Sentences with phrase «working in legal settings»

It is time for professionals working in legal settings to get more informed about what Parental Alienation is, how does one identify it in cases, and what has to be done to reunite alienated children with rejected parents.

Lea Ann has over 15 years working in a legal setting to manage staff and attorneys during document review projects.

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Founded in 2007 by Zimmer and co-founder Logan Green, Lyft's business model is fairly straighforward, even if it operates in a legal gray area: The company recruits and (background - checks) city car owners to become become part - time taxi drivers, who set the hours they wish to work.

Tech startup entrepreneurs should seek professional legal advice when setting up or making changes to their capitalization structure, choosing legal counsel with experience in setting up early - stage ventures and working on investment rounds for their clients.

The EU has invested five million euros to set up a centre that provides knowledge (in - depth sector market reports, guidelines, and case studies); tailored export advice extending to legal and regulatory requirements; rules on market access and competitor and market analysis; assistance with due diligence; training programs adapted for the needs of individual companies; and hot - desks and work spaces in China.

Talks, seminars, and workshops at IBWSS UK have all been set up to provide buyers with key practical advice on both the buying, technical and legal aspects of working in bulk wine.

Hiram Monserrate turned himself in to federal authorities in connection with the NYC Council slush fund scandal, a commission of his former legislative colleagues, which rarely takes action against one of its own, found reasonable cause to believe that he violated the Public Officers Law by setting up a legal defense fund and soliciting contributions from from individuals and entities that had business interests in his work as a senator.

Government plans set for April will cut # 220 million from the # 2 billion annual legal aid budget, predominantly through a 30 % reduction in fees for complex, high - cost cases and an 18 % cut in fees for other crown court work.

A legal process has been set in motion subject to our constitution, we should allow it to work.

The Assembly is set to elect a new speaker on Feb. 10, following Silver's arrest last week for allegedly pocketing millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks that he tried to pass off as legitimate income for legal work, according to prosecutors.

She is also currently co-chair of a Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine working party to set quality standards for healthcare of vulnerable victims of torture and other serious harm in detention.

Thus the difficult point was to weigh the interests of copyright owners, who occasionally spend hundreds of millions (as in the case of Hollywood movies) to create their works, and who have a right for setting the price of the products of these investments as well as a legal right that that right is enforced by the state.

«Whilst GCHQ do vital work to keep us all safe from harm, it is also vital that they do so with the legal framework set down by Parliament, and with proper safeguards in place to protect people's privacy.

Our field offices work closely with U.S. Attorney's Office to adhere to the legal requirements of their particular districts as set forth in case law or court decisions / precedent.

OSHA has set a legal limit for aluminum in dusts (averaged over an 8 hour work day) for 15 mg / m3 (milligram / cubic meter) total dust.

FOR THE PEOPLE Picked up to series STUDIO: ABC Studios TEAM: Paul William Davies (w, ep), Don Todd (ep), Shonda Rhimes (ep), Betsy Beers (ep), Tom Verica (d) LOGLINE: Set in the Southern District of New York Federal Court, aka «The Mother Court,» legal drama follows brand - new lawyers working on opposite sides — for both the defense and the prosecution — as they handle the most high - profile and high - stakes cases in the country, all as their personal lives intersect.

Breaking out of the stylistic confines of his last couple of films, Scorsese hit the ground running with a go - for - broke epic that ran for three breathlessly - paced hours, was horrifying and hilarious in equal measure (an extended sequence involving some old quaaludes, luncheon meat, a looming legal catastrophe and an old «Popeye» cartoon was a set - piece for the ages), was jam - packed with great performances across the board and which offered viewers the pleasure of seeing a top director working at the peak of his powers.

It does exist a convention on a regional level, the European Convention on the Recognition of the Legal Personality of International Non-Governmental Organizations within the European Council, an international treaty that sets the legal basis for the existence and work of NGOs in EuLegal Personality of International Non-Governmental Organizations within the European Council, an international treaty that sets the legal basis for the existence and work of NGOs in Eulegal basis for the existence and work of NGOs in Europe.

