Sentences with phrase «traditional legal skills»

Practicing law within the Nigerian energy sector requires not only traditional legal skills, but also an understanding of the ever - changing world in which we live and the development of new skills and knowledge to address the new trends within the sector as well as client's ever - changing needs.

Lawyers obviously tend to refer business to other attorneys of whom they think well, and it turns out that we don't just look to traditional legal skills when we make those assessments.

A new survey shows that current lawyers expect new lawyers to have far more than just traditional legal skills when they are starting out.

Not exact matches

Call it, perhaps, «research skills and methods for the lawyer» and provide a solid grounding in all of the traditional and modern legal research techniques but also branch out into the literature of other disciplines and the challenging breadth of the Internet.

Alternative legal services providers are here to stay and that means traditional providers will need to develop skill sets to manage them, integrate them into their own workflow and recognize when bringing an alternative provider to a client relationship is the right thing to do.

The move also suggests that if «traditional» law firms don't accelerate their adoption of AI systems, such as document review in this case, then other providers already skilled in project management and process level work will deliver AI - augmented legal services to corporates instead.

When I began my teaching career, at Georgetown, I taught a traditional legal writing course with writing assignments drawn from a variety of doctrinal areas, paying more attention to skills I wanted to teach — e.g. analyzing statutes, using elements tests, analogizing and distinguishing cases, synthesizing case and statutory law, etc. — than to integrating any particular area of doctrine.

A collective made up of skilled, experienced legal professionals whose life demands no longer fit the traditional working model.

Why are «traditional» legal skills ranked so low?

His paper states the legal protection of traditional knowledge — the knowhow, skills, and practices of indigenous and local communities — has become a focus on the national and international stage.

Honing these skills is something at which traditional legal education excels.

In a February 2016 report entitled «Developing legal talent: Stepping into the future law firm», Deloitte predicts automation will contribute to the need for far fewer traditional lawyers and legal sector jobs, and an increase in law firms demands for those with an alternative blend of skills.

Incorporation of foreign and international rules and principles will require skills of synthesis and distinguishing that are distinct from traditional domestic legal reasoning, and they may require appreciation of important differences in foreign / international legal, political, or perhaps even cultural context.63 International legal rules often play a complex role in domestic law, presenting issues of interpretation and enforceability that do not easily fit within traditional domestic United States legislative, administrative, and judicial legal structures.64 Integration or application of rules from foreign nations may be even more complex, especially where those systems are substantially different from our own.65 Additionally, there may be discrepancies between the form and function of foreign or international law that affect their proper application.

For example, the Journal might devote specific volumes to a particular issue in law or legal education and then invite authors with traditional and skills - related perspectives to submit articles on that issue.

The Report's central conclusion is that, although traditional legal pedagogy is very effective in certain aspects, it overemphasizes legal theory and underemphasizes practical skills and professional development.5 By focusing on theory in the abstract setting of the classroom, the Report argues, traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional traditional legal pedagogy is very effective in certain aspects, it overemphasizes legal theory and underemphasizes practical skills and professional development.5 By focusing on theory in the abstract setting of the classroom, the Report argues, traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.10

Some of our colleagues at UNLV have conceptualized the evolution of legal writing scholarship as a series of leaps.2 The first big leap was to take an interdisciplinary approach to writing about teaching writing.3 The second leap was to build community by creating spaces of our own, such as LWI, the Journal, and then later, JAWLD.4 The third leap was to develop a rich, often interdisciplinary approach to studying and writing about legal writing.5 In their article, Linda Berger, Linda Edwards, and Terry Pollman suggested — hoped, perhaps, and I along with them — that scholarship relating to legal analysis, skills and practice is no longer considered inferior to traditional legal scholarship.6 The growing number of schools where legal writing faculty have achieved equal status due at least in part to their legal writing scholarship suggests we have made significant progress as a result of these leaps.7

We exist to enable and facilitate the profitable use of popular Alternative Fee Arrangements («AFAs») now demanded by corporate legal departments by using traditional project management skills to more accurately estimate, track and monitor the scope of work and costs in legal matters.

Coaching assistance is just as challenging (perhaps more so) for our professional skill set as traditional legal advice and advocacy.

There are a number of trends currently facing the legal profession (increased client sophistication, fee pressures, stagnant growth, the number of lawyers growing at a faster rate than the general population, succession planning needs and an increased emphasis on non-traditional skills — see the CBA Futures Report for a more fulsome list) that make the traditional practice model difficult (impossible?)

The Illinois State Bar Association Report contains a well - documented description of what it calls «The Big Picture» affecting the profession, including: the economic challenges plaguing lawyers, the lack of training for law students in the skills needed to succeed in the current climate, the reluctance of the population to use traditional legal services, and the technological changes redefining the way people work and enabling new actors to reshape the legal marketplace.

