Sentences with phrase «number of law professors»

One counter-consideration is that an increasing number of law professors have limited practice experience and that many of them have a highly academic set of skills and experience, including doctoral work in some non-legal field.

It's true that there have been some successes in spanning the divide in recent years — the involvement of a number of law professors in the CBA Futures project and the efforts on the Prairies to reduce duplication between the JD curriculum and the content of the Bar Admission program come to mind.

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Over the next week, the board will encourage the apparently large number of shareholders that had not cast votes to support the deal, said mergers expert Brian Quinn, an associate professor at Boston College Law School.

Arthur Cockfield, a professor of tax law at Queen's University, was retained by the panel to research a number of issues, including interest deductibility and double - dipping.

Over the years Richard Leblanc, an adjunct at Osgoode Hall Law School and associate professor of governance law and ethics in the School of Administrative Studies at York University, has been struck by the number of students who had difficulty staying awake during claLaw School and associate professor of governance law and ethics in the School of Administrative Studies at York University, has been struck by the number of students who had difficulty staying awake during clalaw and ethics in the School of Administrative Studies at York University, has been struck by the number of students who had difficulty staying awake during class.

Now, some constitutional law purists (not to mention a number of criminal law professors) maintain that the criminal law power should not be used for matters of regulation as opposed to outright prohibitions based on grounds of morality.

Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No» vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would vote against the amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No» vote, and that was the eventual outcome.

Her withdrawal still leaves a number of candidates vying for the Democratic nomination, including Sen. Mike Gianaris, Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout and New York City Public Advocate Letitia James.

The 52 - year - old Takoma Park resident, who is a professor at American University Washington College of Law, has focused his energy on a number of civil rights and constitutional issues in both the academic and legislative arenas, including marijuana legalization, campaign finance, and voting rights.

The number of people who would benefit from the program depends on how the Cuomo administration handles applications and how many people apply, said Jocelyn Simonson, an assistant professor at Brooklyn Law School.

«I, Professor Ukertor Gabriel Moti hereby affirm that the verification of signatures to the petition for the recall of Senator Dino David Melaye of Kogi West Senatorial District has taken place on this day, 28th April, 2018 and that the verified signatures is 5.34 percent of the total number of registered voters in the Constituency and has therefore not satisfied the requirements of the law for referendum.»

Ms. Teachout and her running mate for lieutenant governor, Tim Wu, a Columbia University law professor, talked about winning over the small number of Democrats who actually vote in primaries.

«In 2012 alone over 250 judicial opinions — more than double the number in 2007 — cited defendants arguing in some form or another that their «brains made them do it,»» according to an analysis by Nita Farahany, a law professor and director of Duke University's Initiative for Science and Society.

«The accountability regulations in the Swedish Environmental Code are intended to prevent the leaking of large amounts of pellets, especially in areas like the one around Orust and Tjörn where there are a number of nature reserves,» says Lena Gipperth, Professor of Environmental Law at the Department of Law.

Perhaps future regulation could limit the number of embryos created, as well as what traits a couple could select for, said I. Glenn Cohen, a Harvard law professor.

Amid the civil rights movement of the 1960s, a number of states developed policies or enacted laws on racial integration in the schools, including California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, said Gary Orfield, a professor of education and law at the University of California, Los Angeles, who is a director of the university's Civil Rights Project.

Vermont Law School professor Pat Parenteau keeps a close watch on the growing number of youth climate cases — and he's on the line now — welcome back to Living on Earth, Pat!

My specific interest is in legal education where most law professors are supplied by a small number of elite schools.

The somewhat tenuous connection to law — and thus to Slaw — lies in the fact that a number of the University's advisors are lawyers: Jack M. Balkin is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law... [molaw — and thus to Slaw — lies in the fact that a number of the University's advisors are lawyers: Jack M. Balkin is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law... [moLaw... [more]

This year, as we have done for a few years in the past, Slaw will each day in the coming week host a number of student essays written for Professor Adam Dodek's first year course in Legal Ethics at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Common Law.

As noted in Professor Mayson's paper, we are massively over-lawyered: over the last 20 years the number of practising solicitors has more than doubled and the number of students with law degrees has increased by a factor of three and a half.

The «non-lawyer» expression is a critical part of the law school myth (bought by a disturbing number of law students and professors) that what they learn at law school (legal knowledge, reasoning, analysis, etc) is special and oh - so - different from and superior to other types of expertise.

Over the last year two other law professors have criticized Barton's use of IRS data and proposed using other numbers to get a clearer picture.

A number of practising and associated members of Essex Court Chambers hold professorships and readerships at both British and overseas universities and Professor Boyle will continue to be Professor of Public International Law, and Director, Scottish Centre for International Law, at the University of Edinburgh, where he has been since 1995.

A number of previous winners are back this year: Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin; Vancouver criminal and human rights lawyer Joseph Arvay; Osgoode Hall law professor Alan Young; and Ontario Ombudsman André Marin.

