Sentences with phrase «legal research problems»

One of my favourite tasks as a firm librarian is to provide training (formal) and mentoring (informal) to articling students on gathering materials to answer legal research problems.

This holds true for someone who goes out of their way to assist you with your legal research problem.

I believe that the oldest use of media other than print to teach legal research was a videotape with voice - over by Stephen Borins back in the academic year, 1970 - 1971 in which he ran through a legal research problem which touched on Priestman v. Colangelo and the liability of police officers.

Should we spend more time on identifying appropriate sources and instruction on how to apply search results to a legal research problem?

Faculty members (with their student research assistants) and students writing papers do their own legal research, coming to the librarians when they hit a wall — more often than not a general rather than legal research problem.

Not exact matches

Valeant spent $ 101 million on research and development in the third quarter when it «could have put that on hold,» Papa said, and used that money to pay down debt instead, or save it for other problems, perhaps legal, that Valeant may face.

And because there are some parallels, if you're interested, check out this table of contents on the Research Guide, and especially the links to top legal / ethical problems of non-profits.

In the United States, where the Church experienced a particular problem with clerical abuse scandals during the 90s and early 00s, their Bishops Conference commissioned a Report on the causes and nature of clerical abuse by the John Jay Institute, an independent legal research group, called the John Jay Report.

«What's clear is there is a problem of significant scope in Niagara County and that not enough people with the ability and the legal responsibility to address that problem have done so,» said Horn, one of the attorneys researching a possible lawsuit.

Another problem is that in its July 2009 Guidelines on Human Stem Cell Research, NIH spelled out specific requirements about embryo donation for newly derived lines, says Pilar Ossorio, a legal scholar who studies research ethics at the University of Wisconsin LawResearch, NIH spelled out specific requirements about embryo donation for newly derived lines, says Pilar Ossorio, a legal scholar who studies research ethics at the University of Wisconsin Lawresearch ethics at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

With just days to go before the Executive Board of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) considers the fate of the controversial Obiang prize for life science research, an internal document has emerged that says that there are legal problems with implementing the honor in its current form.

Strategies for Addressing Accumulated Damage at Mining Sites: Legal Mechanisms in the US and Remedial Technology Options for A Selection of Pollution Problems at the Dzhidinski Mining District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia for presentation at Republic of Buryatia Seminar on Legal and Technical Strategies for Addressing Accumulated Damage at Mining Sites in the Republic of Buryatia, by Paul Robinson, Research Director.

«Many ethical and social problems are not solved by experts in a single discipline alone,» said Joy Boyer, senior program analyst in NHGRI's Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.

2lst century marketing and public awareness of authoritative information online (or any product / service) without user going to legal aid (lots of people don't know what it is), not contacting a library (a lot of people are bypassing libraries for information research) is a big problem in world where newspapers are increasingly fee - based, tv ads continue to be expensive and people no longer want paper snail mail.

HLS is dedicated to exploring ways to further engage students, to better prepare them to be effective lawyers in the real world, and to innovate for the legal classroom.To that end, our faculty and staff at HLS research and write case studies, role plays, and problems that can be used and adapted in a variety of classroom settings.

«The Technology of Centralized Legal Research Can Solve the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»;

That research showed that one - sixth of people with legal problems experienced ill health or lost their jobs and, in a small number of cases, this had led to violence or loss of a home.

In each of the last 12 months, the ABA Journal has checked in with a group of legal professionals who have pioneered the use of technology for problem - solving, research and innovation, among other traits.

Link rot creates a perennial problem for legal research, and many lawyers still drag their heels in adopting technology.

For further details see (pdf downloads): (1) «Access to Justice — Unaffordable Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions»; (2) «The Technology of Centralized Legal Research Can Solve the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (3) «Access to Justice — Canada's Unaffordable Legal Services — CanLII as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A Solution to the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them Use Alternative Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important to be Left to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author's page.

The problem, however, is that this segment of legal consumers both research and hire attorneys differently than the generations that preceded them.

The research clearly indicates the crisis involves the recognition, or lack of recognition, by people that their problems have legal solutions and decisions need to be made determining when it is of value for people to pursue those solutions.

This is true whether you're talking about solving a research or discovery problem, sketching out a legal strategy, assessing the merits of a case, or performing a multitude of tasks that a lawyer now confronts.

First articulated forty years ago by Marjorie Rombauer in her text Legal Problem Solving, 103 this four - step research process was adapted slightly by Joseph Kimble and F. Georgeann Wing for use at Thomas Cooley Law School: 104

In your legal writing class during the week of [date], you will be observing a simulated mediation of the problem you wrote about for your closed and research memo assignments.

