Sentences with phrase «professional lives of the law»

The show, which follows the personal and professional lives of the law firm's staff, is still top of mind with 24 per cent of lawyers deeming it their all - time favourite TV legal drama.
The effort required when creating lists of expert witnesses and appraisers, and recruiting experts with appropriate background and experience, remains one of the most time - and labour - consuming components in the professional life of law office employees and businesses operating in the legal indus

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AAP supports the NAIC Model Laws on Use of Certifications and Professional Designations and Advertisements of Life Insurance and Annuities that have been adopted as law or issued as bulletins / notices in all states.
There are lots of rules in life, the law of the land, doctor's orders, guidelines laid down by management at work, professional ethics, etc..
Clergy lived a comfortable although not extravagant lifestyle, and could offer their children the opportunities enjoyed by children of professionals in law, medicine and education.
BTW, something like 90 percent of professional law enforcement in NYS is against it, and 50 out of the 62 some odd counties with their respective sheriffs came out, and opposed it... The only people that this benefits are the elitist, that live in gated communities, criminals, thugs, and sex offenders that like a disarmed public... Ohh, and maybe some welfare moms, that don't want their precious litter getting shot when the break into someones home..
In France, which tends to have many more laws regulating many more aspects of life, it is forbidden for a restaurant or any professional selling goods or service to refuse to sell the good or perform the service to any customer.
We would like the law to go slightly further than Ms Soubry's comments might be construed to suggest, in allowing such individuals to receive some form of professional medical assistance in ending their life.
Law abiding members of the public at Naka general area, and other communities in Gwer West LGA and indeed the entire good people of Benue State are hereby reassured of the professional resolve of the Nigerian Army under the leadership of Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai to protect lives and properties of all Nigerians.
The values of equality for all and equal protection and safety under the law have shaped me and embodied all facets of my life, both personal and professional
More than 30 law enforcement professionals from five counties are attending a three - day training session in Albany this week, participants in a unique initiative: a law - enforcement training program that analyzes how the design of buildings and public spaces can contribute to crime reduction and improve quality of life.
It's unlikely that Ms. Noerdlinger will lose her job, and despite the trouble with the unions, Mr. de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton — who offers the mayor strong law enforcement credibility — maintain what the mayor has called «one of the best relationships I've had in all of my professional life
Assemblyman Robert Oaks, R - Macedon: No «I have opposed past efforts to create a full - time legislature, as I believe it is a strength to have people serving and voting on laws who come from various walks of life and various professional backgrounds.
The current law grants an exemption to anyone who «holds a recognized honours or higher degree in one or more of the physical, chemical, life, computer or mathematical sciences, or who possesses an equivalent combination of training, and experience,» or is acting under the direct supervision of a professional engineer.
67) «Lost in Florence» Smart Rating: 16.25 Release date: Friday, January 27, 2017 Genre: Romance, drama Starring: Brett Dalton, Alessandra Mastronardi, Stana Katic Description: Eric Lombard is at a crossroads, and he must decide between pursuing his long - shot dream of playing professional football or starting the next phase of his life by attending law school.
On top of all the chaos going on in their personal and professional lives, Diane, Lucca, Maia and the rest of the law firm find themselves under psychological assault when a client kills his lawyer for overcharging and a copycat killer emerges.
We help law students to find their appointment, they can comprehensively develop and deal with a variety of tasks that prepare them for adult, professional life.
Presently, working in an International judicial environment, she has focused her professional life on International Criminal Law, European Law and International Human Rights, combining her favourite field of interests of Social - and Forensic Psychology, and Neuro - pharmacology and Neuro - biology.
The most unforgiveable unethical behavior surrounding the entire issue of «hiding the decline» and similar biases in published research, is when climate change scientists who know about their — «cherry picking the data», — biased and selective presentation of all data pertinent to published paper conclusions, and — outright errors in their data and peer - reviewed papers, don't speak out loudly in the media outlets that have misled the general public in reporting about their flawed, misleading research, as well as, associated journals and professional societies, to stop politicians and government regulators from using their flawed and misleading research results to pass laws and regulations that have severe effects on the prosperity and quality of life of their fellow citizens of the US and the world.
The reductive dimensions of this on - going process struck me as the way in which we are now training law students to «handle» the «facts» to which they'll «apply the law» as if they were going to spend their professional lives taking and re-taking the Bar Exam rather than helping their clients secure a relatively predictable future (the transactional lawyers) or resolve conflict without the bitter aftertaste of injustice in their mouths.
The University of New Brunswick law grad has some advice for lawyers looking to practise in Canada's picture province: Consider both your professional life and your personal life.
Through his candid, knowledgeable, practical advice on all areas of practice management, he has had a profound impact on the professional lives of innumerable lawyers and law firms.
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?
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The personal injury lawyers and criminal defense attorneys at Strom Law Firm, L.L.C. in Columbia, South Carolina have devoted their professional lives to serving the people and families of our state.
We routinely handle cases in areas of law such as catastrophic / excess liability; ERISA; class actions; construction practices; general commercial litigation; insurance coverage and bad faith; insurance fraud; insurance professional liability; life health and disability; medical professional liability; product liability; subrogation; and toxic and environmental torts.
Based on my own experiences working within a law society and in the field of legal malpractice insurance, I'm not sure that this priority has always been sufficiently emphasized in lawyer training and I was therefore quite pleased to hear that law students and articling students were both this week hearing of the importance of integrity in their professional lives.
