Sentences with phrase «legal research world»

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His research interests include the areas of corporate governance and corruption as a constraint on business activity, international legal reform and business ethics in the developing world with a focus on the Middle East, and covenants not to compete as an obstacle to employee mobility and knowledge transfer.

Especially given the complexities inherent in the world today (and therefore the depth of detail, legal obscurities, and the like represented in actual legislation), the ordinary voter in a democracy may find his or her time better spent on other activities than doing enough research in order to form an opinion on each potential piece of legislation.

Fifteen years ago, Pearl brought to her S&T Policy fellowship three years of postdoctoral mathematics research, experience designing a novel master's program at Rice University, time as a college - level mathematics teacher and a period delving into the technical and legal world of intellectual property.

In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM fields), a federal commitment to research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and legal policy.

After years of experiments, a protracted battle to grant them legal «personhood,» and a life spent bouncing between two scientific facilities, two of the world's most famous research chimpanzees have finally retired.

«Over the past five to 10 years, types of illicit drugs used around the world have been created or repurposed from research chemicals to mimic the effects of traditional drugs of abuse in order to circumvent legal control and detection,» explained corresponding author Sabra Botch - Jones, MS, MA, D - ABFT, forensic toxicologist and instructor in the Biomedical Forensic Sciences program in the department of anatomy and neurobiology at BUSM.

The World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition is not a legal entity and does not raise money to fund research or programs for pancreatic cancer.

(IIDA), Legal Officer of Legal Action World and a questionnaire submitted to AMISOM upon request had not been replied to by the time of research publication.

Then from the civil society; the programme officer with Somali's Women's Development Centre (SWDC) and Officer at Women's Development Organisation (IIDA), Legal Officer of Legal Action World and a questionnaire submitted to AMISOM upon request had not been replied to by the time of research publication.

Through qualitative research, legal analysis, and collaboration with educators, we investigate how the culture of digital natives — a culture of connectivity, of public display, of sharing, of feedback, of constant availability and of global citizenship — impacts and will continue to impact our world.

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Three sites, in particular, stand out to me as potential success stories in the small world of crowdsourced legal research.

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.

Recently, Acritas, a UK based provider of legal market research, released their annual Canadian Law Firm Brand Index for 2014 revealing the leading Canadian law firm brands most favoured by «influential» clients from Canada and around the world.

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.

«This is the most powerful suite of legal research tools in the world to find what's most important.»

As I reported last month, Canadian legal publisher Maritime Law Book Ltd. is launching the research suite in partnership with two other legal publishers: vLex, a Barcelona and Miami - based legal publisher that claims to have one of the world's largest collections of legal information, and Justia, the California - based legal information company that is among the world's largest providers and supporters of free access to legal information.

The study, which ROSS commissioned, assigned a panel of 16 experienced legal research professionals to research seven questions modeling real - world issues in federal bankruptcy law.

English common law is the most widespread legal system in the world with 30 % of the world's population living under its rule, according to new research by Professor Philip Wood, special global counsel at Allen & Overy, and author of Maps of World Financialworld with 30 % of the world's population living under its rule, according to new research by Professor Philip Wood, special global counsel at Allen & Overy, and author of Maps of World Financialworld's population living under its rule, according to new research by Professor Philip Wood, special global counsel at Allen & Overy, and author of Maps of World FinancialWorld Financial Law.

However, Interlaw's most recent independent research paper — «Global Legal Services in a Disruptive World» — reveals the challenges general counsel face in securing this all - important uniformity in all corners of the globe.

In the world of legal research, these are interesting times indeed.

By contrast, the Internet has been aptly described as the world's largest library with the «books» all over the floor.64 Of course, this is an alarming vision for those who embrace traditionalist legal research theory.65 But can «traditional» legal research, that which we associate with orderly libraries and neat shelves of print digests, ever be relevant to the web - native law student?

Now, Compass has announced plans to launch a major new legal research suite for Canada, backed by strategic investments from two leading companies in legal information publishing, vLex, a Barcelona and Miami - based legal publisher that claims to have one of the world's largest collections of legal information, and Justia, the California - based legal information company run by the original founders of FindLaw, CEO Tim Stanley and President Stacy Stern.

So... are we seeing the resurgence of the well - researched, - written and - edited old fashioned legal title as the best back up to all the new legal legislation and developments happening around the world at the moment?

