The AmericanSociety of Comparative Law ASCL , formerly the American Association for the Comparative Study of Law , is a society dedicated to the study of comparative law , foreign law, and private internationallaw . ref cite web title Welcome to the American Journal of Comparative Law url http comparativelaw.metapress.com home main.mpx publisher The American Journal of Comparative Law accessdate 2009 04 24 ref It was founded in 1951, and was admitted to American Council of Learned Societies in 1995. ref cite web title AmericanSociety of Comparative Law url http www.acls.org societies societies.aspx?sid 74895c50 c9a2 db11 a735 000c2903e717 publisher American Council of Learned Socities accessdate 2009 04 24 ref American Journal of Comparative Law The American Journal of Comparative Law is publish ed by ASCL. References reflist External links http www.comparativelaw.org AmericanSociety of Comparative Law Category Organizations established in 1951 Category 1951 establishments in the United States US org stub US law stub ... more details
Chinese Society of InternationalLaw zh c founded by in 1980 and has more than 800 registered members from all over the country engaged in teaching and research institutions of internationallaw, state organs and other practical work departments. Chinese Society of InternationalLaw in China is the center of international academic exchange. Conducts promotion of internationallaw in China, research, practice, dissemination and development, play an important role and impact. Journal The Chinese Journal of InternationalLaw is an independent, peer review ed journal published in association with The Chinese Society of InternationalLaw, Beijing, and Wuhan University Institute of InternationalLaw, Wuhan, China by Oxford University Press . ref http www.chinesejil.org ref Other publications CSIL also publishes in Chinese the Chinese Yearbook of InternationalLaw and The Chinese Society of InternationalLaw Newsletter . See also China LawSociety References reflist External links http www.csil.cn Chinese Society of InternationalLaw Category Organizations based in China Category Law of the People s Republic of China Category Legal organizations Category Academic organizations Internationallaw stub PRChina stub ... more details
The Research Society of InternationalLaw RSIL is a private sector, non partisan, non political internationallaw think tank based in Pakistan. It is funded by Ahmer Bilal Soofi with the objective of promoting institutional awareness of internationallaw in Pakistan, and abroad. It aims to encourage rationality in presenting political positions and to provide an academic and purely objective analysis on any area of internationallaw. ref http rsilpak.org Research Society of InternationalLaw , Official homepage ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Research Society of InternationalLaw Category Foreign policy and strategy think tanks based in Pakistan Category Internationallaw organisations Pakistan stub ... more details
The Indian Society of InternationalLaw or ISIL is an institution for the teaching, research and promotion of InternationalLaw in India. ref cite book title India and internationallaw, Volume 2 last Patel first Bimal N. page 8 year 2008 publisher Martinus Nijhoff Publishers isbn 978 90 04 16152 8 ref It is located opposite the Supreme Court of India and next to the Indian Law Institute ILI . The ISIL was established in 1959 due to the efforts of the late V.K. Krishna Menon and was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru . ref http isil aca.org about isil.htm our soceity The Indian Society of InternationalLaw Bot generated title ref The Indian Society of InternationalLaw, New Delhi has been notified as an approved organisation u s 35 1 iii of the Income Tax Act, 1961 vide Notification No. 22 F.NO.203 43 2010 ITA II , Dated 28 04 2011. ref http taxguru.in income tax indian societyinternationallaw delhi notified approved organisation 351iii notification 22 fno203432010itaii dated 28042011.html Notification ref Details of the admission procedure etc. that are being offered by The Indian Academy of InternationalLaw & Diplomacy , the Teaching Wing of the Indian Society of InternationalLaw, New Delhi can be found http www.htcampus.com institute indian societyinternationallaw here . References Reflist External links ISIL Website http isil aca.org Taxguru.in http taxguru.in income tax indian societyinternationallaw delhi notified approved organisation 351iii notification 22 fno203432010itaii dated 28042011.html LegallyIndia LegallyPedia http www.legallyindia.com wiki Indian Society of InternationalLaw, New Delhi HT Campus http www.htcampus.com institute indian societyinternationallaw Categories Category Legal education in India Category Organisations based in India Category Research institutes in India Category Articles created via the Article Wizard ... more details
