He understands the value
of substantive work product, and what it reflects about legal practitioners.
Summer program components: Our Summer Associate Program provides students with the opportunity to
do substantive work in a variety of practice areas.
At the beginning of the course, let your learners know that you expect them to
provide substantive work, be willing to learn and maintain organizational learning standards of excellence.
We always make a real effort to ensure our summer associates are getting
really substantive work and the most thorough experience on genuine assignments.
The problem is that lawyers sometimes
prefer substantive work to the exclusion of business management tasks, including those related to time and billing.
Senior attorneys know that young associates can learn to produce
better substantive work over time, but they also know it is rare that an attorney ever becomes more detail - oriented.
Where possible, describe your employment in terms
of substantive work and / or successes, keeping descriptions short to use as talking points in your interview.
Levy warned that the company would need «to separate working teams that are engaged in
substantive work for two or more entities that are not permitted to coordinate their activities».
There's been a variety of fun and whimsical art events lately, but every once in a while there's a week of
substantive works which we'll be thinking back on for years to come.
During nearly two decades of work as a headhunter and in law school career services, I learned that law clerks» primary complaint
about substantive work was that they received either lousy feedback or no feedback whatsoever.
«The deals are staffed leanly in comparison to other big firms in the city, so juniors
get substantive work.»
The
most substantive work I've found in this regard is that published by antimicrobial expert Rolf U. Halden *, 2014: «These chemicals are endocrine disruptors affecting the development, sexual maturation, metabolism, and behavior [118,119].
The
main substantive work which needs to be completed will be the publication of our privacy and security report during March.
We pair our summer associates with mentors consisting of one partner and at least one associate, who provide guidance on seeking out and
completing substantive work assignments, balancing workload demands, dealing with competing projects, integration into the firm's culture, and setting and achieving career goals.
These attorneys typically
handle substantive work on a project basis for other attorneys — research and writing, transactional work, drafting briefs, motions, and other pleadings, managing discovery, covering hearings or depositions, etc..
Additionally, those margins are likely to grow in the future as outside counsel takes on
more substantive work for the client, gains a deeper understanding of the client, and increases its efficiencies when working with the client.
''... there was no deliberate and
substantive work on immigration issues undertaken in opposition — no attempt to develop a coherent strategic position that might serve as a basis for a programme for government.
Though there is a wide age range in my class — from the early 20s to mid-30s — everyone has had
substantive work experience with something to contribute.
Covington explained that many of Young's claims suggest that she misunderstood the role of a staff attorney — for example, staff attorneys are not entitled to promotions or bonuses and their job description does not
include substantive work.
Where some law firms assign new attorneys to a specific practice group, public service allows new attorneys to explore a variety of practice areas while
performing substantive work.
The summer program is coordinated by a team in each office, including the hiring partner, lawyers and recruiting staff who work collaboratively to ensure each summer associate has the right mix
of substantive work, formal training, and social opportunities.
Look for a firm that demonstrably illustrates to you that you will
get substantive work and the firm cares about your development as an attorney.
That company could later anonymize the data and use it to deliver a public - facing lawyer rating that would be grounded in
substantive work product and could showcase legal services for lawyers, practice groups, and firms alike.
A couple of years ago, as it became clear that artificial intelligence would take over
the substantive work of financial advisers, accountants, lawyers, and others, the hope for their continued employment centered on relationships and helping clients with their emotions — comforting and steadying them when the market plunges, say, or talking them out of an unwise lawsuit when they're angry.
Ideally you should only start a new job if all of
the substantive work for your dissertation is done.
Cost growth and schedule delays in the JWST program — now scheduled for launch in 2018 — meant that
substantive work on WFIRST will not begin for several years longer than envisioned when the NWNH Decadal Survey was published in 2011.
The GSF secretariat consists of a mere three full - time OECD staff persons, who are able to manage a half - dozen (or more) simultaneous activities in which
the substantive work is done by designated government officials and invited scientists.
Over the past 2 years, Home Vision Entertainment [HVE] have gradually released 12 DVDs featuring
the substantive work from Merchant Ivory [MI].
Before you throw up your hands and give up on getting
any substantive work done during the school day, here are five tips to protect your preparation period.
One simple illustration is the absence, in many programs, of
any substantive work on assessment and accountability and of helping administrators learn how, in Marc Tucker's words, to «recognize the elements of sound standards - based classroom organization and practice.»
Make a public statement — Emphasize that providing release time for teacher leaders signals that
substantive work is expected.
Each student will be provided with a durable foundation in reading, writing, arithmetic, geometry, science and social studies, in addition to meaningful and
substantive work and play in foreign language, fine arts and P.E.
Each student will be provided with a durable foundation in Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geometry, Science, and History, in addition to meaningful and
substantive work and play in Spanish, Fine Arts, P.E., and competitive chess.
Steely surfaces or luxurious blacks create the physical fields of
the substantive works on view.