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Glass half full : the decline and rebirth of the legal profession
\"The hits keep coming for the American legal profession. Law schools are churning out too many graduates, depressing wages, and constricting the hiring market. Big Law firms are crumbling, as the relentless pursuit of profits corrodes their core business model. Modern technology can now handle routine legal tasks like drafting incorporation papers and wills, reducing the need to hire lawyers; tort reform and other regulations on litigation have had the same effect. As in all areas of today's economy, there are some big winners; the rest struggle to find work, or decide to leave the field altogether, which leaves fewer options for consumers who cannot afford to pay for Big Law. It would be easy to look at these enormous challenges and see only a bleak future, but Ben Barton instead sees cause for optimism. Taking the long view, from the legal Wild West of the mid-nineteenth century to the post-lawyer bubble society of the future, he offers a close analysis of the legal market to predict how lawyerly creativity and entrepreneurialism can save the profession. In every seemingly negative development, there is an upside. The trend towards depressed wages and computerized legal work is good for middle class consumers who have not been able to afford a lawyer for years. The surfeit of law school students will correct itself as the law becomes a less attractive and lucrative profession. As Big Law shrinks, so will the pernicious influence of billable hours, which incentivize lawyers to spend as long as possible on every task, rather than seeking efficiency and economy. Lawyers will devote their time to work that is much more challenging and meaningful. None of this will happen without serious upheaval, but all of it will ultimately restore the health of the faltering profession. A unique contribution to our understanding of the legal crisis, the unconventional wisdom of Glass Half Full gives cause for hope in what appears to be a hopeless situation\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Rise of Professional Society
The Rise of Professional Society lays out a stimulating and controversial framework for the study of British society, challenging accepted paradigms based on class analysis. Perkins argues that the non-capitalist \"professional class\" represents a new principle of social organization based on trained expertise and meritocracy, a \"forgotten middle class\" conveniently overlooked by classical social theorists.
'A true magnum opus. No social historian can afford not to read it.' – Asa Briggs 'Accessible to the general reader, indispensable to the scholar and a solid achievement of synthesis and clarity.' – The Observer
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Rules for a flat world : why humans invented law and how to reinvent it for a complex global economy
\" If you want a simple representation of the twentieth-century economy, picture a large corporation as a box. To do the same for today's economy, though, we need to blow up that box and reassemble the pieces into a network. The network is global, stretching across the planet untethered to political and legal boundaries. This is the economy of the twenty-first century, characterized by ever-expanding global supply chains and communication systems. In 2005, Thomas Friedman reduced this phenomenon to one phrase, the title of his massively successful book: The World is Flat. Of course, the phrase is misleading. The world may be getting flatter in some places, but there are still many factors that tilt the odds in favor of some locations over others. Law and economics professor Gillian Hadfield picks up where Friedman's book left off, by peeling back the technological layer to look at what lies beneath-our legal infrastructure-and argues that the outdated legal system is, in fact, largely responsible for our still-slanted world. Put simply, the law and legal methods on which we currently rely have failed to evolve along with technology. Hadfield argues that not only are these systems too slow, costly, and localized to support economic complexity, they also fail to address looming challenges such as global warming, poverty, and oppression in developing countries. The answer, however, is not the one critics usually reach for-to have less of it. Through a sweeping review of law and the world economy over thousands of years, Hadfield makes the case for building a legal environment that does more of what we need it to do and less of what we don't. Hadfield offers, in engaging and accessible prose, a model for a more market- and globally-oriented legal system. Combining an impressive grasp of economic globalization with an ambitious re-envisioning of our global legal system, Rules for a Flat World will transform our understanding of how to best achieve a more sustainable and vibrant global economy. \"-- Provided by publisher.
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Stanford Bourne
The result was Sandy’s 1968 paper, “The Psychological Effects of Stillbirths on Women and Their Doctors,” published by the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Fittingly, he went on to play a prominent role in organising Balint groups, also known as GP seminars, at the Tavistock Clinic, developing GPs’ expertise at managing and understanding their emotional interaction with patients. Having helped to extend this approach to other professions—such as solicitors and probation officers—he organised a programme of seminars for physiotherapists, exploring their relationship with doctors and patients.
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YOUR VOICE DRIVES OUR FUTURE
Elections are not simply a routine event. Through your vote, you help influence the course of our profession and contribute to our mission as the community of professionals dedicated to protecting people, property and the environment so that all workers can return to their loved ones at the end of the day. By voting in our upcoming election, you will help shape our Society to ensure that we achieve our collective goals and aspirations and secure the continued success of our profession.