The Asian Society of InternationalLaw AsianSIL is a region wide forum for interaction among scholars and practitioners of public and private internationallaw either based in or interested in Asia. ref name Pres http www.asiansil.org index.php?option com content&view article&id 81&Itemid 114 AsianSIL President s Welcome ref It was established in April 2007 at an inaugural meeting at the National University of Singapore . ref http www.wwlegal.com Article717.html Dead link date July 2011 ref ref http ... 2011 DEFAULTSORT Asian Society Of InternationalLaw Category Internationallaw organisations Category ... Affairs, at the Opening Dinner of the Inaugural Conference of the Asian Society of InternationalLaw on 7 April 2007 ref The Society is an international non partisan, non profit, and non governmental organization with the following objectives To promote research, education and practice of internationallaw by serving as a centre of activities among internationallaw scholars and practitioners in Asia and elsewhere, in a spirit of partnership with other relevant international, regional and national societies and organizations To foster and encourage Asian perspectives of internationallaw and To promote awareness of and respect for internationallaw in Asia. ref http law.nus.edu.sg asiansil constitution.htm Constitution of the Asian Society of InternationalLaw , art 2. Dead link date July 2011 ref The first president of the Society was Hisashi Owada , current President of the International ... president of the Society is Judge Hanqin Xue, also a member of the International Court of Justice and until 2010 China s Ambassador to ASEAN and member of the InternationalLaw Commission . ref http law.nus.edu.sg asiansil govbodies.htm Dead link date July 2011 ref In 2011, the Society launched its official journal, the Asian Journal of InternationalLaw , published by Cambridge University Press . ref http journals.cambridge.org action displayJournal?jid AJL Asian Journal of InternationalLaw ... more details
The American Psychology LawSociety AP LS is an academic society for Legal psychology legal and Forensic psychology forensic psychologist s, as well as general psychologists who are interested in the application of psychology to the law. AP LS serves as Division 41 of the American Psychological Association and publishes the academic journal Law and Human Behavior . External links http www.ap ls.org American Psychology LawSociety Website http www.apa.org about division div41.html Division 41 description from the American Psychological Association http www.ap ls.org conferences apls2008 index.html 2008 AP LS Conference psych stub US law stub Category Psychology organizations Category Law related professional associations Category Law related learned societies Category Forensics organizations Category Forensic psychology ... more details
Infobox Organization name AmericanSociety for Pharmacy Law image IPSAbowl.JPG thumb image border size 150x150 caption formation 1974 type headquarters Springfield, IL location membership language leader title leader name key people num staff budget website http www.aspl.org aspl.org The AmericanSociety of Pharmacy Law ASPL is an professional organisation of pharmacist attorneys, pharmacists , Lawyer attorneys , and students in Pharmacy school schools of pharmacy or Law school law who are interested in the law as it applies to pharmacy. Goals The Society seeks to educate the pharmacist attorneys, pharmacists, attorneys and other interested parties on legal issues that affect pharmacy. Its aims are to Further legal knowledge. Communicate accurate legal information to attorneys and pharmacists. Foster knowledge and education pertaining to the rights and duties of pharmacists. Distribute information of interest to the membership via a newsletter and other appropriate publications. Provide a forum for exchange of information pertaining to pharmacy law. History ASPL was founded in 1974 by Joseph L. Fink III, a pharmacist lawyer on the faculty of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science . Activities ASPL maintains a website containing information and useful web links for members and anyone who is interested in the law as it applies to the profession of pharmacy. Its web site ... interest in pharmacy law in a specific U.S. state state or an expert witnesses on topics related to pharmacy. The Society confers a number of national awards in the field and sponsors or cosponsors two national Business conference conferences each year on topics related to pharmacy law and ethics . References Pharmacists Who Are Lawyers , American Druggist 1974 169 Oct. 1 34 35,39 40 See also History of pharmacy External links http www.aspl.org AmericanSociety for Pharmacy Law