Sentences with phrase «used in the legal profession»

The legal community has confronted the challenge of adapting to technological innovation throughout its history (albeit, generally somewhat behind the technological curve), but artificial intelligence and its use in the legal profession is relatively new.

This could be anything from IT skills (increasingly used in the legal profession as well as within the alternative options), to organising ability derived from your extracurricular activities.

Not exact matches

The writers of the report are, perhaps, most disturbed by the fact that «even when legal, abortion is often prevented or delayed by obstacles to the access of appropriate services, such as the widespread use of conscientious objection, medically unnecessary waiting periods or biased counselling»; and calls on Member States to «regulate and monitor the use of conscientious objection in the key professions, so as to ensure that reproductive healthcare is guaranteed as an individual's right.»

The Court's own case law shows that in order to maintain the abortion right at the level of fundamental law, many other sectors of the states» legal order, at both statutory and common law, need to be altered: family law, marriage law, laws regulating the medical profession, and, as we now see with the recent circuit court decisions, criminal laws prohibiting private use of lethal force.

Indeed, I am not only worried but I'm also very concerned over the setback to our electoral system, and speaking generally in the best tradition of our legal profession, not being specific on matters before any court, the implication of some of the tribunals outcome intended to shoot down the use of the card reader as some of my fellow lawyers involved in petition matters are determined to achieve is worrisome.

* I'm thinking of metrics like voter participation, party membership, candidate recruitment, donations, willingness to work in civil service or the legal profession, etc., but I'm not sure what metrics are actually relevant or are used by experts, so I defer to the answers and their references for how to measure this.

Likewise, Shanker shocked observers in 1985 by backing a rigorous National Teacher Competency Exam for new teachers, similar to that used by the legal and medical professions.

Simon, don't you mean «marginal» rather than «paramount» in terms of use by the legal profession when compared to the commercial legal publishers competing services?

Members of the legal profession must also inform their clients of any risks associated with the use of technology in the lawyer - client relationship.

As I mentioned in the previous post, I believe that this state of affairs largely arises from the deep history of protection of confidentiality within the legal profession and the mistaken notion that protection of confidentiality equals protection of privacy and ensures compliance with the relevant legal requirements that surround the protection of privacy and use of information.

New laws coupled with the inherent flexibility of cloud computing will result in the use of encrypted communications as the norm in the legal profession.

Speakers addressed topics such as why we need more hackers in the legal profession, how lawyering is like engineering, how to use design principles to enhance legal services, and IP issues in 3D printing.

«Working seamlessly with Office 365, Matter Center offers those in the legal profession a way to intuitively find and organize files without leaving the familiar productivity tools they use the most — namely Microsoft Outlook and Word,» product manager Tejas Mehta said at the time of the ILTA announcement.

«Dedicated to the demands and desires of solos and small law firms, the clients we serve and others in the legal profession who use our services or dream of going out on their own.»

Basic competence requires knowing how to use the tools of the trade, and whether the state says so or not, the fact is that technology is a basic tool of the legal profession in 2015.

«It's the next logical step in the use of artificial intelligence in the legal profession,» said Dan Mulholland, senior partner at Horty Springer.

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.

Three days later, Portland, Ore., business attorney Josh Barrett launched TabletLegal, a blog that would allow him to «discuss lawyers using the iPad, applications for the iPad and other developments specific to the iPad in the legal profession.»

(2) the population's views and desires as to this evolution in the use of the legal profession's monopoly over the provision of legal services to impose a «cutting costs by cutting competence» limitation upon people's ability to access justice;

The Canadian legal profession is currently engaged in a much - needed debate about the future of legal services in general and whether to allow the use of so - called alternative business structures (ABSs) more particularly.

Beginning in July 1979, LAO LAW avoided using the profession's handcraftsman's method of providing legal research services, while CanLII in its present form serves to perpetuate the handcraftsman's method.

Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Formal Opinion 2011 - 200 recognes the dramatic rise in the use of technology in the profession and lists in detail the legal ethics implications of technoLegal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Formal Opinion 2011 - 200 recognes the dramatic rise in the use of technology in the profession and lists in detail the legal ethics implications of technolegal ethics implications of technology.

The Roundtable will identify and discuss how new technology is impacting the legal profession, with special focus on legal advertising, attorneys» use of social media, the attorney's obligation to keep client information safe and secure, and the use of technology in the courtroom.

The goal of the Speakers Bureau is to foster public confidence in our legal system and create a more transparent profession, especially as we continue to see consumers refrain from using our services.

Use this guide to get a complete understanding of burnout, and get actionable advice from a psychologist who specializes in the legal profession.

As more and more firms begin to use InvoicePrep to improve how they invoice their clients, it is clear that the legal profession's use of specialized expertise in the billing arena is the way of the future.

