Joe, at one
time in my legal career I got burned out and decided to develop websites.
Each of these programs and others like them are attempting to assist women (and increasingly men) at one of the most challenging
times in their legal careers — when they take a leave to have or adopt a child.
If I had the fortune to experience
a time in my legal career once again, I would choose the time when I was involved in a whole IPO process, starting with the due diligence, analyzing all the legal issues we found during the process, participating in the plan making, drafting relevant documents, taking part in the deliberation of shareholders meeting, till the declaration of full set of materials.
By
that time in a legal career, those lawyers have a «long tail» — they've handled more cases by the time an attorney reaches his or her prime.
As an experienced litigator practising today you would not have been exposed to e-discovery either at law school, or at
any time in your legal career, except perhaps if you were dragooned into a document review.
Not exact matches
Crawford's death was confirmed by the Toronto
legal firm Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt where Crawford began as a corporate lawyer
in the 1950s before leaving to pursue a
career with Imasco Ltd., a company that, at the
time, owned Imperial Tobacco, Canada Trust and Shoppers Drug Mart.
The actress said
in a statement to the New York
Times that any financial recuperation from the lawsuit would be donated to
Time's Up «so that women and men
in all professions may have
legal redress for sexual harassment, economic retaliation and damage to their
careers.»
Ultimately uninspired by a prospective
legal career, Ted turned to restaurants, as he had done
in the past, this
time to one day open and operate his own.
«Whilst single dads have the same rights as single mums
in terms of the
legal right to request flexible working, many feel that there is a stigma attached to asking to go part
time and that it will irreparably damage their
careers.
«As far as assumption goes, he was to me, at the
time of his contact, still employed by the Nigerian Institute of Advanced
Legal Studies; he never informed me that he had moved on to become a Judge of any court in Nigeria, and I had never throughout my own career as a legal practitioner or public functionary ever appeared in any case before any judge whatsoever at the National Industrial Court, or attended any function of the National Industrial Court, that would have put me on notice that the Agbadu - Fishim I used to know had become a judge of the National Industrial C
Legal Studies; he never informed me that he had moved on to become a Judge of any court
in Nigeria, and I had never throughout my own
career as a
legal practitioner or public functionary ever appeared in any case before any judge whatsoever at the National Industrial Court, or attended any function of the National Industrial Court, that would have put me on notice that the Agbadu - Fishim I used to know had become a judge of the National Industrial C
legal practitioner or public functionary ever appeared
in any case before any judge whatsoever at the National Industrial Court, or attended any function of the National Industrial Court, that would have put me on notice that the Agbadu - Fishim I used to know had become a judge of the National Industrial Court.
Hansen's retirement concludes a 46 - year
career at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies
in New York, but he plans to use his
time to take up
legal challenges to the federal and state governments over limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's
legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment
in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo
career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her
time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around
in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.
McConaughey returns to the slick lawyer roles he played
in the pre-walking-punchline stage of his
career with The Lincoln Lawyer, a new
legal thriller based on a Michael Connelly novel
in the
time - and airport - tested tradition of John Grisham.
When talking about this
time in his life and
career, Ticchi, who also oversees the ethics program as a special assistant to the president of the
Legal Sea Foods Corporation, gets misty.
In addition to her writing
career, Sorrentino is a full -
time lawyer and self - proclaimed misfit within the
legal profession.
«I invested a lot of
time and energy
in my
legal career!
A recent editorial
in the New York
Times suggests that the current economic crisis will force big changes
in the structure of the
legal profession and
legal careers in general.
This new book, written for law students, addresses the position of judicial law clerk from the
time a law student becomes interested
in clerking until the
time a clerk leaves the court to proceed with the rest of his or her
legal career.
Obtaining
legal justice for these men and women means they can return to civilian life and resume
careers and still remain proud of their
time spent
in military service.
It's the perfect
time to see how the law can be applied
in ways you may have failed to realize, provides vital support to organisations and individuals
in need of such assistance and allows you to start building the foundations of your potential future
legal career.
While I was at law school, I remember hearing
time and
time again from junior lawyers that it was not necessary to worry about what electives one took or how much one learned or did not learn during those three years of
legal education as «the real learning, unless you are planning on pursuing a
career in academia, starts once you enter the workplace.»
You said that you've failed miserably, at
times,
in your
legal career.
In retrospect, if you could return to a highlighted moment of your
legal career, what
time would you chose and why?
My
legal dream sailed from Peking University, so every
time I go back to give a speech at the Law School of Peking University, I would feel a lot of gratitude, warmth and desire to assist or share my understanding of a
career as a lawyer, and how to become a good lawyer, especially a non-litigating lawyer, with the students who want to be a lawyer
in the future, so that I can do my part to improve the transparency, publicity and fairness of the Chinese capital market.
At that
time, all these strengthened my confidence to engage
in a
legal career, so I quit the secured job and dedicated myself to a life as a lawyer.
