Sentences with phrase «research lawyers at»

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).

While a research lawyer at a small Edmonton firm in the mid-90s, she managed the library and helped build a knowledge management system.

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.

She is also a non-practicing member of the Bars of Alberta (1994) and Ontario (2004), and while a research lawyer at a small Edmonton firm in the mid-90s, she managed the library and helped build a knowledge management system.

Not exact matches

Mona Siddiqui, chief data officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services commented that in tackling the issue the government was still struggling to get various agencies (mostly their lawyers)-- FDA, CMS, CDC — to unify around definitions of basic terms like «research.»

And while Kogan maintained he had never drawn a salary from the work he did for SCL — saying his reward was «to keep the data», and get to use it for academic research — he confirmed SCL did pay GSR # 230,000 at one point during the project; a portion of which he also said eventually went to pay lawyers he engaged «in the wake» of Facebook becoming aware that data had been passed to SCL / CA by Kogan — when it contacted him to ask him to delete the data (and presumably also to get him to sign the NDA).

preacherlady said, on November 6th, 2009 at 2:48 am Jerry... a Harvard educated lawyer knows how to research.

At the root of baby courts» success and effectiveness are judges informed by the latest research in attachment and attachment trauma who then guide the lawyers, therapists, court coordinators and child representatives toward the goal of keeping the child safe and bringing the family together again.

Also at 6 p.m., Sen. Liz Krueger hosts «Counterattack: The Media, The War on Women, and How to Fight» forum, with speakers including Baruch College Survey Research Director Micky Blum, lawyer and author Ariel Chesler, comedian and writer Katie Halper, and political analyst Tanya Melich, Baruch College Newman Conference Center, 151 E. 25th St., Manhattan.

That's hard to predict, said lawyer Amy Lavine, who researched municipal consolidation in 2007 while she was a staff attorney at the Government Law Center of Albany Law School.

A year ago these geneticists, lawyers, historians and philosophers participated in a workshop at the Center for Human Genome Research of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

The tech transfer internship program at the University of Michigan is run by Elaine Brock, the director of the Medical School's Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Research, a lawyer who was also trained in health services administration; and assistant director Maria Sippola - Thiele, a former National Cancer Institute postdoc who subsequently got her M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Even with the growing police state, the Chinese government probably does not want to risk losing even some of these beneficial relationships,» notes international lawyer Elizabeth Lynch, formerly a research fellow at New York University's U.S. - Asia Law Institute in New York City, at the China Law & Policy blog.

Although a clause in the law that funds NIH prevents the agency from funding research that would harm or destroy an embryo, a lawyer at the Department of Health and Human Services ruled in 1999 that because stem cells — which can grow ad infinitum in culture — are not themselves embryos, the NIH could fund work with cells that were derived by privately funded researchers or researchers overseas.

In a research article, Flett and his co-authors Professor Paul Hewitt of the University of British Columbia and Professor Marnin Heisel of Western University note that physicians, lawyers and architects, whose occupations emphasize on precision, and also those in leadership roles are at higher risk for perfectionism - related suicide, citing the recent cases of prominent perfectionists who died by suicide.

I am a lawyer in private practice in Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and also an Adjunct Fellow at the School of Law and at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research.

There is so much to the process including legal research and writing, which is challenging even for credit lawyers at times.

I had not researched pet insurance at all even though I am an insurance lawyer.

«Several years ago, I started researching common sense ways to address climate change at the local level and decided to focus on food,» says Radow, a lawyer, professor of Sustainability Action at Manhattanville College and member of the Mamaroneck Sustainability Collaborative, a volunteer committee created to advise the Town on environmental issues.

Another is Bill Hare, a Greenpeace lawyer and its Campaign Director, who frequently misrepresents himself as a «scientist» and speaks at the Potsdam Institute, Germany's main global warming research center.

HLS is dedicated to exploring ways to further engage students, to better prepare them to be effective lawyers in the real world, and to innovate for the legal classroom.To that end, our faculty and staff at HLS research and write case studies, role plays, and problems that can be used and adapted in a variety of classroom settings.

Rebecca Lynn, general partner at Canvas and a lawyer earlier in her career, said that she believed the speed and scale of Casetext's disruption of the legal research industry was profound.

In fact, Andreozzi believes, lawyers at the highest levels of their practice areas are most likely to focus on that latter category of business intelligence research, including business news, corporate and company information, and docket information.

Data breaches and protecting corporate data are increasingly the issues keeping in - house lawyers awake at night, research shows.

For example, LAO LAW at Legal Aid Ontario is exactly that — a centralized legal research unit providing legal opinions for those lawyers willing to do legal aid cases.

Yes, law school does a good job at training you to «think like a lawyer» and spot issues, do legal research, draft legal documents, and put together a legal argument.

During a three - day conference this weekend at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, many professors expressed concern that law students are not prepared for the extent of research required to become a lawyer, according to a report in the student newspaper, The Daily Texan.