Apple's legal cell that is already working overtime with a lot of patent cases that it is currently embroiled in finally seems to be able to divert some of its legal resources towards those who set up shops with almost the same look and feel of original Apple stores.

Per the agreement, the publishers will not work to limit or restrict any prices that ebook retailers choose to set on titles for at least eighteen months, as well as eliminates the Most Favored Nation clause that caused such a stir in the US legal proceedings.

only then would you spend money (ie, some of that money) setting up business entities in the relevant jurisdiction (Dubai or whatever), establishing the needed chain companies, beginning work on legal, etc etc (and as a tiny factor at the end of that chain, sure, a few advisors would sort out the best way to pay any taxes in the US / home country / whatever, taking in to account sundry issues such as visa status, etc etc).

Directors provide the organization with a broad set of skills with experience as professionals in communications, marketing, legal, finance, and non-profit governance, and as working artists.

As the clock ticks down to the first set of sales of work from the Berkshire Museum's collection at Sotheby's in New York, a group opposing the deaccessioning called Save the Art — Save the Museum, which has so far raised $ 15,000 for legal challenges and publicity efforts, is organizing public events to further its cause.

Earthjustice's legal work has helped set the wheels in motion for tackling the most pressing issue of our time.

«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.»

Their detailed examination also let see that, on one hand, changes will be especially important in routine work, but, on the other hand, much more limited for complex legal tasks because of the machine learning - based approaches difficulties in processing situations outside the training set on which they learn.

And, in legal settings where the daily work of district courts are not really at issue, this effort to avoid bias is probably good enough for government work.

The first exercise involves two predictive memoranda analyzing the same set of legal issues.56 Both memoranda are flawed in ways that differ from one another, but they realistic samples of attorney work.

Some start - ups are working with IBM to help deploy Watson in legal settings (e.g. ROSS).

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.

In these community settings, their work begins before a survivor even arrives, by training and educating crisis center staff on the legal process for protective orders and divorce and parenting cases.

In addition, the program supports inter-curricular faculty work by having traditional «doctrinal» faculty teach LA&W while at the same time traditional «legal writing» faculty teach a doctrinal course, with members of both groups working together in regularly scheduled teaching meetings and in less formal settingIn addition, the program supports inter-curricular faculty work by having traditional «doctrinal» faculty teach LA&W while at the same time traditional «legal writing» faculty teach a doctrinal course, with members of both groups working together in regularly scheduled teaching meetings and in less formal settingin regularly scheduled teaching meetings and in less formal settingin less formal settings.

In a 2007 report, Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law (Carnegie Report), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching reported on a number of gaps in legal education and set out a series of recommendations for bridging those gaps.2 Among the authors» findings was the «increasingly urgent need to bridge the gap between analytical and practical knowledge...» 3 The resulting recommendation that the teaching of legal doctrine be integrated beyond «case - dialogue courses» and into courses that focus on more practical skills acknowledged that this idea was «building on the work already underway in several law schools...» 4 One of the schools where the teaching of legal analysis has long been integrated into practice - focused courses is the University of Maryland School of Law (MarylandIn a 2007 report, Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law (Carnegie Report), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching reported on a number of gaps in legal education and set out a series of recommendations for bridging those gaps.2 Among the authors» findings was the «increasingly urgent need to bridge the gap between analytical and practical knowledge...» 3 The resulting recommendation that the teaching of legal doctrine be integrated beyond «case - dialogue courses» and into courses that focus on more practical skills acknowledged that this idea was «building on the work already underway in several law schools...» 4 One of the schools where the teaching of legal analysis has long been integrated into practice - focused courses is the University of Maryland School of Law (Marylandin legal education and set out a series of recommendations for bridging those gaps.2 Among the authors» findings was the «increasingly urgent need to bridge the gap between analytical and practical knowledge...» 3 The resulting recommendation that the teaching of legal doctrine be integrated beyond «case - dialogue courses» and into courses that focus on more practical skills acknowledged that this idea was «building on the work already underway in several law schools...» 4 One of the schools where the teaching of legal analysis has long been integrated into practice - focused courses is the University of Maryland School of Law (Marylandin several law schools...» 4 One of the schools where the teaching of legal analysis has long been integrated into practice - focused courses is the University of Maryland School of Law (Maryland).