official website ... official website US org stub Category Pharmacy related professional associations Category Law related ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 Formerly known as The Southwestern Legal Foundation , The Center for American and InternationalLaw is a non profit organization that provides continuing education for lawyers , judge s, and law enforcement personnel. Located in Plano, Texas , CAIL is made of eight different institutions. Tens of thousands of officials, lawyers and law enforcement personnel from all 50 states and 128 countries have taken advantage of the programs offered by CAIL. US org stub DEFAULTSORT Center for American and InternationalLaw Category Legal organizations based in the United States ... more details
The InternationalSociety for Labour and Social Security Law is an international association whose purpose is to study labour and social security law at the national and international level, to promote the exchange of ideas and information from a comparative perspective, and to encourage the closest possible collaboration among academics, lawyers, and other experts within the fields of labour and social security law. For many of those active in issues in the workplace, the internationalization of labor law and relations is becoming a reality. To highlight just a few areas in this field of growing ... law, union lawyers consider international aspects of comprehensive corporate campaigns ... to give advice on the international ramifications of the employment policies of their employer clients. In support of this work, a number of legal organizations have an international focus. The ISLSSL ... and human resources specialists, and others interested in promoting international exchange of ideas ... and employee benefits law. The ISLSSL conducts a World Congress every three years and Regional Congresses ... to combine travel with expanded understanding of how labor and employment law operate elsewhere and explain ... and promote important scholarship, education and training in the fields of comparative and international labor law, employment law, and related fields. In recent years, ISLSSL World Congresses ... of Illinois College of Law publish The Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, a quarterly law journal which publishes articles in the field of comparative and transnational labor and employment law. The journal publishes comparative analysis articles on labor law, employment policy, labor economics ... here . Notes references See also Labor law Collective bargaining Contingent work Industrial relations Legal working age Child Labour Labour movement Master and Servant Act Right to work law Social security ... Labour law Category Social law es Sociedad Internacional de Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad ... more details
Wikify date January 2012 Orphan date January 2012 close paraphrasing date January 2012 The AmericanSociety for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes was organized in Baltimore 6 February 1910, at the residence of Theodore Malburg ref http query.nytimes.com mem archive free pdf?res F10817FE3F5417738DDDAE0894DA405B808DF1D3 ref . The organization had for aim not only the creation of a permanet tribunal for the judicial settlement of international conflicts, but also wanted to create the sentiment that the international controversies, should be resolved in international instances. ref http www.jstor.org stable 2186808 ref The Society was the forerunner of the League to Enforce the Peace , which developed into the League of Nations concept and ultimately into the United Nations. The permanent tribunal was planned to be settled at the Hague. William Howard Taft was its first president. Theodore Marburg was its president from 1913 to 1916. References reflist Category Arbitration organizations ... more details
A LawSociety in current and former Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth jurisdictions was historically ... Bar council Law Societies in the British Islands and Ireland LawSociety of England and Wales c. 1825 LawSociety of Scotland c. 1949 LawSociety of Ireland c. 1852 LawSociety of Northern Ireland c. 1922 Isle of Man LawSociety c. 1859 LawSociety of Jersey LawSociety of Guernsey Ecclesiastical LawSociety , Church of England Society of Solicitor Advocates , Scotland Social Housing Law Association Law Societies elsewhere LawSociety of Alberta c. 1907 LawSociety of British Columbia c. 1869 Fiji LawSocietyLawSociety of Hong Kong c. 1907 LawSociety of Manitoba c. 1870 New Zealand LawSociety c. 1869 LawSociety of Singapore c. 1967 LawSociety of Upper Canada c. 1797 External links Law Societies in the British Islands and Ireland http www.lawsociety.org.uk LawSociety of England and Wales http www.lawscot.org.uk LawSociety of Scotland http