Effective Lawyering

Author : Austen L. Parrish,Dennis T. Yokoyama
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Briefs
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063708023

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Effective Lawyering by Austen L. Parrish,Dennis T. Yokoyama Pdf

This book is for law students and practitioners who want to learn, or be reminded of, the fundamentals of legal writing and oral advocacy. Effective Lawyering concisely describes useful, yet often neglected, writing techniques. The book has pithy discussions of:(1) ways to avoid recurring, yet frequently overlooked, writing problems;(2) sensible approaches to writing common legal documents; and(3) methods for preparing an oral argument.In addition, it provides the reader with a series of checklists to turn to when undertaking a writing project or preparing for oral argument. The authors have designed the book for practicing attorneys as well as law students. The book is an ideal supplement for first-year and advanced legal writing courses, for upper-division skills courses, and for students participating in law journals or moot court programs. Short and to-the-point, the book's unique check-list approach will help law students and practitioners improve their writing methodically.

Author : Ray Brescia,Eric K. Stern
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781479801701

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Crisis Lawyering by Ray Brescia,Eric K. Stern Pdf

Shines a light on the emerging field of law dedicated to responding to and resolving the crises of the twenty-first century In an increasingly globalized world, a complex and interlocking web of nations, governments, non-state actors, laws, and rules affect human behavior. When crisis hits—whether that be extrajudicial detention, unprompted deportation, pandemics, or natural disasters—lawyers are increasingly among the first responders, equipped with the knowledge necessary to navigate the regulations of this ever more complex world. Crisis Lawyering explores this phenomenon and attempts to identify and define what it means to engage in the practice of law in crisis situations. In so doing, it hopes to sketch out the contours of the emerging field of crisis lawyering. Contributors to this volume explore cases surrounding domestic violence; dealing with immigrants in detention and banned from travel; policing in Ferguson, Missouri; the kidnapping of journalists; and climate change, among other crises. Their analysis not only serves as guidance to lawyers in such situations, but also helps others who deal with crises understand those crises—and the role of lawyers in them—better so that they may respond to them more effectively, efficiently, collaboratively and creatively. Crisis Lawyering shines a light on the emerging field of law dedicated to responding to and resolving the complex crises of the twenty-first century.

Author : Randall Kiser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108416443

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Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyer by Randall Kiser Pdf

This book enables attorneys and law students to enhance their professional performance through the key soft skills of self-awareness, self-development, social proficiency, wisdom, leadership, and professionalism. It serves as both a map and a vehicle for developing the skills essential to self-knowledge and fulfillment, organizational respect and accomplishment, client satisfaction and appreciation, and professional improvement and distinction.

Author : Cowan, David
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781839106910

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Effective Communication for Lawyers by Cowan, David Pdf

Effective Communication for Lawyers is an essential guide to communicating in the radically and rapidly changing environment of professional law today. Offering a deep dive into understanding communication as behaviour, as well as practical tools and insights, it connects theory to practice in order to improve client communication, support the current transformation of legal work and prepare readers for future developments and disruptions in the legal professions.

Author : Paul Lisnek
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781402254291

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The Art of Lawyering by Paul Lisnek Pdf

Every year, tens of thousands of people graduate from law school, pass the bar exam, and undertake the practice of law. But only a select few truly develop the art of lawyering—the insight, the gut, the feel, the voice, the gesture, the talent required to excel as a lawyer and stand out from the rest of the crowd. This book is written especially for the new lawyer who wants to excel in his or her chosen career, whether starting a solo practice or joining an established firm. It provides information on: The art of rainmaking—finding and keeping clients The art of billing your clients and getting them to pay you on time without losing business The art of negotiation, both in and out of the courtroom The art of a trial—preparing your case, questioning witnesses, selecting the jury

Author : Douglas O. Linder,Nancy Levit
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199360253

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The Good Lawyer by Douglas O. Linder,Nancy Levit Pdf

Every lawyer wants to be a good lawyer. They want to do right by their clients, contribute to the professional community, become good colleagues, interact effectively with people of all persuasions, and choose the right cases. All of these skills and behaviors are important, but they spring from hard-to-identify foundational qualities necessary for good lawyering. After focusing for three years on getting high grades and sharpening analytical skills, far too many lawyers leave law school without a real sense of what it takes to be a good lawyer. In The Good Lawyer, Douglas O. Linder and Nancy Levit combine evidence from the latest social science research with numerous engaging accounts of top-notch attorneys at work to explain just what makes a good lawyer. They outline and analyze several crucial qualities: courage, empathy, integrity, diligence, realism, a strong sense of justice, clarity of purpose, and an ability to transcend emotionalism. Many qualities require apportionment in the right measure, and achieving the right balance is difficult. Lawyers need to know when to empathize and also when to detach; courage without an appreciation of consequences becomes recklessness; working too hard leads to exhaustion and mistakes. And what do you do in tricky situations, where the urge to deceive is high? How can you maintain focus through a mind-taxing (or mind-numbing) project? Every lawyer faces these problems at some point, but if properly recognized and approached, they can be overcome. It's not easy being good, but this engaging guide will serve as a handbook for any lawyer trying not only to figure out how to become a better--and, almost always, more fulfilled--lawyer.

Author : Gerald Riskin
Publisher : American Bar Association
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : 1590315340

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The Successful Lawyer by Gerald Riskin Pdf

This comprehensive and inspirational book explains how a lawyer can transform his or her life into a more exciting, fulfilling, and profitable one by taking control of his or her destiny. Riskin goes beyond simple concept or theory and delivers a book packed with concrete advice that lawyers can put to work right away.

