Sentences with phrase «legal services points»
The launch of a pair of new Legal Aid Ontario programs aimed at expanding legal services points to a positive shift in thinking away from litigation and towards increased reliance... Read more
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But net neutrality supporter Greer pointed out that the rules needed a strong legal underpinning after lawsuits by Internet service providers cut down earlier attempts.
I know a top 25 Texas law firm that is interested in joining forces in your plan; concept would be free legal services to the venture at the point you invest and to the point of profitability (90 days) to be sure the business is set up properly and well advised.
They quickly pointed out the faults in Clark's boasts about her gender equitable government, which cut essential services women need: child care, family and poverty legal services, education, healthcare, the list goes on.
But others have pointed Out that individualism is not only a feature of the cultural landscape between Boston and Los Angeles; it is reinforced in all advanced industrial societies, even in the Soviet Union, by the state's efforts to supply services and legal guarantees.
Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?
The re-elected City Hall incumbent repeated his previous defence of the Square Mile by pointing out that Britain has the right language, time zone and legal system to provide employment in financial services for hundreds of thousands of people.
But it points out that councils have a legal duty to spend on many of those other services.
Carolyn Elefant points out that solo and small - firm lawyers «already do more than nearly any other sector to make legal services available to ordinary folks.»
The ABA LPM eLawyering Task Force published Suggested Minimum Requirements for Lawyers Delivering Legal Services Online which is a good starting point for any lawyer considering a virtual practice.
The recent launch of a firm offering services within several Ontario WalMart locations has crystallized this point, and set tongues a-wagging in North American legal circles.
Ashe approached this challenge as a business problem versus a legal problem and provided Nike with a response that include structured workflow, new and innovative pricing models, unique SLA's, and a variety of legal services at different price points.
The public quite rightly and overwhelmingly points to RTCL in its complaints about the cost of legal services.
Moyse points to the success of alternative legal services provider Elevate Services, currently the 53rd - fastest - growing private company in the U.S., according to Inc. mservices provider Elevate Services, currently the 53rd - fastest - growing private company in the U.S., according to Inc. mServices, currently the 53rd - fastest - growing private company in the U.S., according to Inc. magazine.
[5] My thanks to Noel Semple for editing a draft of this column and pointing out the downward - spiral problem which seems highly relevant in some areas of the legal services market.
Understanding how clients think of unsatisfactory legal services in different contexts may point to ways of addressing different asymmetry problems.
For people living on low income, ABSs may have little to offer, both because lack of money will still be a barrier and because there is more to taking advantage of legal services than just money (a point recognized by the CBA's Envisioning Equal Justice project and report).
He also points to the New York courts» plan (pdf) to use non-lawyers to help deliver legal services to low - income individuals.
TouchPoint App refines this suite into tools most suited for smartphones, enabling law firms and legal service providers to offer multiple access points for their customers, dependent upon need and context.
'» Forrest Mosten pointed out, «market demand rather than societal policy has been the source of [the] growth of new service products and opportunities to improve legal access.»
As you know I am a fan of EXCELLENCE (upper case as Mr Peters says) and having bought legal services, and watched numerous firms try to excel at this, very few have raised the bar to a point where I can say that the service was anything other than... average.
In Law Practice Today, he discusses 5 key elements for the future of law practice: a client - centric point of view; a shift in the burden of proof on change; a sense of urgency to find solutions for better service delivery; technologies that make legal services more accessible to clients; and the creative productization of service offerings to drive down costs.
In a statement the legal tech and publishing giant said that eBrevia's AI engine powers Thomson Reuters contract remediation services by identifying three critical data points based on the client's remediation plan: clauses needing revision, the absence of clauses required by the regulation, and the components required to generate a contract amendment.
He points out, «I don't think that law firms or legal IT leaders are looking predominantly to corporations for models of how to improve customer service.
But in other respects, I am perhaps on the fringe of AltLegal in that the legal component of my work is often secondary to the services I provide, which include writing, research and analysis, often at the points of intersection of law and other disciplines.
Indeed, he found that at this point in time «there is an abundance of legal and medical services appropriately proffered and received by electronic means.»
