Brilliantly written, consistently practical, and filled with scores of illuminating exercises, including many new ones, The Creative Lawyer is the book that the profession has been waiting for.
Interest in meditation and mindfulness has skyrocketed in recent years, thanks largely to neuroimaging and the body of scientific research that has validated the many benefits of these practices.
Offers complete, accessible information on every topic of concern to law students ranging from the LSAT, the Bar Exam, Law Review, computerized research and videotape study aids to obtaining that important clerkship or job.
With his colleagues at the People's Law Office (PLO), Taylor has argued landmark civil rights cases that have exposed corruption and cover-up within the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and throughout the city's political machine, from aldermen to the mayor's office.
The Everything Guide to Being a Paralegal is the ideal handbook for new paralegals, professionals looking to further or reevaluate their careers, or those considering the profession.
Small claims court is a place where some look to level the playing field against individuals, businesses, or partnerships that have wronged them in the past.
In the tradition of true crime bestsellers by Alan Dershowitz and Dominick Dunne, Mickey Sherman delivers a powerful and extraordinarily candid account of his legal career that gives the readers an all-access backstage pass to not only the sausage factory that is the criminal justice system but the ';big cases' we have all lived with on TV.
From Barack Obama (Harvard and Chicago) to Bill and Hillary Clinton (Yale), many of our current national leaders emerged from the rarefied air of the nation's top law schools.
It's refreshing that this book does not simply look to advances in technology and artificial intelligence as the cause or the future of the Great Legal Reformation.
Taking his readers through a grueling, eighteen-year-long psycho-legal odyssey, Jabari Gravy recounts the failures of our legal justice system, from legal training to jurisprudence.
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Philips remarkable career in law in London led to recommendations, from which he gained unprecedented access to leading lights in politics and the trade unions.
This book delineates the limits that define, and the tensions that beset, the process of conceiving how laws connect and interact with morals and facts—about the ways we do think about these connections and interactions, not about the ways we should think.
These finely tempered reflections of a small city lawyer restate, in a graceful and informal manner, the true meaning of law and government to ordinary men.
From the selection of judges, through the Bill of Rights, our status as a Christian nation, to the Supreme Courts abrogation of power, Laws and Lawyers in Todays America takes you on an interesting, educational and entertaining journey through several of Americas current legal issues.
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.
Murders don't happen in Kaufman County, Texas, a sleepy community where people raise their kids quietly and drive into Dallas for work and entertainment.
Misunderstandings and jargon prevent many from seriously considering a career as a barrister in the belief that such a career is not for them or that they are not for it.
Flint, Michigan's water crisis, the New Jersey "e;Bridgegate"e; scandal, Enron: all these incidents are examples of various forms of leadership failure.
Flint, Michigan's water crisis, the New Jersey "e;Bridgegate"e; scandal, Enron: all these incidents are examples of various forms of leadership failure.
Marking the 35th anniversary of the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King's College London, this volume brings together a large and illustrious group of contributors to create a comprehensive and authoritative guide cutting across all key areas of contemporary construction law, ranging from construction arbitration to procurement and contract law.