Watching the candidates in action left me convinced that
recent changes in the profession also call for changes in the manner in which we train future lawyers.
Not exact matches
Recent changes in the rules actually seem to go with the flow of systemic problems
in the
profession rather than helping to counter them.
One discerning study of modern uncertainties about historical practice, by Joyce Appleby, Margaret Jacob and Lynn Hunt, even began by pointing out that their own participation
in the historical
profession, as women from nonelite social backgrounds, could not have happened without the intermingled social and intellectual
changes of
recent decades (Telling the Truth About History).
The causes are numerous, from a national decline
in interest
in the teaching
profession to frustrations with North Carolina's low teacher pay and
recent policy
changes from the state legislature.
«
Recent law grad over $ 250,000
in debt blogs about trying to make it as a small practice public interest lawyer — all within the context of broader
changes happening within the legal
profession.»
A
recent editorial
in the New York Times suggests that the current economic crisis will force big
changes in the structure of the legal
profession and legal careers
in general.
This long view is evident
in recent changes proposed to regulation of the legal
profession in Manitoba,
changes that are clearly oriented toward the future.
Recent reports on how the legal
profession is
changing and how to be successful
in it.
Lawyers generally feel immune from such threatened
changes but
recent history has demonstrated that no
professions are safe
in the face of exponential technological innovation.
Of the many
changes in the legal
profession in recent years, perhaps the most seismic shift has concerned our relationships with our clients.
If further proof were needed of the rather slow pace of
change in the legal
profession, events over
recent weeks at both Clifford Chance (CC) and Gateley provide it.
«It has been a bit of an uphill battle convincing [the law
profession] as an institution to evolve, to try new things, to really start shifting to meet the clients» expectations rather than answer our own fears and needs as professionals,» Michelle Crosby said
in a
recent interview with National Magazine about how Wevorce is
changing the way lawyers help families experiencing divorce.
What have been the critical
changes in recent years and what do they tell us about where the
profession is headed?
In its recent report on technological change in the legal profession, the Law Society's assessment was that «solicitors and lawyers face a future of change on a varied scale... Business as usual may not be an option for many, indeed for any, traditional legal service providers»
In its
recent report on technological
change in the legal profession, the Law Society's assessment was that «solicitors and lawyers face a future of change on a varied scale... Business as usual may not be an option for many, indeed for any, traditional legal service providers»
in the legal
profession, the Law Society's assessment was that «solicitors and lawyers face a future of
change on a varied scale... Business as usual may not be an option for many, indeed for any, traditional legal service providers».