«Technology is upsetting the legal profession and law firms are not what they used to be,» said Matarajan, a lawyer who's firm employs some 450 lawyers in India and about 100 in Salt Lake City.

«However, when such language is used as part of a campaign of rudeness, aggressiveness and intimidating behaviour, as in this case, then the panel finds that this behaviour crosses into the realm of conduct that is unbecoming of the model of civility to which we aspire in our legal profession.»

It shows why there is a need for a «family doctor counterpart» in the legal profession, i.e., to provide a comparable sorting, triage, and advice service that: (1) makes sure that all available legal services are used; and, (2) people are aided in their understanding and decision - making as to which of their problems need legal services.

Using artificial intelligence in the legal profession can aid lawyers in completing menial tasks with accuracy, which is in line with the Law Society of Ontario's mandate for lawyers to practise more efficiently and cost effectively, attendees at the Ontario Bar Association's annual Institute heard this week.

Alison Wolf of The Lawyer Coach Blog suggests that business development skills, such as using language to build or maintain client relationships, can help women lawyers advance in the legal profession.

The use of mandatory minimums has been largely decried by the legal profession, and received significant critique by the Court in R. v. Nur.

I use it to keep informed about what's happening in the legal profession, who's saying what, access to breaking news and emerging trends.

Over the next few months I propose to write a few entries dealing with the use of electronic technology in the litigation process and with Simon's permission have them appear on Slaw, with the hope that such posts will spark a full discussion between the judiciary, the legal profession, academics and law students on the value and use of electronic technology in the judicial system.

Since then, Mark has been a sought - after speaker for audiences in the legal profession on the use of the Internet, and he has gone on to publish several additional books which have played a prominent role in establishing a specialized Internet knowledge base for lawyers and legal management professionals.

This insight is based in part on my own empirical research on legal education and the legal academy, which is primarily housed at and funded by the American Bar Foundation, on legal education and the legal academy.5 In this Article, I will also draw on several current examples of law schools that incorporate social science into legal training, using them to illustrate how interdisciplinary research can bridge theory and practice for lawyers and the legal professioin part on my own empirical research on legal education and the legal academy, which is primarily housed at and funded by the American Bar Foundation, on legal education and the legal academy.5 In this Article, I will also draw on several current examples of law schools that incorporate social science into legal training, using them to illustrate how interdisciplinary research can bridge theory and practice for lawyers and the legal professioIn this Article, I will also draw on several current examples of law schools that incorporate social science into legal training, using them to illustrate how interdisciplinary research can bridge theory and practice for lawyers and the legal profession.

My recommendation to the profession would be use regulation and the profession's self - governing status to facilitate the creation of circumstances of legal practice that encourage ethical behaviour and a culture of legal practice in which ethical conduct is expected.

Far better for the Canadian legal profession to use Halsburys Laws of England with a few footnote references to Canadian cases in what was known as the «Canadian Converter», and major legal treatises from the U.K., than to use the obviously inferior publications that would be written by Canadian authors.

It has nearly 1.5 million documents across over 300 case law and legislative collections, and at nearly 10 million visits in 2014 is quite likely the most used legal information resource in Canada and unquestionably essential to supporting the work of the legal profession, the courts and the public interest in free access to law.

One battle to convert the legal profession to use AI is reminding people of risks in current practice.

People often believe that everyone in the legal profession uses sophisticated and elaborate language at all times.

YLAL co-chairs Ollie and Rachel used their column in Legal Action magazine to talk about our plans to update our research on the state of access to the profession.

At Lawyer Tech Review, we predict that in the following year business apps will continue to find their way into the legal profession and iPads use within the profession will spread.

It would not be a gross generalisation to say that many in the legal profession in the UK would wince at the idea of young people being taught to use the law as a tool to manage their affairs and claim their rights.

Whilst we have seen this gradual adoption with other technologies, with the development of the Internet of Things sector and the increase in the use of technology by criminals, there appears to be a real and serious need for the legal profession to become more aware of the impacts and applications of innovative technology.

The latest twist in how the legal profession is using social networking comes from Minnesota, where dueling candidates for a seat on the Minnesota Supreme Court are hoping to find friends on Facebook.

My point, in a nutshell, is that much of what we call legal work for the public interest is essentially selfserving: Lawyers use public interest litigation to promote their own agendas, social and political — and (on a wider plane) to promote the power and the role of the legal profession itself.

Since 1999, the Award has been given by the Association every year to acknowledge the work that is done by publishers to provide the Canadian legal profession with high quality materials for use in understanding and researching the law.

Only members of the legal profession and eligible media may use electronic devices to transmit and receive data during a court proceeding or hearing before a court so long as it is undertaken in a manner that will not cause interference or disruption with the proceeding or hearing.

As a public site, this law society investment in the most comprehensive free - to - use legal information resource in Canada concurrently serves up perhaps the most significant contribution to access to justice ever made by the legal profession.