Sentences with phrase «someone entering the legal profession»

A composer and a playwright, Rush had taught English literature and music for nearly a decade to black and Native American children before entering the legal profession.

Many formal barriers to women entering the legal profession have become almost nonexistent.

Is this sound advice for those entering the legal profession?

Although the number of women entering the legal profession has steadily increased over the years, more senior positions at larger law firms remain antiquated.

This in part reflects the fact that only a minority of law graduates go on to enter the legal professions and that legal education has many other uses.

There, he encountered lawyers who inspired him to enter the legal profession.

She shares her sister's view that there are so many different possibilities of how to enter the legal profession, aside the traditional route, than there were previously, with less differentiation of whether you are a solicitor, barrister or Chartered Legal Executive.

The Barristers» Society does not prohibit Christian law graduates of other law schools in Canada (or the U.S.) from entering the legal profession in Nova Scotia if they, as individuals, adhere to traditional Christian beliefs and practices, including those concerning sexuality and marriage.

However, the Barristers» Society this past April decided to bar graduates of TWU's law school from entering the legal profession in Nova Scotia, solely because of the law students» choice to associate together in a community that adheres to traditional Christian beliefs and practices.

More women are entering the legal profession than ever — women now make up about half of all law students and 36 % of all licensed attorneys — but these ratios are not reflected at the highest levels of firm positions.

Since women entered the legal profession there has been a steady erosion of women moving from private practice to in - house, government and other legal positions that offer a more supportive work environment.

Now, 15 years later, the Law Society of Upper Canada has released its report on retaining women in the profession and many of the same issues raised by Wilson are still present: a high proportion of women enter the legal profession at the initial entry level (more than 50 per cent of lawyers called to the bar are female), and that there is a higher attrition rate for women than men from private practice.

The recent Law Society of BC Report on the Retention of Women in Law Task Force notes as follows: • Women have been entering the legal profession in BC in numbers equal to or greater than men for more than a decade, yet represent only about 34 % of all practicing lawyers in the province and only about 29 % of lawyers in full - time private practice; and • the legal profession in BC is aging and there will be a net reduction in the number of practicing lawyers — a looming shortage — as older lawyers retire without a corresponding increase in younger lawyers joining the profession.

CA: Any advice or words of wisdom for our student readers as they try to enter the legal profession?

As mentioned above, women have been entering the legal profession en masse since the mid-1970s.

Immigrants and their children entering the legal profession (and the medical profession) had an uphill struggle.

Prior to entering the legal profession, Reid was a technical specialist at an automotive OEM.

Many law students plan to enter the legal profession once they have completed their academic studies and training.

The commenters at WSJ Law Blog identify the usual suspects: pressure to meet billable hour quotas, stress caused by constant dealings with nasty judges and rude adversaries, inability to cut the golden handcuffs that bind lawyers to high - paying positions, worries about an over-saturated job market and burgeoning student loans and pangs of conscience at defending objectionable clients or having entered the legal profession for security rather than having followed one's heart instead.

Status — as an expert, as a person of social stature in their community, and as an earner — is a core element in the identity of many entering the legal profession.

Pathways Phase 3, a charity that supports young people from less socially advantaged backgrounds to enter the legal profession, will extend its legal access programme to 12 universities with its grant.

This defeats the point of the LPP and further penalizes poorer students who already face barriers to entering the legal profession.

Every year, we release numerous reports and attend various meetings on furthering access to justice and reducing barriers to entering the legal profession.

It is not coincidence that a centuries - long history of dispute resolution through trial changed so rapidly once women entered the legal profession in significant numbers.

In addition to the introduction of its Equity Office (1997), Gender Equity Committee (1991) and Racial Equity Committee (1989), the Society works with university law programs such as the Indigenous Blacks & Mi» kmaq Initiative at the Schulich School of Law, the Government of Nova Scotia and the federal government to develop programs to encourage the members of equity - seeking groups to enter the legal profession.

Some of them may choose to enter the legal professions and their past conduct may be scrutinized.

The study polled 1,000 professionals in a variety of fields, and of that group, male lawyers ranked as least content, with 32.3 percent opposed to their children entering the legal profession.

This means that there are two different schools that train students to enter the legal profession: the law schools, which have a secular approach; and the Sharia schools, which have a religious approach to legal education.

[15] Women are taught different curricula in Sharia schools, therefore, female graduates of Sharia school lack the skills required to enter legal profession.

Prior to entering the legal profession, Mr. Koo led a team of biologists that sequenced the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana at a prominent genome research organization.

We are public institutions and we take large sums of money from our students to prepare them to enter the legal profession.

After working as a public accountant with Grant Thornton, LLP in Cleveland, Gregory Johnson entered the legal profession and practiced with Reminger Co., L.P.A. in Cleveland for nearly five years as a member of its corporate practice area.

The Society has a duty to ensure high standards of ethics and competency for those entering the legal profession.

Virtually everyone who's in or preparing to enter the legal profession has speed.

Candidates are seemingly unaware of the growing obstacles to entering the legal profession.

mentoring minority law students in the greater New York City area and helping them with career guidance through Practicing Attorneys for Law Students («PALS»), a not - for - profit organization, designed to assist minorities entering the legal profession; and

An established businessman before entering the legal profession and a hand - picked member of President Lyndon Johnson's task force on minority small businesses, Joe Bernstein and his son Bob made it their priority to balance a client's business interests with their legal needs.

The recent Law Society of BC Report on the Retention of Women in Law Task Force notes as follows: • Women have been entering the legal profession in BC in numbers equal to or greater than men for more than a decade, yet represent only about 34 % of all practicing lawyers in the province and only about 29 % of lawyers in full - time private practice; and • the legal profession in BC is aging and there will be a net reduction in the number of practicing lawyers — a looming shortage — as older lawyers retire... [more]

Prior to entering the legal profession, Al was a highly decorated veteran of the Vietnam War.

More difficult than lawyers make it to enter the legal profession.

The rising number of women graduating from law school and entering the legal profession is not enough to shift the balance.

He has also studied nursing and health sciences and worked in hospitals in Tamworth, Sydney and London before entering the legal profession.

Older employees entering the legal profession have fewer working years ahead of them, so employers sometimes hesitate to hire second - career lawyers.

So what we have is a situation where those entering the legal profession can expect to make, very conservatively, $ 50,000 and not so conservatively, $ 90,000 in their first year of practice.

As a law student soon entering the legal profession, I would prefer to be reminded of this element rather than pride.

Speaking about the citizenship requirement in Manitoba in 1977, Jack London observed that it could «be seen as an attempt to limit the numbers of persons entering the legal profession and hence to provide a kind of import restriction in the numbers practicing law in the community.

He started his career in the navy, switched to the army, and entered the legal profession when nearly 30 years old after an encounter with Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, a fellow Scotsman.

It is part of our commitment to developing a strong global rule of law as well as enabling underrepresented groups to enter the legal profession.

The Baby Boomers entered the legal profession at a time of expansion and change, bringing with them their long - established competitive and workaholic ways and importing their views on social change and self - expression.

Some lawyers are inspired to enter the legal profession at a young age.