«Law students and lawyers with disabilities still face barriers in accessing and
remaining in the legal profession.
Further, women who
remain in the legal profession in Canada are subject to a substantial income gap.
The goal of these lawyers was to manage life in a way that let them stay at home with their children, and at the same time
remain in the legal profession.
Not exact matches
Leaving aside the fact that nearly twenty - five years later legalized abortion still
remains our most pressing
legal and social issue, the claim that the issue of abortion could be medicalized turns out to be wrong
in a way that we should have been able to predict long before: the medical
profession has for the most part declined to join the partnership.
In the
legal profession, it barely started, but
remains stalled.
«The ability to understand and build
legal technologies will become an increasingly valuable skill
in the marketplace, while the ability to provide appropriate critique and understand their limitations
remains important for the
legal profession.»
The prolonged eurozone downturn and economic stagnation
in the UK are continuing to dent business confidence within the
legal profession, with one
in three partners expecting revenues to fall or
remain static at their firm over the coming year.
Partner lateral recruitment
remains one of the primary drivers of growth
in the
legal profession.
Having posted here earlier today about big - firm salary wars carrying fresh - out - of - school associates to the absurd pay level of $ 160,000, I was reassured that there
remains some hope for the
legal profession by this article to appear
in Monday's National Law Journal: Interest
in summer jobs at top firms cools down.
You might be frustrated at how best to achieve greater diversity
in a
profession that
remains too white, middle - class, and male to differing degrees
in differing parts; you might be anxious about how you are going to pay your way through law school and how much debt you are going to have at the end of it; alternatively, you might well be vexed about the oversupply of graduates who never achieve
legal careers; you might be concerned about preserving the unique identity of your
profession (as many at the Bar are); or you might just want to ensure that new recruits
in law firms have a basic grip of the fundamentals and can do something useful on day one.
The
legal profession should unify, singing from the same hymn sheet to promote the value of justice, and access to it; with the foundations lying within the Magna Carta itself, which still provides three clauses that
remain in force today.
It touches on the
legal profession's ability to
remain independent and self - governing, and it concerns the public interest
in access to justice.
Nancy McCarthy analyzes the results
in the current issue of the California Bar Journal, and notes that «minority attorneys continue to face serious obstacles to success
in the
legal profession from initial job opportunities to career advancement, and they
remain grossly underrepresented
in top - level private sector jobs.»
Trust can come
in many forms and can be the result of many actions, but
remains paramount
in the
legal profession.
The immediately preceding post examined
in detail one element of the Haeri Report, which expressly recommends that law firms be allowed to open their share capital to nonlawyers (specifically, to persons who are not members of one of France's regulated
legal professions), provided that nonlawyers
remain minority shareholders.
The Society strives to
remain abreast of changes
in the
legal services marketplace that may impact the
profession and consumers
in Nova Scotia; be aware of the expectations of consumers of
legal services; demonstrate commitment to educating and assisting lawyers
in achieving the goals of competent and ethical practice; and adopt clear and transparent means for enforcing adherence to these standards.
If not, then you'll
remain dependent on both market conditions and the hope that other lawyers will continue to falsely think that they are not
in the
profession of selling
legal services.
``... the perception of a lawyer and the
legal profession remains as someone or something that we need usually
in a stressful, difficult situation / time and that, as a buyer of
legal advice / services, you're going to get whacked with an expensive bill for a piece of work that you don't understand for the privilege of not being communicated with very often throughout the process.»
Betsy
remains an outspoken advocate for women and minorities
in the
legal profession.
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Although women make up about a third of the
legal profession and 42 % of associates at major firms, the number of women partners
in those firms
remains low (16.30 %) and the number of women
in firm management and leadership roles is even smaller.
From auditing classes and free and reduced cost CLE opportunities, to a top - ranked LLM program
in Taxation, NYLS offers alumni a variety of ways to
remain on the cutting - edge of a changing
legal profession.
Particularly
in sharing
in print his unfolding thinking and decision - making about pedagogy,
in a
profession where so few
legal academics talk
in print about Socratic case method teaching, Bainbridge
remains a must - read.
Recognizing this, the Canadian Bar Association recently launched a «
Legal Futures» probe into the future of the legal profession, to help the Canadian legal profession remain relevant, viable and confident in the face of ch
Legal Futures» probe into the future of the
legal profession, to help the Canadian legal profession remain relevant, viable and confident in the face of ch
legal profession, to help the Canadian
legal profession remain relevant, viable and confident in the face of ch
legal profession remain relevant, viable and confident
in the face of change.
Finally,
in order to help ensure the recipient's successful entry into the
legal profession, the firm will assign an attorney to mentor the recipient for the student's
remaining law school career.
In order to
remain focused during my self - imposed isolation, I always find it useful to briefly reflect on quotes that broadly connect the
legal profession with issues surrounding mental health.
There will be continued resistance
in the U.S. by state bar associations to non-lawyers providing direct services to U.S. consumers, despite the fact that 80 % of consumers
remain unserved by the
legal profession.
The article I am writing for The Complete Lawyer features Renaissance Souls
remaining happily
in the
legal profession and includes tips from them on how the RSer stays satisfied and engaged
in the practice of law.
Even so, given the amount of cross-border activity
in the region, Ethiopia
remains in the sights of the international
legal profession.