Sentences with phrase «practising lawyers at»

Having been practising lawyers at leading law firms and companies ourselves, we truly relate to the challenges that you face.

Commenting on the appointment, Loach said, «Paul combines many years» experience as a practising lawyer at leading UK law firms and a deep understanding of legal processes with the ability to design innovative and practical technology solutions.

Not exact matches

Colin Myler, the last News of the World editor, and Tom Crone, a former lawyer at News International, had claimed Mr Murdoch was wrong to deny he knew about an email proving the practise went beyond «one rogue reporter».

Born into a family of artists but opting to study law at Rome University — after which he practised for nine years as a lawyer — from 1935 he worked as a freelance photographer in the pleasant seaside town and port, Senigallia, on Italy's Adriatic coast, north of Ancona, in the Marche region.

Young lawyers are not getting enough exposure to the real world,» says Thomas Zuber, a retired superior and appeal court judge who also practised law and taught at the University of Windsor for many years.

In 1985, Canadian Clive Ansley became the first foreign lawyer to open an office in Shanghai, practising law and teaching it at a university there.

Is the BC initiative directed at paralegals employed by lawyers, or is it anticipated that there would be paralegals who practise on their own and offer services directly to the public?

Other factors at play could also be female Aboriginal lawyers leaving because of family pressures, Aboriginal lawyers not wanting to practise in a mainstream area such as corporate law, lack of opportunity within some areas, and not wanting to move away from their own band and family.

That's because, if he had, it's at least plausible the judge would have used some version of: a connection is «substantial» if it's «material» which means «if it falls outside the de minimis range», because that's where one is likely to wrongly go if one is going to err and is a lawyer who practised in common law Canada between 1997 and 2007 even if mostly on the criminal side.

Looking at what kind of impact this course could have, Guindon is hopeful that the specifics will encourage more young lawyers to practise in this area.

As a former practising litigation attorney and natural innovator, he has always been at the very forefront of legal technology innovation and a belief that technology can be applied to supplement if not supplant lawyers.

I think women in our class accounted for 40 per cent so it was a decent percentage but from my graduating class, in terms of transaction lawyers, there is essentially myself and one other classmate still practising who happens to be at Dentons as well.»

At that time one of my uncles was a senior leading lawyer practising in the district court, and he told me to come to his office.

Laura Fryer, also a family lawyer who practised with Fryer & Associates in Markham, Ont., now replaces Justice D. Roger Timms at the family court branch.

The law society's very detailed and extensive review of articling suggested many of the things I've been looking at with the way in which law firms are actually transforming how lawyers get to practise.

Van Ommen, who assumes the mantle in January, says the current president, David Crossin, is also supporting more unbundling services and is preparing a letter aimed at encouraging lawyers in B.C. to participate in this practise.

A practising labour and employment lawyer and at one time the national leader of practices and people at McCarthy's, Boniferro says he hopes some of the experience he has had in the private sector in a management role can be leveraged in the MAG's office.

Using artificial intelligence in the legal profession can aid lawyers in completing menial tasks with accuracy, which is in line with the Law Society of Ontario's mandate for lawyers to practise more efficiently and cost effectively, attendees at the Ontario Bar Association's annual Institute heard this week.

A vital part of the Law Society's legislated mandate is to ensure that all lawyers called to the Bar in Ontario have the demonstrated competency to practise law at an entry level.

In 2007, the London, Ont., lawyer, who practises at McKenzie Lake Lawyers, led a team of experts commissioned by the Ministry of the Attorney General in an evaluation of the province's Family Court.

This will be done because this is how it has always been done, and despite the fact that 99 % of a student's (and a practising lawyer's) legal citation needs are more than adequately addressed by online, open - access guides prepared by law libraries at the University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, Queen's University and others.

From a risk management perspective, it can be more challenging, because lawyers who practise alone lack colleagues close at hand with whom to discuss tricky legal issues.

New Zealand Bar Association — The NZBA represents lawyers / advocates who practise at the Independent Bar.

Lawyers practising in association, in partnership, or in a law corporation and sole practitioners practising with employed lawyers must purchase at least the basic innocent party coverage, as must all partners and shareholders (including paralegals) in a combined licenseLawyers practising in association, in partnership, or in a law corporation and sole practitioners practising with employed lawyers must purchase at least the basic innocent party coverage, as must all partners and shareholders (including paralegals) in a combined licenselawyers must purchase at least the basic innocent party coverage, as must all partners and shareholders (including paralegals) in a combined licensee firm.

