Legal Profession category: 228 books
A Law Career Is the Smart Way
To Avoid the Evil Economic Trio of Outsourcing, Globalization and Declining Standard of Living
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
I have spent more than 40 years in the practice of law, while watching the nation's economy and standard of living decline for most Americans. My experiences and insight can be of great value to students who are at the crossroads of career choices. The Law has and will continue to have great potential...
Les secrets professionnels
Approche transversale
Language: French
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Les Éditions Anthemis vous proposent un outil complet pour comprendre les tenants et les aboutissants du secret professionnel dans leurs différents domainesLa question du secret professionnel peut être envisagée sous de nombreux angles, notamment sous celui de la profession exercée. Pour l’avocat,...
Louis D. Brandeis
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
The first full-scale biography in twenty-five years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court–a book that reveals Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, and Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit.
A huge and galvanizing...
Unhappy Lawyer
A Roadmap to Finding Meaningful Work Outside of the Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
"Parker has done an outstanding job of demystifying how any lawyer can make the transition into a new career that offers more potential for success and more importantly, personal satisfaction."
- Don E. Hutcheson, Author, Don't Waste Your Talent: The 8 Critical Steps to Discovering What...
by Johnnie Cochran, David Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
The most famous lawyer in America talks about the law, his life, and how he has won.
Johnnie Cochran has been a lawyer for almost forty years. In that time, he has taken on dozens of groundbreaking cases and emerged as a pivotal figure in race relations in America. Cochran gained international...
In Your Defence
Stories of Life and Law
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
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'A thoughtful, elegant book. ... often as thrilling as a detective novel. ' - Thomas Grant, QC The Times.
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Sarah Langford is a barrister. Her job is to stand in court representing the mad and the bad, the vulnerable,...
by Alfred Denning
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 1980
Two central themes run through The Due Process of Law. The first is the workings of the various "measures authorised by the law so as to keep the streams of justice pure" - that is to say, contempt of court, judicial inquiries, and powers of arrest and search. The second is the recent development...
Jacket
The Trials of a New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
This engaging, irreverent, and most unusual memoir by Trenton attorney John Hartmann puts a human face on dysfunctional Jersey justice. Hartmann's self-deprecating wit and keen eye for all things absurd and ironic reveal him as an equal-opportunity ridiculerfrom supercilious lawyers and judges to cocky...
Why Do We do That?
Commentary on Lawyers and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
During her years of practicing law, writer and lawyer Roberta M. Gubbins observed her fellow lawyers at work, at home and out in the world. She recorded her observations in the form of essays, describing the legal world with humor, passion and clarity. The result is an entertaining, informative and engaging...
by Christine Parker, Adrian Evans
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Inside Lawyers' Ethics is a lively and practical values-based analysis of the moral dilemmas that lawyers face. It gives lawyers the confidence to understand and actively improve their ethical priorities and behaviour when confronted with major ethical challenges. It identifies the applicable law...
New Lawyer's Handbook
101 Things They Don't Teach You in Law School
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
101 Success Strategies They Didn't Teach You in Law School - get expert advice on becoming a better lawyer.
Law school prepares you to think like a lawyer, write like a lawyer, and research like a lawyer-but once you're in the door of a law firm, there's a whole new set of skills you need....
The Good Lawyer
A Student Guide to Law and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
The Good Lawyer explores the ethical and professional challenges that confront people who work in the law - or are considering it - and offers principled and pragmatic advice about how to overcome such challenges. This book takes a holistic approach that begins with your innate humanity. It urges...
So You Want to be a Lawyer
The Ultimate Guide to Getting into and Succeeding in Law School
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Completely revised and updated, So You Want to Be a Lawyer takes you through the process of becoming a lawyer, examining each phase in a helpful and easy-to-understand narrative. Find out what practicing law is like before you step into your first law school class. Practice solving legal problems...
by William J. Quirk, Randall Bridwell
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
American society has undergone a revolution within a revolution. Until the 1960s, America was a liberal country in the traditional sense of legislative and executive checks and balances. Since then, the Supreme Court has taken on the role of the protector of individual rights against the will of the...