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Spanning our corporate, intellectual property and litigation practices, our legal team helps biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies — both public and private, large and small — solve their legal problems at every stage of growth.

Entrepreneurs, non-profit groups, legal aid agencies, and courts are developing legal software applications to serve consumers directly as a alternative way of solving their legal problems at low cost.

Not exact matches

A recent report by the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, chaired by Supreme Court of Canada Justice Thomas A. Cromwell, stated nearly 12 million Canadians will experience at least one legal problem in a three - year period, and few will have the resources to solve them.

First articulated forty years ago by Marjorie Rombauer in her text Legal Problem Solving, 103 this four - step research process was adapted slightly by Joseph Kimble and F. Georgeann Wing for use at Thomas Cooley Law School: 104

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This redistribution of information accessibility may not only solve some of the problems facing the legal industry, but also has the capability to improve society at large.

The course is aimed at introducing law students to the changing legal landscape and helping them understand how technology can be applied to law by teaching basic technology skills, showcasing available legal technologies and developing technical problem - solving abilities.

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.

All efforts are aimed at helping the population learn to live with the problem of unaffordable legal services, but there are none to solve the problem.

Be grateful that you can still impress some people at parties, you can afford to pay the mortgage in your house in the suburbs and that on occasion, you can sit back and say to yourself that you helped solve someone's legal problem and felt good about it.

Recent graduate Andrea Sager is applying her traditional legal knowledge, Lunsford Academy training in multi-discipline problem - solving, and networking abilities at a large Cincinnati law firm and with her own clothing line business.

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.

(3) The unavailability of legal services to a large majority of the population at reasonable cost has been a serious problem for decades and is getting worse, which shows that law societies are not able to solve the problem.

Until the problem of «the unavailability to the majority of the population of legal services at reasonable cost» is solved, the prosecutors of this offence should be Crown counsel, or at the least such prosecutions should require approval by Crown counsel.

With 3 offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, and approximately 300 legal professionals, the firm dedicates itself to providing solutions at the highest international standard and solving the clients» most demanding problems in a cost - effective way.

Until the problem of «the unavailability to the majority of the population of legal services at reasonable cost» is solved, the prosecutors of this offence should be Crown counsel, or at the least such prosecutions... [more]

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.

But if they take on the power to regulate other professions without having solved the problem, when the government steps in to again make legal services available at reasonable cost, the arguments in favour of removing self - regulation will be much stronger.

With human centered design at the core of our design process, we rely on the subject matter expertise of attorneys and legal operations professionals to design user experiences that solve real problems.

We discussed the new Relativity Ecosystem, interoperability trends focusing on tools that solve business problems, and the buzz about creating apps for legal technology software at kCura's annual user conference, Relativity Fest.

At each school, the semester - long Neota - based course enabled the students to analyze real - world legal problems and build technical systems to solve those problems on an ongoing basis.

We want to use technology to help our legal professionals and at the same time pave the way to help people at large to solve their legal problems.

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.

I think Elevate has solved that problem with Cael LPM,» said Ron Friedmann, legal project management expert and consultant at Fireman & Company.

But, ILSP proponents argue, not all legal problems need to be solved with the assistance of an expensive lawyer billing at an hourly rate.

While at Berkeley he began to come around to the view that family courts are often required to solve problems which fundamentally are not legal but social.

Recently recognized by the ABA as a Legal Rebel, Michele is a Professor at the University of Miami and the founder of LawWithoutWalls, a multi-disciplinary, international think - tank of over 1000 lawyers, business professionals, entrepreneurs, and law and business students who collaborate to solve problems and create innovations at the intersection of law, business, and technology.

211 Carnegie Report, supra note 8, at 95 (citing Stuckey et al., supra note 1, at 109)(««Students can not become effective legal problem - solvers unless they have opportunities to engage in problem - solving activities in hypothetical or real legal contexts..»»)

With a global family of employees made up of industry experts and people with experience working at law firms and major corporations, TLS represents a vast network of resource roven success in solutions engineering, problem solving, and delivering legal support services that clients can trust — anywhere in the world.

