Sentences with phrase «working in a law firm setting»

Most modules have had to be tweaked, some less so, and some with significant changes to make them work in a law firm setting.

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A change in the law coming into play in July 2016 will make it possible and the banking industry is currently working to agree the necessary changes to the infrastructure and technological capabilities required to set a firm timetable for it to be introduced.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

After some time working in a Canadian immigration law firm helping people from around the globe move to Canada, she set off to see more of the world herself.

«The Sustainable Lawyer, an extension of the Boston Bar Association's Task Force on Environmental Sustainability, will provide brief posts providing tips and best practices on the greening of the legal profession, interviews with green mavens in law offices and law firms, stories about opportunities to do green pro bono or community service work, and accounts of lawyers in a variety of settings working to reduce their carbon footprints.»

I love getting people set up with our directory products, because they work so well and fit in with most law firms» integrated digital marketing needs.

In Harbour's program, «students must complete 150 clinical hours in a legal setting — law firm, corporate law office, courthouse — working as a paralegal, not a secretary,» she saiIn Harbour's program, «students must complete 150 clinical hours in a legal setting — law firm, corporate law office, courthouse — working as a paralegal, not a secretary,» she saiin a legal setting — law firm, corporate law office, courthouse — working as a paralegal, not a secretary,» she said.

One proven method of managing and mentoring younger lawyers that has worked well in many midsize law firms is to set up a system whereby the associates work closely with several partners and, at the same time, are under the control of a single supervising partner.

Miller Advocates is one of the leading law firms in Kenya and has a long - standing reputation for its work setting legal precedents in the Kenyan courts.

In some private law firms, workload standards may be set for measuring the more routine work that is performed for non-business client matters, such as real estate closings, bankruptcies, personal injury matters and preparation of simple estate plans.

Meanwhile, the other side of globalization has seen large law firms setting up offshore operations in low - cost locations to run their back - office functions and carry out routine work.

Before setting up my own personal injury law firm in 2012, I worked for the largest personal injury law firm in the country.

Few workplaces are set up as poorly for good communication as is the average law firm, where lawyers are closeted in their own offices and have the chance to talk only to people they are working with directly or who are situated en route to the kitchen or the washroom.

MDR LAB was set up by UK law firm Mishcon de Reya and helped a group of start - ups, several in the legal tech space including one Contracting Automation Tool (CAT) and one legal AI doc review system, to learn more about the needs of a large commercial law firm and to work with them to improve their product.

Instead, Walker Clark's experience working with law firms of all sizes in more than 65 countries suggests that law firms should collect and master a set of strategic skills — a strategic survival kit.

We need to set out a clear vision of what we expect from law firms and engage with the profession and firms, including the major commercial firms, on the delivery of good services for clients and the public interest in a reputable, well working legal system.

But from Walter's description, the yet - to - be-named product sounds more like a working environment where law firms can have access to various AI platforms and various sets of data, as well as bring in their own data.

I read an article in Legal Times about law firms working pro bono to help Eastern European governments set up new legal regimes.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

In Ingredients of enduring BigLaw firms, I set out our work on what makes for an enduring law firm.

To attract and retain these great attorneys — and do so through a model that greatly reduced client fees — we built the firm on a model that permits these attorneys to work from a position that support their life balance and from locations not possible in traditional practice settings and, at the same time, strips away overhead and fixed salaries that underpin a very large part of a traditional law firm's fee structure.

For instance, in areas such as dispute resolution practice, Brexit will undoubtedly create more work for law firms as there will be more disagreements on how this new set of rules is to be interpreted.

So, the consultation procedure has taught us that the Law Society will need to be involved in helping to develop model policies, and in setting up groups to help firms to work together.

Our members work in a wide variety of substantive law areas, and in a variety of general practice, solo and small firm practice settings.

I had a simple solution to office gossip and interloping partner problems when I last worked in a traditional law firm setting — I closed the door.

While that did not work out, it planted the idea in my head that you could actually set up a law firm.

Our clients in large law firms consistently tell us that they prefer alternative fee arrangements, because they only have to have one budget conversation with their corporate client, as opposed to the old way of an easy one up front and a hard one after trial, and because it is a «set it and forget it» system that allows the lawyers to focus on getting the work done.

In addition to our core work with law firms, companies and directors, and our particular expertise in City whistle - blowing cases, we believe there is a growing market for the specialist and expert advice Fox offers, not least from the increasing number of businesses in the financial sector that are set up as LLPs, notably hedge funds, venture capital, and private equity and asset management.&raquIn addition to our core work with law firms, companies and directors, and our particular expertise in City whistle - blowing cases, we believe there is a growing market for the specialist and expert advice Fox offers, not least from the increasing number of businesses in the financial sector that are set up as LLPs, notably hedge funds, venture capital, and private equity and asset management.&raquin City whistle - blowing cases, we believe there is a growing market for the specialist and expert advice Fox offers, not least from the increasing number of businesses in the financial sector that are set up as LLPs, notably hedge funds, venture capital, and private equity and asset management.&raquin the financial sector that are set up as LLPs, notably hedge funds, venture capital, and private equity and asset management.»

Gaskins explains that this system works via a built - in rules engine which ensures that engagements are set up correctly for invoicing at the start, with the resulting invoices either meeting the rules or being rejected and returned to the law firm for correction.

While it is preferable to prepare a joint notification setting forth such information, factors to consider in determining who should provide it to the client include the extent of the lawyer's work for the client, the client's relationship with other lawyers in the law firm and access to client contact information.

Clinics can be made up of volunteer attorneys only, like at a law firm or at a corporate counsel setting or volunteer attorneys can work with law students to answer questions together in a setting that facilitates collaboration.

But when I first meet someone in a professional setting, I am usually asked seemingly innocuous questions including my age, how long I have worked at my firm, how long I have practiced law or where I am from.

I started my career at a large law firm doing corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions and securities work, however, I eventually moved out of the law firm setting, and moved in - house.

The vast majority of Millennials desire more autonomy in setting the location and hours of their work — whether that is in their individual offices early in the morning, a communal work area at your law firm (such as the law library), at a coffee shop, or even at home from time to time.

Librarian may work in variety of settings such as schools, colleges, museums, law firms, government agencies or even ngo's.

Prior work experience in other office settings or in positions dealing directly with customers can showcase the same skills as someone who has previously worked in a law firm.