Sentences with phrase «see women lawyers»

Not exact matches

«We've ev en seen cases where women were handcuffed to their hospital beds,» said Maria Beatriz Galli, human rights lawyer and Latin American policy associate for Ipas.

We've already seen that with niche spaces of all kinds popping up, whether for architects or lawyers or musicians or women.

The clients in such matters, men and women in acute personal crises, were apt to regard the lawyer (and he was apt to see himself) as a champion, a special friend in need.

In a letter to Justice Minister Mohammed al - Issa seen by Reuters, eight judges complained about foreign trainers who shave their beards contrary to purist Islam, the minister's meetings with diplomats of «infidel» states and plans to let women practice as lawyers.

Starring Natalie Portman, The Other Woman sees the actress make a turn as a newlywed lawyer who must deal with the loss of a newborn...

This is a woman who won't let anyone see how annoyed she is, weathering the bigger storm to proceed with both a company merger and her own engagement to her lawyer (Toby Jones).

K&L Gates has promoted 50 lawyers to partner including 27 women, while London has seen three new partners added to its ranks

Other women have been successful without the need for any support from other women so see no value in supporting women lawyer associations.

However, only the back of the woman's head would be visible to most of the courtroom, and only the accused, lawyers, court staff and the judge saw the front of her face without her niqab.

Carrie Goldberg (woman is a superhero [note: I've seen her office and it's gorgeous — if she were not a kick - ass lawyer, she could run an interior design empire.

One woman «was in jail eleven months before a lawyer was appointed,» while another person «spent thirteen months in jail without seeing a lawyer or a judge.»

Like as you were talking, a couple things that came to mind was, when somebody goes to an event and they see that the lawyer named Ruth is coming to speak, they tend to assume that I'm an old, stuffy Jewish woman.

For TBD3, we switched to an open application process and saw the number of women lawyer applicants jump.

In an interview at the U.S. Supreme Court in August, Justice Ginsburg talked about her career as a lawyer and judge; about marriage to her late husband, Martin; and about the changes that women have seen in law and parenthood.

He saw women social workers who were providing legal aid as part of a realm that did not belong in law, that could never have the prestige of law, and could not attract other lawyers to it.

Smith and others saw women lay lawyers and social workers as «monstrosities,» and Smith simply could not get his head around the idea that women could actually provide quality legal services.

Many male lawyers saw their positions in legal aid as a stepping stone to something else, whereas for the women, that was it — that was their career.

I'd be curious to see, for example, whether women lawyers manage to complete tasks more quickly precisely because they have less time.

Interestingly, women lawyers» assertive behaviour is acceptable, or is subjected to less backlash, when it is seen as advocating for others.

Women lawyers with children see September and June as two of the most hectic months of the year.

In the video, which Corbeil made and presented as proof that he had made a proper arrest, the woman is seen approaching the lawyer's back door, then bending over to pick up a container with the cat food in it.

When senior female lawyers are asked to mentor junior associates, time is taken away from their billable hours in a scenario that already sees women clocking fewer billable hours and contributing more hours to non-billable but essential firm functions.

For example - when I articled (about a million years ago) my principal was a woman — and it was an interesting experience seeing that — at that point (1985) of the four female lawyers in our city, every one of them were «family lawyers» — which is the predominant A2J focus for the most part now.

7 See, e.g., Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever, Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide (Princeton, Princeton University Press) 2003; National Association of Women Lawyers» First National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms, October 25, 2006 (www.nawl.org)

I see this more frequently among women lawyers, but it is not exclusively a female problem.

You know you're not in the Yellow Pages anymore when you see a lawyer marketing his criminal defense practice to gang members with business cards proclaiming himself «the thugs» lawyer,» or a Los Angeles practitioner holding herself out as «L.A.'s Dopest Attorney» for clients who «want to smoke pot on probation,» or a Chicago divorce lawyer whose billboards of scantily - clad men and women read «Life's short.

Jodie is recognised for her strong analytical skills, innovative thinking and capacity to see an idea from inception to implementation in a wide range of circumstances, most notably as the architect and the founding Managing Director of Hive Legal, a role for which she was recognised as a finalist in Lawyers» Weekly Women in Law Awards Executive of the Year 2015.

See H. P. Southerland, English as a Second Language — Or Why Lawyers Can't Write, 18 St. Thomas L. Rev. 53, 65 (2005)(discussing the «deeply rooted» belief that students should already know this material and if they do not, it is «too late»); see also Pamela Edwards, Teaching Legal Writing as Women's Work: Life on the Fringes of the Academy, 4 < Cardozo Women's L.J. 75, 83 (199See H. P. Southerland, English as a Second Language — Or Why Lawyers Can't Write, 18 St. Thomas L. Rev. 53, 65 (2005)(discussing the «deeply rooted» belief that students should already know this material and if they do not, it is «too late»); see also Pamela Edwards, Teaching Legal Writing as Women's Work: Life on the Fringes of the Academy, 4 < Cardozo Women's L.J. 75, 83 (199see also Pamela Edwards, Teaching Legal Writing as Women's Work: Life on the Fringes of the Academy, 4 < Cardozo Women's L.J. 75, 83 (1997).

In fact, many women see what many men do not — that these changes may be liberating for lawyers, freeing them from the yoke of the billable hour, bringing greater flexibility to their lives, and allowing them to use collaborative skills and talents that the current system has suppressed.

He continued: «It is also testimony to all that tenacious women lawyers have achieved that it will not be seen as in any way remarkable when women achieve high public or judicial office.»

[2] Cojocaru v. British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Centre, 2013 SCC 30 at para. 33 (emphasis added)(see also, See also, Crowne - Mohammed, Emir, «The Copyright Issues Associated with Judicial Decision - Making (or, Hold on to Your Briefs: Are Judges Required to Cite Material Written by Lawyersee also, See also, Crowne - Mohammed, Emir, «The Copyright Issues Associated with Judicial Decision - Making (or, Hold on to Your Briefs: Are Judges Required to Cite Material Written by LawyerSee also, Crowne - Mohammed, Emir, «The Copyright Issues Associated with Judicial Decision - Making (or, Hold on to Your Briefs: Are Judges Required to Cite Material Written by Lawyers?)

When society finds a way to make it financially feasible to have a family or personal life without killing yourself on the job, we'll see more women lawyers having a long career.

If the lawyers and judge in that court room had seen Ms. Cardinal in this way, had seen her not as a problem to be solved but as a vulnerable, caring, resilient and brave woman, would they have felt the same way about locking her up?

What strategies have you used as a solo attorney who takes maternity leave, or what practices have you seen used both other solo women lawyers to accomplish a smooth maternity leave?

My expectation was that the data would support a commonly held view that qualified women lawyers are being overlooked in the judicial appointment process and that the gender disparities we see in appointments is the result of discrimination or bias in that process (see, for example this op ed piece from June 2014.)

Seeing other women forge a successful path in the profession and joining firms that clearly demonstrate their commitment to female attorneys will encourage younger lawyers.

Another example raises the question of what influences advocacy, this one from a woman lawyer and AFCC activist who inexplicably lobbies for joint custody and father's rights (and more therapeutic jurisprudence in the courts) even though the arrangement worked for neither herself as a child, nor, ultimately, her own daughter: [ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE COMMENT]: «In personal life, we learn things about the day to day realities too, that influence the lenses through which we see life.

See Kathleen Waits, Battered Women and Family Lawyers: The Need for an Identification Protocol, 58 Alb.

[107] See Waits, supra note 31, at 1033 - 34 (explaining that family lawyers of both sexes often believe the myths that battered women enjoy being beaten or that they could leave the relationship if they wanted).