www.lawsociety.ie LawSociety of Ireland http www.lawsoc ni.org LawSociety of Northern Ireland http www.iomlawsociety.co.im Isle of Man LawSociety Canadian Law Societies LawSociety of Alberta http www.lawsociety.bc.ca LawSociety of British Columbia http www.lawsociety.mb.ca LawSociety of Manitoba http www.nsbs.org Nova Scotia Barristers Society http www.lawsociety.nf.ca LawSociety of Newfoundland and Labrador http www.lawsociety barreau.nb.ca LawSociety of New Brunswick Le Barreau du Nouveau Brunswick http www.lawsociety.nt.ca LawSociety of the Northwest Territories http lawsociety.nu.ca LawSociety of Nunavut Territory http www.lspei.pe.ca LawSociety of Prince Edward Island http www.lawsociety.sk.ca LawSociety of Saskatchewan LawSociety of Upper Canada Ontario http www.lawsocietyyukon.com default.asp LawSociety ... du Qu bec Society of Civil law notary Notaries of Quebec Australian Law Societies http www.liv.asn.au Law Institute of Victoria LawSociety of New South Wales http www.lawsocietysa.asn.au LawSociety ... more details
Infobox organization name The LawSociety image LawSociety Arms.jpg image border motto i lang la Leges ... budget website http www.lawsociety.org.uk remarks Image LawSociety of England and Wales.svg thumb Current Corporate Logo CourtsEnglandWales The LawSociety is the professional association that represents ... and training solicitors as well as serving as a sounding board for law reform . Members of the Society ... Parliament or by the executive. The society was formed in 1825. The Hall of The LawSociety is at 113 ... , Belgium to deal with European Community law . The current President of The LawSociety is John ... of the Bar , commonly known as the Bar Council. History The London Law Institution, the predecessor to The LawSociety, was founded in 1823 when many London Solicitors came together to raise the reputation ... in 1825 to reflect the fact that the Law Institution had national aspirations. The Society was founded ... documents downloads royalcharters.pdf LawSociety Royal Charters ref A new Charter in 1845 ... was changed to simply The LawSociety . The Society first admitted women members in 1922. ref name lawsochistory http www.lawsociety.org.uk aboutlawsociety whoweare abouthistory.law LawSociety ... In 1903, the Society established its own LawSociety School of Law, which later merged with tutorial ... of the http www.legal services review.org.uk Clementi Review The LawSociety split its ... Society although it regulates and enforces regulation completely independently of the LawSociety. The LawSociety remains the approved regulator, although following the Legal Services Act 2007 a new ... into the Bar Standards Board . See also LawSociety Solicitors Regulation Authority Legal Complaints Service LawSociety of Scotland LawSociety of Northern Ireland Lexcel External links http www.lawsociety.org.uk The LawSociety Homepage http www.solicitors online.com The LawSociety s Guide to Choosing a Solicitor http www.barristermagazine.com Webpages of LawSociety Council Members http www.keithetherington.co.uk ... more details
. ref name definition internationallaw cite web title The Free Dictionary Definition of Human Rights url http www.thefreedictionary.com internationallaw publisher The American Heritage Dictionary of the English ...See International criminal law File Chile signs UN Charter 1945.jpg thumb Created in 1945, the United Nations is responsible for much of the current framework of internationallawInternationallaw is the set ... rather than private citizens. National law may become internationallaw when treaties delegate national .... The term internationallaw can refer to three distinct legal disciplines Public internationallaw , which governs the relationship between province s and international entities. It includes these legal fields treaty law , law of sea , international criminal law , the laws of war or international humanitarian law and international human rights law . Private internationallaw , or conflict of laws ... jus inter gentes agreements between nations Sources of internationallaw Main Sources of internationallaw All sources of internationallaw are from treaties and covenants which regulate relations ... view of internationallaw was reflected in the 1920 Statute of the Permanent Court of International ... Article 7 of the 1946 Statute of the International Court of Justice . Public internationallaw Main Public internationallaw Public internationallaw or international public law concerns the treaty relationships between the nations and persons which are considered the subjects of internationallaw. Norms of internationallaw have their source in either custom, or customary internationallaw consistent ... of internationallaw and its codification. Evidence of consensus or state practice can sometimes be derived ... termed soft law . Internationallaw has existed since the Middle Ages but much of its modern corpus ... public internationallaw. After the failure of the Treaty of Versailles and World War II , the League ... of laws Conflict of laws, often called private internationallaw in Civil law legal system civil ... more details