Since its inception, the team at Advanced Legal has been driven to not only solve technical problems, but embrace each opportunity to help clients and colleagues work more efficiently using technology.

«During my fellowship, I look forward to implementing and expanding upon the technology and problem - solving skills I developed in the Law Clinic at Loyola University New Orleans and as a Graduate for Justice at Southeast Louisiana Legal Services.

Call the trusted lawyers at Allen Wellman McNew Harvey, LLP, for diligent representation to solve your legal problems.

An adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Law School, Cat co-teaches legal project management with Larry Bridgesmith and teaches Legal Problem Solving, which applies human - centered design thinking to both the practice and business oflegal project management with Larry Bridgesmith and teaches Legal Problem Solving, which applies human - centered design thinking to both the practice and business ofLegal Problem Solving, which applies human - centered design thinking to both the practice and business of law.

Even if you have taken steps to solve the problem yourself, you can talk with a lawyer at any step in the legal process.

First, solve the problem that the majority of the population can not obtain legal services at reasonable cost.

Ken you say, «instead of offering the residents of Canada alternative legal services, its law societies should be trying to solve the unaffordable legal services problem, i.e., that the majority of the population can not obtain legal services at reasonable cost.»

I've written several articles having the theme that instead of offering the residents of Canada alternative legal services, its law societies should be trying to solve the unaffordable legal services problem, i.e., that the majority of the population can not obtain legal services at reasonable cost.

wouldn't tell the public that the problem is not the Law Society's problem, as in effect it does; (15) LSUC's website wouldn't state that lay benchers «represent the public interest,» which is impossible now that we are well beyond the 19th century; (16) CanLII's services would be upgraded in kind and volume to be a true support service, able to have a substantial impact upon the problem, and several other developed support services, all provided at cost, would together, provide a complete solution; (17) LSUC's management would not be part - time management by amateurs - amateurs because benchers don't have the expertise to solve the problem, nor are they trying to get it, nor are they joining with Canada's other law societies to solve this national problem; (18) the Federation of Law Societies of Canada would not describe the problem as being one of mere «gaps in access to legal services» (see its Sept. 2012 text, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authorilegal services» (see its Sept. 2012 text, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authoriLegal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authorilegal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authorities.

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

The independence of Canada's law societies from government intervention has meant that their performance shows that they can not solve the problem, which is, «the majority of the population can not obtain legal services at reasonable cost.»

Our self - governing status at risk; see: «Alternative Business Structures Proposals or Solving the Unaffordable Legal Services Problem,» on the, «Access to Justice in Canada» blog, March 6, 2015: http://accesstojusticeincanada.blogspot.ca/

They just want their legal problems solved at a price they can afford.

Fred pointed at document review and online interaction with clients as the top two legal industry problems that tech could solve.

This same technology can create several other support services, which together, would solve «the unaffordable legal services problem»: the majority of population can not obtain legal services at reasonable cost.

Nearly 12 million Canadians will experience at least one legal problem in a given three - year period, yet few will have the resources to solve them.

Bill Henderson, a noted law professor with his hand squarely on the legal industry's pulse, put an even finer gloss on Casey's thesis: «' The lawyer theory of value» — solving legal problems one at a time with smart lawyers — is an unstated and unexamined preference of lawyers, not a viable long - term solution for the clients they serve.»

• Works together with clients to design new approaches to legal services delivery; • Solves problems at the intersection of business, law, technology, and other disciplines that require all - star expertise and collaboration skills; • Engages our lawyers, students, and professional staff; • Broadens talent and recruiting opportunities; and • Creates immersive learning experiences that foster new skills lawyers need to help clients be more successful.

Otherwise the problem that the majority of the population can not obtain legal services at reasonable cost will never be solved.

Law librarian and colleague Susan Barker at the Bora Laskin Law Library has let me know that the new 5th edition of Legal Problem Solving — Reasoning, Research & Writing (LexisNexis Canada) is now out.