Sentences with phrase «predict whether a lawyer»

It can not predict whether a lawyer will act responsibly or use the law to his advantage at the expense of his clients and the public.

Not exact matches

But since that predicted value has traditionally been so hard to determine (and defense lawyers will often up the value to justify more billable hours spent on the matter), the industry is left really with no better model than something based on the actual billable hours whether that be the actual amount or some predicted amount in the case of a flat fee.

On the defense side, case and lawyer value should also be determined by whether the lawyer can achieve a better or lower result than some predicted value.

Whether When lawyers will be waggling their fingers in front of their monitors, I wouldn't like to predict.

Motivated in large part by the recent striking down of reverse discrimination laws and practices in the California and the consequent reduction in the numbers of Black and Hispanic law students in that state, as well as a sense that although the LSAT predicts law school grades well it doesn't predict success as a lawyer, the authors devised their own test of who should be admitted based on whether they would make good lawyers.

Lawyers can have more confidence in predicting whether negotiated and mediated agreements will be approved by the courts, and can inform clients what they are gaining and what they are giving up in reaching their own solutions.