Sentences with phrase «of the legal profession from»

It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

«Law societies have been at the forefront of the fight against money laundering for more than 15 years, putting in place a regime that prohibits members of the legal profession from accepting cash from clients and requires them to comply with strict know - your - client rules.

We would also highlight that our speakers represent every level of the legal profession from the thought leaders, the actual leaders to the juniors now in the early years of legal practice.

This elite class of advocates comprises the most respected leaders of the legal profession from across the nation.

Self - regulation of the legal profession and independence of the legal profession from the state are not synonymous terms — there is no reason why challenging the power of the ABA to regulate legal services will necessarily result in ending the independence of the legal profession from the state (that is, in leaving the legal profession vulnerable to political influence or pressure by the government).

This elite class of advocates consists of the finest leaders of the legal profession from across the nation.

To the contrary, the independence of the legal profession from government intervention is essential not only to the independence of the judiciary, but also to respect for the judiciary.

Visiting Jurists are members of the legal profession from other countries who want to spend time at UCLA School of Law in order to conduct specific research or learn about U.S. law in a particular field related to their work.

It is the flagship magazine of the American Bar Association, covering the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

Not exact matches

Second, the esoteric, self «referencing nature of much of contemporary legal theory is a product of the «professionalization» of the legal academy, where law professors have become a profession separate from that of the bench or bar.

Low has the legal profession fallen — this just in from my old colleague and source for good hip hop JK, who's currently at NYU law school: I was walking to class yesterday when I saw one of my friends carrying around your «Online Politics 101» paper.

I was reminded of this anecdote from within the legal profession when reporters finally came face to face with Dean Skelos Tuesday outside the Capitol.

From January 1996 to May 2007, he served as the Chief Administrative Judge of all New York State Courts — the longest tenured person ever to serve in that position — and played a central role in many far - reaching reforms of the Judiciary and legal profession.

This suggestion, coming from a former president of the NBA and Chairman of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, is deeply disturbing for the legal profession, as it is one of the few objectively useful roles of lawyers to exact intellectual accountability from the Supreme Court and to probe and comment on its decisLegal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, is deeply disturbing for the legal profession, as it is one of the few objectively useful roles of lawyers to exact intellectual accountability from the Supreme Court and to probe and comment on its decislegal profession, as it is one of the few objectively useful roles of lawyers to exact intellectual accountability from the Supreme Court and to probe and comment on its decisions.

This is the result, it is claimed, of the fact our legislators are increasingly not drawn from the legal professions.

The latest round of START - UP participants was announced Monday in Buffalo, with companies that range from software developers for the legal profession and a biotech firm working on genetic markers for autism to a developer of brain injury drugs.

A friend in the legal profession shares stories of a boss telling women associates not to mess up their career prospects by getting pregnant; a friend in medicine tells a story of a doctor saying, in an aside, that a young Hispanic girl should have graduated from high school instead of «having a litter»; a friend in business shares a story of colleagues mixing up the name of two African American associates, then saying «Well, they're basically the same person.»

During the Vergara trial, attempting to do away with teacher due process rights, sworn testimony (during discovery) was given that, as stated above, thinking administrators were able to successfully ease teachers out of the profession, careful scrutiny of beginning teachers by competent administrators prevented districts from hiring teachers who did not fit the district, and the average time to dismiss a teacher via the legal process was months and tens of thousands of dollars.

While the 12 plans finalized as of mid-July do not include exemptions from teacher legal protections, they do encroach on key aspects of the profession, including the importance of teacher certification and the benefits of small student - to - teacher ratios.

Following our last update, which included about500 terms from the legal profession, we have now added dozens more examples of legal English, bringing the number of these to well over 700.

The essential dilemma is that while the value and popularity of the cryptocurrency asset class has exploded, directions from the courts and within the legal profession on how to deal with virtual currencies is sorely lacking.

«A blog devoted to legal education and the legal profession from the perspective of law deans.»

I agree that the legal profession can learn from some of hard - hitting, image - rich «marketing» by organizations like Amnesty International.

As I mentioned in the previous post, I believe that this state of affairs largely arises from the deep history of protection of confidentiality within the legal profession and the mistaken notion that protection of confidentiality equals protection of privacy and ensures compliance with the relevant legal requirements that surround the protection of privacy and use of information.

If anyone was seriously anticipating a warm, glowing tribute to the graces of the legal profession to emerge from this campaign launch, they were not remotely familiar with the modern press.