I developed these methods as part of the technology of centralized legal research at LAO LAW, Legal Aid Ontario's (LAO's) centralized legal research unit for Ontario lawyers in private practice who service legal aid cases (a judicare model).

Ninety percent (55 out of 62) of newly qualified lawyers (NQs) at the UK's top firms in Hong Kong were offered jobs this September, all of whom accepted, according to research by Legal Week.

Beyond law schools, mental health issues in the legal profession is something that is increasingly addressed: «But research suggests that [lawyers] are at much higher risk of depression, anxiety and substance abuse issues than people in the broader population — and may even be more susceptible than those in other high - stress professions, such as medicine.»

In total 672 NQs took up roles at the top 20 firms this year, a drop of 6.3 % on the autumn 2012 qualifying round, in which 717 lawyers were recruited, according to research by Legal Week.

The research, which surveyed more than 100 general counsels and senior lawyers at 55 independent law firms across 41 countries, revealed what today's global client is seeking from its legal provider.

As online legal research resources become more personalized and sophisticated, it is increasingly important that lawyers outside of major urban centres be offered such training and have access to the reference services of a trained law librarian at the local level, especially if they are to be expected to offer competent and competitive legal services to their clients.

Our research found that while most lawyers would have looked at Google Earth, most of them had no understanding of the evidential opportunities these technologies presented and had never considered using such imagery in a legal context.

At the Strategic Solutions for Solo & Small Firms conference last year, Levitt and Rosch gave two presentations on advanced internet research (not just legal research, but lawyers obviously need to be able to research more than cases and statutes).

In October 2010, I wrote about the roll - out of Lexis Advance for Solos, the flat - rate legal research platform targeted at one - and two - lawyer firms.

Still, for legal research on the go, at any time, and for zero cost, this is a must - have for any lawyer with an iPhone.

The research, which surveyed more than 100 general counsel (GC), and senior lawyers at 55 independent law firms across 41 countries, revealed what today's global client is seeking from its legal provider.

The myriad of the Rules of Court and the flood of Forms dominate the cycle of all lawyers and Judges, and this is the toughest area for SRL»S to navigate and prepare because they have jobs and do not have the luxury of unlimited resources such as; a) Client Money b) Office supplies c) Secretaries d) Legal Assistants e) The latest in research tools at their disposal.

At the same time, I've also had terrible experiences with older lawyers whom I've supervised (particularly those retired from a government background) who ignored deadlines and turned out terribly researched work product.

The research reveals a significant bias towards the West — with 83 % of lawyers at the top 30 firms based in Europe or North America — and clear gaps in key trading areas around the world.

In many instances people will ask questions that only a lawyer will know how to answer or, at least have a proper answer without the need for further research.

The same could be true of the next generation of lawyers and their current legal research professors.2 We have likely reached a point at which our frames of reference diverge sufficiently that we don't share a common reference point for approaching the structure of legal research.3 Arguably, the tech - saturated millennials need a solid research foundation more than any generation before them.4 Yet many of them regard our legal research instruction as cumbersome or outdated.5 Having grown up using intuitive electronic devices, and using them to good advantage, 6 many modern law students resist legal research methods that require rigidity, formality, or — worst of all — a trip to a print library.7 Indeed, many of them are downright «mistrustful both of physical libraries and of those who extol their virtues.»

Lawyers at big firms had online research accounts and solos went to the law library to use the books.

You can join me today at 1 p.m. for «How to Conduct Free Legal Research Online,» a webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association, Center for Professional Development, Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division, and the Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress.

No doubt about it: information technology is marching — no, sprinting — ahead, fueled by new products that promise to revolutionize law practice and make lawyers more efficient.16 But at the same time, the feedback about law graduates» research skills remains lackluster at best.17 Despite a literal surplus of available tools, recent law graduates generally lack the research skills employers expect.18

Each year, the research team at Super Lawyers undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney - led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good - standing and disciplinaryLawyers undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney - led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good - standing and disciplinarylawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney - led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good - standing and disciplinary check.

The ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs recently stated: «Our research indicates that lawyers and law students use and abuse alcohol at rates far higher than the public in general and suffer from mental health disorders, particularly depression and anxiety, leading to both debilitation and suicide in inordinate numbers.»

Hildebrand Law, PC has been awarded the 2017 Best Divorce Lawyers in Scottsdale award based upon their independent research of the experience, knowledge, and skill of the attorneys at Hildebrand Law, PC.

My early encounters with electronic legal researchbefore becoming a librarian are quaint recollections — my law firm's one Lexis terminal, a behemoth console squirreled away in a tiny electrical closet where searchers, wedged in the closet's doorway, gaveliteral expression to being at the threshold of computerized research, or mind - boggling speculation that somedayeach lawyer, at least atthe most prosperous firms, might have a Lexis or Westlaw terminal at hervery own desk.