Legal Profession

The New Lawyer analyzes the profound impact changes in client needs and demands are having on how law is practised. Most legal clients are unwilling or unable to pay for protracted litigation and count on their lawyers to pursue just and expedient...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783584024Author Douglas McPhersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Globe Law and Business LimitedPublisher Globe Law and Business Limited

As a result of Brexit, and the subsequent move by companies and organisations from London to continental European capital cities (eg. Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris), as well as further globalisation and analysis of referral work, international law firms...

This book is the first formal, empirical investigation into the law faculty experience using a distinctly intersectional lens, examining both the personal and professional lives of law faculty members. Comparing the professional and personal...

This Special Report offers a research-based view into the importance of soft skills for modern lawyers and how law firms develop essential soft skills - whether to comply with SRA rules, to lead productive teams, to provide the best service to clients or...

Corporate legal teams and law firms have made significant investments in their legal project management programmes over the past few years. It is time to take stock and, more importantly, envision future interventions. What are the decisive strategies...

The rule of law is sometimes expressed as 'no person is above the law'. A more comprehensive description of the concept has been elusive for generations of scholars, lawyers and judges. What does the phrase mean? More specifically, what does the rule of...

As the modern methods of practicing the law profession have had a tendency to discourage court oratory and the development of orators, The Art of Cross Examination seeks to bring back the great oratory skills of the past to lawyers everywhere.With our...

Description | View table of contents Look insideLook inside Author(s): Clare Jones , Sarah Goulbourne , Steve Couch Publication date: Aug 2021 Format: Softback Pages: 180 Price: GBP65.00 ISBN: 9781787424265 Lawyers of the 2020s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888455942Author Johannes M. M. ChanFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press

Cause Lawyers and Social Movements seeks to reorient scholarship on cause lawyers, inviting scholars to think about cause lawyering from the perspective of those political activists with whom cause lawyers work and whom they seek to serve. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197637548Author Professor of Law Julie E CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press, USA

This timely book explains how to plan, manage and evaluate the effectiveness of your firm's training programme. Designed to help your firm meet the continuing competence requirements, it provides a suite of tools to help with every aspect of the...

An expose of what goes on behind the ancient walls of London's inns of court, Harry Mount's account of his hellish year as a "pupil" - a trainee barrister in The Temple - dares to reveal the grim secrets of one of England's most archaic...

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In this eye-opening account of the advocate's role, David Pannick considers the principles, practice, and morality of a profession that is often maligned and frequently misunderstood. He assesses the problems caused by clients, judges, and other lawyers,...

Legal Systems & Skills provides students with a practical guide to all the essential knowledge and skills they will need for their law degree and beyond. Divided into three core areas, it forms a foundation for legal studies and for graduate employment. ...

The best-selling legal skills textbook in the market, Legal Skills is the essential guide for law students, encompassing all the academic and practical skills in one manageable volume. It is an ideal text for students new to law, helping them make the...

How do you handle a heavy workload? How do you organize your limited time efficiently? How do you relate effectively with clients, colleagues and staff? How do you maximize your fee income? How do you recruit the right person? How do you delegate work?...

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A worldwide revolution in dispute resolution is unfolding. Public justice systems are turning to offer fair access to a fundamental human right: justice online. Online Dispute Resolution looks at this fundamental change that the digital revolution has...

The Rising Role of Women in Family Offices and Family Businesses is a perceptive and timely Special Report that explores the growing role of women in leadership positions within family offices and family-owned businesses.

Essential Reads for the Modern Lawyer draws on Globe Law and Business' Modern Lawyer journal’s wealth of opinion pieces, interviews and thought leadership, which together comprise an invaluable and wide-ranging analysis of the topics that really matter...

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Powers of attorney have a crucial role to play in looking after vulnerable people, including the elderly and those with medical conditions. Yet power of attorney legislation is inconsistent across the globe, with some jurisdictions having very limited...

The effective mentoring of new associates used to be a natural part of the process for law firms, but nowadays economic pressures are inhibiting the practice; personal mentoring is being eliminated by the fiscal restraints of higher starting salaries and...

The effective mentoring of new associates used to be a natural part of the process for law firms, but nowadays economic pressures are inhibiting the practice; personal mentoring is being eliminated by the fiscal restraints of higher starting salaries and...

This book provides a critical psychosocial analysis of legal practice, documenting a mental health crisis among lawyers and judges and linking this crisis to a dysfunctional legal system they continue to control.Tracing studies of lawyers and judges over...

This book assesses the role of the clerks, advisors and expert witnesses and other important actors on the ‘judicial periphery’ who play an important role and often determine the pace, outcome, and tone of the judicial process. In national civil justice...

This book provides a critical psychosocial analysis of legal practice, documenting a mental health crisis among lawyers and judges and linking this crisis to a dysfunctional legal system they continue to control.Tracing studies of lawyers and judges over...

In this practical and insightful book, Dr Nigel Spencer and Mike Mister provide expert guidance to both aspiring and established law firm leaders, to help them to successfully navigate the specific leadership challenges partners face in private practice...

Regarded as a heinous crime with serious, long-term consequences for victims, modern slavery is high on the political agenda and has been a focus of government action in recent years. Many victims of trafficking do not have a right to remain in the UK,...