Author : Mark Adler,Daphne Perry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Law
ISBN : 1784460486

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Clarity for Lawyers by Mark Adler,Daphne Perry Pdf

Guiding the reader through the pitfalls of legal writing, Adler explains how to prevent ambiguity and mistakes, therefore saving time and getting the message across effectively.

Author : Evan Stark
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780195384048

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Coercive Control by Evan Stark Pdf

Drawing on cases, Stark identifies the problems with our current approach to domestic violence, outlines the components of coercive control, and then uses this alternate framework to analyse the cases of battered women charged with criminal offenses directed at their abusers.

Author : William J. Flannery
Publisher : American Bar Association
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 159031736X

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The Lawyer's Field Guide to Effective Business Development by William J. Flannery Pdf

This is a practical business development and sales skills handbook that helps lawyers obtain additional business for their firms. Author Bill Flannery, a recognized leader and true pioneer in legal business development, helps lawyers identify the skills needed to increase client loyalty, increase business from loyal clients, and become the client's trusted advisor. For beginners, the field guide provides practical advice on how to develop basic skills and build confidence. Intermediate-level business developers will benefit from self-assessment tools that provide clear insight into what they are doing well and what they need to do differently, with specific tools and resources that will help them improve. Advanced-level business developers will benefit from advice about sophisticated techniques not currently available elsewhere in published materials geared to the legal profession.

Author : Caroline Maughan,Julian Webb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521619509

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Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process by Caroline Maughan,Julian Webb Pdf

Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process bridges the gap between academic and practical law for students undertaking skills-based and clinical legal education courses at university. It develops oral and written communication, group working, problem solving and conflict resolution skills in a range of legal contexts: client interviewing, drafting, managing cases, legal negotiation and advocacy. The book is designed specifically to help students to practise and develop skills that will be essential in a range of occupations; develop a deeper understanding of the English legal process and the lawyer s role in that process; enhance their understanding of the relationship between legal skills and ethics; and understand how they learn and how they can make their learning more effective. This book provides a stimulating, accessible and challenging approach to understanding the problems and uncertainties of practising law that goes beyond the standard approaches to lawyers skills.

Author : Stephen V. Armstrong,Timothy P. Terrell,Jarrod F. Reich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Legal composition
ISBN : 1402437722

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Thinking Like a Writer by Stephen V. Armstrong,Timothy P. Terrell,Jarrod F. Reich Pdf

Author : John Phelps Warnock
Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780972477260

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Effective Writing by John Phelps Warnock Pdf

Effective Writing: A Handbook with Stories for Lawyers offers specific advice on how to write effectively the many kinds of writing lawyers do in actual practice.. It considers what makes writing effective in letters of various kinds, forms, bills, the many kinds of writing done through the trial, writing for an appeal, contracts, and writing for wills and trusts.

Author : Liz Curran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429602337

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Better Law for a Better World by Liz Curran Pdf

How as a society can we find ways of ensuring the people who are the most vulnerable or have little voice can avail themselves of the protection in law to improve their social, cultural, health and economic outcomes as befits civilised society? Better Law for a Better World answers this question by looking at innovative practices and developments emerging within law practice and education and shares the skills and techniques that could lead to confidence in the law and its ability to respond. Using recent research from Australia, practice initiatives and information, the book breaks down ways for law students, legal educators and law practitioners (including judicial officers, law administrators, legislators and policy makers) to enhance access to justice and improve outcomes through new approaches to lawyering. These can include: Multi-Disciplinary Practice (including health justice partnerships); integrated justice practice; restorative practice; empowerment modes (community & professional development and policy skills); client-centred approaches and collaborative interdisciplinary practice informed by practical experience. The book contains critical information on what such practice might look like and the elements that will be required in the development of the essential skills and criteria for such practice. It seeks to open up a dialogue about how we can make the law better. This includes making the community more central to the operation of the law and improving client-centred practice so that the Rule of Law can deliver on its claims to serve, protect and ensure equality before the law. It explores practical ways that emerging lawyers can be trained differently to ensure improved communication, collaboration, problem solving, partnership and interpersonal skills. The book explores the challenges of such work. It also gives suggestions on how to reduce professional barriers and variations in practice to effectively, humanely and efficiently make a difference in people’s lives. The book builds essential skills and new approaches to lawyering for law students, legal educators, new lawyers and seasoned lawyers, judicial members and law administrators to equip them to better respond to community need. It looks at the law in context by also exploring the role of the law in improving the social determinants of health and socially just outcomes.

Author : Randall Kiser
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783642038143

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Beyond Right and Wrong by Randall Kiser Pdf

Let us endeavor to see things as they are, and then enquire whether we ought to complain. Whether to see life as it is, will give us much consolation, I know not; but the consolation which is drawn from truth if any there be, is solid and durable: that which may be derived from errour, must be, like its original, fallacious and fugitive. Samuel Johnson, Letter to Bennet Langton (1758) Attorneys and clients make hundreds of decisions in every litigation case. From initially deciding which attorney to retain to deciding which witnesses to call at trial, from deciding whether to ?le a complaint to deciding whether to appeal a verdict, attorneys and clients make multiple, critical decisions about strategies, costs, arguments, valuations, evidence and negotiations. Once made, these de- sions are scrutinized by an opponent intent on exploiting the consequences of any mistake. In this intense and adversarial arena, decision-making errors often are transparent, irreversible and dispositive, wielding the power to bankrupt clients and dissolve law ?rms. Although attorneys and clients may regard sound decision making as incidental to effective lawyering, sound decision making actually is the essence of effective lawyering. An attorney’s knowledge, intelligence and experience are inert re- urces until the attorney decides how to deploy those skills to serve the client’s interests. Those decisions, in turn, largely determine a case’s course and outcome.