The practice of legal research can not be separated from the practice of law: it is essential to interpreting the law, developing a legal argument, and writing about it for court or a client.
In Canada,
the practice of the legal research community has become a decisive criteria to assess the worthiness of a source.
Not exact matches
SAN FRANCISCO (September 13, 2007)-- Glass Lewis & Co., LLC, a leading independent
research and proxy advisory firm, today announced the launch
of the ESG Watch List Service, a tool that enables Glass Lewis» proxy voting clients to track companies with environmental, social, or governance (ESG) policies and / or
practices that may create operational, performance, financial,
legal, accounting or reputational risks.
Sustainability Reporting: Final chart in this session looks at the proportion
of companies which have adopted «sustainability reporting» - it speaks to the emerging field
of ESG
research where there is a growing acceptance and body
of evidence which says that ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) factors are also relevant and can particularly be useful in filtering out companies that are at risk
of brand impairment,
legal liability, and general backlash due to inferior ESG
practices and ratings.
Also included is a
Research Summary
of the benefits
of father - inclusive
practice to children and mothers; a
Legal Briefing (which explores issues
of confidentiality, data collection and Parental Responsibility); and Resources sections.
Included in the Toolkit is a
Research Summary
of the benefits
of father - inclusive
practice to children and mothers; a
Legal Briefing (which explores issues
of confidentiality, data collection and Parental Responsibility); and Resources sections.
I'm hopping mad, which is why I started
researching the loss
of legal practice of my beloved midwife in NYC.
Puneet Arora, an engaging physician who has studied at Indian and American universities and
practiced medicine among America's underserved — and who currently is Amgen's director
of clinical
research — appeared on behalf
of Immigration Voice, an organization
of «
legal high - skilled future Americans,» its Web site says.
Some DNA program efforts can raise complex
legal and ethical questions, however, and Jennifer Wagner, a 2014 - 2015 AAAS Congressional Fellow and former
research associate at the University
of Pennsylvania's Center for the Integration
of Genetic Healthcare Technologies, and Sara Katsanis, an Instructor
of Science & Society at Duke University, are conducting interviews, surveys, and focus groups around two such programs to learn more about the perspectives
of the people involved and to develop «best
practices» guidelines.
Mats Hansson is the director
of the Centre for
Research Ethics & Bioethics at the University of Uppsala and has conducted extensive research in biomedical ethics as principal investigator in multi-disciplinary research projects dealing with issues ranging from ethical, social and legal aspects of the implementation of genetic diagnosis in clinical practice and the use of human tissue materials in research, to clinical and medical
Research Ethics & Bioethics at the University
of Uppsala and has conducted extensive
research in biomedical ethics as principal investigator in multi-disciplinary research projects dealing with issues ranging from ethical, social and legal aspects of the implementation of genetic diagnosis in clinical practice and the use of human tissue materials in research, to clinical and medical
research in biomedical ethics as principal investigator in multi-disciplinary
research projects dealing with issues ranging from ethical, social and legal aspects of the implementation of genetic diagnosis in clinical practice and the use of human tissue materials in research, to clinical and medical
research projects dealing with issues ranging from ethical, social and
legal aspects
of the implementation
of genetic diagnosis in clinical
practice and the use
of human tissue materials in
research, to clinical and medical
research, to clinical and medical ethics.
Her
research focuses on anti-terror law, the criminalization
of and marginalization
of working class youth, processes
of depoliticization, sites
of urban segregation and violence, and
legal and extra-
legal policing / security
practices.
Our guests will also discuss
research on the impact
of corporal punishment, longer - term trends, and
legal implications
of the
practice.
Her
research focuses on school cost - cutting
practices, the role
of private enterprise and business engagement in public education, and the
legal and structural barriers faced by education leaders.
This
research brief describes the
legal and operational structure
of the Texas longitudinal data system related to recent changes in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
of 1974 (FERPA)-- which establishes the rights
of parents to access their children's educational records and protects the confidentiality
of student information — that more closely align law and
practice.
Then there's the part 2
of the remit, which doesn't address
legal or institutional compliance but asks if CRU was meeting best scientific
practice in its ways with data and
research findings.
For example, a team
of associates at Fenwick & West is providing crucial
legal research on wildlife killing contests to support Project Coyote's national campaign to ban these
practices.
The New York State Bar Association last week unveiled a new, web - based application called LawHUB, designed to streamline all
of its
legal content,
research, and
practice management tools onto members» smartphones, tablets and computers.
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).
Cornell offers basic and advanced
legal research courses
of three credits each, as well as several specialized topics, such as International and Foreign
research, and Law
Practice Technology which can be one or two credits.
«We started this blog as a way to inform the College
of Law community about key
legal - education,
research,
practice, and law - library news, including but not limited to items
of particular interest to Maricopa County and Arizona.»
Prof. Bainbridge says that as far as he can tell, these days law schools hiring professors focus almost solely on qualifications that do not have a «goddamn thing to do with the
practice of law» such as «having a PhD» or «having multiple publications, even if they demonstrate the author's utter lack
of doctrinal knowledge or inability to do basic
legal research.»
The service, which requires a registration for which there is no cost, links to documents published by the African
Legal Information Institute and other collections, including suggestions for
research projects and the ability to support communities
of practice (workgroups).
It is where they teach
practice - oriented material such as
research and writing, which has become a substantial aspect
of many
legal programs.
If asked to identify some
of the major milestones
of the past century that have changed the nature
of legal practice, I'd put the development
of computerized
legal research systems such as Lexis in my top five.
