Offering invaluable guidance on the key skills required on the LPC, Lawyers' Skills also features a number of tasks, examples and reflective exercises specifically designed to support students in developing, practising and refining the legal skills which are integral to the modern solicitors' practice.
“You have to do things, be part of things, you don't want to be part of,” an attorney remarks in Lawyerland. “We all know there are times when you're working on some deal that, if you were to think it through, you'd realize that it was ...
This book introduces law students and young lawyers to the various forms of legal writing. Unlike other books, it integrates legal ethics and professional responsibilities into the field of legal...
English Skills for Lawyers
This brand new edition includes all new illustrations and new information on motions, arbitrations, and appeals.
In this innovative book you'll learn how to... develop and use stage presence use an actor's voice and gestures? develop different characters for different audiences deliver effective speeches adopt the role of talk-show host for ...
The text includes exercises built around an ongoing case study and helpful "Traditions and Trends" commentary, which puts today's legal landscape into a broader context. An in-depth teacher's manual accompanies the text.
Using helpful real-life examples and practical hints and tips, this text is designed to help prospective practitioners develop the fundamental skills essential to their future careers, namely: Writing and Drafting, Legal Research, ...
Lessons in Leadership: Essential Skills for Lawyers will be required reading for any attorney--from newly hired associates to seasoned managing partners--seeking to develop their leadership skills.
Communication Skills INTRODUCTION I was working with an associate at a large commercial law firm on a presentation that she was planning to give to the partners ... “ Most lawyers don't speak with that kind of excitement , ” she said .
This second edition of Lawyers: Roles, Skills and Responsibilities combines three texts from the Thomson Reuters catalogue.