Sentences with phrase «not practising lawyers»
That tended to mean that the people involved were not practising lawyers.»
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Even though I have practised as a lawyer for two years, I don't think I'm in any way competent to give you legal advice regarding IP contracts.
Young lawyers are not getting enough exposure to the real world,» says Thomas Zuber, a retired superior and appeal court judge who also practised law and taught at the University of Windsor for many years.
Many licensed lawyers practising today did not master (or were even exposed to) the lengthy list of learning objectives contained in this document.
«In spite of much change in how and where lawyers practise and why people need lawyers, our method of regulation has not evolved on pace with the advancement of technology or of government, civil, and commercial interactions,» says NSBS President René Gallant.
Other factors at play could also be female Aboriginal lawyers leaving because of family pressures, Aboriginal lawyers not wanting to practise in a mainstream area such as corporate law, lack of opportunity within some areas, and not wanting to move away from their own band and family.
«It has become a more specialized area of family law and, because students don't have a lot of exposure to this type of law, we don't have a lot of lawyers practising in this area of law.»
As a former practising litigation attorney and natural innovator, he has always been at the very forefront of legal technology innovation and a belief that technology can be applied to supplement if not supplant lawyers.
Even a criminal lawyer not practising solely in the area of drinking and driving will be unlikely to provide any better advice than a lawyer practising in an entirely different area of law, such as corporate law.
By stating that they are not practising law or providing legal advice, legal service providers shrewdly aim to take themselves out of the current legal services regulatory scheme and nicely avoid all the education, admission, ethics and insurance obligations that lawyers must fulfill.
We need people who know that history, to help guide policy and maintain the collective memory, but most of them will not be practising lawyers, I suspect.
The American Bar Association (ABA) has voted to permit foreign lawyers to practise as in - house counsel in the US, although they will not be allowed to advise on US state law except in consultation with a US - licensed lawyer.
As I have said before on SLAW, most practising lawyers simply do not need to use many electronic resources.
The plaintiff's lawyer and the lawyer with whom the defendant had spoken both practised as part of a group of lawyers under the same firm name, sharing the same business address and office premises and using the same telephone number (save for three digit extensions), fax number and email domain — but who were not partners, nor members of a law firm as traditionally defined.
I would have thought that the reason for rule # 1 on presence of a physical office is to increase the ability to enforce professional discipline on someone practising in the jurisdiction, not just to make it hard for out - of - state lawyers to compete.
The trial, which is set to begin on Nov. 17, centres around whether or not the plaintiffs, a pair of lawyers who practised together but were not partners, are owed legal fees by the defendants, their former clients.
Ontario lawyers practising law in other jurisdictions by providing legal services on the Internet should respect and uphold the law of the other jurisdiction, and not engage in the unauthorized practice of law.
It won't be long before lawyers in every area of practice will be practising aboriginal law in the broadest sense of that vague term: that the client sitting across the desk is an Indigenous person.
Stinson J. was not swayed by the defendants» reliance on the words «practising in association» on the firm letterhead, because he was not convinced that the clients understood this to mean the lawyers were not partners.
Pro bono is open to law students and practising lawyers who volunteer their time to advise members of the community on legal matters, who may not otherwise have access to advice.
In addition, lawyers practising in high - risk areas such as conveyancing would have difficulty obtaining and sustaining professional indemnity insurance if it were not made mandatory.
The moves were triggered by fears UK lawyers would find it more difficult to practise EU law in the event of Brexit if they were not registered in an EU country.
This, she reflected, was something on which she had previously spoken to them: «When I last had the pleasure of addressing the Employment Lawyers» Association, in November 2008, my subject was discrimination in the House of Lords — not, of course the discrimination practised by the House of Lords but its jurisprudence.»
Remarkably, the bromide about knowing the applicable law that one practises on a daily basis applies to lawyers, too; even more so when one's duty is supposed to be to see that justice is done, not that one's side wins.
Competent and ethically practising lawyers is their duty to ensure they say, but not affordable lawyers.
Practising lawyers are changing how they do business but the need for them has not disappeared.
Egypt is not without its problems, particularly for lawyers practising in Egypt.
We won't reveal details of your legal issue to just anyone: we'll only show your job to verified, practising lawyers who actively work in the area in which you need help.
