Sentences with phrase «rates in this legal context»

It is therefore important to understand not just whether discrimination exists, but how it relates to aggregate racial gaps in discipline rates in this legal context.

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Basic concepts such as how equity partnership works, work in progress / lock - up and recovery rates are seen as the province of partners, yet understanding how things work and why they're important would seem to me to be cornerstones of successful legal practice and would, I think, help associates put their 80 - hour weeks in context.

However, the paper also suggests that there are reasons to believe that non-lawyer ownership will not lead to significant access gains because (i) those in need of civil legal services often have few resources and, for them, legal aid is the answer, (ii) non-lawyer ownership is likely to be attracted to profitable sectors of the market, (iii) some legal services require the individualized attention of an experienced practitioner who charges high rates and the traditional worker owned partnership model may be the better approach in this context and (iv) there may be reasons other than price causing people not to address civil legal needs.