InternationalSociety may refer to the following English school of international relations theory InternationalSociety for Krishna Consciousness InternationalSociety for Contemporary Music InternationalSociety of Automation UNITECH InternationalSociety See Also Category International organizations Disambig ... more details
AmericanInternational may refer to AmericanInternational Group is a Fortune 500 insurance company AmericanInternational Pictures is a defunct movie production company The AmericanInternational Building is a skyscraper located in New York City AmericanInternational College of Springfield, Massachusetts disambig sv AmericanInternational ... more details
The Ecclesiastical LawSociety is an organization based in the United Kingdom that exists to promote the study of ecclesiastical and canon law particularly in the Church of England and those churches in communion with it. ref http www.ecclawsoc.org.uk Ecclesiastical LawSociety Bot generated title ref Persons of any religious denomination with a professional interest in canon law may apply for membership. The Society sponsors periodic speakers and programmes, but its principal work is editing and publishing the Ecclesiastical Law Journal. Ecclesiastical Law Journal The Society publishes the Ecclesiastical Law Journal three times each year through the Cambridge University Press . The Journal is a scholarly collection of original editorials, articles, comments, parliamentary and conference reports, book reviews, and case notes of decisions from the English ecclesiastical courts . The Journal enjoys a distinguished international editorial board. Its editors are active in canon law study or practice. References reflist 2 See also Canon law Anglican Communion Canon law Church of England Category Anglicanism ... more details
China LawSociety Chinese character Chinese Pinyin Zh nggu F xu hu is the official organization of People s Republic of China Chinese legal academic profession. It was established in 1982 and has sub institutions of different fields of law, such as jurisprudence , constitutional law , Civil law legal system civil law , criminal law , etc. The current President is Han Zhubin . List of presidents Wu Xinyu July 1982 November 1983 Zhang Youyu November 1983 August 1985 Wang Zhongfang August 1985 May 1991 Zou Yu May 1991 January 1997 Ren Jianxin January 1997 November 2003 Han Zhubin November 2003 incumbent See also Law Yearbook of China Chinese Society of InternationalLaw External links http www.chinalawsociety.org.cn Official website zh icon Category Organizations based in China Category Law of the People s Republic of China Category Legal organizations Category Academic organizations Category Article Feedback 5 zh ... more details
Primary sources date May 2009 The Cambridge University LawSociety CULS is a student run society at Cambridge University . Founded in 1901, the Society is one of the oldest of its kind and has an active membership of over 1500 members. The Society caters for those interested in law either as an academic discipline or as a potential career and so includes students studying law as well as those studying for other triposes. CULS aims to provide all of their members with a range of benefits and events, both academic and recreational. On the more academic side, the Society provides a forum for the debate ... for competitors of all abilities . The Society enters a number of teams into national and international ... to pursue a career in the law. This is done through a range of media. On the web, the Society provides ... . The Society also organises numerous opportunities for our members to meet with members of the Bar and a range of Law Firms in informal settings. The Society also organises some of Cambridge ... highlights of the social calendar is the Annual Law Ball, held in Michaelmas term for approximately 600 people. In 2006, CULS held its first Varsity Dinner with the Oxford LawSociety in Oxford. The Society ... University LawSociety. Produced and edited by students with contributions solely from law students, it is the closest English equivalent to the US law journal . Per Incuriam is produced on a termly basis, and is supported by advertisements, mostly from major law firms. Each copy is between ... LawSociety http wwww.law.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge Faculty of Law http www.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge See also University of Cambridge Oxford LawSociety Category Clubs and societies of the University of Cambridge LawSociety Category Legal organisations in England and Wales ... of Worcester Lord Faulkner LC, Linda Dobbs QC, Cherie Booth QC and Rosalyn Higgins QC. The Society ..., are held once a year in Lent term. Positions are open to all members of the society, and are held ... more details
