Organizations that have endorsed plain language include the Legal Writing Institute, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Canadian Bankers Association.

The 2011 edition of U. S. News publication ranked Suffolk Law School 20th in the United States for its legal clinics, 13th for its Alternative Dispute Resolution program, and 15th for its Legal Writing.

* Association of Legal Writing Directors

The ALWD Citation Manual is a legal citation system for the United States compiled by the Association of Legal Writing Directors.

The Association of Legal Writing Directors ( ALWD ), formed in 1996, is a non-profit professional association of directors and former directors of legal research, writing, analysis, and advocacy programs from law schools in the United States, Canada and Australia.

Courses include or have included Writing By Mail, Journalism, Psychology, Philosophy, Legal Studies, and Science of Tomorrow.

* 17th in Legal Writing

Under the Law School's Legal Analysis, Writing and Research ( LAWR ) program, all students complete a 10-credit, three-semester LAWR curriculum, with two semesters in their first year and a third semester during their second or third years.

For example, at FCI-Petersburg, the Education Department offers Writing and Publishing, Personal Finance, Spanish, Basic Math, Legal Basics, and more.

The University of Victoria Faculty of Law developed a Legal Research and Writing Course, which included an enhanced study skills component.

In the summer term, all students taken introductory classes including Introduction to the Philippine Hybrid Legal System ( for foreign students ), a Seminar on Contemporary Developments in International Law, Methods of Research and Statistics, Fundamentals of Thesis Writing, and a Seminar on Comparative Studies.

The 2013 version of U. S. News & World Report ranked Temple University Beasley School of Law 2nd nationally in Trial Advocacy, 7th in Legal Writing, and 12th in International Law.

The Fall courses are Torts, Contracts, Criminal Law, Litigation Basics, Business Basics, and Legal Research and Writing I.

The Spring courses are Constitutional Law, Property, Civil Procedure I ( Jurisdiction ), Legal Research and Writing II, and one elective.

As part of the new program, the first week of school is dedicated completely to the new LAWS program ( Legal Analysis, Writing, and Skills ).

In particular, the Legal Writing program received a # 13 national ranking and the International Law program received a # 17 national ranking in the annual guide to " America's Best Graduate Schools " published by U. S. News & World Report.

In the 9th grade, students take an Introduction to Law Research and Legal Writing Course.

Legal possession of a firearm requires a Firearm Certificate or Shotgun Certificate ( depending on the type of weapon ).

Notable examples of this type of legal drama are Ally McBeal and Boston Legal.

A United States Note, also known as a Legal Tender Note, is a type of paper money that was issued from 1862 to 1971 in the U. S. Having been current for over 100 years, they were issued for longer than any other form of U. S. paper money.

* Separate Legal Entity, type of legal entity with detached accountability

Characteristic examples of this type of criticism can be found in public statements of the anti-union National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.

Legal risk is a type of risks that means that a counterparty is not legally able to enter into a contract.

A United States Note, also known as a Legal Tender Note, was a type of paper money that was issued from 1862 to 1971 in the U. S. Having been current for over 100 years, they were issued for longer than any other form of U. S. paper money.

Legal opportunism is a wide area of human activity, which refers generally to a type of abuse of the proper intention of legal arrangements ( the " spirit of the law " as distinguished from the letter of the law ).

However, Ng Yuzin Chiautong, Chairman, World United Formosans for Independence ( WUFI ), writing in the 2nd edition ( 1972 ) of his book Historical and Legal Aspects of the International Status of Taiwan ( Formosa ) maintained that Article 10 is not an affirmative definition of the Chinese nationality of the Taiwanese people, but merely an agreement reached for the sake of convenience on the treatment of the Taiwanese as ROC nationals, because otherwise they would be considered stateless and be ineligible for documentation to enable them to travel to Japan.

Legal support from the ACLU can take the form of direct legal representation, or preparation of amicus curiae briefs expressing legal arguments ( when another law firm is already providing representation ).

Scotland is often said to use the civil law system but it has a unique system that combines elements of an uncodified civil law dating back to the Corpus Juris Civilis with an element of common law long predating the Treaty of Union with England in 1707 ( see Legal institutions of Scotland in the High Middle Ages ).

; Legal independence: The independence of the central bank is enshrined in law.

* Chief Legal Officer or CLO – the CLO is traditionally referred to as the General Counsel, or GC

Legal and not punishable crime are all acts in self-defense or otherwise determined by the illegal or criminal conduct of others that happened in the first place ( or omission adequate to protect the staff member who is a victim of illegal crime ).

Dispute Resolution is an important requirement in International Trade: Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration and Legal Action.

Legal consultation is needed before entering and finalizing the agreement ( s ).

* Legal positivism, by contrast to natural law, holds that there is no necessary connection between law and morality and that the force of law comes from some basic social facts although positivists differ on what those facts are.

* Legal realism is a third theory of jurisprudence which argues that the real world practice of law is what determines what law is ; the law has the force that it does because of what legislators, judges, and executives do with it.

" Legal positivism is the dominant theory, although there are a growing number of critics, who offer their own interpretations.

Legal scholars have suggested that the political " equation for religious and racial harmony " is rather fragile, and that this " fragility stems largely from the identification of religion with race coupled with the political primacy of the Malay people colliding with the aspiration of other races for complete equality.

Legal procedure, in a larger sense, is also designed to effect the best distribution of judicial resources.

Legal philosophy as it is currently practiced by academics is primarily Western in its origins and perspective.

* Legal positivism is the view that the law is defined by the social rules or practices that identify certain norms as laws.

* Legal interpretivism is the view, espoused mainly by Ronald Dworkin, that law is not entirely based on social facts, but includes the morally best justification for the institutional facts and practices that we intuitively regard as legal.

* in England and Wales ( as of October 2008 ; Companies Act 2006 ) and in Scotland ( Age of Legal Capacity ( Scotland ) Act 1991 ), the male / female is under 16 years old.

* In an episode of Boston Legal, Alan Shore is diagnosed with word salad which arises during periods of anxiety.

South Campus is also the site of the Buhr library storage facility ( the collections of which are undergoing digitization by Google ), the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and the Student Theatre Arts Complex, which provides shop and rehearsal space for student theatre groups.

* Legal protection of widow remarriage is extended in India.

Legal scholar Randy Barnett has argued that, while presence in the territory of a society may be necessary for consent, it is not consent to any rules the society might make regardless of their content.