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By Force and Fear
An unwilling, desperate nun trapped in the cloister, unable to gain release: such is the image that endures today of monastic life in early modern Europe. InBy Force and Fear, Anne Jacobson Schutte demonstrates that this and other common stereotypes of involuntary consignment to religious houses-shaped by literary sources such as Manzoni's The Betrothed-are badly off the mark.
Drawing on records of the Congregation of the Council, held in the Vatican Archive, Schutte examines nearly one thousand petitions for annulment of monastic vows submitted to the Pope and adjudicated by the Council during a 125-year period, from 1668 to 1793. She considers petitions from Roman Catholic regions across Europe and a few from Latin America and finds that, in about half these cases, the congregation reached a decision. Many women and a smaller proportion of men got what they asked for: decrees nullifying their monastic profession and releasing them from religious houses. Schutte also reaches important conclusions about relations between elders and offspring in early modern families. Contrary to the picture historians have painted of increasingly less patriarchal and more egalitarian families, she finds numerous instances of fathers, mothers, and other relatives (including older siblings) employing physical violence and psychological pressure to compel adolescents into \"entering religion.\" Dramatic tales from the archives show that many victims of such violence remained so intimidated that they dared not petition the pope until the agents of force and fear had died, by which time they themselves were middle-aged. Schutte's innovative book will be of great interest to scholars of early modern Europe, especially those who work on religion, the Church, family, and gender.
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Retrospective analysis of legislative and regulatory framework of Ukraine in the area of social protection and social security of population emphasizing the representatives of certain professions
The analysis of the legislative and regulatory framework of Ukraine in the field of social protection and social security of the population with emphasis on representatives of certain professions (particularly pharmacy professionals) was conducted for the period since the Independence Day till nowadays in order to improve the system of social protection of Ukraine. It was found out that the formation and development of Ukrainian legislation in the area of social protection and social security could be divided into four stages with specific features and tendencies. Indicated stages have different development approaches and models of social protection and social security; Soviet and European models are main models among them. At present Ukrainian legislation implements to European standards of social protection.
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Women of Color in Tech
Highly Commended International Business Book from the 2021 Business Book Awards
Nonfiction Book Awards Silver Winner from the Nonfiction Authors Association
Winner of CompTIA's 2020 Diversity Technology Leader Spotlight Award
Winner of a Technology Rising Star Award from the 2020 Women of Color in STEM Conference
Break through barriers to achieve a rewarding future in tech
Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators will help you overcome the obstacles that often prevent women of color from pursuing and staying in tech careers. Contrary to popular belief, tech careers are diverse and fun—and they go far beyond just coding. This book will show you that today's tech careers are incredibly dynamic, and you'll learn how your soft skills—communication, public speaking, networking—can help you succeed in tech.
This book will guide you through the process of cultivating strong relationships and building a network that will get you were you want to be. You'll learn to identify a strong, knowledgeable support network that you can rely on for guidance or mentorship. This step is crucial in getting young women of color into tech careers and keeping them there.
* Build your professional network to get the guidance you need
* Find a mentor who understands your goals and your struggles
* Overcome negativity and stay motivated through difficult times
* Identify and develop the soft skills that you need to get ahead in tech
Read this book to help bring to life your vision of a future in tech. With practical advice and inspiring stories, you'll develop the right tools and the right mindset. Whether you're just considering going into tech or you want to take your current career to the next level, Women of Color in Tech will show you how to uncover the resources you need to succeed.
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Psichologo profesijos reguliavimas Europoje: Europos Komisijos reglamentuojamų profesijų bendro vertinimo apžvalga
Straipsnyje pateikiama bendra dabartinio teisinio profesijos statuso Europos šalyse apžvalga, pagrindžiant teisinio statuso ir profesijos pripažinimo poreikį. Apžvalga remiasi Europos Komisijos reglamentuojamų profesijų bendro vertinimo, paskelbto 2016 m., ir šiuo metu Europos Sąjungos bendrosios rinkos reglamentuojamų profesijų duomenų bazėje (prižiūrimoje Europos Komisijos) prieinamos informacijos palyginimu. Rezultatai rodo, kad, nors skirtingos Europos Sąjungos šalys narės reikalauja skirtingo kvalifikacijos lygmens, bendri reikalavimai dažniausiai atitinka Bolonijos proceso reikalavimus. Apžvalgoje taip pat analizuojamas reglamentavimo pagrindas ir reikalavimai, keliami profesinei narystei.
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