Infobox organization name East Africa LawSociety bgcolor header background color fgcolor header text color image East Africa LawSociety logo.jpg image border size 128px alt alt text see WP ALT caption map optional msize map size, optional, default 250px malt map alt text mcaption optional map2 abbreviation motto predecessor successor formation 1995 extinction date of extinction, optional type Professional association status ad hoc, treaty, foundation, etc purpose Promote legal professionalism headquarters 64 Haile Selassie Road location Arusha , Tanzania coords Coordinates of location using a coordinates template region served membership language English general Secretary General leader title President leader name Wilbert Kapinga leader title2 leader name2 leader title3 leader name3 leader title4 leader name4 key people main organ gral. assembly, board of directors, etc parent organization if one affiliations if any budget num staff num volunteers website url http www.ealawsociety.org remarks former name The East Africa LawSociety EALS is a regional Bar Association in East Africa formed in 1995 and incorporated in Tanzania. The EALS has over 7,000 individual members, and also has six national Bar associations as members LawSociety of Kenya , Tanganyika LawSociety , Uganda LawSociety , Zanzibar LawSociety , Kigali Bar Association and Burundi Bar Association . ref cite web url http www.ealawsociety.org Joomla index.php?option com content&task view&id 16&Itemid 34 title Who we are publisher East Africa LawSociety accessdate 2011 09 26 ref EALS is a member of the International ... million people. ref cite web url http allafrica.com stories 201011221426.html title LawSociety .... In 2009 Donald Deya, at that time President of EALS, said the society was committed to playing an active ... launch of the international coalition for the responsibility to protect and call to governments in advance ... International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect date 19 March 2009 accessdate 2011 09 26 ... more details
Expand list date September 2009 This list presents representative law review s concerned with internationallaw and related fields. American Journal of InternationalLaw Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law Case Western Reserve Journal of InternationalLaw Chicago Journal of InternationalLaw Chinese Journal of InternationalLaw Cornell InternationalLaw Journal Florida Journal of InternationalLaw Fordham InternationalLaw Journal George Washington InternationalLaw Review German Law Journal German Yearbook of InternationalLaw Harvard InternationalLaw Journal Kyiv Student Journal of InternationalLaw Melbourne Journal of InternationalLaw Southwestern Law School Southwestern Journal of InternationalLaw Southwestern Journal of InternationalLaw Texas InternationalLaw Journal Trade, Law and Development Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law University of Pennsylvania Journal of InternationalLaw Virginia Journal of InternationalLaw Washington University Global Studies Law Review Yale Journal of InternationalLaw Expand list date September 2009 See also List of law journals Law External links http www.washlaw.edu lawjournal Law Journals Index at Washburn http stu.findlaw.com journals international.html List of InternationalLaw Journals Category Internationallaw journals Category Lists of academic journals InternationalLaw ... more details
File LawSociety of Singapore 20120103 02.jpg thumb upright The headquarters of the LawSociety of Singapore at South Bridge Road The LawSociety of Singapore is the organisation that represents all lawyer s in Singapore . It publishes the Law Gazette and operates a scheme for needy people to benefit from legal services free of charge. ref cite news title Free legal help for victims kin date 29 January 2005 publisher The Straits Times ref The Society also sets out rules for how lawyers should advertise. ref cite news title LawSociety studies permitting referral fees author Siow Li Sen date 8 March 2006 publisher Business Times Singapore Business Times ref The LawSociety is analogous to what is called the Bar Association in many countries. References reflist See also Lawsociety External links Commons category http www.lawsociety.org.sg LawSociety of Singapore website law stub Singapore org stub Category Law societies Singapore Category Legal organisations based in Singapore ... more details
