Sentences with phrase «uncivil lawyers»
Not exact matches
Signed up for one of two «competing» Gloria Steinem projects in the works (the other being Julie Taymor's My Life on the Road), this March she'll work begin filming on An Uncivil War (Carey Mulligan will topline the pic around a feminist activist and journalist Steinem, lawyer and activist Florynce Kennedy, and others to ratify the ERA, while conservative organizer Phyllis Schlafly advocates against it.
https://www.ioncinema.com/
Today's appeal concerns the case of an Ontario lawyer, Joseph Groia, who was disciplined by Ontario's law society for having engaged in uncivil conduct.
Through my interactions, I learned about many of the same problems discussed in Professor Julie Macfarlane's research, including the uncivil conduct of opposing lawyers.
The difference, suggests a 2004 post from the trial lawyer who writes The Uncivil Litigator, may lie in the fact that «most civil litigators at big firms have no opportunities for trial experience.»
The difference between appropriate and inappropriate reactions and responses to another lawyer acting in an uncivil manner towards you determines your resilience and professionalism.
It's not difficult to understand that these consequences of uncivil behaviour often culminate in a claim against the lawyer.
This case makes it very clear to lawyers across Canada that uncivil behaviour, even in the heat of a long, hard fought hearing, can have potentially disastrous consequences to their privilege to practice law.
A 2007 survey conducted by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism revealed that 71 % of the lawyers surveyed reported experience uncivil behavior, characterized as follows:
The ABA noted that lawyers are well suited to help address the problem of «uncivil» discourse.
It is all too common to remember examples from real life (or from Hollywood) of the overly aggressive, nay uncivil, lawyer.
Lawyers who gain a reputation for being uncivil to their colleagues become readily identified in the bar.
If «civil» means «politeness, even when lying» and «uncivil» means «not accepting fibbing in court» then the problem is obviously not the «uncivil» lawyer it is the definition itself.