Sentences with phrase «regulation of the legal profession in»

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.

Talks are also ongoing to formalize a regulation of the legal profession in Russia, which to this point has been haphazard, at best.

Amy's doctoral dissertation involves a comparative study of the regulation of the legal profession in England, the United States, Canada, and Australia.

of regulation of the legal profession in Nova Scotia, including a historical timeline (1749 to present) and list of Society Presidents (1860 to present);

«The Society's online resources are now the primary source of information about regulation of the legal profession in Nova Scotia,» says Darrel Pink, Executive Director.

(a) A lawyer shall not practice law in a jurisdiction in violation of the regulation of the legal profession in that jurisdiction, or assist another in doing so.

Would the government do a better job by direct regulation of the legal profession in the public interest than the Law Society does?

Not exact matches

Renée is currently at work on a project to understand the regulation of midwifery in the United States, and the activism of pro-midwifery advocates who seek to make the profession legal, where it isn't.

In conjunction with other recent studies carried out by ourselves, and the likes of the Legal Services Board and Solicitors Regulation Authority, we are building a clearer picture of why and how the profession needs to move forward.

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The law societies do not give sufficient importance to the interactions among: (1) the problem and its consequences — the thousands of people whose lives have been damaged for lack of affordable legal services provided by competent lawyers; (2) the power of the internet, the social media, and the news media together, to make those consequences into a public and political issue so quickly that there will not be time for the law societies to publish a persuasive response, and which issue will compel government intervention by way of programs on the way to socialized law; (3) the fact that self - regulation of the legal profession has been lost by the law societies in several jurisdictions of the common law world and the U.S; [7] and, (4) the fact that the consequences of the unavailability of legal services at reasonable cost will motivate the many non-lawyer legal service providers to offer legal services that should be provided by lawyers, to people desperate for a lawyer's services that they can not afford.

My recommendation to the profession would be use regulation and the profession's self - governing status to facilitate the creation of circumstances of legal practice that encourage ethical behaviour and a culture of legal practice in which ethical conduct is expected.

enhancing public confidence in the legal profession through appropriate and effective regulation of legal professionals;

In order to ensure the public continues to benefit from an independent legal profession, together with the protection afforded by it (e.g. lawyer - client privilege, high ethical practice standards and security of trust funds and property), the Society's regulation will, as a matter of principle and as confirmed by the regulatory objectives, enhance public protection.

Although the Supreme Court of Canada held in Christie that a «general access to legal services in relation to court and tribunal proceedings dealing with rights and obligations» is not a fundamental aspect of the rule of law (see paras. 23 - 27), it does not follow that the legal profession can preserve its monopoly over legal services free from government regulation or control of any kind, even when, as now, it has made legal services unavailable at reasonable cost to a large majority of the population.

Australia, which already allows non-lawyers to invest in law firms, is currently working toward achieving national regulation of the legal profession to facilitate a national legal services market.

The CBA Futures Initiative is addressing issues related to the ethics and regulation of the legal profession, education and training of lawyers, and innovation in business structures.

«Decisions concerning: (1) the problem of unaffordable legal services and its consequences to the population; (2) the great power of instant and wide - spread communications provided by the internet, the social media, and the news media in dealing with those consequences; (3) the self - regulation debate; and, (4) all matters as significant as the regulation of the provision of legal services by other professions, should each be considered as to their impact upon the other three.

But if they take on the power to regulate other professions without having solved the problem, when the government steps in to again make legal services available at reasonable cost, the arguments in favour of removing self - regulation will be much stronger.

This leaves me feeling rather optimistic about the possibilities in terms of the future of legal profession regulation in the prairie provinces.

And, in England and Wales the reforms go even further: they decisively ended self - regulation of the legal profession by providing that neither the Chair of Legal Services Board (LSB, the oversight regulator in England and Wales), nor the majority of the governing board of the LSB may be lawlegal profession by providing that neither the Chair of Legal Services Board (LSB, the oversight regulator in England and Wales), nor the majority of the governing board of the LSB may be lawLegal Services Board (LSB, the oversight regulator in England and Wales), nor the majority of the governing board of the LSB may be lawyers.

