“Hamlyn Trust Scholarships” for community legal education and training

Report on a project by the Legal Services Agency (LSA), Scotland’s National Law Centre awarded a grant from the Hamlyn Trust to support the agency’s work in providing “community legal education” throughout Scotland. Published as part of a special report on the Hamlyn Trust's 50th anniversary awards in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London

Serving Limited English Proficient Clients

When serving walk-ins, the goal is to provide the same services, information and referrals as we would provide to the English-speaking public. This is true whether the walk-in ultimately turns out to be eligible for our services or not. When in doubt, ask yourself what services, information or referrals you would provide to an English speaking person in the same situation. Then make sure the Limited English Proficient person gets that same service, information or referrals

Migration amendment strengthening biometrics integrity bill 2015

This bill covers the introduction of a single, broad power for collecting personal identifiers, and the collection of biometric information from minors, \u27incapable\u27 persons and asylum seekers

2013 Report on the State of the Legal Market

As we enter 2013, the legal market continues in the fifth year of an unprecedented economic downturn that began in the third quarter of 2008. At this point, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the market for legal services in the United States and throughout the world has changed in fundamental ways and that, even as we work our way out of the economic doldrums, the practice of law going forward is likely to be starkly different than in the pre-2008 period. The challenge for lawyers and law firms is to understand the ways in which the legal market has shifted and to adjust their own strategies, expectations, and ways of working to conform to the new market realities. While there is certainly evidence that some firms and lawyers have begun to make these adjustments, many others seem to be in denial, believing (or perhaps hoping) that the world will go back to normal as soon as demand for legal services begins to grow again. Legend has it that in 1519, when he and his cohort of some 500 soldiers and 100 sailors landed on the shores of the Yucatan intent on conquering the large and powerful Aztec empire, Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortez promptly ordered his men to burn the ships. Cortez knew that, unless more tempting alternatives were removed, it would be difficult to motivate his men to take on an empire with a large army that had been in power for more than six centuries. Hence, his bold and decisive order. The legal market today is an increasingly difficult and challenging environment, one that calls for clear thinking, strategic focus, and flexibility in addressing rapidly changing realities. To an unfortunate extent, however, many lawyers and law firms seem stuck in old models–traditional ways of thinking about law firm economics and structure, legal work processes, talent management, and client relationships–that are no longer well suited to the market environment in which they compete. Perhaps it\u27s time for us, like Cortez, to burn the ships–to force ourselves to think outside our traditional models and, however uncomfortable it might be, to imagine new and creative ways to deliver legal services more efficiently and build more sustainable models of law firm practice. This report describes the trends that have been observed in the legal market in 2012, exploring the longer term implications of those trends for the future, and suggesting some ways in which lawyers and law firms can better position themselves to deal with new emerging market realities

Report on parallel proceedings

Report of a Working Group considering the problems that arise from parallel proceedings, particularly in City fraud cases, within the national jurisdiction and ways in which those problems could be addressed. The Working Group was chaired by George Staple QC

L’importance des techniques neurodynamiques dans la prise en charge d’un syndrome du tunnel carpien

Travail d'intégration présenté à France Piotte dans le cadre du cours PHT-6113.Introduction: Le syndrome du tunnel carpien (STC) est la pathologie la plus commune de compression nerveuse. L’approche neurodynamique est un concept émergent qui pourrait expliquer, évaluer et traiter des dysfonctions neurales telles que le STC. Objectifs: Expliquer la physiopathologie d’un STC avec le concept neurodynamique. Décrire les qualités métrologiques des outils d’évaluation et détailler les critères qualifiant les Upper limp neurodynamic tests (ULNT) positifs. Comparer l’efficacité des différents traitements, dont les mobilisations neurodynamiques pour un STC. Stratégie méthodologique : Revue de littérature dans les bases de données reconnues, les livres de références et d’autres ressources électroniques. Résultats : Le STC est une dysfonction du nerf médian causée par une compression au niveau du poignet caractérisée par des problèmes mécaniques et physiologiques qui peuvent être évalués et traités par l’approche neurodynamique. Le diagnostic est basé sur l’histoire clinique, l’examen physique et les tests électrodiagnostiques. Les outils d’évaluation en physiothérapie, dont les ULNTs ne démontrent pas une bonne valeur diagnostique lorsqu’ils sont utilisés seuls. La combinaison de tests et de questionnaires doit être intégrée dans l’évaluation d’un STC en physiothérapie. En physiothérapie, les ultrasons, le laser, la chaleur, la glace, la thérapie manuelle, l’éducation et le port d’orthèse sont efficaces pour traiter des STC. Les mobilisations neurodynamiques utilisées dans un traitement multimodal améliorent les symptômes et la fonction. Conclusion : Les techniques neurodynamiques doivent être combinées à d’autres outils d’évaluation et d’autres techniques de traitement dans la prise en charge d’un patient atteint de STC

CGIAR Intellectual Assets Report 2013

2013 CGIAR Intellectual Assets Repor

Cartels: the Probability of Getting Caught in the European Union. Bruges European Economic Research (BEER) Papers 12/March 2008

In 1991, Bryant and Eckard estimated the annual probability that a cartel would be detected by the US Federal authorities, conditional on being detected, to be at most between 13 % and 17 %. 15 years later, we estimated the same probability over a European sample and we found an annual probability that falls between 12.9 % and 13.3 %. We also develop a detection model to clarify this probability. Our estimate is based on detection durations, calculated from data reported for all the cartels convicted by the European Commission from 1969 to the present date, and a statistical birth and death process model describing the onset and detection of cartels

CGIAR Intellectual Assets (IA) Report for 2012

This CGIAR Intellectual Assets Report covers the year 2012 and is the first public report submitted by the Consortium to the Fund Council in accordance with Article 10.3 of the CGIAR Principles on the Management of Intellectual Assets (“CGIAR IA Principles”). It was developed after consultation with the Centers involved and the FC IP Group. The report is structured in accordance with the template contained in Annex 4 of the Implementation Guidelines for the CGIAR IA Principles approved by the Consortium Board on 14 June 2013