESG research where there is a growing acceptance and body of evidence which says that ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) factors are also relevant and can particularly be useful in filtering out companies that are at risk of brand impairment, legal liability, and general backlash due to inferior ESG practices and ratings.

Also included is a Research Summary of the benefits of father - inclusive practice to children and mothers; a Legal Briefing (which explores issues of confidentiality, data collection and Parental Responsibility); and Resources sections.

Included in the Toolkit is a Research Summary of the benefits of father - inclusive practice to children and mothers; a Legal Briefing (which explores issues of confidentiality, data collection and Parental Responsibility); and Resources sections.

I'm hopping mad, which is why I started researching the loss of legal practice of my beloved midwife in NYC.

Puneet Arora, an engaging physician who has studied at Indian and American universities and practiced medicine among America's underserved — and who currently is Amgen's director of clinical research — appeared on behalf of Immigration Voice, an organization of «legal high - skilled future Americans,» its Web site says.

Some DNA program efforts can raise complex legal and ethical questions, however, and Jennifer Wagner, a 2014 - 2015 AAAS Congressional Fellow and former research associate at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Integration of Genetic Healthcare Technologies, and Sara Katsanis, an Instructor of Science & Society at Duke University, are conducting interviews, surveys, and focus groups around two such programs to learn more about the perspectives of the people involved and to develop «best practices» guidelines.

Mats Hansson is the director of the Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics at the University of Uppsala and has conducted extensive research in biomedical ethics as principal investigator in multi-disciplinary research projects dealing with issues ranging from ethical, social and legal aspects of the implementation of genetic diagnosis in clinical practice and the use of human tissue materials in research, to clinical and medicalResearch Ethics & Bioethics at the University of Uppsala and has conducted extensive research in biomedical ethics as principal investigator in multi-disciplinary research projects dealing with issues ranging from ethical, social and legal aspects of the implementation of genetic diagnosis in clinical practice and the use of human tissue materials in research, to clinical and medicalresearch in biomedical ethics as principal investigator in multi-disciplinary research projects dealing with issues ranging from ethical, social and legal aspects of the implementation of genetic diagnosis in clinical practice and the use of human tissue materials in research, to clinical and medicalresearch projects dealing with issues ranging from ethical, social and legal aspects of the implementation of genetic diagnosis in clinical practice and the use of human tissue materials in research, to clinical and medicalresearch, to clinical and medical ethics.

Her research focuses on anti-terror law, the criminalization of and marginalization of working class youth, processes of depoliticization, sites of urban segregation and violence, and legal and extra-legal policing / security practices.

Our guests will also discuss research on the impact of corporal punishment, longer - term trends, and legal implications of the practice.

Her research focuses on school cost - cutting practices, the role of private enterprise and business engagement in public education, and the legal and structural barriers faced by education leaders.

This research brief describes the legal and operational structure of the Texas longitudinal data system related to recent changes in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)-- which establishes the rights of parents to access their children's educational records and protects the confidentiality of student information — that more closely align law and practice.

Then there's the part 2 of the remit, which doesn't address legal or institutional compliance but asks if CRU was meeting best scientific practice in its ways with data and research findings.

For example, a team of associates at Fenwick & West is providing crucial legal research on wildlife killing contests to support Project Coyote's national campaign to ban these practices.

The New York State Bar Association last week unveiled a new, web - based application called LawHUB, designed to streamline all of its legal content, research, and practice management tools onto members» smartphones, tablets and computers.

It describes itself not as a legal research site, but as a platform for «open online legal argument» designed for both law students and practicing lawyers.

Slaw and 3 Geeks, of course, both emerged from the practice support rather than the substantive law side of the profession (both have their roots in the law librarian, KM and legal research areas).

Cornell offers basic and advanced legal research courses of three credits each, as well as several specialized topics, such as International and Foreign research, and Law Practice Technology which can be one or two credits.

«We started this blog as a way to inform the College of Law community about key legal - education, research, practice, and law - library news, including but not limited to items of particular interest to Maricopa County and Arizona.»

Having a plan for someone else to care for your child when you're in court, or just need some uninterrupted hours for legal research can be crucial to balancing parenthood and your practice.

Prof. Bainbridge says that as far as he can tell, these days law schools hiring professors focus almost solely on qualifications that do not have a «goddamn thing to do with the practice of law» such as «having a PhD» or «having multiple publications, even if they demonstrate the author's utter lack of doctrinal knowledge or inability to do basic legal research.»

Previously, she practiced corporate commercial litigation in Vancouver for 14 years, worked in - house for 6 years specializing in legal services management, led mediation research projects at UBC, and has participated in many justice reform initiatives.

The service, which requires a registration for which there is no cost, links to documents published by the African Legal Information Institute and other collections, including suggestions for research projects and the ability to support communities of practice (workgroups).

It is where they teach practice - oriented material such as research and writing, which has become a substantial aspect of many legal programs.

Tips focus on ways to improve your legal writing and research skills, strategies for practice management, and the latest tools to up your tech game.

If asked to identify some of the major milestones of the past century that have changed the nature of legal practice, I'd put the development of computerized legal research systems such as Lexis in my top five.

The blog covers general news and provides resources for practicing law librarians and those interested in legal research.

As a result, it now provides much more than legal research support for lawyers in private practice who do legal aid cases.

I developed these methods as part of the technology of centralized legal research at LAO LAW, Legal Aid Ontario's (LAO's) centralized legal research unit for Ontario lawyers in private practice who service legal aid cases (a judicare molegal research at LAO LAW, Legal Aid Ontario's (LAO's) centralized legal research unit for Ontario lawyers in private practice who service legal aid cases (a judicare moLegal Aid Ontario's (LAO's) centralized legal research unit for Ontario lawyers in private practice who service legal aid cases (a judicare molegal research unit for Ontario lawyers in private practice who service legal aid cases (a judicare molegal aid cases (a judicare model).

In comparison with legal aid, which is offered in a small subset of practice areas, the proposed CanLII research function would have to maintain research collections in all areas of law.

More than just law practice management, your entire firm can access legal research, e-Signature, expert witness profiles and build a pleadings library.

Most of the session topics are related to marketing and branding, but sprinkled among them are sessions on mindfulness, legal research, the future of law practice, and more.

Drawing on the expertise of the Harvard Law community and Silicon Valley, wireLawyer provides an essential business - to - business platform, allowing lawyers to insource and outsource paid work, access thousands of peer - reviewed documents, and research curated questions, which bring big firm best practices to the entire legal community.

Needed are career - oriented experienced legal research lawyers, specialized in each area of the practice of law, working in a national legal research unit serving all lawyers and judges in Canada — a national service provided by an upgraded CanLII.

I wrote previously about CuroLegal's development of a site for the New York State Bar Association, LawHUB, designed to streamline member access to all of its legal content, research, and practice management tools.

«We'd heard of Proclaim through word of mouth, and after extensive research, we realised Eclipse was the only legal software provider on the market that could provide us with the centralised and integrated practice management solution that we required.

«Tarasenko says he tried cheaper software options before, but none matched Quicklegal's bundle package that includes practice management, legal research and malpractice insurance,» the article said.

While it may be true that «Not a day goes by without a legal professional telling us that he or she relies almost entirely (or entirely) on CanLII for his or her primary law needs», and that it is a «practice enabler» for small firm or solo practitioner, it is not credible as a vehicle for serious legal research other than a source of recent cases.