I developed these methods as part
of the technology
of centralized
legal research at LAO LAW, Legal Aid Ontario's (LAO's) centralized legal research unit for Ontario lawyers in private practice who service legal aid cases (a judicare mo
legal research at LAO LAW,
Legal Aid Ontario's (LAO's) centralized legal research unit for Ontario lawyers in private practice who service legal aid cases (a judicare mo
Legal Aid Ontario's (LAO's) centralized
legal research unit for Ontario lawyers in private practice who service legal aid cases (a judicare mo
legal research unit for Ontario lawyers in private
practice who service
legal aid cases (a judicare mo
legal aid cases (a judicare model).
In comparison with
legal aid, which is offered in a small subset
of practice areas, the proposed CanLII
research function would have to maintain
research collections in all areas
of law.
Most
of the session topics are related to marketing and branding, but sprinkled among them are sessions on mindfulness,
legal research, the future
of law
practice, and more.
Drawing on the expertise
of the Harvard Law community and Silicon Valley, wireLawyer provides an essential business - to - business platform, allowing lawyers to insource and outsource paid work, access thousands
of peer - reviewed documents, and
research curated questions, which bring big firm best
practices to the entire
legal community.
Needed are career - oriented experienced
legal research lawyers, specialized in each area
of the
practice of law, working in a national
legal research unit serving all lawyers and judges in Canada — a national service provided by an upgraded CanLII.
I wrote previously about CuroLegal's development
of a site for the New York State Bar Association, LawHUB, designed to streamline member access to all
of its
legal content,
research, and
practice management tools.
«We'd heard
of Proclaim through word
of mouth, and after extensive
research, we realised Eclipse was the only
legal software provider on the market that could provide us with the centralised and integrated
practice management solution that we required.
While it may be true that «Not a day goes by without a
legal professional telling us that he or she relies almost entirely (or entirely) on CanLII for his or her primary law needs», and that it is a «
practice enabler» for small firm or solo practitioner, it is not credible as a vehicle for serious
legal research other than a source
of recent cases.
As time has passed, things have changed and, for better and worse, continue so to do, so that some
of the solutions and
research products and services coming onto the market are more likely to have been conceived in university computer departments rather than in
legal practice or faculties
of law.
Performing
legal research is an important and unavoidable aspect
of the
practice of law, but the costs
of using the largest commercial
legal research tools (namely, Westlaw and Lexis) are -LSB-...]
I have said before and I continue to believe that for a
legal research company to compete against the longstanding dominance
of Westlaw and LexisNexis, having secondary content such as treatises and
practice guides is the Holy Grail.
Box will integrate with a range
of practice management, time and billing,
legal research, productivity and trial apps.
For my part I would suggest two core responsibilities: law schools must provide thoughtful and well -
researched engagement with the sufficiency
of the administration
of justice in Canada, and must ensure that any graduate who goes into
legal practice has been equipped with the core intellectual skills necessary to
practice effectively.
Rather, everyone understands that such
practices are de rigueur because the senior folks are simply way too busy handling other senior - level tasks to undertake the very time - consuming process
of researching all
of the relevant facts and
legal issues pertinent to a judicial opinion,
legal brief, or law journal article, and crafting all that raw material into persuasive prose.
New
research into how consumers wish to shop for and buy
legal services has revealed that
legal service providers must adapt and change many
of their existing
practices if they are to appeal to individuals and businesses.
So if you're
practicing labor law in St. Louis, want to incorporate a business in Branson, or just need to do some
legal research from the right side
of Kansas City, FindLaw has you covered — and it's all free and mobile - friendly.
... AI work in the
legal context is focused on understanding certain key aspects
of legal reasoning and building IT systems useful for
legal practice, teaching, or
research.»
Upon arrival, McCague Borlack's students participate in a multi-day comprehensive orientation, including computer skills training, introduction to the firm's basic policies and procedures, and a series
of seminars on various substantive and
practice matters including
legal research, docketing, file and
practice management; and motions.
Or a school might «flip» the
legal research classroom, pushing the lectures about gathering
legal information out to podcasts or other out -
of - class media, thus freeing in - class time for hands - on
practice and discussions about
legal authority in a variety
of contexts.44
By allowing me to focus on performing your
legal research and writing, you will improve your relationships with clients and the courts; you will be able to devote more attention to depositions, client consultations, and negotiations; and most important
of all, you will be happier because you will have more free time to do the things you want, whether in your
practice or your personal life.
Topics to be taught will include, but are not limited to, an introduction to the
legal community, a practical and intensive primer on depositions and discovery, an introduction to
practicing in court (court appearances,
legal writing and
research, pet peeves
of the bench, etc.), transition into
practice (dealing with clients, how to successfully participate in ADR, relations with other attorneys, case management, etc.) and an introduction to law
practice management.
The turning point — or perhaps springboard — for TAR's adoption can be traced to 2011, when two e-discovery researchers, Maura R. Grossman, then a
practicing lawyer and now a
research professor at the University
of Waterloo, and Gordon V. Cormack, co-director
of the Information Retrieval Group at the University
of Waterloo, analyzed data from the 2009 TREC
Legal Track involving the use
of TAR processes.
PSLs are well - respected attorneys, usually with several years
of practice experience, who draft or gather high - quality precedent documents,
research and summarize
legal developments for internal and client use, help billable attorneys find expert colleagues, and train junior lawyers.
I recall that as a very new lawyer pre-Internet, my «
practice of law» consisted largely
of researching information that was only accessible to those who knew the arcane
legal research system — and very little analysis and application to the client's world.
Ohio Secondary Sources
Legal Research Guide: Includes
practice books, encyclopedia, forms, news, blogs, suggestions for finding the elements
of actions in Ohio, and more
Despite the importance
of legal research in
legal practice, I'm often surprised at how many first - year law students (and sometimes others) seem disinterested in the topic.