Sentences with phrase «new legal reality»

Given this new legal reality, what are we to think and do?

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«The reality is, more often than not, you'll be denied,» said Stephen Dunn, a staff attorney with the New York Legal Assistance Group, which provides free legal services to low - income New YorLegal Assistance Group, which provides free legal services to low - income New Yorlegal services to low - income New Yorkers.

There are a lot of people who mistakenly believe this is a new legal and safe way to commit crimes, and in reality nothing could be further from the truth...

If only Silver could convince Roger Goodell, Gary Bettman, Bud Selig's successor Rob Manfred, and the higher ups in college sports to rethink their rigid opposition to legal sports betting, then we might actually see it become a reality, not just in New Jersey but in other states as well.

(The political reality reflected this new legal principle: in 1216 the rebel barons had already found an alternative ruler — Louis, the son of the King of France — and were fighting to install him as King of England when Magna Carta was hastily re-issued by Henry's government.)

Connecticut's system has been hugely successful in its attempts to promote racial integration within schools: In a recent Civil Rights Project report, Gary Orfield, a Distinguished Professor of Education, Law and Political Science and Urban Planning at UCLA, referred to it as «the only successful effort to produce a new legal framework to deal with the reality of metropolitan segregation.»

Regina is a black law student working for the Legal Defense Fund in New York City, and the realities of life in the South surprise her.

Like the crocuses that push up through the semi-frozen ground to herald the new season, dire economic reality appears to be the fertilizer for change in the legal profession.

It appears our legal systems need to adapt to this new reality.

But with a fresh look at legal research, a new reality emerges.

That law firm can survive whether they're big or boutique or mid-sized and full service — so long as they adopt new thinking, reimagine the way legal services are delivered and truly bring all the «change» rhetoric to reality.

Canadian courts are showing a new willingness to consider novel legal claims relating to violations in global supply chains in light of the modern commercial realities of the global economy.

And given the new reality, the legal issue for consideration now and in the future by Canadian law societies and courts is not whether TWU Law graduates would become good lawyers and judges who do not discriminate against LGBTQ people — few opponents of accreditation doubt that the vast majority of them would become good lawyers and judges despite some discriminatory beliefs.

Given the changes that are taking place in the legal industry, work environments in law firms will have to adapt to the new realities of the profession and the market, whilst continuing to support fundamental elements of legal work.

Sydney Office Managing Partner of Squire Patton Boggs, Campbell Davidson, commented: «Innovation and change is a reality in the legal sector today and we are happy to support unique new offerings like Route1 that have the promise to deliver excellent results.»

When young attorneys join a new firm fresh out of law school, they're eager to start putting their hard - earned legal knowledge to use, but the realities of legal work can make them prone to early mistakes that could put their careers in jeopardy, attorneys say.

The prospective scenarios proposed by this report are based on a number of hypothetical social, economical and cultural situations, among others an ageing population, a changing socio - cultural reality due to immigration, a deepening divide between the rich and the poor, the omnipresence of IT in all sectors of society, the inability of the «welfare state» to maintain its offer of public services and goods, the feminization of the legal practice, a growing focus on quality of life, new business models, a transnational practice of law and a shift in influence from the West to the East.

As the concept of equality as guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (s. 15) and in the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms (s. 10) has evolved over the last two decades, our work in protecting and promoting racial equality has also adapted to new legal, social and cultural realities.

Here are 4 suggestions that enable lawyers and legal professionals to make better choices in this new world of parallel realities.

In a legal context, the uncertainties triggered by the emergence of a new digital reality are particularly urgent.

If this is the case, the guarantor has immense leverage to force a buyout of her interest, even if she doesn't have a legal right to do so, because otherwise, she can effectively prevent the loan from being refinanced and can force the house into foreclosure if she doesn't co-sign a new loan, since all co-owners need to sign (as a matter of commercial reality) to get any mortgage loan.

In San Diego, if you are ready to take the leap and make your new business idea a reality, or if you are an ongoing business in need of guidance and counsel, the business law attorneys at Contreras Law Firm can provide expert legal support for every stage of the life of your business.

Few, if any, law school classes allude to the realities of well - documented and hardly «new» changes in legal practice including: the «vanishing» trial, clients who no longer want to buy into the paternalism of the I'll - take - care - of - it - for - you model, or the extraordinarily large number of self - represented litigants who can not afford full representation.