Law & Society Review print ISSN 0023 9216 , online ISSN 1540 5893 is an academic journal in the field of law and society. It was established by the Law and Society Association in 1966 and published by Wiley Blackwell . It has four issues per volume per year. External links Official 1 http onlinelibrary.wiley.com journal 10.1111 ISSN 1540 5893 Category Law journals Category Wiley Blackwell academic journals Category Quarterly journals Category Publications established in 1966 Category English language journals ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2007 The Auckland District LawSociety is the professional body for barristers and solicitors practising in the Auckland region of New Zealand . It operates in conjunction with the New Zealand LawSociety and was established in 1879. Membership is compulsory in accordance with the Law Practitioners Act 1982. Category Bar associations Category 1879 establishments in New Zealand Category Law societies Category Organisations based in Auckland Law stub NZ org stub ... more details
Infobox university name Leeds Met LawSociety latin name image name logo established type LawSociety Committee 10 members President Amanda Jayne Dearing Members 500 city Leeds country England Leeds Met LawSociety LMULS , is the LawSociety of the Leeds Law School , Leeds Metropolitan University , located in Leeds , West Yorkshire , England Leeds Met Law Soicety Activities The Leeds Met LawSociety is accredited by the Leeds Met Students Union, and participates in activities to increase awareness of the LawSociety, enhance members career prospects after graduation and help the local community. Annual Mooting Competitions The Leeds Met LawSociety mooting competition is organised by the LMU LawSociety and LMU Staff. Its purpose is to expand and stimulate student interest in advocacy, as well as improve research skills and public speaking. Participants will have the opportunity to further develop their expertise of legal concepts and speak in front of a Judge. The internal mooting competition is held in the LMU Courtroom at Cloth Hall Court. The use of the court room is specifically for mooting, and the room acts as a fictitious Appeal Court. The LMU internal mooting competition is only open to LMU students, and applications are accepted at the beginning of October. Pro Bono work LMU LawSociety members work with external organisations. Some of the organisations can be found on their website in the pro bono section, and an overview of what to expect when volunteering can also be found. Generally the volunteering activities the LawSociety participate with include the provision of legal services , advice , research and training. Usually, this is with charities , schools and legal advice centres such as the Citizens Advice Bureau . The Leeds Met LawSociety Pro Bono team provide a range of volunteering opportunities which all have the underlying element of the volunteer ... Category Law societies ... more details
Infobox Organization name LawSociety of Manitoba image image border size caption map msize mcaption abbreviation LSM motto formation extinction type LawSociety status active purpose advocate and public voice, educator and network headquarters Manitoba , Canada . location region served Manitoba , Canada . membership language English Language English br French language French leader title leader name main organ parent organization affiliations num staff num volunteers budget website remarks The LawSociety of Manitoba is the self governing body for lawyers in Manitoba , Canada . Its mandate is to regulate the legal profession. To Practice of law practice law in the Province of Manitoba, a person must be a member of the LawSociety of Manitoba. The LawSociety of Manitoba sets its own admission requirements. The professional certification qualification process to become a lawyer in Manitoba includes having successfully completed the combination of the bar admission courses and a period of Article publishing articles . ref http cdo.law.uvic.ca BarAdmissions.html Law Societies and Bar Associations ref Since 2002, Bar Admission requirements have been fulfilled by completion of the courses offered by the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education CPLED , a joint initiative of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The LawSociety of Manitoba sets the standard of conduct for lawyers within its membership, and disciplines those lawyers who do not meet such standards. The goal of the LawSociety of Manitoba is a public well served by an independent and competent legal profession, and it has a mandate to act in the public interest to ensure that lawyers in Manitoba practise competently ... TL000001&language eng&text Mandate of the LawSociety of Manitoba ref References reflist Canada topic LawSociety of DEFAULTSORT Manitoba LawSociety Category Law societies of Canada Category Manitoba law Manitoba stub ... more details