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...
Not exact matches
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.
Therefore, the
problem and its long history of failure, requires government intervention, because law societies, being the regulators of the
legal profession in Canada, do not realize that they do not understand the true nature of the
problem and won't accept the fact that they and all other
such institutions within the
legal profession do not have the expertise necessary to
solve the
problem.
But because law societies in Canada have done nothing to try to
solve the unaffordable
legal services
problem («the
problem»), they have undercut their ability to prosecute them for UPL for the reason that
such organizations are not themselves licensed lawyers.
(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.)
So why does the majority of LSUC's membership tolerate
such preference given to the interests of benchers of law firms that serve large institutions and potential investors and not to
solving the unaffordable
legal services
problems of middle and lower income people?
(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);
Such investors are «another mouth to feed,» without the ability to
solve the unaffordable
legal advice services
problem.
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.
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.»
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
There has been no
such national effort to
solve the national unaffordable
legal services
problem, and no progress towards a solution.
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.
Such problems can then become key focus points for FLIP and its participants as they seek to leverage technology to
solve legal industry challenges.
Therefore it is impossible for
such law firms to achieve the necessary cost - efficiency to
solve the
problem of unaffordable
legal services.
And it wouldn't
solve the
problem of people who are not barred anywhere,
such as the many paralegals who do doc review side by side with licensed lawyers, or the thousands of foreign lawyers who do offshore outsourced
legal process work.
Henderson said he is studying different examples of how innovators in the law are seeking to have their ideas adopted,
such as a
legal group trying to
solve the
problem of banks and private equity firms paying too much for ordinary contract services.
And law societies don't have a government - type civil service to provide the necessary continuing expertise for
solving such problems as unaffordable
legal services.
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 authori
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 authori
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 authori
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 authorities.
A T - shaped lawyer has deep
legal expertise (long vertical bar of the T) but also has enough knowledge of and appreciation for other disciplines (shallower horizontal bar of the T)
such as technology, business, analytics, and data security to better
problem solve and collaborate with professionals with expertise in those areas.
Learning the law from
such seasoned practitioners provides students with a nuanced appreciation of the connections between
legal theory and real - world
problem -
solving.
Aside from iPhones, FaceTime, Slack, Trello, videoconferencing, and all the other ubiquitous tech we rely on, there is also a range of new technologies available to help
solve legal problems,
such as «artificial intelligence, machine learning, practice management technology, automated document assembly, predictive coding and mapping technology.»
The ethical approach to the A2J
problem is first to determine if the
problem can be
solved, and if clearly it can not be
solved, only then to engage in programs
such as: the law societies» «alternative
legal services»; [5] «Access to Justice Week»; an A2J committee; and, comparable efforts
such as the NSRLP (the National Self - Represented Litigants Project).
Without
such an institution providing permanently developing expertise and advice, they have no capacity to
solve complex
problems like the unaffordable
legal services
problem.
That is where BunnyToken will
solve a major
problem and offer merchant accounts for all
legal businesses in the industry as well as individual workers
such as actors and webcam performers all with low fair fees.