Legal profession

2015 11.45pm Corrine Carter Page 2 Case SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND CITATION: Re: Humzy-Hancock [2007] QSC 034 PARTIES: IN THE MATTER of the Legal Profession Act 2004 (Qld) and the Supreme Court (Legal practitioner Admission) Rules 2004 IN THE MATTER of an Application by MR NICOLAS AMEEN HUMZY- HANCOCK for admission as a Legal Practitioner of Queensland FILE NO/S: S 7012 of 2006 DIVISION: Trial Division PROCEEDING: Application ORIGINATING COURT: Supreme Court of Queensland,

professionals who can work in the legal field. If you have always dreamed of working in the legal field, then you will be happy to know that there are many job opportunities. There are jobs available for people with different skills and interests. Legal Nurse Consultant If you have an interest in healthcare and law, then you may want to become a legal nurse consultant. Legal nurse consultants are responsible for advising attorneys on medical-related issues that pertain to law. Legal nurse consulting is one

It says a lot about how female lawyers are portrayed in films that in one of the most famous legal films starring a woman, she is working for a man and not even a lawyer. Another film that comes to mind when one thinks about famous legal films starring women is 'Legally Blonde. ' This film star Reese Witherspoon who plays the ditzy blonde Elle Woods who decides to go to Harvard Law School simply to follow her ex-boyfriend

Lawyer Did you know that at present, there is only one lawyer for every 247 Americans in the Unites States? A lawyer is “a person trained in the legal profession who acts for and advises clients or pleads in court” (Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus). According to about careers, there are many different types of lawyers, among the top five highest paying legal professionals around the globe are trial lawyers. The first lawyers, also known as the “Gilded Lawyers” arranged the United Auto Workers (UAW)

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

“The Transformation of the American Legal Profession,” Abel Richard explores how the stratification of the legal profession has changed throughout the years. Richard shares that during the 1870s and 1950s American Lawyers “developed local, state, and national bar association; promulgated ethical codes, and established disciplinary procedures” (Richard). In other words, they started to restrict the requirements to become a lawyer in order to protect the “legal knowledge.” Richard also addresses the

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

The legal profession in itself can be evaluated as abstract; the duties and responsibilities of the members of the legal profession belong to a plethora of options. The profession can be approached in several ways, but the overarching goal is to practice law in one way or another. Observing legal processes has truly been an eye-opening experience. It is much easier to say I want to be an attorney than actually be informed about the process. I had the pleasure of sitting in on a law school class at

In the February 4th Legal Professions Association event, I learned a lot about and from the guest speaker Kevin Harrison. I learned that Mr. Harrison has been a licensed attorney since August 2013 which actually is pretty interesting because he is not exactly new at what he does but he still has more to learn along his legal journey. He spent a lot of his time doing mock trials from high school all the way into law school which he said was about a good 10 years. I also learned that even in the same

Introduction Women in the legal profession today do not encounter most of the challenges that they were facing 50 years ago. However, gender-based issues still exist that females in the legal profession have to face in today’s world. According to the American Bar Association’s Market Research Department women comprised only 36 percent of legal professionals in the country in April 2016 (Smithey, 2017). The number of women in the legal profession has been growing in last few decades, but even