The distinction is in the augmentation (to use an appropriate AI reference) and integration of traditional legal education with 21st century experience and skills ranging from:

Two recent reports — Best Practices for Legal Education: A Vision and a Road Map, 6 published by the Clinical Legal Education Association (Best Practices) and Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law, 7 published by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Carnegie Report)-- advocate that law schools focus more on teaching professionalism, skills, and ethics and on integrating these topics into the traditional curriculum.

Most lawyers are not completely technophobic, and some law schools recognize the need to train lawyers in legal - specific technology as well as the more traditional lawyering skills.

Unlike a conventional law firm, Involegal employs a broad spectrum of professional, processing and customer service skills, alongside traditional legal roles.

Ideally, faculty would incorporatea range of email assignments, and students would have multiple opportunities to practice communicating legal analysis in emails in a variety of contexts.45 Indeed, this is one of the consistent themes that comes out of surveys of practicing attorneys: the recommendation for more frequent, shorter assignments to prepare students for the tasks they are most likely to have as new attorneys.46 But the reality is that first - year legal writing classes are already overloaded with content, making it difficult to incorporate numerous email assignments.47 And eliminating traditional, complex memo and brief assignments is also problematic, as those assignments build critical skills in complex legal reasoning.48

Given the decline of the traditional, formal memorandum, even when lawyers are called on to deliver complex legal analysis, much of that advice is being delivered in a condensed email format.49 Second, Summary E-memo assignments provide an opportunity to learn and practice effective and professional email skills by exposing students to issues of tone, formality, organization, formatting, and the ethical issues surrounding the use of email to deliver legal advice.50

In a similar fashion to those working as general counsels at a traditional firm, general counsels working for a PC are required to have LawPRO insurance as they are using their legal knowledge, judgment and skills with respect to their work for the PC.

The skills of the successful lawyer in tomorrow's or today's global legal market place are not able to be taught in traditional courses or classroom formats.

ONU Law's mission is to educate and transform students into competent, ethical, professional legal practitioners able to apply their skills and talents in traditional and emerging environments.

In her presentation, «Law Students + Technology = Closing the Justice Gap,» Kaufman discussed ways in which law students are moving beyond traditional curriculum paradigms, learning «lawyering skills of the future,» and how those skills can help the next generation of lawyers and legal organizations provide access to justice for underserved groups and individuals.

From project management skills to modern business methods and design thinking, lawyers must adapt in order to survive the impact that the disruption of traditional legal services will have on the legal profession.

The legal protection of traditional knowledge (TK)-- the know - how, skills and practices of indigenous and local communities — has recently become a focus of dialogue and scholarship at national and international stages.

Mark will be speaking to The Law Society's Training Committee on issues related to «bridging the gap» between traditional legal education and skills required in the legal marketplace.

To listen to director Bentley, senior program director Gina Alexandris, and assistant director of the work placement office André Bacchus is to know the goal isn't merely to create a comparable alternative to the traditional articling process but to build something that sets a higher standard and sends its successful candidates forward with the skills they need to not only practise law but to become leaders in the legal community, with a strong emphasis on innovation, technology, and practical skills.

Among them, another call for the further innovation of legal education models, parallel programs — think a course on law office management — that offers law students some practical skills on top of their traditional learning, and the possibility of law schools tracking and sharing entry and exit data.

However, in the minus column, current articling students» legal research skills are often lacking in three ways: (1) failing to have a tactical research strategy; (2) being unfamiliar with the traditional resources; and (3) being incapable of performing adequate statutory research.

At Liberty, we believe a quality legal education can only be achieved when traditional courses are integrated with a comprehensive practical skills curriculum that's built on the solid foundation of a Christian worldview and a stable understanding of the Western legal tradition.

Paralegal — Duties & Responsibilities Trained as a paralegal with a strong background in legal research, writing, and office administration Skilled in the use of LexisNexis, Westlaw, and traditional legal libraries Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to thrive in a fast paced atmosphere Oversee and train large administrative staffs ensuring efficient and effective office operations Design and implement employee development programs enhancing team skill sets and morale Set and strictly enforce departmental budgets resulting in profitable operations Utilize IT skills to design and implement websites, databases, and oversee hardware and software troubleshooting Responsible for accounting, human resources, sales, and customer service activities Negotiate and administer contracts with outside vendors and partners Coordinate special events including logistics, staffing, and marketing Study internal literature to become an expert on products and services Represent company brand with poise, integrity, and positivity

One NTRB noted that many of the traditional owners with the skills to deal with complex legal, financial or corporate issues work full - time and find it difficult to participate regularly in frequent native title meetings, especially if they have to travel long distances to get to them.