Sentences with phrase «of substantive»

Smaller firms usually look first for 2Ls as well because the 2Ls will have had some of the substantive courses that will make them more useful to the firm, such as evidence, corporations, tax, wills and trusts, real estate transactions, or intellectual property, to name a few.

At BSP, our lawyers handle a full spectrum of matters from significant routine matters to large international and high profile disputes in a wide range of substantive areas.

In house, we offer continuing legal education programs on a wide array of substantive legal skills issues.

She has successfully handled appeals in a wide variety of substantive areas, including employment, banking, class action, product liability, breach of contract, tort and insurance matters.

It offers automated documents, legal analysis, practice notes, model agreement, and teams of research and support lawyers in many different areas of substantive law.

Mr. Burt represents banks, insurance companies, other financial institutions and major building materials manufacturers in a range of substantive areas including major litigation and appeals, regulatory investigations and resolutions, mergers and acquisitions, trademark and intellectual property.

I am happy to be able to post a link to an almost - final version of my chapter for Mark Elliott and Hanna Wilberg's forthcoming collection, The Scope and Intensity of Substantive Review: Traversing Taggart's Rainbow, to be published next month by Hart Publishing.

It should be added that, in so far as it applies to offences committed in the former Yugoslavia, the notion that serious violations of international humanitarian law governing internal armed conflicts entail individual criminal responsibility is also fully warranted from the point of view of substantive justice and equity.

Moreover, it was argued that Justice Newbould erred in considering an inappropriately low threshold for the application of substantive consolidation.

I can't say that we've yet seen a ton of substantive change stemming from them.

They matter much more in the long run than any declaration of substantive values, for of course the latter too always need to be interpreted and applied.

But see Guy Alvarez, Brian Dalton, Joe Lamport, & Kristina Tsamis, The Social Law Firm: An Assessment of the Use of Social Technologies at America's Leading Law Firms 7 (2013)(published by Good2BSocial and Above the Law), available by download at http://good2bsocial.com/the-social-law-firm-white-paper/ («Most [AmLaw 50] firms are devoting resources toward the creation of substantive, non-promotional content.

You must also evaluate the conflicts rules used by the competing forums to properly assess which set of substantive laws will likely be applied to your facts.

I will rather focus on a number of substantive legal issues fairly unique to Quebec in the North American context.

First Year Part I students are required to take Legal Research and Writing 243.0, one of the substantive courses connected with the Legal Research and Writing program, plus either one or two other full - year courses or one or both of the two half - courses in Constitutional Law [Constitutional Law 231.3 (Division of Powers) and Constitutional Law 233.3 (Charter of Rights and Freedoms)-RSB-.

There can be no conviction for aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring an offence unless the actus reus of the substantive offence is shown to have occurred.

If lawyers view blogs and websites as a way to exchange information with the public and between lawyers, creating a conversation of substantive issues instead of being oriented around marketing, they really shouldn't have a problem with Penguin.

Yet consideration needs to be given to other potential issues of substantive inequality that may arise in relation to current or alternative licensing requirements.

(We did not deal with that in the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act, though we were invited to do so, on the ground that it was a rule of substantive law and the UECA dealt with form.)

IP lawyers tend to blog on a range of substantive IP issues, and OA proponents, where they discuss the law, tend to focus on copyright.

For a wrap - up of the substantive panels, see Legal Theory Blog here, here and here.

Although simply providing a link to the government materials would have undermined the illusion of a substantive post, it would at least have adhered to the standards of citation one would expect from a forum of Slaw's caliber.

It is reasonable to assume, that it was expected that the interpretation of those substantive Charter rights would be restrained by and discerned with reference to, the liberal, non-liberal value mix characteristic of Canada's political culture.

Our proficiency in these and other fields enables us to analyze difficult cases in a wide spectrum of substantive areas of law.

The SFO had won the battle on the basis of jurisdiction but lost the war as all of the substantive issues raised by the Claimant were upheld by the Court.

