National practice areas include Administrative & HR; Engineering; Finance & Accounting Contract; Finance & Accounting Executive Search; Financial Services; Healthcare and Information Technology.
WASHINGTON, DC, March 27, 2013 — For the second straight year, Covington & Burling has been nominated for the 2013 Chambers USA Awards for Excellence in five
national practice areas.
Brendan M. Kenny's
national practice areas include toxic tort, products liability, and other complex litigation.
The 2017 Edition of «Best Law Firms» includes rankings in 74
national practice areas and 122 metropolitan - based practice areas.
Not exact matches
In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a
national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious
practices of Native American tribes in that
area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.
Kathy Krause, a supervisory park ranger of the Gateway
National Recreation
Area who attended the clean - up, agrees the religious
practices have put definite pressure on the bay.
3) Through our involvement with the development of Codes of
Practice, Animals Australia has been instrumental in pushing for
national guidelines to improve the treatment of animals in rodeos, circuses, fishing, feral animal control, and many other
areas.
Queensland businesses rotationally grazed around 1.7 million cattle or 26 % of the
national total, across 10.8 million hectares, or 45 % of Australia's grazing
area where rotation
practices were conducted.
Beyond her
national team contributions, Doms has
practiced with teams from the Women's Premier Soccer League and competed against boys teams in the
area.
Statistics released by the
National Athletic Trainers» Association in March 2016 show improvement in the number of states that have adopted best
practices in three major
areas of sports safety, but that safety gaps persist.
In addition to maintaining an active clinical
practice, Dr. Adams is a
national lecturer, workshop leader, and consultant in the
areas of child abuse, dysfunctional family systems, and sex addiction.
The results of that analysis indicated that facilities in zip code
areas where the percentage of black residents was > 12.2 % (the
national average during 2007 — 2011) were less likely than facilities in zip code
areas where the percentage was ≤ 12.2 % to meet five of 10 mPINC indicators for recommended
practices supportive of breastfeeding and more likely to implement one
practice; differences for the other four
practices were not statistically significant.
This is the first report based on
national data showing that
practices at maternity facilities vary with the racial composition of the zip code
area in which the facility is located.
There are many strategic
areas that my executive team and I will need to address including the protection and promotion of Rugby, its values, spirit and ethos, the increase of local participation in Greater Accra, ensuring player welfare best
practice, maximising the value of all GARA properties, increasing sustainability and competitiveness of Greater Accra Rugby, optimising
national participation and providing strong and effective leadership.
For each
area addressed by the
National Practice Guideline, the Committee highlights key
areas for further research.
While the European Research and Higher Education
Area is emerging, evaluation
practices and policies are still very much linked to
national traditions and institutional frameworks.
OPW — July 7 — The Wisconsin Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Great Expectations (GE) alleging that the Milwaukee -
area branch of the
national dating service engaged in «deceptive and illegal sales
practices,» according to the Chicago Tribune.
The new
practice guide by the
National Center for Education Research, Encouraging Girls in Math and Science, offers five recommendations for educators in order to strengthen girls» beliefs about their abilities in math and science, spark and maintain greater interest in these subject
areas, and build associated skills.
Along with revealing data, perceptive analysis, and welcome candor, however, comes a certain skittishness in sensitive
areas such as African American parenting
practices, a bit of folly (encouragement of dialect and street language in English class), and some sky - pie about «collective action» and
national leadership to solve problems for which there are no easy solutions.
The Lab's staff will also continue to lead the
national advocacy agenda that NCTL launched in 2007 Additionally, grant will support the Lab's «By All Means» initiative by providing advice and support to the city teams, leveraging financial and technical assistance resources, conducting research on the effectiveness of local work, documenting local work and disseminating best
practices, brokering
national partnerships with organizations in the health, education, social service, and community schools» fields, and providing direct technical assistance in relevant
areas of expertise.
She was associate director of the
National Research and Development Center on English Language Learners (2005 — 2009) that examined the effect of instructional
practices that enhance vocabulary and comprehension for middle school English language learners in content
areas.
When
national experts came to the Capitol to testify on the law, they made it clear that Connecticut lags behind other states in this
area, and is missing a number of nationally - recognized best
practices.
Here at the Teacher Development Trust we are publishing resources and case studies to support schools in their journey toward effective
practice in this
area, supported by GoodCPDGuide, our
national database of courses, consultancy services, books, videos and qualifications from a huge range of providers.
She spent 16 years as a K - 6 Principal where she led her school's implementation of inclusionary special education
practices, Response to Intervention, data driven instruction and social emotional learning (SEL), an
area of focus that brought her school
national recognition for the successful implementation of SEL throughout the school community.
The
National Network of Schools in Partnership, a non-profit organization working to help schools install, improve and enhance community engagement and partnership programs, is offering SoCal and Bay
Area charter schools the opportunity to learn best
practices on how to increase their reciprocal, meaningful and sustainable community engagement programs.
Nationally, he contributes to the improvement of measurement
practices through the
National Council on Measurement in Education, and locally by working with teachers improving their classroom assessment
practices in the Twin Cities
area schools.
