Sentences with phrase «practicing law full»

After four years of practicing law full time, she stepped out and wrote the best - selling novel, The Last Billable Hour, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel.

When I was practicing law full time from the mid 1970s into the 1980s, there was tremendous on emphasis suicide prevention.

Some lawyers would rather practice law full - time than be a part - time bookkeeper, part - time techie, part - time human resources manager, and occasional lawyer.

Over this time, he continued to present and write for CLE, edit practice manuals, advise on the drafting of the new Family Law Act, teach, research and publish arcane legal doctrine, practice law full time, and publish official materials for the Department of Justice.

In January of 2015, I finally did something that I had been wanting to do since graduating law school: I decided to practice law full - time.

It became clear to me that I no longer wanted to practice law full time.

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Law firm Ashurst has announced key appointments as it moves closer to full financial integration of its Australian and international practices.

Full disclosure to begin with: I am a firm believer in what Ethereum is trying to accomplish and my law firm has created a practice group to handle Virtual Currency matters.

Life insurers comply with laws that regulate permitted noncash compensation practices and support their full enforcement.»

A draconian new draft for a national security law, likely to be introduced this year, specifies that the state has full access to any data it demands — already the case in practice — and that any foreign firm working in China must keep all their Chinese data inside the country.

In no society that I know is full equality before the law established in practice, and I do not say that it can be realized perfectly and overnight anywhere.

That same month California governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 2127, limiting middle and high school to two full - contact practices - each no more than 90 minutes long - per a week during the 30 day period before the regular season and during the regular season itself, and banning off - season contact practices completely.

In 1973 and 1974, in the wake of the Nixon Administration's implosion, Baker returned to full - time law practice at Andrews & Kurth.

I have had three recent opportunities to observe the great man at relatively close quarters — twice at Akure, and once in a meeting in his Lekki Phase 1, Lagos home and on all occasions, the attributes that you observe are always the same - boldness; direct and forthright communication without mincing words; a willingness to challenge and even to confront; and of course his irrepressible energy and vigour, which for a man who has lived a very full and active life in journalism, political party organization, law practice, community affairs, pro-democracy advocacy and agitation, and to the ripe, old age of 90 is truly remarkable.

Unlike his GOP colleague, IDC Leader Jeff Klein is all for a full ban on outside income — as he demonstrated by announcing this week he'll divest entirely from his private practice law firm.

We should have full disclosure no matter what we do about outside jobs (e.g., law practices).

A proposal to amend city law to allow a shooting range to operate in a former medical practice on Prince Street in Midtown will go to the full Common Council for approval.

She retired from the full - time practice of law in December 2004, but remains committed to the law through her writing, consulting, legal commentary, and handling a few select civil rights cases.

However, since the practice of farming insects for human consumption is still relatively new, the laws governing cricket farms are still evolving, and most cricket farms are more hip startups than full fledged farms (source).

This was one of the key lessons learned early on by EPAC and led to the recommendation to delay full implementation of the evaluation system by a year: 2012 - 2013 was scheduled in the tenure reform law as a capacity - building year for districts to choose, train in, and practice using a teacher practice instrument.

(Full disclosure: I practiced law with Srinivasan in 2002 - 2003, but to my recollection we never discussed education issues.)

Improved student learning requires teachers, schools, and districts to give up unproductive traditions and beliefs, replacing them with validated practices and a full understanding of the intent of the law.

These schools are exempt from most district practices and have «full operational autonomy» under state law.

In cases where the client does not have all services provided by the NAADATP provider, the contract spells out what additional services need to be performed for the employer to be in full compliance with any applicable federal regulations, state laws, and best practices.

Lexington Law has practiced full disclosure strategies to aid consumers in repairing their credit and offers legal assistance concerning credit and consumer rights.