For a discussion of the control the legal profession in general, and the ABA in particular, has with respect to the regulation of legal services in the US, see Gillian Hadfield, «Innovating to Improve Access: Changing the Way Courts Regulate Legal Markets,» Daedalus 143 (2014) 3, 10 legal profession in general, and the ABA in particular, has with respect to the regulation of legal services in the US, see Gillian Hadfield, «Innovating to Improve Access: Changing the Way Courts Regulate Legal Markets,» Daedalus 143 (2014) 3, 10 legal services in the US, see Gillian Hadfield, «Innovating to Improve Access: Changing the Way Courts Regulate Legal Markets,» Daedalus 143 (2014) 3, 10 Legal Markets,» Daedalus 143 (2014) 3, 10 - 11.

In the law review article, Jayne frames her argument for the profession to embrace a new model, by first laying out the history of fee - sharing regulation in the legal professioIn the law review article, Jayne frames her argument for the profession to embrace a new model, by first laying out the history of fee - sharing regulation in the legal professioin the legal profession.

Changes in regulation of the legal profession around the world, with the focus shifting to risk - based, proactive and appropriate management systems rather than one - size - fits - all, rules - based models;

Self - regulation of the legal profession and independence of the legal profession from the state are not synonymous terms — there is no reason why challenging the power of the ABA to regulate legal services will necessarily result in ending the independence of the legal profession from the state (that is, in leaving the legal profession vulnerable to political influence or pressure by the government).

(1) the foreign lawyer must be a member in good standing of a recognized legal profession in a foreign jurisdiction, the members of which are admitted to practice as lawyers or counselors at law or the equivalent, and subject to effective regulation and discipline by a duly constituted professional body or a public authority; or,

With the current self — regulation of the legal profession, non-lawyers aren't allowed to have any ownership interests in a firm.

However, all lawyers and Law Societies in Canada would be wise to heed the warnings in the last paragraph of that report: «where benefits to the consumer can be attained with proper regulation to ensure that professional values are not lost, the Law Society must develop proper regulation to allow for changes to the profession through which improved access to legal services can be attained.»

Significantly, the Regulatory Objectives strive to enhance public understanding of and confidence in the regulation of legal services by the Society, and speak to the unique and important role the Society plays in promoting and preserving the independence of the legal profession in the public interest.

In this context, the Commission takes pains to clarify that its proposal regarding LSPs «is consistent with the longstanding ABA policy in support of state - based judicial regulation of the legal profession and the practice of law by licensed lawyers.&raquIn this context, the Commission takes pains to clarify that its proposal regarding LSPs «is consistent with the longstanding ABA policy in support of state - based judicial regulation of the legal profession and the practice of law by licensed lawyers.&raquin support of state - based judicial regulation of the legal profession and the practice of law by licensed lawyers.»

Citing an article by Laurel Terry, Steve Mark and Tahlia Gordon, «Adopting Regulatory Objectives for the Legal Profession,» the Report lists five benefits of the adoption of regulatory objectives, including that they serve as a guide to assist those regulating the legal profession and those being regulated, and they assist in ensuring that the function and purpose of the particular regulation is transpaLegal Profession,» the Report lists five benefits of the adoption of regulatory objectives, including that they serve as a guide to assist those regulating the legal profession and those being regulated, and they assist in ensuring that the function and purpose of the particular regulation is transpalegal profession and those being regulated, and they assist in ensuring that the function and purpose of the particular regulation is transparent.

[25] And in its Issues Paper Concerning New Categories of Legal Services Providers, the Futures Commission made a point of explaining that the paper's concept of authorizing and regulating nonlawyer legal service providers «is consistent with the longstanding ABA policy in support of state - based judicial regulation of the legal profession.&rLegal Services Providers, the Futures Commission made a point of explaining that the paper's concept of authorizing and regulating nonlawyer legal service providers «is consistent with the longstanding ABA policy in support of state - based judicial regulation of the legal profession.&rlegal service providers «is consistent with the longstanding ABA policy in support of state - based judicial regulation of the legal profession.&rlegal profession.»

[35] Barton discusses the lack of public accountability by judges who regulate legal profession in his article «An Institutional Analysis of Lawyer Regulation,» 1200 - 1204.

