Legal Profession

This Special Report contains candid interviews with managing and senior partners of law firms large and small, from Europe and the City to the high street and Africa. We do not hear enough about running law firms from those who do the job. Here they...

Judging and Emotion investigates how judicial officers understand, experience, display, manage and deploy emotions in their everyday work, in light of their fundamental commitment to impartiality.Judging and Emotion challenges the conventional assumption...

Every year firms close for a variety of reasons, including sale or merger, but what happens if you haven't prepared to exit the market? The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has stressed the need for firms to have an exit strategy in place to prepare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544531144Author Reza TorkzadehFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Lioncrest PublishingPublisher Lioncrest PublishingWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)...

Great poker players are master tacticians. Not only do they calculate odds with lightning speed and astonishing precision, but they also cunningly anticipate and manipulate the actions of their adversaries. In short, they boast skills that every lawyer...

Henry Friendly is frequently grouped with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, and Learned Hand as the best American jurists of the twentieth century. In this first, comprehensive biography of Friendly, David M. Dorsen opens a unique...

Mergers and acquisitions of law firms of all sizes have become increasingly common as competition for talent and business intensifies and leading firms dominate the market in size and profitability. Lawyers and law firm leaders contemplating the future...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543807684Author Alan R PalmiterFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Aspen PublishingPublisher Aspen PublishingWeight(grams) 1220gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

By any measure, the law as a profession is in serious trouble. Americans' trust in lawyers is at a low, and many members of the profession wish they had chosen a different path. Law schools, with their endlessly rising tuitions, are churning out too many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544529875Author Daniela LiscioFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Lioncrest PublishingPublisher Lioncrest PublishingWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm)...

As the legal landscape becomes increasingly competitive, it is clear that law firms do not always do enough to remain at the top of their game. Firms that have embraced the challenges presented by increased competition are undeniably in a better position...

In-house practice is an increasingly popular career choice, both for new entrants to the profession and for individuals moving away from traditional private practice. The opportunities are exciting but the challenges of being a regulated individual in a...

Humor in the Salt Mines: A Master Lawyer's Guide to Associate Success collects Asa Rountree's well-honed views on how to practice law. His advice is not just timeless and true, but funny and practical. It also hints at the great pleasure that can be had...

How do attorneys who represent clients facing the death penalty cope with the stress and trauma of their work? Through conversations with twenty of the most experienced and dedicated post-conviction capital defenders in the United States, Fighting for...

'David Howarth's Law as Engineering is a profound contribution to the law. Evoking the level of originality associated with pioneering contributions to law and economics half a century ago, Howarth's book aligns law, not on economics, but on engineering...

In-house lawyers need and want to develop their professional and management skills. But unlike lawyers practising in law firms, there may not be dedicated resources designed to support them. It will often be a case of DIY. Managing and Developing Your...

Great poker players are master tacticians. Not only do they calculate odds with lightning speed and astonishing precision, but they also cunningly anticipate and manipulate the actions of their adversaries. In short, they boast skills that every lawyer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671887872Author David MargolickFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 428gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

During recent decades legal professions have changed dramatically. Legal work has become more specialized, women have entered legal professions in large numbers, and the number of nonwhite legal practitioners has increased. Equally important as the...

A president's least-noticed important legacy is his appointment of judges to the lower federal bench. How are these judges chosen? What happens behind the scenes? How important are senators, party organizations, the American Bar Association, and others...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992444624Author Chris HargreavesFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Tips for Lawyers Pty LtdPublisher Tips for Lawyers Pty LtdWeight(grams)...

Other lawyers are living extraordinary lives and their success can be discovered and modeled! Who wants to spend 60 to 70 hours per week in the office? What lawyer would love nothing more than to be accessible to his or her clients 24 hours a day, 7 days...

From data gathered in the legislatures of four states --California, New Jersey, Ohio, and Tennessee--Eulau and Sprague here present a lucid analysis of the lawyer's ubiquity in politics and of the political behavior of lawyer-legislators. They also...

Based on an extensive survey of historical, sociological, and legal sources, American Lawyers traces the development of the legal profession during the past century. The most comprehensive work on the subject in over thirty years, this seminal study...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674422681Author Dietrich RueschemeyerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 553g

This book provides Latino students with a step-by-step roadmap for navigating the college process-from overcoming cultural barriers to attending college, to selecting the right school, to considering advanced degrees. The Latino community is the fastest...

For most lawyers, effective client counseling is neither intuitive nor easy. Lawyers tend to avoid or delay communicating bad news out of a fear of client backlash, or because they feel torn between the obligation to clearly inform clients about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999554562Author Jay HarringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Harrington CommunicationsPublisher Harrington CommunicationsWeight(grams)...

Central to the identity of the American legal profession are its systems of self-regulation. Throughout history, the legal profession has tried to hold tight to its traditional values and structure during times of self-identified crisis. The American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999244500Author Mark S MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Sheathed Quill PressPublisher Sheathed Quill PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm)...

The authors present the first objective and carefully documented study of this new occupation and explore its development, operations, and future prospects, as well as its significance for both the legal services delivery system and the consuming public...

Throughout history, the American legal profession has tried to hold tight to its identity by retreating into its traditional values and structure during times of self-perceived crisis. The American Legal Profession in Crisis: Resistance and Responses to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313222153Author Seymour WarkovFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587331794Author Jacob A. SteinFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint TheCapitol.Net, IncPublisher TheCapitol.Net, IncWeight(grams) 575g

For more than fifty years, scholars have documented and critiqued the marginalizing effects of the Socratic teaching techniques that dominate law school classrooms. In spite of this, law school budgets, staffing models, and course requirements still...

This inspirational handbook is packed with hundreds of proven tools, tips, and techniques for increasing revenue and forging relationships with clients and colleagues that will last you a lifetime. The rainmaking secrets revealed will enable you to: Find...

THE TRUTH WILL ENDURE. IT MUST.But our history is in danger of being rewritten by the progressive left and the “woke” mob.In PROFILES IN FREEDOM: HEROES WHO SHAPED AMERICA , Carl Higbie shines a light on the real heros of American history.Ronald Reagan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733665544Author Jeremy W RichterFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Scarlet Oak PressPublisher Scarlet Oak PressWeight(grams) 254g

Large law firms have become a dominant feature of the legal landscape in the United States and elsewhere. This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society examines the situation of large law firms. The articles collected here address the following...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662928963Author Hon Stephen PfahlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 408g