Sentences with phrase «to enter 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.

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

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

Also notable is the increase in members of some equity - seeking groups entering the legal profession.

What advice would you give to students trying to enter the legal profession today?

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

You're entering the legal profession at a time of tremendous change.

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.

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

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.

Brian J. Hurst has limited his practice to Matrimonial and Family Law since entering the legal profession.

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.

In the early 1980's, when I first entered the legal profession, billing by the hour was well ingrained as the standard for all but a handful of practice areas.

As someone entering the legal profession in Canada, I have to say I find the whole LPO phenomenon to be interesting.

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

Since these communities began entering the legal profession only fairly recently, the majority of racialized, Francophone and Aboriginal lawyers were called to the bar less than 20 years ago.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

[22] In 1833, the Legislature of Upper Canada abolished the requirement that persons called to the Bar take a religious oath as a qualification for admission to the Bar, thus ending discrimination barring Roman Catholics and non-conformists from entering the legal profession in Upper Canada.

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.

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

Exposing and reinforcing this fact may be redundant, but it deters those people interested only in money from entering the legal profession at all.

Is this sound advice for those entering the legal profession?

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

The law librarian's role has evolved significantly since he entered the legal profession in 1993, Mozarsky said.

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.

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.

Prior to entering the legal profession, he worked in the business world.

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

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

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.

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.

It doesn't recognize same - sex marriage and critics say it discriminates against people in the LGBTQ community who are looking to enter the legal profession.

Before entering the legal profession, managing shareholder Vincent Howard first learned of his first military unit's motto, «Mission First, People Always» while serving in the United States Army.

His work in banking and lending, prior to entering the legal profession, uniquely positions him in his real estate practice, and has fostered his in - depth familiarity with acquisition finance, securitized debt, senior & subordinated debt, banking regulatory procedure, judicial & non-judicial foreclosure, as well as structured financial transactions.

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.