The need for a more - flexible schedule can arise from a variety of personal and professional situations, including caring for young children or aging parents, starting or growing a solo practice, moving with a spouse who is required to relocate for work, starting or growing a side business outside of the legal profession.

The second major source of clients is from friends and colleagues in the legal profession, even formerly - opposing counsel.

Slaw and 3 Geeks, of course, both emerged from the practice support rather than the substantive law side of the profession (both have their roots in the law librarian, KM and legal research areas).

We can not understand why initiatives such as the Pre-Application Judicial Education (PAJE) course, which has seen considerable investment over a number of years from both the Bar Council and partners across the legal profession, including the Ministry of Justice, and indeed was a recommendation in the Lammy report, has been omitted from the Government's plan to address inequalities.

As independent contractors, freelance attorneys build their own freelance law practices and are responsible for setting their own hours, finding their own clients, and bringing in their own income.Freelance attorneys come from every corner of the legal profession, including big law firms, in - house counsel, government positions, public sector, and solo practice.

If accurate, Ms. Lindsay's declaration stands to hamper the entire BC legal profession from participating in one of the most important and sweeping technological changes since the advent of the internet.

So, we must get ready for, as some have predicted, the disappearance of middle - sized and small law offices over the next ten years, and also for government intervention that rolls back law societies» monopoly over the provision of legal services and the legal profession's independence from government interference.

The following excerpt from this ABA piece is as applicable in the context of judicial appointments as it is in the legal profession generally:

The question generated a good deal of discussion: Most commenters praised the advantages of Macs over PCs; others reasoned that Macs hadn't gained more traction in the legal profession because law schools push PC technology, and bar associations haven't done more to educate lawyers about Macs» ability to protect client data from viruses.

It is nothing of the kind; indeed, social justice activism hijacks the law from the public realm into the legal fraternity (not the profession, but the fraternity).

I've seen the profession swing from the giddy, extravagant days of $ 1,000 / hour billing rates and $ 2 million profits per partner to its current morass of massive layoffs, pathetic efforts to stem the breach in the dike by cutting back on luxury toilet paper purchases and ABA bar dues and the growth of offshoring legal contract work to India.

Psychology courses won't eliminate these types of forces from the legal profession.

Jordan also writes one of the legal profession's most respected strategic blogs at Law21: Dispatches from a Legal Profession on the Blegal profession's most respected strategic blogs at Law21: Dispatches from a Legal Profession on the BLegal Profession on the Brink.

I found out that according to a post in the Stem Legal blog, as of June 2009 there are 840,000 people within the legal profession on LinkedIn, up from 563,000 -LSBLegal blog, as of June 2009 there are 840,000 people within the legal profession on LinkedIn, up from 563,000 -LSBlegal profession on LinkedIn, up from 563,000 -LSB-...]

(3) the population's consent to the use of that monopoly for the economic purpose of shielding the legal profession from having to change its method of delivering services so as to be compatible with the economic ability of the population to afford the profession's legal services; and,

Much like in the retail world where there are Wal - Marts and Costcos, multinational as well as local chains, online stores, and independent boutiques; there's space and need in the legal profession to provide a variety of services from a variety of service providers and in a variety of formats.

A central issue, throughout the campaigns of the last few years, had been the extent to which the independence of the profession can effectively be guaranteed by the independence from government of the Legal Services Board (LSB), to be created under LSA 2007.

Andrew Langdon QC, Bar Chairman, said Jackson LJ's review «indicates that he has listened carefully to the views of the legal profession and accepted proposals from the Bar Council and others that multi-track cases are so varied in character that they do not lend themselves to any rigid costs matrix, and that cost management is working better than had been supposed.

The solution requires the legal profession to change from its «handcraftsman's - cottage industry» type of production, to a support services method of production.

And second, representatives of equality - seeking groups, whether from within or outside the legal profession, need to actively lobby those with political capital and influence to select from among these qualified and under - represented applicants at such time as appointments are being made.

Canadian Lawyer welcomes commentary and op - ed pieces from members of the profession, students, legal academics, judges, and others in the legal community.

However, with the economy in a deep recession and the legal profession reeling from layoffs and structural changes to the law firm business model, is it realistic for lawyers to expect employer assistance in navigating the seemingly competing demands of their personal and professional lives?

Samantha Barrass, SRA executive director, said: «The issues arising from the [independent] report impact on the public's confidence in the legal profession and we will undertake a thorough investigation of those issues.»

The Association began in late 1997 as a result of concerns within the legal profession that people who have been abused were either unable to find lawyers to take on their cases or were experiencing poor standards of advice and assistance from those lawyers whom they had instructed.

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