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accounting firms. With the passage of Sarbanes Oxley in 2002, the coordinating audit partner and the reviewing partner are required to rotate off a particular audit every five years so that the engagement can be viewed more skeptically . This practice has been shown to work, and any deviance from it will surely produce negative consequences, such as a decrease in audit quality. In order to best serve the shareholders of any given organization, the system should remain as is. Audit Firm Rotation…

My whole life has been a huge thinking game about what I want to do in life and now it's here. What do I want as my major? Despite going back and forth, I finally chose what major I want to pursue, and that major is economics. I mainly chose this major because it will prepare me the most for law school which I plan to do after receiving my undergraduate degree from West Virginia University. I am currently on track with my major, and over the next four years, I plan to take all necessary classes…

When I think about people or professions I do not have to look very far. All of my life I have been surrounded by the people closest to me, that I love and respect, who share the same passion or the practice of law. I would say that law is our families business. In conducting research about the career or as I have been told by my grandfather, mother, and dad: the “profession” that I am interested in is the law. I am drawn to the law, but because of some of my learning difficulties, I have never…

into consideration the additional factors of difficulties involved in the case, the Husband’s persistent default, and the nature of the services rendered. I have annexed hereto as Exhibit B an itemized list of work performed and hours expended by my firm to…

Jessica Pearson, is the black, female boss who could clearly be seen as a token character as she is both black and female and is leading one of the top law firms in Manhattan. Though she is the boss, Harvey manipulates and threatens Jessica, to get his way, showing that he is still dominant to her. Rachel and Donna are both told what to do either by Harvey, Mike and Louis and sometimes are even threatened to…

You will have to collect and organize client information by preparing a bankruptcy petition and adversary pleads. Also, you will have to work with a creditor and provide them with the document that they may need. A paralegal for a litigation firm works in many areas of the law; corporate, bankruptcy, personal injury or intellectual property. They will have to help the attorney with lots of research, drafting pleadings, collecting evidence, interviewing witnesses and preparing exhibits for trials…

paralegals will be assisting one to three attorneys at a time depending on the size of the law firm and what field they are wanting to be in. According to the Bureau of Labor Statics (2015), Occupational Outlook, employment of paralegals and legal assistants is projected to grow 17 percent from 2012 to 2022, faster than the average for all occupations, and also expected to employee about 277,00 to 323,300. Some law firms will allow a paralegal to hold an associate degree while others prefer at…

considered and perceived as male dominated but the law field is one that is changing. Women are enrolled in half of law school classes and work alongside men in equal numbers, but leave firms twice as likely due to balancing life related issues. The other thing is that the majority of women law firm associates find their firms’ culture and job satisfaction much lower on the scale than their male counterparts. This relates back to why women tend not to go for leadership positions, they simple…

Learning and development We all work with various types of matters and no two matters are identical. Solid EQ skills help us to accurately assess the strengths and limits of ourselves and our lawyers in order to apply that information in ways that are strategic and advantageous to our legal practice. For example, EQ skills could fine-tune our awareness of who deals best with certain clients (including difficult or challenging clients) and who works well as a negotiator. (We will look at being…

Michigan-Ann Arbor has a rating of 90.3% and 5.6% respectively. However, when it comes to the rate of graduates in large firms, Harvard, with a rate of 56.7%, significantly outplaces Georgetown and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor with rates of 44.9% and 43.3% respectively. Even Georgetown who is ranked lower than University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, it places graduates in large firms at a higher rate. When it comes to federal clerkships, Harvard, with a rate of 14.5%, again outplaces both…