For example, a focus on literacy across the content
areas is now considered best
practice and is standard in many school districts, but many programs need to strengthen coursework on literacy instruction for prospective teachers seeking a content -
area certification.16 Furthermore, all teacher preparation programs have yet to coalesce around a common understanding of accomplished
practice, though the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, or the
National Board, has taken steps to provide teacher preparation programs with access to model teaching lessons.
Katherine Bassett is the President and CEO of the
National Network of State Teachers of the Year, a non-profit organization committed to the promotion of teachers as leaders and to supporting teaching
practice through three key focus
areas: policy,
practice, and advocacy.
The CBE teacher - training program will serve as a dissemination platform for the IES What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)
practice guides, while developing a replicable and scalable
national model for CBE - enabled teacher effectiveness training in critical shortage
areas.
The process for
national certification is performance - based and peer - reviewed, requiring teachers to demonstrate advanced knowledge, skills, and
practice in their subject
area by completing three portfolio entries and a computer - based assessment.
ATLAS provides authentic cases of
National Board Certified Teachers putting the Standards into
practice across all content
areas and grade levels.
Leslie A. Texas is a
national consultant and author of «Strategies for Common Core Mathematics: Implementing the Standards for Mathematical
Practice K - 5, 6 - 8, 9 - 12» and «Strategic Journeys for Building Logical Reasoning: Activities Across the Content
Areas K - 5, 6 - 8, 9 - 12.»
Each Center conducts supplemental research within its broad topic
area and provides
national leadership in advancing evidence - based
practice and policy within its topic
area.
Over the last several years,
national research has explored into
areas of restorative justice
practices and suspensions rates.
Petrocelli has a
national trial
practice representing clients in major litigation in a wide variety of
areas, including sports, entertainment, intellectual property, unfair competition, business torts, securities, employment law, and criminal defense.
Other medical school scholarship opportunities include the
National Medical Fellowships, which is a group of scholarships awarded to students who are underrepresented within the medical community and who are committed to
practicing in underserved
areas.
You can also get loan forgiveness for service in an
area of
national need, such as teaching,
practicing medicine or serving as a public defender or prosecutor.
The second phase of the
National Equine Veterinary Economic Study gives equine practitioners practical information to help them identify the most impactful
areas to focus on for improving the profitability and value of their
practice.
Teams will
practice searching to the competition standards set by the
National Association of Canine Scent Work (NACSW), which includes searching for blind hides (location of hide unknown to handler), searching for multiple hides in a single search
area, and, at the higher levels of competition, searching for an unknown number of hides in a search
area.
In addition to these on - site responsibilities, Mike is tasked with innovating new solutions in
areas such as Length of Stay, Animal Care and Enrichment, Dog Behavior and Training solutions for the last 5 %, Volunteer engagement and retention, and creating
national No - Kill models and best
practices.
Only put out as much as the cats will eat in one feeding, and remove any leftovers, says Kayla Christiano, campaign manager for Alley Cat Allies, a
national feral cat organization based in Bethesda, Md. «By
practicing good caregiving
practices, like keeping the cats discreet and keeping feeding and shelter
areas clean, you're protecting these cats from any issues arising in the community,» she says.
The
practice is located in the beautiful British West Country (http://www.visitsouthwest.co.uk/) at the foot of the Blackdown hills, an
area of outstanding natural beauty, with Exmoor
national park and the Quantocks hills a short distance away and rapid access to all that south - western England offers in outdoor pursuits.
Situated within Golden Gate
National Park, on the picturesque East Beach, we are housed in a sustainably designed building and implement green
practices in all program
areas.
The scenic qualities of this
area have long been recognised and the idea of granting it protection as a
national park were put forward as early as the 1920s, the principal reasons being that it was an extensive
area of beautiful and relatively wild country but these early plans never came to fruition and urban development and changing agricultural
practices continued to impinge on the
area's character with much of the traditional grass «downland» being turned over to arable farming.
Golden Gate
National Recreation
Area supports the
National Park Service mission by utilizing sound business
practices in management of commercial visitor services, park partnerships and special park uses.
Belize has more than 200 miles of reef included in the larger MRS and has established several protected marine
areas and
national parks to control and regulate sustainable tourism and fishing
practices in the
area.
Pietrobono and fellow Occupy member Noah Fischer contend that art has been completely taken over by monetary interests: corporations that engage in «brandwashing» (supporting the arts as a PR play), controversial figures like David Koch using art philanthropy as a way of deflecting from his politics, and unsavory
practices such as free ports (storage
areas outside
national jurisdictions that make it possible to buy and sell art without being taxed).
National and international artists of all backgrounds and
areas of
practice are encouraged to apply.
The aim is also to enable students to be active contributors within contemporary art and related
areas of society for a
national - and international - level
practice.
The purpose of CITYFOOD is to raise awareness on resilient city - region food systems and (intra - and peri --RRB- urban agriculture, create an advocacy platform for cities to gain political recognition and support from
national governments and international support organizations, to provide information to cities around the world, stimulate exchange of experiences, identify and disseminate important lesson and good
practices, and facilitate cooperation between cities worldwide and between local governments and civil society in this
area.