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Lawyering skills and the legal process

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005Description: 443p xxiISBN:
  • 9780521619509
  • 0521619505
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.028000 MAU-2
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Contents:
Contents: Preface to the second edition xvii; Table of Statutes xix; Table of Cases xxi; Introduction 1; 1 - Descent into the swamp 11; 2 - Learning to live in the swamp 34; 3 - Law talk and lay talk: lawyers as communicators 54; 4 - You'll never work alone: group learning and group skills 81; 5 - Interviewing: building the relationship and gaining participation 107; 6 - The ‘good lawyer’: ethics and values in legal work 152; 7 - Clarifying language: making sense of writing 205; 8 - Manipulating language: drafting legal documents 256; 9 - Handling conflict: negotiation 302; 10 - Advocacy: case management and preparation 350; 11 - Into court: the deepest swamp? 397; Index 433.
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Contents:
Preface to the second edition xvii;
Table of Statutes xix;
Table of Cases xxi;
Introduction 1;
1 - Descent into the swamp 11;
2 - Learning to live in the swamp 34;
3 - Law talk and lay talk: lawyers as communicators 54;
4 - You'll never work alone: group learning and group skills 81;
5 - Interviewing: building the relationship and gaining participation 107;
6 - The ‘good lawyer’: ethics and values in legal work 152;
7 - Clarifying language: making sense of writing 205;
8 - Manipulating language: drafting legal documents 256;
9 - Handling conflict: negotiation 302;
10 - Advocacy: case management and preparation 350;
11 - Into court: the deepest swamp? 397;
Index 433.