Sentences with phrase «research lawyers»

This column takes a slightly different path from our banter at that meeting but, in essence, rests on one of the same themes: the role of research lawyers in firms today.

That is why career legal research lawyers are necessary.

And, finally, depending on the answers here, is there more that specialized legal researchers (such as research lawyers and law librarians) can or should do?

Should this be a primary role for research lawyers today?

For example, a niche expert resource can be a role undertaken by research lawyers, or lawyers who are also librarians, which has been the experience of me and others I know.

For example, I find my information - seeking habits and needs now (as an academic law librarian) are quite different from when I was a practicing research lawyer.

She has practiced as a General Counsel and at both boutique and large law firms as an advanced research lawyer.

For larger firms, does this depend on how many research lawyers are in the firm?

Even if you aren't completely sure that you wish to begin divorce proceedings, it's a good idea to begin researching lawyers early.

Our medical research lawyers recognize that quality health care begins with excellent medical research.

When I left private practice to become a full - time research lawyer, I missed having a section that specifically related to my area of practice.

As we all know, over the past several decades it has become not uncommon for law firms of various sizes to have in - house research lawyers.

So «Certified Specialist» is one label you can definitely take into account when researching lawyers.

Clearly conveying practice areas makes researching lawyers much easier.

Do law firms have a need for internal research lawyers?

The skills that a good legal research lawyer can provide go beyond what the average lawyer can do (although the average lawyer should have basic legal research skills).

Those with dual degrees are also desirable in some law firms for research lawyer and knowledge management positions.

Founder Matthew Oleynik, a Toronto - based research lawyer with a criminal law background, says the tool started as a «personal project» after he become «annoyed» at the limited information available on sentencing.

In Toronto there is a monthly meeting of research lawyers from various firms and organizations.

In 1980, I bought and put a desktop computer on the desk of each of my legal research lawyers at LAO LAW, (a large centralized legal research unit at Legal Aid Ontario for lawyers in private practice willing to service legal aid cases).

We have always ensured that our team includes research lawyers who are dedicated to supporting and enhancing the work of our litigators.

I was a guest at a meeting of Toronto research lawyers today (see Ted Tjaden's post below) and found it very interesting.

I'd like everyone's feedback on an issue that arises from time to time when I talk with other research lawyers in Calgary.

Studies show that clients are researching lawyers on LinkedIn before making a hiring decision, every attorney should be strategically managing their LinkedIn account.

The CBA Research Lawyers North section invited a LRW instructor to present a session about the University of Alberta 1L research class and what they teach

This popular textbook by research lawyer Rosemary Bocska and Toronto lawyer and frequent REM contributor Martin Rumack is now in its fourth edition.

I gave a presentation yesterday to some friends at the CBA Alberta Research Lawyers North subsection on using social media sources for legal research.

[i] Its legal research service would be staffed by career legal research lawyers using the technology of centralized legal research, first developed at LAO LAW.

My own view is that a weighting in favour of sharing current awareness is preferable, especially for more senior research lawyers, who may be able to offer some personal takes on legal news or draw parallels and connections with previous law and other elements of the law.

Research lawyers today.

Here in Manitoba, we have opted for a core group of experienced staff research lawyers, supplemented by third year law students who clerk with the Court for law school credit.

Similar functions to those of law firm research lawyers are also carried out by dedicated individuals in government departments, courts, tribunals, and other organizations; these persons... [more]

So I would challenge research lawyers in other provinces, where there is not yet a dedicated section of the bar association for legal research, to take the initiative and create such a section.

Alejandro (Alex) Manevich, the multi-talented research lawyer at Ogilvy Renault in Toronto, writes to say that he likes our CanLII Find bookmarklet so much that he changed it.

Research lawyer Matthew Oleynik and his team have analysed and tagged thousands of sentencing cases, double checking their results with computer indexing, to create a database from which relevant precedents can be easily retrieved.

Additionally, Wendy - Ann Berkenbosch, a partner - track research lawyer with Davis and Co., opened with «1) nLegal research is not just for students and juniors.

Christy Smith - Worthylake is an Ottawa - based virtual research lawyer.

This section will be geared towards those who conduct legal research, including lawyers with firms, the courts, government, corporations and law reform and other legal institutions, contract research lawyers, and law librarians in the private and public sectors.

I'm a law librarian and once - upon - a-time research lawyer.

There are of course purely academic or research lawyers out there that play a major role in the development of the law, but, for professionals, knowing the business is half of the job.

Ms Best, a noted research lawyer, reviews three recent Canadian books on legal research and then goes on to offer some wise thoughts of a more general nature on research tools.

Is this a fair statement of the difference between academic researchers and practising research lawyers?

So if you or if anyone knows of a Quebec research lawyer or legal librarian who would commit to Slaw, please let me know.

In other words, ROSS is every law firm's dream research lawyer.

Also quoted are Rosemary Bocska, an independent research lawyer, and J.A. Prestage, head of the legal research group at Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP.