Four experts make the case for starting your career in the North West At the Liverpool leg of Legal Cheek and The University of Law’s (ULaw) student careers and commercial awareness ‘Secrets to Success’ series, Hill Dickinson banking and finance head Richard Capper; Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner senior associate Samantha Blackburn; Exchange Chambers barrister Alex Williams; and ULaw Liverpool campus dean Carol Draycott came together to offer their views on the city’s bustling legal scene. The Northern Powerhouse The action is fast moving to the North, all the panellists agreed, and it is time to set aside old misconceptions about legal opportunities in the regions. The ‘Northern Powerhouse’,...
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What to Expect from an Attorney At the attorney consultation, you asked a number of questions and felt reassured by the attorney’s manner, experience and expertise. After the consultation was over, you knew you’d found a lawyer to help you deal with the legal matter that’s been keeping you up at nights. But you still find yourself feeling uncertain about the legal services you’re obtaining—what exactly can you expect from your new lawyer? It’s common to have questions and concerns about the legal process you’re about to undergo, as well as what you can expect from the attorney-client relationship. Unless you’re an experienced veteran of the legal system, you’ll have many questions you’ll...
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Gisèle Halimi obituary: Influential French lawyer and feminist Tunisian-born activist helped decriminalise abortion in 1970s and abolish death penalty Gisèle Halimi, a French lawyer, activist and author who championed feminist causes and other human rights efforts for more than seven decades, playing a key role in the decriminalisation of abortion in France, died at her home in Paris on July 28th, one day after her 93rd birthday. The death was confirmed by her son Emmanuel Faux. As a lawyer, Halimi (pronounced ah-lee-mee) frequently sought to redress injustices against women and to seek justice for victims of torture in countries like Tunisia and Algeria, both of which were under...
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MSK Attorneys is pleased to announce that it has been named Law Firm of the Year for Burlington, Vermont in the 2021 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms list. Firms included in the 2021 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. MSK Attorneys is a Vermont law firm focusing its practice on real estate, commercial transactions and related litigation. MSK Attorneys was named as a Tier 1 law firm in the following transactional practice areas: Real Estate Law; Land Use & Zoning Law; Environmental Law; Project Finance Law; and Corporate Compliance Law. MSK Attorneys was named as a...
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More trouble may be brewing for Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, as the Supreme Court of Nigeria has revealed that there was no record of him as a lawyer in their registry. The apex court keeps records of all certified lawyers allowed to handle cases in any Nigerian court. Obasa's profile on Wikipedia and the Lagos Assembly’s website describes him as a lawyer and solicitor of the Federal Republic of Nigeria even though there is no mention of where he practiced or a case he handled. The Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa TWITTER/LSHA He is also described on the Assembly's website as graduating from the Nigerian Law School in 2007, a year after he...
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Many viewers binge-watched (or cringe-watched) Netflix's Indian Matchmaking . On the show, seven singles look to get married in an arranged setting. One of those lucky singletons is lawyer Aparna Shewakramani, whose feisty personality can't be overlooked. That's why she has become the latest internet sensation! Let's dig a little deeper into her work life and see what kind of lawyer actually is. The internet is divided over whether to like or hate Aparna. Meme creators have produced a variety of entertaining content that revolves around her antics. Although we know a lot about her personal, family, and romantic life from the show, we want to know more about her work life. Aparna wanted to...
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The government's 'advisor' accompanying former Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi to Montenegro was none other than his personal lawyer, Aron Mifsud Bonnici. Two veteran lawyers have called out the Chamber of Advocates’ criticism of The Shift for revealing the trips to Montenegro made by Konrad Mizzi’s personal lawyer Aron Mifsud Bonnici, saying that his presence should be questioned and was potentially dangerous. Lawyers Franco Vassallo and Paul Pullicino pointed out that Mifsud Bonnici’s presence on a number of official trips made by Mizzi to Montenegro was incompatible and the Chamber’s recent criticism was uncalled for. “The Chamber seems to be forgetting that, in the real world, the...
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Earlier this year, the COVID-19 outbreak brought my life as a traveling civil law attorney to a screeching halt. But unlike many, just because I couldn’t leave my Beijing home didn’t mean I was out of work. Prospective clients often reached out to me on microblogging platform Weibo, and as the economic ramifications of the now-pandemic rippled outward, messages from employers and workers continued to pour in from across China. Their stories are a window into some of the ways the past few months have turned people’s lives upside down. Wang is the owner of a noodle restaurant I’ve visited in the central city of Wuhan, itself the center of the epidemic in China. One of his restaurant’s...
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Within and outside Nigeria, the name Wole Olanipekun is massive, especially when the issue at hand is law and constitutional development. Of course, it doesn’t take anybody who encounters this Senior Advocate of Nigeria a long time to know that law and his family are dear to his heart. But as Raheem Akingbolu found out in Ekiti recently, there is unbridled bond between this law icon and his Ikere community St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Ikere Ekiti, is an ancient place of worship but today it has suddenly become ‘the bride’ of the community, thanks to an illustrious son of the town, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), who recently built an ultramodern Church Auditorium, with world class facilities...
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▪ Elect officials who promise to establish civilian police review boards with subpoena power. These civilian review boards would include nonpolice members and have investigatory powers and the ability to fire officers who have been cited with multiple misconduct complaints, especially those related to use of excessive force. Someone needs to police the police. ▪ Eliminate police unions’ ability to reinstate officers accused of excessive force, abuse, or racial profiling, by requiring elected officials to negotiate contracts that allow for civilian police review boards to fire officers found guilty of those offenses. ▪ If you elect judges in your state, elect those who understand the...
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