The students analyze the problem, identify the legal issues, research the law, write the briefs and orally present it to the moot court.

A strong understanding and firm commitment to the mission of BYU, proven maturity, and good judgment Superior oral and written communication skills Superior interpersonal skills with both peers and subordinates Ability to manage and supervise highly skilled, motivated and independent professional employees Understanding of and sensitivity to the non-legal ramifications of strategic legal decisions Outstanding analytical, interpersonal, problem - solving and research skills Proficiency in common computer programs and web - based applications Ability to work closely and effectively with high - level university administrators Involvement with professional associations Current bar license from applicable state licensing agency Preferred:

In particular, I'd recommend applying for LawRight - after my short time as a research assistant I felt much more well informed, connected and capable of solving problems in the legal world

When is the last time that you interviewed for a position with a law firm and the hiring attorney grilled you on the finer points of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 or asked you to draft a short memo resolving a hypothetical legal problem or even required you to explain how you might go about researching a particular issue?

To quote from the 2013 UK Legal Services Research Centre «Civil Justice in England and Wales» report, the definition of «justiciable problem» that they use is:

«This survey, along with other research in Canada and abroad, shows that legal problems have a serious impact on a person's physical and emotional health which, in turn, has a significant impact on health care and social service programs.»

In writing about literature you have to make sure your scholarship is right in the same way you research a legal problem.

But I suspect the problem is that we have (1) too poorly delegated / organized research for too long, and (2) in response to clients having now figured out 1, overcompensated by too easily conceding that research was so completely distinguishable from legal reasoning and, as such, easy to delegate to machines.

While this increase in recent years is to be applauded, it remains the case that a problem regularly described as one of the greatest problems facing the legal sector in Canada receives — on a good day — about one thirteenth of all law - related research funding.

I think the problems you mention can be partially attributed to the poor job law schools generally do in teaching legal research.

I've published this «CanLII solution» to the unaffordable legal services problem in more detail, as a paper on the SSRN network (the Social Science Research Network), which provides free downloads, and also as a shorter blog post on Slaw.

Ideally, the research is concluded with the researcher being in the «confident» stage of their feelings (alas, this does not always happen in legal research due to some problems being unsolvable and other problems being terminated early due to a lack of time).

Support services like LAO LAW are necessary: (1) to solve the unaffordable legal services problem that is shrinking the legal profession; (2) to provide legal research materials and services as good and easily available as they are anywhere else; (3) to ease the difficulties of sole practice, particularly in remote areas; and, (4) to reduce the claims LAWPRO has to pay for.

The problem is systemic and nationwide; the typical 1L legal research and writing program just doesn't get the job done.

We are used to developing substantive expertise in unfamiliar legal issues.95 An effective LRW problem needs to challenge the students to think creatively about research, to use the available sources effectively, and to take on the role of counselor or advocate.96 Including the world broadens the possibilities for problem issues and enriches existing problems by adding a new dimension.

In the last decade Canadian and international research has demonstrated the high, everyday incidence of legal problems experienced among the general population.

Last month, as part of a five - year SSHRC funded research project exploring the costs of justice, the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice released the first data from its national legal problems survey, «Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada&ralegal problems survey, «Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canadaproblems survey, «Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada&raLegal Problems and the Cost of Justice in CanadaProblems and the Cost of Justice in Canada».

A primary purpose of ReInvent Law is to provide a new element of education through research and experimentation on endeavors designed (1) to solve problems faced by the legal profession including access to justice concerns and (2) to create new vehicles for the delivery of legal services.

The Canadian research (Currie, 2007) has found that between 45 - 48 % of the population has a legal problem at any given time with just a small proportion of these addressed by the courts (commonly estimated at around 10 %), or with formal legal representation.

In my specialized roles as a limited retainer lawyer and as a legal research professional, I have an insight into a problem that has long posed a challenge to the legal community: access to justice for those who can not afford to retain a lawyer to take full carriage of a file.

She says, «This research shows technology can help solve two problems: both making contracts faster and more reliable, and freeing up resources so legal departments can focus on building the quality of their human legal teams.»

I'd argue that research can't be divorced from the larger strategic legal goals, and that few clients have problems that pose themselves purely as abstract legal questions to be researched in detatchment from the facts, drafting and strategizing.

While I believe that both factors — the informality of e-mail and lack of quality teaching — have contributed to the decline of legal writing skills today, I think the main problem is the easy availability of low - cost, computerized legal research tools.

Legal research is only one piece of the larger part of answering a clients legal proLegal research is only one piece of the larger part of answering a clients legal prolegal problem.

By «legal research», I mean to include the finding of relevant law on a given issue; the analysis of the state of the law; and the application of the law to the given problem / file / issues.