Michael Greene, Q.C. is a born and raised Albertan who practises law with Sherritt Greene Immigration Lawyers in Calgary and instructs Immigration and Refugee Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary.

Unless otherwise stated, all lawyers at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP based in Germany are admitted in Germany to practise as Rechtsanwalt and are members of the local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

Speaking at the Law Society of Upper Canada's Indigenous Law Issues 2015 program, Randall Kahgee, former Chief of the Saugeen First Nation and now practising law in affiliation with Pape Salter Teillet LLP, urges lawyers to understand that the rights of aboriginal people, like the rights of all people, are continually evolving.

Marta Siemiarczuk is a lawyer practising family law litigation and collaborative family law at Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP in Ottawa.

Called to the Quebec Bar in 1949, Le Dain went on to teach law at his alma mater, McGill University, practise as a lawyer, become dean of Osgoode Hall Law School in 1967, and, perhaps most notably, chair the Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs from 1969 to 1973, which recommended that cannabis be removed from the narcotic control act and be regulated provincially.

After returning from the war, he went back to practise at the firm where he developed he reputation as an insurance lawyer.

Family law is an area of law that you can study as an elective module at university and an area of law that you can practise professionally as a lawyer.

After graduating with the AB in Classics and English, summa cum laude, from Harvard, he completed the MPhil in Comparative Philology in Oxford, studied Law at the University of Toronto, and practised as a litigation lawyer with Oslers in Toronto.

As Yuvraj Chhina, a transportation lawyer, mentor and principal at Fortis Law Practise, puts it, «New lawyers and students have to be the sponge to soak it up!»

This month sees the debut of two columns: the monthly Human Rights... Here and There, helmed by professor Lucie Lamarche, Gordon F. Henderson Human Rights Chair at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law; and Craig's Reviews, a bimonthly review of law - related fiction from Craig Paterson, a former law prof and lawyer who has been practising for 33 years.

I suppose this is proof that, at least in my case, practising lawyer isn't the larval stage between dinosaur and futurist.

Do they think that they would be better off in discipline cases with a body not composed largely of practising lawyers (though in Ontario at least there are lay benchers that participate in review of lawyers» conduct)?

The third, which may also incorporate the previous two, is that the essays are written at such a high level of abstraction that it is hard, even in my imagination, to bring the discussion to a level that might help me understand the cases I look at or interest the practising lawyer.

The NZBA represents lawyers / advocates who practise at the Independent Bar.

Aspiring lawyers wishing to practise in America can now study for the New York or California state bar exam at Durham University, thanks to a first - of - its - kind partnership between the Russell Group law school and international legal education provider BARBRI International.

While standard run - off may be enough coverage for lawyers who have been retired for several years (since potential claims will have had time to develop), it may not be sufficient for a lawyer who was practising full - time at the time of his or her death.

As first reported by Legal Week this June, lawyers at many top firms having begun applying to join the roll of solicitors in the Republic of Ireland to mitigate Brexit's impact on their ability to practise EU law.

Criminal lawyer Nadia Liva, who practises in association with Leiper at the 15 Bedford Road Law Chambers, says such a response is typical of Leiper.

Drawing on more than 15 years of experience as a practising litigator and almost five years as an in - house business development coach at a mid-sized law firm, she works with lawyers to help them build their practices into strong, sustainable businesses.

A large number of lawyers either never practise law at a firm or they leave private practice after several years.

Kathleen M. Porter, data privacy and security transactional lawyer, presented «Cybersecurity and Privacy in Deals: Managing Cyber Risk in M&A, Outsourcing, Cloud and other Commercial Deals» at the Practising Law Institute's (PLI) Seventeenth Annual Institute on Privacy and Data Security Law in Chicago with Rebecca Eisner of Mayer Brown LLP on July 12, 2016.

The number of lawyers at the big firms is a relatively small percentage of the number of lawyers practising across the country, so I wouldn't read too much into what these numbers might mean.

April 20, 2015 - Six lawyers who practise wills and estate law at Fillmore Riley LLP will deliver presentations during Will Week, an annual initiative.

Our «Let's tal talking» article canvasses practising lawyers and a client service expert at the Rotman School of Business for their views on communication and client service, starting on page 23 of this issue.

An experienced lawyer practising solely in the area of drinking and driving offences is your best chance at beating a DUI.

Chantal E. Lovatt is a lawyer at Fillmore Riley LLP who practises mainly in the area of corporate and commercial law.