Students will learn to creatively
solve legal problems as well as complex legal services delivery problems.
We use these relationships to efficiently and effectively provide counsel and
solve legal problems as they arise.
Our goal for our clients is to
solve their legal problem as quickly and inexpensively as possible.
Not exact matches
But
as people with experience
solving complex
problems, leading complex organizations and coping with regulatory and
legal issues, they have a valid and vital perspective to express on matters of politics and public policy.
The church can
solve this
problem by a «render unto Caesar» approach by relinquishing the
legal role that the state has lumbered it with, and gets back to the basics of celebrating who God puts together — which,
as stated in the previous verse, was between a man and woman instinct-wise.
As the
legal markets for marijuana spread, a small credit union is
solving a big
problem
And therefore devices such
as the following are used by law societies: (1) methods to control an alleged over-supply of lawyers; (2) «alternative
legal services,» which are charity, simplistic services, and without the benefit of the solicitor - client relationship (pro bono services being but a very small exception, and possibly targeted
legal services); and, (3) the sponsoring of «apps,» (the application of electronic technology to
legal services), the effect of which upon the
problem is unknown and unanalyzed, and can not
solve any such access to justice
problem.
This is a
problem that should be
solved: it is in the interests of all members of the
legal community who write regularly to have access to these time saving software packages,
as this is a place where immediate efficiency improvements could be made with little expense or change in work style.
As in the example above, look beyond the specific
legal problem you hope your clients will hire you to
solve to find earlier opportunities to show them how you can help.
(A
problem that could easily be
solved for
legal proceedings by amending subsections such
as, s. 31.5 CEA and s. 34.1 (8) OEA, and s. 41.6 of the Alberta Evidence Act (AEA), to state that «systems integrity» can be established by proof of compliance with 72.34.)
For further details see (pdf downloads): (1) «Access to Justice — Unaffordable
Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions»; (2) «The Technology of Centralized
Legal Research Can
Solve the Unaffordable
Legal Services
Problem»; (3) «Access to Justice — Canada's Unaffordable
Legal Services — CanLII
as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A Solution to the Unaffordable
Legal Services
Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them Use Alternative
Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important to be Left to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author's page.
Given: (1) the misery and damage caused to the majority of the population by the
problem; and, (2) the law societies» refusal to try to
solve the
problem, the commercial producers have a strong argument that they should be treated
as equal to the ABSs in providing relief from the consequences of the law societies» breach of trust, i.e., their failure to perform the duties attendant to their monopoly over the provision of
legal services.
(1) management by part - time amateurs (benchers), whose work is mostly charity — «amateurs» because they don't have the expertise necessary for
solving difficult
problems such
as the unaffordability of
legal services (and they don't try to get it);
We sponsor and are actively involved with the International
Legal Technology Association (ILTA)
as well
as a number of other important organizations that endorse disruptive technology to
solve our clients»
problems.
What this perhaps shows is that
legal tech start - ups may need to wield very smart and advanced technology, such
as machine learning, but the
problems they need to
solve to be of use to lawyers are in fact sometimes of the simplest nature.
As a seasoned attorney, you can help us
solve these
problems by agreeing to mentor new lawyers who volunteer for pro bono cases through Volunteer
Legal Services.
As business leaders and innovators in the
legal profession, our DNA is to break down complex
legal tasks into basic business
problems and work relentlessly to
solve those
problems with sustainable solutions.
If you share our perspective that the business of law can be better... if you recognize that yesterday's thinking won't
solve tomorrow's
problems... if you're passionate about finding better approaches to the most serious challenges facing the
legal community... then get in touch at
[email protected] and get to know Apogee
as we transform the business of law through practical application of artificial intelligence.
In particular, I'd recommend applying for LawRight - after my short time
as a research assistant I felt much more well informed, connected and capable of
solving problems in the
legal world
By using lawyers to
solve legal problems that can cause illness — from fixing faulty furnaces to navigating immigration rules that may make patients afraid to apply for food or housing assistance — doctors believe they can prevent more serious health crises, such
as malnutrition, job loss, and domestic violence.»
The «cost of
legal services»
problem solved by LAO LAW for LAO, is a smaller version of, but exactly the same
problem as, the majority of the population can not obtain
legal services at reasonable cost.
Alice, I agree entirely that removing lawyers» monopoly on
legal services (
as, by the way, Ontario has already done with the licensing of paralegals) won't
solve all our A2J
problems.
But their purpose is to make money by controlling the
legal services market, and not to
solve social welfare
problems such
as the unaffordability
legal advice services.
Support services like LAO LAW are necessary: (1) to
solve the unaffordable
legal services
problem that is shrinking the
legal profession; (2) to provide
legal research materials and services
as good and easily available
as they are anywhere else; (3) to ease the difficulties of sole practice, particularly in remote areas; and, (4) to reduce the claims LAWPRO has to pay for.
Together,
as a group of professionals, we have created a teaching device for first - year
legal writing courses that has gained wide acceptance: We have seemingly
solved the
problem of teaching the structure of a
legal argument.
As matters presently stand in most American law schools, it is quite possible to obtain a J.D. without ever having taken an international law course or without having considered how other countries might approach or
solve a
legal problem.
No one defined their role
as a lawyer
as someone interested in helping people
solve their
legal problems.»
In its report on the future of
legal services, the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services found, among other things, that attempts to introduce technology as a way to solve legal problems are often met with heavy resist
legal services, the ABA Commission on the Future of
Legal Services found, among other things, that attempts to introduce technology as a way to solve legal problems are often met with heavy resist
Legal Services found, among other things, that attempts to introduce technology
as a way to
solve legal problems are often met with heavy resist
legal problems are often met with heavy resistance.