This is the purpose: A blog established by a practicing & teaching lawyer in Pennsylvania for the benefit of law students, consumers, & professionals interested in legal developments affecting Elder Law, long - term care, End - of - Life issues, estate & personal planning, fiduciary administrations (by agents under powers of attorney, custodians, guardians, & trustees), elder conflict dispute resolution, or Orphans» Court litigation in this Commonwealth, with reference to trends nationally.&raqlaw students, consumers, & professionals interested in legal developments affecting Elder Law, long - term care, End - of - Life issues, estate & personal planning, fiduciary administrations (by agents under powers of attorney, custodians, guardians, & trustees), elder conflict dispute resolution, or Orphans» Court litigation in this Commonwealth, with reference to trends nationally.&raqLaw, long - term care, End - of - Life issues, estate & personal planning, fiduciary administrations (by agents under powers of attorney, custodians, guardians, & trustees), elder conflict dispute resolution, or Orphans» Court litigation in this Commonwealth, with reference to trends nationally.»
On top of this, clients often incorporate aggressive auditing procedures on bills as a regular course of business and a whole subclass of professionals earn their living by disputing portions of the bill, thus negotiating them down on clients» behalf to the detriment of the law firms who issue this bills.
The Commentary goes on to note that while law societies will generally not be concerned with ``... the purely private or extra-professional activities of a lawyer that do not bring into question the lawyer's professional integrity,» questionable conduct in either private or professional life will reflect adversely on the integrity of both the profession and the administration of justice.
In the interview, Norman Champ, a Partner in the Investment Funds Group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York, details his legal life, the experiences that brought him to be a leader in his specialist area, and the impact each encounter has had on his professional development and job satisfaction in the world of law.
«This job - shadowing project complements our existing outreach in regional and rural communities, as well as our annual Small and Regional firm day and Window into Small Firm Life panel,» said Madeleine Natale, Career Advisor at the Career and Professional Development Centre of the University of Calgary Faculty of Law.
We view our role at an inquest or inquiry as focused on ensuring that our clients are effectively represented, while understanding that the public component of these hearings provides a rare opportunity for our clients to participate in the development of law and policy that will affect their personal and professional lives.
The Law Society has long advocated for an update of the SHR and in light of the widening «recovery gap» in Hong Kong, it engaged professional services company KPMG to undergo a review of SHR in 2013 to assess whether they should be adjusted to better reflect the «real life» legal market hourly rates.
The law degree attained, the bar admission course passed and the articling period completed — all in the space of a few short years in your professional youth — grant you the right to call yourself a lawyer and sell legal services for the rest of your life.
In the test case that came before the Supreme Court in 2010, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the Court held that it was constitutional to prohibit a group of humanitarian legal professionals (including a retired U.S. judge) «from engaging in certain specified activities, including training PKK members to use international law to resolve disputes peacefully; teaching PKK members to petition the United Nations and other representative bodies for relief; and engaging in political advocacy on behalf of Kurds living in Turkey and Tamils living in Sri Lanka.&raqLaw Project, the Court held that it was constitutional to prohibit a group of humanitarian legal professionals (including a retired U.S. judge) «from engaging in certain specified activities, including training PKK members to use international law to resolve disputes peacefully; teaching PKK members to petition the United Nations and other representative bodies for relief; and engaging in political advocacy on behalf of Kurds living in Turkey and Tamils living in Sri Lanka.&raqlaw to resolve disputes peacefully; teaching PKK members to petition the United Nations and other representative bodies for relief; and engaging in political advocacy on behalf of Kurds living in Turkey and Tamils living in Sri Lanka.»
Stuart is a partner of Fillmore Riley LLP and practises primarily in the areas of civil litigation and insurance law, with an emphasis on commercial liability insurance, general insurance defence matters, aviation law, professional errors and omissions insurance, life and disability claims, product liability, fire claims, and coverage disputes.
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When the study or practice of law becomes painful or confusing for her, she returns to the community of the faithful, and talks there, in that religious community, about her professional life.
Karsten Kranich's professional interest reflects the laws and regulations of life of his clients.
For most of us, by the time that we get to our mid-30s, much of the desired general direction of our professional life has been set — law firm lawyers are hoping for partnership in an area of law in a firm that they like, and in - house lawyers are settling into a preferred sector and deciding whether to aim to be a subject matter expert lead or to aim for a general counsel role via the intermediate step of being a business partner lawyer.
The Legal Education and Admissions Section is being asked to think about law school, at least in part, in terms of producing lawyers with knowledge, skills and values geared towards the practical demands of a professional life of client service.
Since the very beginning of my professional life I have focused on dispute resolution, in particular in pertaining to insurance law, such as: corporate liability cases, banking and finance disputes, post M&A litigation and all kinds of coverage disputes.
The Second Life Bar Association, described as «an informal professional organization that promotes the development of law in Second Life,» recently concluded its first - ever election of officers.
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In contrast, the report from New Hampshire looked within the existing models and highlighted areas ripe for reform like the inefficient and sometimes ineffective civil and criminal legal systems, the dissatisfaction of lawyers in their professional lives, and the mounting burdensome debt from law school.
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With over two decades of experience under her belt in business development, professional and personal life strategy and accountability coaching, Pamela has gained key insights into the cause - and - effect relationship between office morale, physical, mental and emotional health AND lawyer and law firm productivity, profits and growth.
Summer associate profile: We seek to hire an extraordinarily talented and diverse group of students whose academic and personal record of achievement demonstrates a commitment to excellence and who want to practice law at the highest and most demanding levels, while still enjoying lives enriched by public, professional and personal pursuits outside the firm.
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