In case you haven't noticed, lawyers (of which I am one) are not the most
respected profession out there.
We have all seen how tough certification procedures have made
respected professions out of accountants and financial planners.
Not exact matches
As Goldstein points
out, it seems not to have occurred to the early reformers that if teaching were considered unsuitable for men with options, it would be difficult to argue that teaching was a skilled
profession worthy of significant
respect and pay.
304 pages Published by Picador One of the medical
profession's most
respected players points
out that, somewhere along the way, medicine has lost sight of the end goal.
The Runners also get all sorts of gizmos to help them
out, like deflectors which make the Hunters change direction, sonic stunners to freeze them in place for a couple of minutes, and invisibility glasses to make them pretend that «game show heavy» is an important and
respected profession, no matter what their sister - in - law «Doctor Sarah» has to say about it, the self - important bitch.
But if a
respected Miami lawyer can be indicted for writing a legal opinion — which many Florida lawyers believe to have been written in good faith — on a drug - money question, then surely government lawyers can and should have to undergo, at minimum, an ethics investigation for selling
out themselves, the legal
profession, and American politico - legal values in order to tell Bush and Cheney that they could torture prisoners to their hearts» content.
With over 21 years of experience, our lawyers stand
out in the legal
profession for their skill, and are highly
respected by insurance companies, defense attorneys and judges.
While the situation was not the major spat between the chief and the PM that some media made it
out to be, the legal
profession's response was indicative of the
respect in which McLachlin is held.
The organization believes putting real stories of real lawyers
out there will help to change that perception as individuals generally
respect their own lawyers, just not the
profession as a whole.
The worst things that could happen would be (1) to further erode, increasingly over time, the
respect for the
profession by selling the independence of the
profession to profit seekers, (2) erode, increasingly over time, the
respect for the judiciary given they would come
out of a disrespected
profession that had lost its independence, and (3) government take - over of the regulation of (which necessarily means having undue influence over) the
profession (the
profession that is the most critical in keeping the government honest).
«First, we are part of a
respected profession (notwithstanding all of the lawyer jokes
out there).
Yet, without breaking
out of old moulds, without trying something new from time to time, without accepting that trying and failing is a necessary step to growth, the legal
profession and justice system as a whole can not effectively move past the current challenges with
respect to access to justice, homogeneity of the
profession, technological innovation and consumer demand for change.
The awards presentation acknowledged she is highly
respected by others in the
profession and cited several reasons why Mleczko was singled
out for this honour, including her current involvement with nine community or charitable organizations, as well as being an active committee member who has served on numerous RAHB committees and task forces.
Surely we have enough
respect for the
profession and enough guts to enforce professional and ethical behaviour, and we can leave the regulator and the government
out of the process of negotiating a contract.