Design is just a process for creative
problem solving, and lawyers building client - centered law practices need design thinking
as well
as legal thinking to build successful client - service models.
Then I think there's kind of this parallel track of issues to unpack where there's a distinction between small firms that have built their business model around being able to help
solve problems of access, whether that's around unbundling their services or how they do their pricing, or giving away some free do it yourself content on the front end, whether that's also
as part of their lead acquisition strategy or just
as a service to people who need it, is I think separate from people who then volunteer their time in pro bono efforts, or people who donate their money to
legal charitable causes.
I learned about the importance of medical -
legal partnerships, where lawyers can be part of the team at VA medical facilities and I have learned that when lawyers are on the team they can often help
solve the underlying
problem that brings the veteran to the facility, such
as homelessness and without the exposure on the street the veteran has a place to live, often they don't need to come to the medical facility
as often.
Meanwhile, another, different, pressure is being applied
as more and more people choose to
solve their
legal problems without the help of lawyers.
I guess maybe what I'm thinking is that by opening up the window, by learning how to code, learning what's possible, it lets you see a different way of serving clients and
solving legal problems, and part of me thinks that,
as new possibilities come online, new ways of serving clients by building tools that fix things, like this parking ticket app, like a service that allows lawyers to build a referral network that makes them look more like a giant, spread out firm, and other things,
as these possibilities come out there, you can stop thinking about serving just one client's
legal needs, and start thinking about
solving that
legal problem for anyone who comes to you.
My «Conclusion» states: «To argue persuasively that a law society in Canada should be the single regulator of all providers of
legal services requires that, that law society
solve the
problem as to
legal services not being available to the population at reasonable cost.
Building on our present
Legal Research & Writing program, which will remain, we shall introduce our students to a range of skills including: talking to their clients, making a business arrangement with them, offering case - specific counselling and advice, coaching clients on procedures and strategy, reviewing options and alternatives for
problem -
solving with them, supporting client self - help and self - care, talking to and negotiating with the other side (s), participating
as advocates for clients in mediation and other settlement processes, and a variety of hearings processes.
(2) I believe that trying to find a just solution to a contentious matter is
as if not more demanding than arguing for its resolution according to
legal precedents (I always tell my students that they are mistaken if they believe that mooting is the pinnacle of intellectual achievement in law school — in fact it is learning how to negotiate, mediate and
problem -
solve)(3) Learning how to
problem -
solve (which includes relating to the people
as well
as the
problem) is a good deal more practical and important for prospective lawyers than being able to find and apply
legal precedent, any well - trained monkey can learn to do that and (4) I think we make the mistake all the time of imagining that knowledge and skills are somehow binary processes.
We normally think of
legal work
as solving clients»
legal problems in traditional ways: face - to - face meetings, creating documents, negotiating deals, litigating, etc..
The SRL has unfortunately become typecast
as a disgruntled and, often incorrigible
problem to be
solved by those within the
legal profession.
One of the really important things you do
as a criminal defense lawyer is just the simple act of saying, I see you
as a human being, I'm on your side, you're not just a «defendant» to me.That can be a big part of
solving the
legal problems, too.
Unfortunately, that will likely lead to some high - priced
legal talent taking sides and litigating to reach a conclusion
as to what your simple words might explain if only you were alive to help
solve the
problem.
But what makes them useful in
solving real
problems for consumers and businesses just
as LISA does, resides in the imagination of the new
legal service creators in how they use these technologies and their willingness and ability to go there.
But here will be interesting questions in future, like
as AI can
solve some
legal problems, it can probably already
solve some
legal problems better than people can.
LexMeet provides you with the list of lawyers of varying expertise, experience, dialect and location that fits your requirement to
solve your
legal problems such
as...
«
As part of a coalition of providers throughout the state, we found that Wisconsin's elder abuse victims were facing critical civil
legal problems, with virtually no
legal services available to
solve them,» said ERP Director Nicole Zimmer.
Sebastian Ko, Regional Director and Senior
Legal Counsel of integrated legal technology provider Epiq, believes innovation in law will bring about transformational change and solve long unresolved problems in the law, such as access to jus
Legal Counsel of integrated
legal technology provider Epiq, believes innovation in law will bring about transformational change and solve long unresolved problems in the law, such as access to jus
legal technology provider Epiq, believes innovation in law will bring about transformational change and
solve long unresolved
problems in the law, such
as access to justice.
As a result, many people (and this includes many in the public sector) would rather
solve their own
legal problems by using Google in a haphazard and dangerous way.
Inspired by Lon Fuller, who, in Rod Macdonald's words, «saw law
as a human project, a human accomplishment, and a human aspiration that emerges from ongoing patterns of human interaction and the reciprocal adjustment of human expectation,» he conceived
legal education
as being, at its core, learning how «to attend to the complexities of human beings in interaction with each other,» stating that we should teach how law could be «a facilitator of human interaction» and «about finding social outcomes that help
solve human
problems [rather than] perfecting abstract concepts to
solve legal puzzles.»
Blame law societies for the unaffordable
legal services
problem because: (1) everything they do in regard to the
problem is aimed at helping the public get used to living with the
problem, such
as promoting «alternative
legal services,» but nothing is done to try to
solve the
problem; and, (2) law societies do not sponsor the innovations necessary to make
legal services affordable again.
Through this notion of law
as a means of
solving human
problems, Rod Macdonald taught us his most important lesson — what
legal education should really be about.
Time is your most valuable resource, and you should spend
as much of your time
as possible
solving legal problems for clients.