Paralegal Assistants: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Representation of Citizen Interests of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session ... July 23, 1974 |
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Page 70 - Administrator shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations which he determines to be reliable authority as to the quality of training offered. (2) The term "academic year" means an academic year or its equivalent, as determined by the Administrator.
Page 141 - One of the original members shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years...
Page 209 - A lawyer often delegates tasks to clerks, secretaries, and other lay persons. Such delegation is proper if the lawyer maintains a direct relationship with his client, supervises the delegated work, and has complete professional responsibility for the work product.
Page 212 - University is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, and the Council on Social Work Education.
Page 236 - ... independent professional services of a lawyer of integrity and competence. Maintaining the integrity and improving the competence of the bar to meet the highest standards is the ethical responsibility of every lawyer.
Page 228 - Functionally, the practice of law relates to the rendition of services for others that call for the professional judgment of a lawyer. The essence of the professional judgment of the lawyer is his educated ability to relate the general body and philosophy...
Page 238 - Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association in San Francisco in August, 1972, entitled "The State of the Federal Judiciary— 1972
Page 226 - ... to recognize (an educational institution) as maintaining standards that qualify the graduates for admission to higher or more specialized institutions...
Page 115 - As man," continues the imperial logician, " is apt to delude himself concerning his own interests, contests would then be interminable, and the half of the Empire would not suffice to settle the lawsuits of the other half. I desire, therefore, that those who have recourse to the tribunals should be treated without any pity, and in such a manner that they shall be disgusted with law, and tremble to appear before a magistrate.
Page 103 - Other standing committees may be appointed by the President, with the approval of the Executive Committee, or by the Council.