The Education of a Lawyer Essential Skills and Practical Advice for Building a Successful Career
La Vergne: American Bar Association, 2023
Online
Buch
- 1 online resource (149 pages)
Zugriff:
Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Climbing Mount Ampersand -- Chapter 1: In Law School and Before -- Someone to Watch Over Me -- First Semester -- Letter to a First-Year Law Student -- School Rankings -- Types of Law Schools -- The Two-Year Push -- The Well-Read Law Student -- How to Talk Like a Lawyer -- Demonic Devices -- Law School Bingo -- Theory and Practice -- Chapter 2: In Search of a Job -- Resume the Résumé -- What's in a Name? -- Don't Think, Do -- Hard Deadlines and Job Criteria -- 'Small World' Stories -- Dressing for Success -- The Job Interview -- Beyond Email -- The Luncheon Meeting from Hades -- The Rejection Notice -- What and Who You Know -- While Waiting for the Bar Results -- Now That You're Admitted to Practice -- To Solo or Not -- Chapter 3: In Practice -- Be on Time -- Advice to the New Attorney -- It Can Be a Hardscrabble Life -- Handling Criticism -- Procrastination -- Purge Day -- Yes, Lawyers Do Laugh -- No Water Bottles, Please -- Two Cheers for Continuing Legal Education -- Becoming the Go-To Person -- Gossamer Wings -- Be Positive -- Turn Off Your Goddamned Cell Phone -- Small Law Office Hiring -- Minders Finders Binders Grinders -- Practicing Law on the Cheap -- The CYA Letter -- Reinventing the Wheel -- Along with the Internet, Interact -- Dealing with Jerks -- Grace Under Pressure -- Chapter 4: Areas of Practice -- Appellate Practice -- Family Law -- Assigned Counsel -- Being a Defense Attorney -- The Soloist -- Thoughts of a Public Offender -- Chapter 5: In Court -- Being a Trial Lawyer -- 'The Big Bang Theory' of Courtroom Oratory -- Respect the Judge -- After the Trial -- Better Angels on the High Road -- What's a Meta For? -- Chapter 6: Writing and Speaking -- It All Started with William the Conqueror -- I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar.
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The Education of a Lawyer Essential Skills and Practical Advice for Building a Successful Career
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Muldoon, Gary |
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Veröffentlichung: | La Vergne: American Bar Association, 2023 |
Medientyp: | Buch |
Umfang: | 1 online resource (149 pages) |
ISBN: | 978-1-62722-754-4 (print) |
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