Essays on Legal Profession

Managing diversity in the business management context

Ethnicity and discrimination based on gender in the labour market have been highly prevalent in recent years with many nations and their governments searching for alternative strategies and developing policies to reduce it. Education has for so long been perceived as the only avenue through which this menace can be addressed, and policymakers have been trying to regulate it in such a way as to offer equal opportunities to all individuals. There has been a marked improvement in registration into institutions of higher learning by young BME people in recent years in the UK. This is mainly fueled by ...

Different countries have various legislation that governs their citizens. Comparing jurisdiction in the various countries is, therefore, is possible and declares how various offenses are dealt with for justice. According to Rhode (2013), the law is the tool that ensures justice in any society. When people commit offenses, they are subjected to law for correction measures. The law in England that is useful for foreign jurisdiction is readily available by statutes, the common law, and treaties. The court that is enforcing the jurisdiction is the one to dictate how a particular law would apply. The report has three distinct ...

Introduction

American Bar Association (ABA) is one of the legal organizations designed to serve LGBT survivors of violence from an intimate partner. One of their commissions dealing with sexual and domestic violence focuses its policies on training as well as on creating initiatives for advocates representing the victims of sexual and domestic violence. The LGBT community experiences higher stigma, marginalization, and stigmatization rates (HRC, 2016). Consequently, they often face victimization and bias when their issues are addressed. The ABA Commission, therefore, seeks to address and formulate some policies specific to their concerns. Providing a platform where these individuals can voice ...

As requested, I have looked into the tendency to overbill in law firms and sole practitioner offices in the United States. I have looked into how these tendencies can endanger any prospective law firm, including our own. According to my findings, the legal profession requires many reforms in order to comply with Rule 1.5 of the Model Rules and to still be able to generate a viable profit through billable hours, fixed rates or contingency fees.

Analysis of Billing Issues Within the Legal Profession

In recent years, the legal industry within the United States has undergone a major transformation. In fact, since the economy crashed in 2008, ...

The novel “Unbillable Hours: A True Story” by Ian Graham is a story about how a struggling fourth-year associate discovered that lawyering is not all about the money and prestige and found the deeper meaning of his profession when he took the case of a wrongly convicted indigent client and helped him win his freedom. Graham recounts how he started his career as a young lawyer after he landed a job at the prestigious law firm of Latham and Watkins located in L.A., where he was offered a substantial income. Initially, he knew that he was in the right ...

Article Critique

2010 State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section. The Advocate Winter 2010 The article relates to the First Amendment of the Constitution in regards to religion and liberty. The main purpose of this defense debate is to explain how you cannot have liberty without justice. Justice cannot be complete without the liberty of society. These two go together to form a just legal system. If you eliminate one factor, then the other factor will not hold up or succeed. An ideal judiciary in the U.S. would consist of the judges who are elected stay in their positions because they reflect ...