Changes in the regulation of the legal profession around the world, which have shifted focus to risk based, proactive and appropriate management system - based regimes rather than one - size - fits - all, rules based models;

This connection is manifested in the fact that ultimate authority over the legal profession is vested largely in the courts... To the extent that lawyers meet the obligations of their professional calling, the occasion for government regulation is obviated.

Crispin Passmore, Executive Director, Solicitors Regulation Authority (in book): Passmore explains how the SRA inherited a «traditional and old - fashioned» regulatory system driven by the needs of the legal profession, and the SRA's ongoing journey to transform the system to one focused on consumers of legal services.

In March 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down certain provisions of Canada's Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and regulations pertaining to the legal profession.

On the possibility of a single regulator being introduced — the Legal Services Board (LSB) controversially called for a single legal services regulator in 2013 — Lavender warned that a super-quango would fail to understand the differences between the various parts of the legal profession and would try to impose a one - size - fits - all concept of regulaLegal Services Board (LSB) controversially called for a single legal services regulator in 2013 — Lavender warned that a super-quango would fail to understand the differences between the various parts of the legal profession and would try to impose a one - size - fits - all concept of regulalegal services regulator in 2013 — Lavender warned that a super-quango would fail to understand the differences between the various parts of the legal profession and would try to impose a one - size - fits - all concept of regulalegal profession and would try to impose a one - size - fits - all concept of regulation.

While the Court of Appeal and the Federation place great stress on independence of the bar as it relates to self - regulation of the legal profession, I do not find it necessary or desirable in this appeal to address the extent, if at all, to which self - regulation of the legal profession is a principle of fundamental justice.

I fervently hope that you and other erstwhile supporters of ABS will have the courage of epiphany and will eschew the worst idea to hit the profession in centuries, and will instead (1) strive to maintain the hard - won full and uncompromised independence of the legal profession, (2) fight against the greedy forces that would cartelize the delivery of legal services to the permanent detriment of the public and the profession, (3) be eternally vigilant in preserving our privilege / right of self - regulation, and (4) strive assiduously toward identifying and implementing effective ways (we pretty much already know them) to bring down the one horrific barrier to justice.

She studies the design of legal and dispute resolution systems in advanced and developing market economies; the markets for law, lawyers and dispute resolution; contract law and theory; economic analysis of law; and regulation of legal markets and legal profession.

Richard also has been pressing for liberalization of the regulation of the legal profession, especially in unauthorized practice of law and nonlawyer investment in law firms, as means to better serve middle - class consumers of legal services.

This year: while ops teams are indeed of diverse composition and include those with many disciplines who work well together, I'm still not seeing lawyers take the mental and emotional leap toward overruling the predominate legal class system — both in departments and in the larger profession via regulation — that discriminates between the roles and value of «lawyers» vs «non-lawyers.»

Noting that education and regulation of the legal profession are matters of provincial jurisdiction, Saguil calls the federal government's intervention in the case «perplexing.»

Consider — just for a moment — that the «bargain» of self - regulation has been set aside — such that there is, in theory, a much lower expecation by the public and by the profession relative to legal professionals» obligations to the «public good».

Much of the current attention given to how the Canadian legal profession is regulated is a result of moves away from lawyer self - regulation in other common law jurisdictions.

That report talks about experimentation in a number of different contexts, including legal practice, regulation of the profession and pre-call training.

In the absence of a systematic analysis of judicial regulation in Canada, we lack a complete picture of the current regulatory landscape governing this country's legal profession and how it came to bIn the absence of a systematic analysis of judicial regulation in Canada, we lack a complete picture of the current regulatory landscape governing this country's legal profession and how it came to bin Canada, we lack a complete picture of the current regulatory landscape governing this country's legal profession and how it came to be.

The Court of Appeal for the Yukon Territory had held that the court had no jurisdiction to refuse a withdrawal for nonpayment of fees, in part, because the legal profession is self - governing and that the provincial and territorial law societies have primary responsibility over lawyer regulation.

The authors cite A. S. Watson in Some Factors in the Contemporary Regulation of the American Legal and Medical Professions,