The phrase
"legal workplace" refers to any professional environment, such as a law firm or court, where people work in the field of law and follow the rules and regulations set by the legal system.
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This is despite the fact that untreated mental illness
in legal workplaces can ultimately lead to liability - inducing professional mistakes, disciplinary proceedings, financial troubles, and death, among other consequences.
Participating legal workplaces will benefit through exposure to new cultural perspectives and ideas, and connections to underserved communities and clients.
Licensees in
legal workplaces of 10 or more, who report to a non-licensee and whose workplace does not have a policy that meets the Law Society's requirements must have a written policy that addresses, at least, fair recruitment, retention and advancement.
The Human Rights Diversity Policy requirement does not apply to licensees in
legal workplaces with 9 or fewer licensees.
This week I am pleased to share a post about reducing the costs of Document Review by friends over
at Legal Workplace.
The law society would create and enforce compliance measures
for legal workplaces not complying with the recommendations or those with identified systemic barriers to diversity and inclusion;
Notwithstanding this lack of statutory obligation, in our opinion it is not inconsistent with the Code for the Law Society to be proactive and require
certain legal workplaces to do so.
Whether we consider it to be a question of chicken (i.e. the law tends to attract those prone to addiction, workaholism, or depression) or egg (
i.e. legal workplace culture and behaviour trigger or exacerbate mental health problems), we've all heard the stats.
Introducing the Observership Program for Internationally Trained Lawyers in
Legal Workplaces Monday, May 13, 2013 @ 01:31 pm
Through our nationally recognized Clinical Law Program, our students learn by serving real - life clients and graduate with many of the lawyering skills that are necessary to succeed in the
modern legal workplace.
The Nova Scotia Barrister» Society is pleased to announce a new Observership Program
for legal workplaces and internationally trained lawyers (ITLs).
All licensees
in legal workplaces in Ontario of at least 10 licensees must meet the requirement for a Human Rights and Diversity Policy.
Some of these online training courses could be
a legal workplace requirement, whereas others could be very technology centric to upgrade one's skill set.
The course uses an interactive platform similar to that used for the Commission's first online course, «Talking About My Generation: Learning Conversations in
the Legal Workplace ``.
With four generations in
the legal workplace, conflicts are inevitable.
On this edition of The Paralegal Voice, co-host Vicki Voisin welcomes Elizabeth H. Nellis, ACP and Beverly A. Pace, ACP from NALA to discuss tips for transitioning into
the legal workplace and how to survive once you are there.
Ida stays abreast of the many changes and challenges in
the legal workplace and shares her thoughts and findings willingly with others.
Since the podcast's launch Aug. 24, programs have looked at evidence issues in the JonBenet Ramsey case, generation gaps in
the legal workplace, legal aspects of polygamy and the legality of the president's military commissions, among other topics.
And how do tears play in
the legal workplace?
What then follows are certain identifiable characteristics that would define
the legal workplace of the future: re-configurable spaces, in - office mobility, and work environments optimised for future needs.
2017 saw an increase of AI in
the legal workplace.
During his speech at the Opening of the Legal Year in 2017, the Honourable Chief Justice of Singapore Sundaresh Menon spoke about a determined push by the legal profession towards embracing technologies that will enhance effectiveness and productivity in
the legal workplace.
a determined push by the legal profession towards embracing technologies that will enhance effectiveness and productivity in
the legal workplace.
The first guide deals with preventing harassment, discrimination, and violence in
the legal workplace.
The absence of women from these positions is important because a lack of diversity, when it comes to leadership, may negatively impact the sustainability of
the legal workplace.
For example,
legal workplaces are often not flexible enough when it comes to scheduling and job demands.
On a smaller scale, the final report of the Law Society of Upper Canada's Challenges Faced by Racialized Licensees Working Group includes a recommendation that the Law Society, every four years, develop and publish an inclusion index which would «include
legal workplaces» assessments of their diversity and inclusion - related achievements and that would allow legal workplaces to demonstrate their performance and progress.»
With participation in the Observership Program,
legal workplaces in Nova Scotia will be able to:
They're generally partners, managers and senior support staff in
the legal workplace, although some may sign on as administrative staff to keep busy after retirement, particularly in part - time roles.
It is not intended to fill in any gaps that may exist in substantive legal knowledge, but rather to familiarize ITLs with
legal workplaces and Canadian norms and expectations.
She has published many articles on
the legal workplace's changing demographics as well as changes in workplace structures.
ITLs were invited to participate in a variety of activities including attending client meetings, visiting the courts, or observing day - to - day procedures of a variety of
legal workplaces.
But we want to support lawyers to do more than just survive in
the legal workplace we want them to thrive.
The legal workplaces that responded to the evaluation were very positive about the program and indicated a continued desire to participate.
Is
the legal workplace really changing, or are law firms putting a high - profile band - aid on a chain saw wound?
The first week's pair, «Hey Sweetie,» about sexism in
the legal workplace, just went live.
But in addition, we'd also like to see conversations about the explicitly gendered nature of child - bearing in
legal workplaces, about the fact that male associates don't take long leaves because they're (typically) not the partner who needs to provide direct care to a newborn, and / or because they simply know and assume that their female partners will take a full year of maternity leave if available to them.
Posts give advice on productivity, networking, marketing and rainmaking and discuss technology for
the legal workplace.
Through the program, ITLs are invited to participate in a variety of activities including attending client meetings, visiting the courts, and observing day - to - day procedures in a variety of
legal workplaces.
The Society recently completed a successful one - year pilot Observership Program for Internationally Trained Lawyers in
Legal Workplaces.
Observership Program for Internationally Trained Lawyers in
Legal Workplaces: Final report Thursday, June 12, 2014 @ 01:26 pm
If this ringing endorsement of SaaS software in
the legal workplace is anything to go by, cloud - based legal software solutions are set to have a significant impact on the worldwide legal industry.
Leading and inspiring innovation in
the legal workplace through the pursuit and exchange of professional knowledge.
Robots have recently entered
the legal workplace, performing several tasks once assigned to newly minted law grads.
Stop by that last one and listen to yours truly speak about one of my favorite topics — millennials in
the legal workplace.
Make the rest of us jealous — what well - being amenities does
your legal workplace have?
Another strategy is the requirement that, for
any legal workplace that has ten or more licensees (lawyers), the workplace must have a Human Rights and Diversity Policy that addresses fair recruitment, retention, and advancement of racialized persons and minorities.
One of its main objectives is «to increase representation of racialized lawyers in the profession in proportion to the representation in the Ontario population, in
all legal workplaces and at all levels of seniority.»