Ideally, faculty would incorporatea range of email assignments, and students would have multiple opportunities to practice communicating legal analysis in emails in a variety of contexts.45 Indeed, this is one of the consistent themes that comes out of surveys of practicing attorneys: the recommendation for more frequent, shorter assignments to prepare students for the tasks they are most likely to have as new attorneys.46 But the reality is that first - year legal writing classes are already overloaded with content, making it difficult to incorporate numerous email assignments.47 And eliminating traditional, complex memo and brief assignments is also problematic, as those assignments build critical skills in complex legal reasoning.48

Given this reality, a great legal operations manager should be a jack - of - all - trades and the have the ability to learn new things very quickly.

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.

«The legal realities of constitutional and Aboriginal law suggests that consent is the new goal post for project proponents and the federal government.

Interviews with 253 SRL's in my recent study (http://www.representing-yourself.com/PDF/reportM15.pdf) expose the reality that despite a decade of provincial Law Societies drafting new rules of professional conduct on limited scope retainers (LSR's) or unbundled legal services — when lawyers provide services on an hourly basis for specific contracted tasks — lawyers who regularly offer their clients LSR's are still about as rare as a shooting star on a cloudy night.

In this new reality, there is often now only one legal secretary for a group of attorneys — or, as is increasingly common — no legal secretary at all; each attorney is responsible for managing their own calendar.

Focused on clinical legal issues broadly defined — understanding lawyering skills, training students in them, and encountering the realities of the world of law practice — these workshops draw faculty from the many law schools of the New York metropolitan area to meet and discuss papers presented by clinical educators from around the country.

There has always been a dearth of decent information about legal rights available to people — all the more shocking as the courts have to deal with the reality of a new post-LASPO generation of litigants in person.

Legalize and Regulate Marijuana WHEREAS, despite almost a century of prohibition, millions of Canadians today regularly consume marijuana and other cannabis products; WHEREAS the failed prohibition of marijuana has exhausted countless billions of dollars spent on ineffective or incomplete enforcement and has resulted in unnecessarily dangerous and expensive congestion in our judicial system; WHEREAS various marijuana decriminalization or legalization policy prescriptions have been recommended by the 1969 - 72 Commission of Enquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, the 2002 Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, and the 2002 House of Commons Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs; WHEREAS the legal status quo for the criminal regulation of marijuana continues to endanger Canadians by generating significant resources for gang - related violent criminal activity and weapons smuggling — a reality which could be very easily confronted by the regulation and legitimization of Canada's marijuana industry; BE IT RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will legalize marijuana and ensure the regulation and taxation of its production, distribution, and use, while enacting strict penalties for illegal trafficking, illegal importation and exportation, and impaired driving; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will invest significant resources in prevention and education programs designed to promote awareness of the health risks and consequences of marijuana use and dependency, especially amongst youth; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will extend amnesty to all Canadians previously convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and ensure the elimination of all criminal records related thereto; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will work with the provinces and local governments of Canada on a coordinated regulatory approach to marijuana which maintains significant federal responsibility for marijuana control while respecting provincial health jurisdiction and particular regional concerns and practices.

Design may just be a fad, or it may be the lens through which we will see Law Schools in new and transformative ways, especially how legal education responding to the realities of our students, and the communities and society which our Law Schools serve!

Given this new reality, should legal counsel also be responsible for compliance?

While law firms face nearly - constant pressure to adapt to the legal industry's new realities, it's ironic that this state of affairs has not sent firms into a frenzy of change and disruption.

Los Angles commercial litigation associate Brianna Howard is featured in this Q&A about the legal implications of incorporating virtual reality and other new technologies into the esports industry, specifically intellectual property rights.

According to Associate Dean and Professor Mark McKenna, an expert on intellectual property law who is a driving force behind the Law School's Program of Study in Intellectual Property and Technology law, «This is a welcome, forward - looking course that is dedicated to readying our grads for the new reality of legal practice in the 21st century, a time in which more law firm and corporate employers are seeking to hire attorneys who are familiar with technology and are able to find creative, non-traditional, cost - effective ways of solving legal problems.»

Invoking Buckminster Fuller's observation that you can not change things by fighting reality and instead must build a new model that makes the existing one obsolete, we suggested that, ultimately, legal design could go as far as to build a completely new model for how we handle «legal» issues.

As much as we would like to hide from this disruptive reality, technology, artificial intelligence, new service models and alternative providers are lowering the barrier to entry and the costs of legal services.

First, the reality is that the nature of the legal profession is that there aren't a lot of jobs for young lawyers and new calls in legal aid clinics, non-profits, etc..

There are a lot of people who mistakenly believe this is a new legal and safe way to commit crimes, and in reality nothing could be further from the truth.

While you're trying to re-arrange your life, get a grip on your finances, navigate the legal system, help your children adjust to a new reality, and ride the emotional roller - coaster of divorce, important things can fall through the cracks.

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