One practice group may want to improve the findability of substantive commentary about subjects and relevant precedents.

Understanding the level of our clients» sophistication, our Members handle most of the substantive work in the majority of our legal malpractice cases.

Legal Project Management applies to the means and methods of performing legal processes and functions, and not to the performance or drafting of substantive legal work itself (e.g., legal advocacy, legal counsel and advice, or legal document drafting).

Our solutions can also reduce risk by improving quality and consistency, such as through improved training and mentoring, use of substantive and process checklists and more effective practice group meetings.

Our conservative hiring apprach allows students access to a number of substantive assignments and matters.

We need to have 3,000 hours of substantive law - related experience, which is about a year and a half full - time.

The trio acknowledges that «attachment marks the beginning of the prosecution,» but that attachment of the Sixth Amendment right «does not mark the beginning of a substantive entitlement to counsel.»

In addition to providing content of substantive value (with which many lawyers have no problem), there is a need to structure your blog posts in a conversational or «citation - worthy» way.

With all agreements at the OCDE level, it will be possible to eventually harmonise tax regulations from a global perspective to solve the needs and concerns of international tax and cross border tax, which will bring positive results, benefiting taxpayers fairly, such as avoiding double taxation, being able to access greater knowledge, exchange of experiences among tax administrations with the consequent achievement of strengthening the actors that implement and execute the application of substantive rules on tax matters; to acquire and strengthen an application of the norm in a standardised, equitable, compatible and fair manner.

Leaving aside leave applications, the actual number of substantive appeals heard and disposed of currently is much smaller than that: 22 in 2012 and 16 in 2013.

It is noteworthy that despite the hyperbole and the headlines, very little of the substantive discussion in the junior doctor contract dispute has focused on patient harm.

Simply having a checklist of the key elements of a particular agreement will, for example, ensure that you will have reviewed and reflected on each of those substantive elements in preparing your agreement.

They have to sign a declaration saying that you did do 3,000 hours of substantive law - related work.

Part II relies on case law and recent statements by a variety of stakeholders to examine the state of substantive reasonableness review in the circuit courts.

The application of Art 14 does not necessarily presuppose the violation of one of the substantive rights guaranteed by the Convention.

His experience as lead counsel in over 100 jury and non-jury trials and as a former prosecutor in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, combined with his knowledge of substantive real estate law, afford him a unique vantage point from which to counsel his clients, whether they are lending institutions, business or real property owners, or title insurers.

Associates receive training on business, marketing, and a range of substantive issues, and work side - by - side with experienced colleagues.

When one considers some of the substantive legal rights defined under the Charter, clearly it has impacted not only the administration of justice, but also had a deep influence in the nature of policing in the community and the rights enjoyed by all.

To be sure, our lawyers have particular areas of substantive expertise, but this firm is not arranged by formal practice group.

The court accepted that the notion of substantive proceedings may have to be given a liberal interpretation to ensure international judicial co-operation, but, on any view, however liberal, the New York proceedings were directed solely at assets in New York, and proceedings in England directed at assets in England can not be ancillary to such New York proceedings; they are parallel.

Are you referring to Lochner because it dealt with employers powers or because of Substantive due process?

According to Bennett's post, Gibson charged $ 107,000 for an appeal with six pages of substantive argument.

Vendor Quiz is a periodic feature here at Slaw in which we ask a legal marketplace supplier a series of substantive questions about their product or service.

For a series of reasons, which I can not examine in full detail in this blog post, several countries provide for a combination of administrative and criminal responses to similar violations of substantive regulations.

Put simply, these trial courts are faced with lengthy dockets with the pressure of trying to complete them in a sitting, often litigated by unrepresented defendants with little experience or knowledge of the substantive and procedural law, some quite upset about the perceived injustice in their case, in a crowded courtroom with perhaps less than ideal staffing or facilities.