The Legal Profession And Legal Education

Law simply underlies our societies, it protects our rights, imposes duties on each of us, and establishes a framework for the conduct of almost every social, political, and economic activity. The punishment of crime, compensation of the injured, and the enforcement of contracts are merely some of the tasks of a modern legal system. It also strives to achieve justice, promote freedom, and protect our security. Law affects our everyday lives and impacts on almost every aspect of society, it gives innovative aspects of Law providing a valuable opportunity to develop more versatile skills and perspectives whilst achieving an honour degree, and will equip me with a broad foundation in legal principles, allowing me to progress into a career specialising in areas such as

Students are being handcuffed, arrested and expelled for possession of a butter knife or water gun, punishment that disproportionately targets African-American students, students being alienated and never returning to school after being suspended or expelled are all byproducts of the zero tolerance policies adopted by their school district. School administrators have abandoned common sense due to their adherence to zero tolerance policies by applying the same discipline to students that are guilty of minor offenses and non-violent rules violations, or just poor judgment as they due to

• Increase the use of technology to facilitate faster processing of cases, improve document management, document preservation by reducing paper documents, and maintain compliance with statutory document retention regulations.

Describe the jurisdiction of the varying levels and courts within the court hierarchy of Australia. With reference to contemporary cases and your knowledge of the legal system, comment on the effectiveness of the legal system.

Martha C. Nussbaum's The Use and Abuse of Philosophy in Legal Education gives us insight into one writers view of how our judicial system should utilize philosophy to better serve the people but more often abuses the tools philosophy provides. Socrates, as said in Nussbaum's writing, that the judicial system and government are as a large horse who is groggy under their size and philosophers are to be there as a fly to awake and give life to the noble creature. Many of the concepts that Nussbaum presents in the writing should be taken into consideration when it comes to planning out the curriculum of our law schools. The ideology of teaching law students to think sounds preposterous but would benefit both those practicing law and those going through the legal system.

Acting as a legal practitioner is considered a “great privilege” and “offers the opportunity to serve the community in a profoundly important way.” Lawyer’s roles as officers of the Court and administrators of justice give them a monopoly on the delivery of counselling and representation services. In order to “maintain their capacity to serve the community” , legal practitioners must accept that they are

This paper aims to explore the Legal Services Act 2007 and the impact the Act has had on the role of a Costs Lawyer since implementation.

Technology has changed the way we live our lives in pretty much every way imaginable. In the past, the common belief was that only manual work would be greatly affected by the rise of technology. However, service professions such as the legal profession have certainly seen a change as well. There are discussions what this will mean in the future and whether it will go beyond the current aiding role. If that is so, it could potentially change the current legal framework and question the role of lawyers themselves. There are also issues in relation to the protection of clients through data protection, confidentiality and accountability to look out for. This essay will focus on four main points. Firstly, it will discuss the overall impact of technology on the legal profession, while discussing the potential and feared threat of this. Secondly, exploring the lawyer’s responsibility to offer quality and proper service while relating this to accountability of technology. Thirdly, it will discuss issues relating to confidentiality and the overall role of the lawyer to ensure confidentiality is kept a priority while balancing out the cost reducing and more efficient technologies. Lastly, it will discuss the educational position in relation to technology and the changes that need to happen to prepare future lawyers for their careers.

Some visits have been made to the Supreme Courts and the Local Courts respectively for report assignment. The court visits are meaningful for Business law students to further understand the Australian court and law system through actual participation in court proceedings. This report will provide a reflective discussion on the experiences and observations at the court visits and also examine briefly the civil case of Zanker v Vartkosa (1988). Some of the useful case recordings are online that also helps in this court report.

that many may not be able to pay with cash and may have to take up a

Developing a career in the legal profession has proven to be difficult in terms of the obvious; achieving the grades, obtaining work experience, completing a Bar or LPC etc. However what most people disregard are the barriers that most underrepresented groups face that prevent the advancement of them being able to succeed in developing a legal career. Succeeding the legal profession for the minority of people proves to be difficult as the legal field is considered to discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability etc. White, male lawyers who are from high socio economic backgrounds continue to dominate the majority of top law firms although one might say it has become diverse over the years. The purpose of this essay is to examine how diverse the legal profession has become by critically evaluating the measures taken in the legal system to promote diversity in England and Wales.

As a part of the court and court procedures technology has been permitted in the legal system. Prior to the world wide web, lawyer's needed to go to the court house to research material, now they can e-file and view documents which is a simpler way and will not tie up precious time for the lawyer and the court. Before web prosecutors and the lawyers had to physically meet and go over any pleas and make sure there was an understandings and hash out the case, now they can communicate by email, this spares them both time and gives them the opportunity to manage things in an sensible way and gives them time to consider the deals that are being offered. Technology inside the court can free up time in a trial and permits a lawyer to be more prepared,

To complete the given tasks the paralegal or legal assistant use technology resources to conduct their investigation process usually from start to finish. Technology is also used for the organization, file management, communication, and collecting data process during this process. Due to the duties given the responsibility is crucial. Paralegals

Technology has been changing the way we live our lives in pretty much every way imaginable. The common belief in the past was that only manual work would be greatly affected by the rise of technology. However, service professions such as the legal profession, has certainly seen a change as well. There are discussions what this will mean in the future and whether it will go beyond the current role, which is acting more as an aid to lawyers. If that is so it could potentially change the current legal framework and question the role of lawyers themselves. There are also issues relating more to the protection of clients through data protection, confidentiality and accountability to look out for. This essay will focus on three main points. Firstly, discuss the overall impact of technology on the legal professions, while discussing the perceived threat of this. Secondly, exploring the lawyer’s responsibility to offer quality and proper service and relating to accountability of these new technology aids. Lastly, it will discuss issues relating to confidentiality and the overall role of the lawyer to ensure this while balancing out the cost reducing and more efficient technologies.

Justice, and my wish to understand it has lead me to investigate published scholars, articles and documents which explore the field. Law has been eloquently integrated into daily life by contracts, transactions and order to a scale where it is imperative. I have been consistently learning about this by reading papers exterior to school from published scholars and basic articles and terms to further this.