Frankly, I find the questions to Rocket Lawyer (Charlie Moore) as well services Legal Zoom, posed by the moderator to miss the point.
The key point to note is that the practice of law or the giving of legal advice is important as either triggers inclusion in the legal services regulatory regime.
However, Kalajdzic points out that technological innovation is occurring within the industry absent ABSs and that «such technology can at best be described as providing limited improvements to access to justice,» as it is not a replacement for face - to - face legal services provided by an attorney.
Green Point's value added legal services, which make US legal talent in Israel available to US law firms
Green Point's Legal Services Division has engaged with one of the world's largest legal publishers to provide a full range of editing and editorial services, as well as original content creation servLegal Services Division has engaged with one of the world's largest legal publishers to provide a full range of editing and editorial services, as well as original content creation sServices Division has engaged with one of the world's largest legal publishers to provide a full range of editing and editorial services, as well as original content creation servlegal publishers to provide a full range of editing and editorial services, as well as original content creation sservices, as well as original content creation servicesservices.
One of those targets is that by 2020, all lawyers will volunteer legal services at some point in their career.
In my ABA Journal article, New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman makes this very point: «Even with whatever success we've had with public funding of legal services and pro bono work by lawyers, there is still a gaping hole in our system of providing legal services to the poor and people of limited means.»
The second and third points against big - box retail law (lousy work environment / I wouldn't obtain legal services this way) are each examples of lawyer myopia.
A number of people participating in the third weekly Twitter chat, this one dealing with how legal services can be changed to increase access, pointed to cost as a barrier.
In addition, entities such as banks as well as other professionals such as accountants are already the first point of contact in many transactions that require the provision of legal services including lending, estate work, tax and corporate transactions and therefore will have effectively already acquired the client.
Looking for a quick entry point into the Canadian Bar Association «s «Futures: Transforming the Delivery of Legal Services in Canada ``?
As Ryan McClead points out at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, «We know what the next great innovations in legal service delivery are, even if we don't know exactly how they are going to work or what they are going to look like.»
«Technology is evolving to the point where it needs to be integrated into all alternative legal services.
Similarly, by uncovering the hidden costs and pain points in the interactions between law firms and their clients, law firms can refine the way they deliver legal services and gain a more meaningful and lasting competitive advantage in 2016 and beyond.
Maybe this falls under «unbundling legal services» but seen from the buyer's point of view, not the seller's.
We need new approaches in the quiver of access of justice services to address the vast majority of legal problems experienced by the public that are, from the point of view of the people experiencing them, serious and difficult to resolve and that have negative consequences if they are not dealt with.
As Lear points out, not everyone who needs legal services requires the tools provided by the justice system.
The paymasters of bulk legal services, both public (the Legal Services Commission) or private (insurance companies, banks, or accident management companies) prefer the singular point referral and reporting operations and the standardised service level agreements such organisations can olegal services, both public (the Legal Services Commission) or private (insurance companies, banks, or accident management companies) prefer the singular point referral and reporting operations and the standardised service level agreements such organisations caservices, both public (the Legal Services Commission) or private (insurance companies, banks, or accident management companies) prefer the singular point referral and reporting operations and the standardised service level agreements such organisations can oLegal Services Commission) or private (insurance companies, banks, or accident management companies) prefer the singular point referral and reporting operations and the standardised service level agreements such organisations caServices Commission) or private (insurance companies, banks, or accident management companies) prefer the singular point referral and reporting operations and the standardised service level agreements such organisations can offer.
The online delivery of legal services will continue to develop into innovative models that we can only imagine at this point.
Reason probably tells you to continue legal services the way you learned out of school, the way you have for the past 20 years, and the way that has led you to success at this point in your career.
In response to my recent post of August 17, 2006, on an AP Story, «Legal Service Corporation's (LSC) expenditures,» one reader pointed me to LSC's Detailed Response.
If you ask your then colleagues at the State aid team of the Legal Service they should confirm this point.
Across the provinces, the governing regulation tends to focus on defining «legal advice,» «legal services,» or «practice of law» without providing an accompanying definition for «legal information» as a point of contrast.
Mitch Kowalski's SLAW piece last week points to digital developments at the up - market UK clothier Burberry, as illustrative of what's coming for legal services.