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.

Aaron Street: Yeah, so I am on the ABA's law practice division Legal Futures Initiative, which is kind of a gathering of a bunch of innovators in the profession talking about the future of law and the future of law practice, and at the meeting in Miami last week we all got there and realized that, setting aside the future of law practice, there were some more pressing issues in law that needed some innovators to work on — namely the travel ban, immigration ban, Executive Order from President Trump — and so our committee spent a couple of hours thinking about how we, as a group, could help lawyers solve that issue.

It focuses on the extraordinarily broad and sophisticated set of legal challenges faced by contemporary post-secondary institutions and provides practical, concise, and accessible resources for professionals working in the higher - education arena.

The role of modern in - house lawyers is set to change the legal profession and the way the legal sector works.

Working pro-actively with a client to identify regulatory risks, avoid them, mitigate them or somehow off - set potential negative impact (s) and therefore avoid or minimise a client having to tie up its resources both in time and money to use a legal process to achieve conducting its business, in my view, puts clients in the best possible position to do their «real» business.

One possible answer to that question has to be — put LPO to the test — the results are likely to set new standards for CLOs — at least in so far as routine, repetitive legal work is concerned.

When assessing new work both the Legal Aid Agency and providers are obliged to ensure that clients meet the means and merits tests set out in regulations.

In searching for a more cost - effective solution, the company's CFO reached out to Jon Levitt, Managing Member of Outside GC, and worked with him to identify the skill sets needed to handle MSD's operational legal work.

This approach gives students more opportunities to put their legal knowledge to work in either simulated or actual practice settings, and to give standards of professional conduct greater prominence.

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.

A recent paper (to be published) to the International Legal Aid Group conference in June 2017 set out the approach of the Legal Aid Board of South Africa — which is a deliverer of services as well as a funder — to building up automated document generation in a standard form throughout the whole of the organisation: «The generation of automated documents for legal process was identified as a tool that can minimise the time spent on drafting documents and effectively free up time for legal practitioners to attend to more complex legal work.&rLegal Aid Group conference in June 2017 set out the approach of the Legal Aid Board of South Africa — which is a deliverer of services as well as a funder — to building up automated document generation in a standard form throughout the whole of the organisation: «The generation of automated documents for legal process was identified as a tool that can minimise the time spent on drafting documents and effectively free up time for legal practitioners to attend to more complex legal work.&rLegal Aid Board of South Africa — which is a deliverer of services as well as a funder — to building up automated document generation in a standard form throughout the whole of the organisation: «The generation of automated documents for legal process was identified as a tool that can minimise the time spent on drafting documents and effectively free up time for legal practitioners to attend to more complex legal work.&rlegal process was identified as a tool that can minimise the time spent on drafting documents and effectively free up time for legal practitioners to attend to more complex legal work.&rlegal practitioners to attend to more complex legal work.&rlegal work.»

Between establishing the firm and getting it set up and figuring out the day - to - day, I really needed some help actually doing the legal work which is a good and interesting place to be in.

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.

Well, to counter the negative grades, how about: • Assist law school grads looking for jobs • Encourage pro bono work in the practice of law • Set aside a percentage of first -, second - and third - year salaries to pay down debt • Act as a mentor for law school students • Assist law students in the study of law and legal writing Consider contacting your local dean, and pitching in.

We see the rise of AI in legal We see the rise of AI in legal as the next big disruptor, set to transform all types of contracts and contract processes, as well as due diligence and discovery in litigation, taking away much of the more tedious work involved as the next big disruptor, set to transform all types of contracts and contract processes, as well as due diligence and discovery in litigation, taking awaymuch of the more tedious work involved.

It is therefore very helpful for a single practitioner work, such as this, to gather together the most important rules, guidelines and so - called «soft law» on the subject, to set out the key principles applicable in each type of arbitration, and to provide illustrative cases from a number of different jurisdictions and legal traditions.

That said, more than 25 years ago we got our start developing our case management software in a working legal environment, giving us our name and our first client base, as well as providing us with hands - on testing in a real - world setting that helped us develop the product our customers love today.