The legal research service Casemaker has partnered with the international legal research service vLex in a joint licensing agreement that gives clients of both companies access to more of the world's laws.

It's the vehicle for connecting legal research to «cloud computing» — the world's metaphor for conducting business (and life) in cyberspace.

The law, a discipline rooted in texts, entered the world of computerized legal research with full - text tools.

In recent years, legal writing professors and law librarians have given much scholarly attention to questions of pedagogy and training in a world of online legal research.

I recall that as a very new lawyer pre-Internet, my «practice of law» consisted largely of researching information that was only accessible to those who knew the arcane legal research system — and very little analysis and application to the client's world.

Mike Barry, one of five executives and the senior vice president of research and development with Aderant, the world's largest legal software provider, was speaking to Lawyers Weekly on global technical and competitive trends in the legal profession.

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

Unfortunately, however, it's easy to get through law school with little understanding of the real - world costs of legal research.

The world of textbooks in general is in flux, but I do not see a role for a standard textbook on legal research in it.

McGeorge School of Law's distinctive two - year Global Lawyering Skills (GLS) intensive legal writing program — ranked # 13 by U.S. News & World Report in 2012 — is designed to enhance and deepen the students» experience in research, writing, and oral advocacy and produce skilled, practice - ready graduates.

The University of Calgary Law Library is the host of the Cenovus Continuing Legal Education: Research in the Real World.

Although both types of writing assignments are related to gains in important skills, practice - oriented writing assignments are more highly related to gains in nearly all areas, including legal research, clear and effective writing, application of skills to real - world situations, and the acquisition of job - or work - related skills

The UK's leading law firms have fallen back in the league of the world's largest legal practices, according to new research, with three City - based firms falling out of this year's Global 100.

The SLBA is trying to figure out how to provide credentials to its members (who might otherwise remain anonymous), what roles lawyers might play in a virtual world without a court system, and of course get some CLE credit, which California has granted (last weekend's seminar: Legal Research on the Internet).

An increasing number of commercial and business - related disputes are being heard by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) up 20 % in the last year to 423, compared to 352 in 2014, according to research from the Legal Business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.

When you challenge the answer provided to you by AI as being disconnected from the world, change the parameters of your research accordingly, and iterate, you will be doing legal research.

Legal research service Fastcase has announced its «Fastcase 50,» a list of the «most interesting, provocative, and courageous leaders in the world of law, scholarship, and legal technology,» winnowed down by the Fastcase selection committee from nominees identified by reaLegal research service Fastcase has announced its «Fastcase 50,» a list of the «most interesting, provocative, and courageous leaders in the world of law, scholarship, and legal technology,» winnowed down by the Fastcase selection committee from nominees identified by realegal technology,» winnowed down by the Fastcase selection committee from nominees identified by readers.

The idea is a good one: enable users to research and verify an attorney's real - world litigation experience by combining a high - level view of an attorney's litigation history drawn from Westlaw with an attorney's West Legal Directory profile and published articles on FindLaw.com.

Yes, the legal research and writing faculty (who are often librarians) at your school has been using the law school library as a practice laboratory to give students the real world skills they need.

In their prime, online services and loose - leaf services were each seen as the panacea for all that was wrong in the world of legal research.

This blawg includes information about and links to Oregon legal research resources, in addition to comments about cases, statutes, and interesting events in the world of legal research and law libraries.

Beyond what we've included here and in our Inside View of K&L Gates, the firm advises candidates «stay abreast of the business world and the world in general; take time to network and meet a variety of professionals in the legal industry; be well - rounded in your education and take a variety of classes, even if you can't foresee how a class may benefit you; become a better writer by joining a journal or continuing to improve upon your writing skills; and be diligent in your research rather than assuming what you hear is true.»

The resulting white paper, titled The Emergence of Tigers and Bears and Other Law Firm Trends, is the fourth report in a longitudinal research initiative began in 2009, providing insights into the changing dynamics of the legal industry and how firms around the world are responding to those changes.

Dr Botero's previous experience as a researcher at Yale University and consultant for the World Bank focused on comparative legal research and developing cross-country indicators for the World Bank's Doing Business report.

For more than thirty years, I have taught these «Reader Expectations» in law firms, corporate legal departments, and government agencies across this country — and in scientific research institutions around the world.

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.