Last week, the group named the members of the steering committee that will take up the task of pursuing these war crimes prosecutions, and it includes a number of lawyers and law professors.

In an article published in early January on child witnesses in criminal courts, Queen's University law professor Nicholas Bala listed a number of questioning techniques to «increase the accuracy and completeness of the testimony of children,» including mimicking the vocabulary of the child, confirming meanings of words with children, and avoiding abstract conceptual questions.

Osgoode Hall law professor Trevor Farrow highlights the particular difficulty this presents for the increasing number of single parents who practice law.

«Professor Sander's study tests a simple, but startling, thesis: Affirmative action actually depresses the number of black lawyers, because many black students end up attending law schools that are too difficult for them, and perform badly.

And another study by Eric Posner and two other law professors found that while higher paid judges did write better - quality decisions (based on number of out - of - state citations), they discovered no relationship between pay and independence.

«James Lindgren, a law professor at Northwestern who has followed the debate, cautioned that none of these numbers should be taken seriously.

This month, Caron and company launched five more law professor blogs, bringing the total (by my count) to the nice round number of 50.

Professor Bernstein applies logic to Bush administration PR tactics Main Why is number of black law students at a 12 - year low?

Alongside his legal practice Mr Holden has held a number of teaching and professional posts including with Jersey's Institute of Law, where he was the Visiting Professor responsible for the Civil and Criminal Procedure Course for qualifying advocates, Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, where he lectured on trusts, equity and succession, and the English Bar Standards Board, where he was assistant chief examiner in relation to civil litigation, evidence and remedies.

Klinkosum recalls a number of courses he took at Miami Law as being exceptional, including Professor Michael Graham's Evidence course and Professor Bruce Winick's Advanced Criminal Procedure course.

Further, the limited information on the Commission's website makes it impossible to fully understand the consultation process that the Commission followed with respect to the topic of regulatory objectives — based upon the information that is provided, it appears that only a small number of groups and individuals, namely ABA entities, state and local bar associations and a law school professor, were asked or even put in a position to be able to provide comments before the Commission submitted its Report to the House of Delegates.

2 For an extensive list of studies demonstrating the competence of juries, see, e.g., Testimony of Neil Vidmar, Russell M. Robinson, II Professor of Law, Duke Law School before The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, «Hearing on Medical Liability: New Ideas for Making the System Work Better for Patients,» June 22, 2006 at 10 («The overwhelming number of the judges gave the civil jury high marks for competence, diligence, and seriousness, even in complex cases... Systematic studies of jury responses to experts lead to the conclusion that jurors do not automatically defer to experts and that jurors have a basic understanding of the evidence in malpractice and other cases.

«What the firms did when the recession hit is they laid off a lot of associates, and they found ways to terminate a number of partners who they thought were not productive enough,» said Robert Reinstein, former dean of Temple Law School and a constitutional law professor theLaw School and a constitutional law professor thelaw professor there.

One of the reasons for the outstanding nature of the contribution this blog makes to legal scholarship is the number of law students, practicing lawyers and law professors from all across Canada who are among its contributors.

Answers have been supplied by a number of prominent law professors and legal commentators, all but one or two supplying the obvious answer of no.

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Professor DeStefano has been invited to speak about her work at a number of law conferences, leading law firms, and law schools including Stanford, Harvard, IE Business School, University of St. Gallen, and Fordham.

The Volokh Conspiracy, a leading U.S. law blog founded by UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh, has run a number of opinion pieces recently that characterize Canadian human rights legislation as a threat to freedom of speelaw blog founded by UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh, has run a number of opinion pieces recently that characterize Canadian human rights legislation as a threat to freedom of speeLaw Professor Eugene Volokh, has run a number of opinion pieces recently that characterize Canadian human rights legislation as a threat to freedom of speech.

See also the recent article by Alice Woolley, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, «The Lawyer As Fiduciary: Defining Private Law Duties In Public Law Relations,» Volume LXV, Number 4, Fall 2015 University of Toronto Law Journal 285.

In the last number of days, Professor Grammond and incoming AUT Law School lecturer (and my very generous blogging host) Léonid Sirota have posted thoughtful analyses of whether Parliament can legislate a requirement that judges of the Supreme Court understand French and English without the assistance of translation.

Before and since his appointment to the bench, he has written a number of articles on maritime law as well as coauthoring, with Professor William Tetley of McGill University, the second edition of Professor Tetley's well - known publication Marine Cargo Claims.

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The panel members referenced the number of objections the statement of principles has received, including the motion from Groia and court challenge by Lakehead University law professor Ryan Alford who filed a Notice of Application in the Ontario Superior Court, asking the requirement be declared unconstitutional and outside the law society's authority.

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But according to Nicholas Bala, a law professor at Queen's University, as travel has become cheaper, the number of cases has increased significantly, and neither legislation nor the common law in Canada has kept pace with the issues that arise.