§ be an attorney (or have accepted an employment offer) continually licensed to practice law, and a full - time employee of the state of Michigan or unit of local government (including tribal government) who prosecutes criminal or juvenile delinquency cases at the state or unit of local government level, or

A credit repair business and its salespersons, agents, and representatives, and independent contractors who sell or attempt to sell the services of a credit repair business, shall not do any of the following: (1) Charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration prior to full and complete performance of the services that the credit repair business has agreed to perform for or on behalf of the consumer; (2) Charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the consumer to a retail seller or to any other credit grantor who will or may extend credit to the consumer, if the credit that is or will be extended to the consumer is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (3) Represent that it can directly or indirectly arrange for the removal of derogatory credit information from the consumer's credit report or otherwise improve the consumer's credit report or credit standing, provided, this shall not prevent truthful, unexaggerated statements about the consumer's rights under existing law regarding his credit history or regarding access to his credit file; (4) Make, or counsel or advise any consumer to make, any statement that is untrue or misleading and which is known or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading, to a consumer reporting agency or to any person who has extended credit to a consumer or to whom a consumer is applying for an extension of credit, with respect to a consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity; or (5) Make or use any untrue or misleading representations in the offer or sale of the services of a credit repair business or engage, directly or indirectly, in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deception upon any person in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit repair business.

Applicants should choose a lender that provides full disclosure of rate information, complies with state laws, and provides easy - to - understand details about its lending practices.

So after law school, and $ 200,000 of student loan debt later I find myself trying to pass the nys bar exam while working full time because I cant afford not to work and just study because my loan bills are absurdly high, and once I do get my license to practice law then I wont find a high enough paying job right off the bat for these debts.

Applicants must be licensed to practice law within the state and employed full time at a qualified organization aimed at providing legal services to the poor, law related education, or enhancement of the administration of justice.

Dawn Antoniak - Mitchell recently left the practice of law to become a full time dog trainer.

Prior to becoming a full - time artist in 1997, I practiced environmental law.

Much of this dirty work is the result of «Sue and Settle» lawsuits, in which friendly Green groups sue the EPA over some technical point in the law knowing full well that a deal has already been struck for the EPA to settle the lawsuity and be thus «forced» to impose heavy burdens on the American people — who have not had their day in court to defend their longstanding practices.

The Guide addresses topics of importance for all lawyers and law students, such as the difference between positive stress and distress, ways in which lawyers can thrive and achieve their full potential, managing secondary trauma in practice, and the relationship between values, ethics and wellbeing.

This piqued my interest because most attorneys in a full service law firm are expected to bill around 1,600 hours a year, but with only 56 percent of their time devoted to the practice of law, their required workload would exceed 55 hours a week.

The appendices include a full annotated text of ChA 1989, along with accompanying secondary legislation, the Public Law Outline and experts» practice direction.

Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Beijing, King & Wood is a leading full - service law firm in the People's Republic of China with extensive experience in all major areas of domestic and international practice.

Waterstone Law Group is a full - service firm with practice areas that include Banking Law, Civil Litigation, Corporate / Commercial Law, Employment Law (including ADR), Family Law, Farm Transactions, ICBC Injury Law, BC Personal Injury (including medical malpractice and wrongful death), Real Estate, and Wills and Estate Planning.

He practiced until 1974, when he became a full - time publisher of law reports.

About Pushor Mitchell LLP: Pushor Mitchell is a full - service Kelowna, British Columbia law firm, with a varied practice and a diverse client base that extends throughout B.C.. For more information about Pushor Mitchell, please visit its website at www.pushormitchell.com.

«' Records Management Law» — A Necessary Major Field of the Practice of Law — A Summary» (the full article is now published at, (2015), 13 Canadian Journal of Law and Technology 57 - 100.)

CosmoLex is cloud - based practice management software with a robust feature set that includes a full law - firm accounting package.

I've got a full - time law practice to run, and no time to screw around with server administration.

Newton clearly thinks not, and adds: «How can we expect law students to become competent practitioners if the core of full - time law faculties, notwithstanding their scholarly prowess, do not themselves possess even the basic skills required to practice the type of law about which they teach and write?»

He retired from full - time practice at the firm in December 2013 just as the approval process for the law school was in full swing.

The Practice Note on flood risk was updated recently (February 2016) and full details can be found on the Law Society website.

In a similar way, larger law firms often struggle to effectively create and distribute legal content, because they too are full - service «bundlers» of specific legal expertise that is actually based in their individual practice or industry groups.

With membership from well over 100 US law schools, the Alliance's ultimate goal is «to ensure that law graduates are ready to practice with a full complement of skills and ethical and social values necessary to serve clients and the public interest, now and in the future.»

About Pushor Mitchell LLP: Pushor Mitchell l is a full - service Kelowna, British Columbia law firm, with a varied practice and a diverse client base that extends throughout B.C..

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