Now it's not that Sawchuk, a past president of the Manitoba chapter of the Criminal Defence Lawyers Association, has any plans to give up practising law after 25 years.
«Every practising lawyer knows dozens of guys who are the senior lawyer with kids in private schools, they have paid for university educations for their kids and take nice trips and really can't afford to retire because they've consumed all their capital as they've gone along and have not properly planned.»
He's right, not everyone with legal training goes on to become a practising lawyer; a law degree can be the cornerstone of any number of careers.
2 - 23.2 (1) A lawyer must not practise law in an MDP unless (a) the lawyer and all members of the MDP are in compliance with Rules 2 - 23.1 to 2 - 23.12 and the Professional Conduct Handbook, (b) all lawyers who are members of the MDP have obtained express permission under this Division to practise law in the MDP, (c) all non-lawyer members of the MDP are of good character and repute, (d) all members of the MDP agree in writing (i) that practising lawyers who are members of the MDP will have actual control over the delivery of legal services by the MDP, (ii) that non-lawyer members of the MDP will not interfere, directly or indirectly with the lawyer's (A) obligation to comply with the Act, these Rules and the Professional Conduct Handbook, and (B) exercise of independent professional judgement, (iii) to comply with the Act, these Rules and the Professional Conduct Handbook, and (iv) to cooperate with and assist the Society or its agents in the conduct of a practice review, examination or investigation, and (e) all members of the MDP who are governed by the regulatory body of another profession agree to report to the MDP any proceedings concerning their conduct or competence.
I suppose if the intent was to insure that OHLS gets people who have shown the ability to continue on in school for graduate degrees, so as to ensure a steady stream of professors, rather than merely produce people fit to practise as lawyers... but wait, that's not what most of the students seem to want, if we believe the surveys and reports.
Since lawyers practise in a wide variety of areas, not only in big firms, who should be responsible for teaching these basic business skills?
I suppose this is proof that, at least in my case, practising lawyer isn't the larval stage between dinosaur and futurist.
Why shouldn't my search engine on CANLII know — and remember — that I'm a lawyer, in Ontario, practising in a big national firm with interests in a number of specific subject areas?
Likewise, regardless of cultural norms related to agency, a lawyer practising in Canada will be held to the prevailing standard of care about from whom to take instructions, and will not be able to rely, as a defence, on the traditional practice of a particular community.
Do they think that they would be better off in discipline cases with a body not composed largely of practising lawyers (though in Ontario at least there are lay benchers that participate in review of lawyers» conduct)?
The court confirmed that foreign lawyers can not practise Indian law in India, whether it be in contentious or non-contentious matters.
Another important observation was that while lawyers could not change the environment in which they practised, they could control the circumstances — that is, how they practised.
«The majority of graduating lawyers are now female, and the majority of practising lawyers are not,» Ha - Redeye notes.
While standard run - off may be enough coverage for lawyers who have been retired for several years (since potential claims will have had time to develop), it may not be sufficient for a lawyer who was practising full - time at the time of his or her death.
(6) The benchers may make rules prohibiting lawyers from facilitating or participating in the practice of law by persons who are not authorized to practise law.
15 (1) No person, other than a practising lawyer, is permitted to engage in the practice of law, [except the discreet list of those who are not lawyers but can anyway]
Don't let you guard down because it is a referral from another Ontario lawyer: Two Ontario lawyers that don't practice family law indicated that they forwarded the initial contact message to lawyers they knew practised family law.
As a non-lawyer (potential client) I find this line, «transferring lawyers will have an ethical obligation not to practise in areas of the law they are not competent in», to be very curious.
Others (who are practising lawyers, I suspect) may have different views on whether the counsel involved in these cases did anything they ought not to have done or did not do something they ought to have done.
When they are given inferior files, female lawyers miss out on the opportunity to develop personal relationships, log high - status work experience and practise advocacy skills — not to mention the performance reviews — that go along with superior assignments.
Transferring lawyers will have an ethical obligation not to practise in areas of the law they are not competent in.
In addition to mandatory attendance, it is important to note that you are not permitted to perform work for your principal or a practising lawyer while attending the in - person portion of the Skills Course.