I admire Charney's conviction and his courage
in speaking out, but at the same
time, I hope for his sake (and other associates who've been treated unlawfully by law firms and are considering
legal action) that all of this doesn't come back around and damage his
career.
He has also volunteered his
time to teach Bronx Middle School students that were part of the Thurgood Marshall Junior Mock Trial Program, providing middle school students with a positive introduction to the judicial system while exposing them to potential mentors and
career opportunities
in the
legal field.
We invest
time, money and resources
in our trainees to ensure that you have the best start possible for your
legal career.
The research, which was undertaken by
Legal Week Intelligence in association with Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), found 64 % of the respondents arguing that the legal profession would only change «slightly» during their careers with just under a third of the sample (31 %) taking the opposite view and claiming it would be «unrecognisable» by the time they re
Legal Week Intelligence
in association with Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), found 64 % of the respondents arguing that the
legal profession would only change «slightly» during their careers with just under a third of the sample (31 %) taking the opposite view and claiming it would be «unrecognisable» by the time they re
legal profession would only change «slightly» during their
careers with just under a third of the sample (31 %) taking the opposite view and claiming it would be «unrecognisable» by the
time they retire.
Your
legal career begins
in the direction set by your first
legal employer, and the
time you spend on that path is subject to many circumstances within and outside your control.
Recently I was an expert witness [for the first
time in my
career]
in a
legal malpractice case.
The Marks Fellowship is designed to assist attorneys who are interested
in pursuing a full -
time legal academic
career in some area of intellectual property law.
Contact long -
time legal career and professional development counselor, Kathy Mejia Morris, founder of Under Advisement, Ltd., to learn more about how she helps Firms help their lawyers — individually and through programming — and
in so doing, save money and maximize client service.
Our paralegal apprenticeship is a great opportunity to kick start your
career in the
legal profession and study at the same
time.
The
legal profession is ripe for disruption and new
career paths for law grads
in the tech sector are being forged all the
time.
At that
time, the curriculum
in common law Canadian law schools reflected a widespread, if not universal, consensus on the content and scope of the core body of
legal doctrine that would prepare students for a
career in the
legal profession.
And it's at this
time in your
career when you are building relationships, finding your way
in your
legal career, and trying to make a name for yourself (i.e., impress senior members of the firm).
MacEwen's conversation with Jacobs takes us back to the
time in the
legal profession when lawyers spent their entire
career at one firm, where firm partnership was collegial and when lawyers took satisfaction and pride
in the privilege of practicing law.
If you want to create a successful
legal career in private practice you need to adjust this habit to include
time for making careful investments
in non-billable activities such as networking, client development, writing, presenting and the like.
Founder of
Legal Talk Network
in 2005, Lu Ann's
career spanned 20 years as a two -
time Emmy Award - winning Television Executive Producer turned entrepreneur, developing online media and marketing strategies for target audiences.
I'm no film critic, but I highly recommend it, not only for its fascinating portrayal of the man the New York
Times once called, «The most hated and most loved lawyer
in America,» but also for its intimate look of the toll a high - profile
legal career can take on a lawyer's family and loved ones.
Moran was assistant managing editor at
Legal Times early
in his
career and then a correspondent and anchor for Court TV.
Setting aside the matter of relative public access to private practice lawyers over different
time periods (and the related question of whether that degree is enough, too much or just right to meet public need), the inescapable conclusion from Malcolm's introduction to the conversation of the growth
in the number of exempt lawyers
in Ontario is that we should reexamine our notion of what a «typical»
legal career looks like.
The firm has hired a full -
time Director of Professional and Personal Life Integration to develop initiatives that make it possible for lawyers to find satisfaction
in their
legal careers and personal lives.
Over the
time that I have covered the
legal industry, the
in - house community has gone through a revolution and is now increasingly seen as a
career of choice for many of the UK's most talented commercial lawyers.
A graduate
in Modern Languages, Rob started his
career in 2000
in the International Department of The College of Law of England and Wales, during which
time he completed his UK
legal studies and specialised
in international
legal education.
Long ago, I shed the notion of
legal as a hallowed profession as early
in my
career, I managed dozens of claims at the same
time and was essentially a highly functioning process manager — steering counter-parties
in a certain direction until ultimately there was nowhere else to go but to negotiate a settlement or present a case.
I would tell potential law students and others considering
legal industry
careers that this is a wonderful
time for those who are creative, entrepreneurial and visionary to make a real difference
in bringing about necessary changes.
I traveled to India and spent some
time meeting with
legal process outsourcers, visiting the knowledge centre of an international firm, and conferring with women lawyers who are facing considerable challenges as they try to advance
in their
careers.
In previous articles, we highlighted that only 40 % of lawyers who are practicing are opting for full - time, long - term work within traditional legal environments, signalling a definite change of course for those in the legal profession towards alternative career
In previous articles, we highlighted that only 40 % of lawyers who are practicing are opting for full -
time, long - term work within traditional
legal environments, signalling a definite change of course for those
in the legal profession towards alternative career
in the
legal profession towards alternative
careers.