Sentences with phrase «special interest to lawyers»

What I plan to do in these periodical contributions to Slaw is to examine debates and committee proceedings on bills that may be of special interest to lawyers and legal scholars.

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The liberal special interest money machine is already rallying around their presumptive nominee... Big Labor, Trial Lawyers, MoveOn.org and other radical protest groups have pledged to spend at least $ 750 million to defeat Republicans and elect liberal Democrat Barack Obama president.

Some of President Donald Trump's lawyers are reportedly exploring ways to limit or undercut Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, building a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest and discussing the president's authority to grant pardons.

A private lawyer Dr. Rainer Akumperigya has charged Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu to brace himself to face stiff opposition from persons with political and economic interests within and outside government.

The «sympathetic Attorneys General» were in continuous communication with trial lawyers and other special interests in the weeks leading up to the March 29 press conference with Al Gore, on the conference day, and after it.

Meanwhile, the Big Climate enforcers - including the special interests funding Mann's quintet of white - shoe lawyers - are going to extraordinary lengths to insulate that «consensus»:

Mr. Bilinski's comment assumes that lawyers have access to professional IT consultants who act without special interest... My experience has been the exact opposite with most IT providers simple peddling the product that produces the most profit for the IT provider.

So, it takes something fairly special to attract the cynical interest of an over-blogged lawyer such as myself.

John D. Gregory is an Ontario lawyer called in 1977, with a special interest in what happens to the law when you take the paper away.

British Columbia's Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, looking at suspected multiple murders, has four new lawyers on board to help special interest groups, after First Nations and women's groups threatened to drop out of participating when government refused to fund legal assistance.

-- Special interest bar associations are a great way to meet lawyers that work in related fields.

An individual who has incorporated or the members of a partnership can thus be sued and require a lawyer or bringing a motion and having «special circumstances» before they can represent their interests (Special circumstances generally being impecuniosity, or the ability to convince the court that the potential representative has sufficient training and experience to act as cspecial circumstances» before they can represent their interests (Special circumstances generally being impecuniosity, or the ability to convince the court that the potential representative has sufficient training and experience to act as cSpecial circumstances generally being impecuniosity, or the ability to convince the court that the potential representative has sufficient training and experience to act as counsel.

If you have special circumstances or a particularly complicated case, your lawyer may bring up other ways your settlement proceeds might be disbursed, or have suggestions designed to serve your best financial and legal interests.

When it comes to passing down a family business to the next generation, simply wanting to work together is not always enough to ensure a smooth transition — the successor also needs to have business - specific interests and knowledge, Toronto estates and trusts lawyer Suzana Popovic - Montag tells Succession Planning, a special supplement published by The Bottom Line and Lawyers Weekly.

Judges, public interest lawyers, and law librarians have a special interest in this European equivalent to a First Amendment battle.

The application of disclaimers to email, as referenced at the top of page 8, is interesting, insofar as it will trigger the recipient lawyer's responsibilities under Rule 4.4 — with respect to data security, most people think only of the obligation of the sender; but, lawyers are a special case.

The NLADA Insurance Program offers a wide array of coverages designed to address the special needs of legal services organizations, public defender agencies, law school clinics, pro bono programs, public interest organizations, contract defenders, assigned counsel, lawyer referral services, and others committed to ensuring the availability of high quality legal services for the poor and underprivileged.

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

Lawyers have a special obligation to act in the best interests of their clients: «counsel must, in accordance with the traditions of their profession, act in a way that facilitates rather than frustrates access to justice.

As Stephen Wexler once said, «He must realize that what makes him a lawyer are accidents of birth and interest, and those accidents have not made him something special; they have only given him the opportunity to help someone else».

In your view David, upon being called to the Bar, lawyers are magically minted into some kind of special superhuman species that always act for the greater good of society and are never personally interested in anything.

Mr. Wierzbicki has extensive nonprofit development experience with special expertise in the field of public interest law from having started his career as Executive Director of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union to serving as Chief Development Officer and Deputy Director of Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

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