Sentences with phrase «member of the legal profession»

We must start paying attention because we are affected as citizens and as members of the legal profession.
2.5 to foster personal and professional relations between Members of the legal professions in both countries.
She is highly respected by members of the legal profession as well as lawmakers and the public — in short, her level of influence can not be understated.
«None of this is particularly good news for members of the legal profession because it's showing how transformative the application of simple technology may be,» he said.
However, extended analysis of judicial humour directed at or shared with members of the legal profession is beyond the scope of this paper.
But I worry that his letter reflects a growing attitude among members of the legal profession that society owes them something — good jobs, stable careers and nice homes.
Here's a few choice ones, some from members of the legal profession plus a few others.
Do you think the specialist work of law librarians / information professionals and other members of the legal profession can be replicated by machines?
She has also spent countless hours educating union representatives and members of the legal profession on these areas of law, including workplace harassment and violence, employment discrimination and the duty to accommodate.
But for many lawyers, these feelings are quite pronounced and, without offering any amateur psychological diagnosis, I feel many members of the legal profession evidence a split personality when using technology.
Things must be truly getting out of hand when even senior members of the legal profession complain about high lawyer fees.
However, somehow, it strikes me that most members of the legal profession, today, would prefer to deny that these views are right (at least for public consumption).
I'm a practicing member of the legal profession and I know the profession can do much better.
In general, law report series published prior to 1970 list prominent members of the legal profession of their day as series editors on their titles pages and nothing more.
Don't expect exceptions to be made on your behalf because you are an elite member of the legal profession.
As a result of national mobility, Canada's law societies have worked with the Federation to adopt consistent rules and practices to ensure that the public is served by members of the legal profession who are held to the same high level of competence and ethics, wherever they practice in Canada.
The advisory group included members of the legal profession including Howard Kushner (Kushner Law Group), Bruce D. Woolley, Q.C. (Stikeman Elliott LLP), and Ron Usher, general counsel, Society of Notary Public of B.C.
Since its inception in 1979, the Society has published more than 100 books and conducted more than 600 oral history interviews of leading members of the legal profession.
This manual is published in the spring of 2013 by the Gillis W. Long Poverty Law Center of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law to assist members of the legal profession who work to try to make «justice for all» a reality in Louisiana.
Richler isn't the only member of the legal profession welcoming MacKay's appointment.
The Bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the legal profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon which they rely in their work.»
I think members of the legal profession prefer to treat non-lawyer Attorneys General as quaint anomalies.
The Future We are honored — and humbled — by the success we have experienced thus far as numerous business owners, general counsel, and respected members of the legal profession recognize and embrace our innovative and ground - breaking approach to providing legal services.
[I] n carrying out its mandate under its enabling statute, the respondent throughout its long history, has acted to remove obstacles based on considerations, other than ones based on merit, such as religious affiliation, race, and gender, so as to provide previously excluded groups the opportunity to obtain a legal education and thus become members of the legal profession in Ontario.
The Society encourages members of the legal profession to contact the Equity & Access Office with any questions or concerns they may have related to equity, diversity and cultural competence.
First, let me express my thanks to all those who devote time and energy to allow for new members of the legal profession.
Like the Bluebook, the McGill Guide has the potential to provide the «systematic method by which members of the legal profession communicate» to one another in Canada.
From Eddie's point of view, bringing non-lawyers into the fold will bring such benefit to the legal consumers that it is unethical to stand in the way: «In the U.S., members of the legal profession know we could build a better system, but we refuse to act.
On Sunday, March 16, 2014, Mr. Kenneth A. McKenzie, Q.C. («Ken»), for many years a highly respected member of the legal profession in this province, one of our firm's namesakes and truly a builder of Alberta, passed away.
In the UK, members of the legal profession complain that the government has not spent enough money to support existing initiatives, let alone the new ODR plan being proposed.
In her address earlier, the Acting Chief Judge of Ondo State, Hon. Justice Olanrewaju Akeredolu said the forum availed members of legal profession to learn aspects the law, life and new things in the law to impact meaningfully on the society.
They, and many more equally deserving government lawyers, are some of the brightest, most hard working and honourable members of the legal profession in this country.
However, as I have written elsewhere, government lawyers are important and underappreciated members of the legal profession and of our justice system.
This article will give some insights into these disruptors and suggest how members of the legal profession can respond to them.
Many people are coming forward to join the movement including skilled members of the legal profession, Judiciary and government.
One of the Federation's first initiatives to harmonize regulations governing members of the legal profession, the Model Code was developed in response to mobility within the profession.
As Black History Month draws to a close, I'd like to take a moment to highlight some Black legal trailblazers — some of whom are likely familiar, and some you may never have heard of — and significant milestones for Black members of the legal profession in the United States, including the establishment of traditionally Read more about Black History Month: Honoring Black Lawyers, Judges and Law Professors -LSB-...]
As the website notes, the paper «describes the current state of the conflicts requirements, reviews areas of particular concern, and asks a series of questions to find out what changes members of the legal profession feel may be necessary.»
Scott was one of the first members of the legal profession to give former residential school students both an ear and a voice.
At best, a non-lawyer Attorney General is an ad hoc or temporary member of the legal profession.
'' [Law libraries] are places used not only by academics and students, but by members of the legal profession generally — and so, to an extent, are sites where law students are trained to think of themselves as part of a broader community of lawyers and jurists.»
We also know that multiple barriers remain for racialized members of the legal profession.
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