Legal skills and practice

Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference--now revised and updated--to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks mental health professionals to address.

With the introduction of Alternative Business Structures fast approaching and more and more partnerships converting to LLP status to meet the new requirements and remain competitive - now may be the time to start considering the benefits of conversion for your own firm.

With the introduction of Alternative Business Structures fast approaching and more and more partnerships converting to LLP status to meet the new requirements and remain competitive - now may be the time to start considering the benefits of conversion for your own firm.

The Good Lawyer encourages the development of a sense of social and moral responsibility as the foundation of better practice.

In this linguistic study of law school education, Mertz shows how law professors employ the Socratic method between teacher and student, forcing the student to shift away from moral and emotional terms in thinking about conflict, toward frameworks of legal authority instead.

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 re-wrote the hearsay evidence rule for the purpose of criminal proceedings, enacting the recommendations of the Law Commission together with some proposals from the Auld Review.

Thriving in a Multi-Generational Law Firm: How to Increase Communication and Collaboration Among Lawyers focuses on the question of whether four generations can co-exist and thrive in a law firm.

Clinical legal education has revolutionized legal education, from its deepest origins in the nineteenth century to its now-global reach.

Good governance has become a critical condition for law firms of all sizes to meet the new, fast-moving opportunities of fast-changing markets for legal services - much more than just having a good partnership agreement.

Routledge Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL.

In Moral Desert, Howard Simmons notes that the idea that we deserve to be praised or rewarded for good behavior and blamed or punished when we act badly seems central to everyone's moral deliberation and practices.

';I worked in a trailer that ICE had set aside for conversations between the women and the attorneys.

Now in its completely updated second edition, this accessible guide provides essential information about how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development for disabled children and young people.

Australian Uniform Evidence Law offers an introduction to the law of evidence and its operation across Uniform Evidence Act jurisdictions.

This book primarily provides assistance to litigators who find themselves acting for or against firms in contentious regulatory matters.

The petroleum industry is highly specialised.

This Special Report contains candid interviews with managing and senior partners of law firms large and small, from Europe and the City to the high street and Africa.

Tells the human story of the litigants involved in landmark legal cases that changed how mental health treatment is practiced.

Forensic Science Errors and Wrongful Convictions: Case Studies and Root Causes provides a rigorous and detailed examination of two key issues: the continuing problem of wrongful convictions and the role of forensic science in these miscarriages of justice.

By investigating how the International Criminal Court (ICC) is portrayed in Africa, this book highlights how perceptions of justice are multilayered.

'What About Law?

Evidence in International Investment Arbitration is a guide for practitioners representing a party in investment arbitration disputes, whilst also offering academics a perspective on the practical elements affecting the treatment of evidence in the area.

In Legal Interpretation, Kent Greenawalt focuses on the complex and multi-faceted topic of textual interpretation of the law.

A team of expert contributors provides an in-depth exploration of police use of force, firearms, and less-than-lethal weapons from a dozen countries across five continents.

With rising competition putting pressure on law firms to raise their performance levels, Alan Hodgart's much anticipated report on Performance Measurement for Law Firms could not have come at a better time.

Wheatley's Road Traffic Law in Scotland is a highly regarded source of reference for all those involved in the detection and prosecution of road traffic offences, with all the relevant law and authority presented in a clear and accessible style.

The lack of women in power positions represents a poor return on investment for law firms, and could be costing them far more than they think in both economic and cultural terms.

Recent years have witnessed growing concern internationally in wellbeing and mental health across the legal community, a shift reflected in a host of initiatives, networks, reports and research studies.

There is a widespread and growing acceptance in legal services organisations worldwide that dealing with stress and burnout is not just the responsibility of the individual lawyer.

The presumption of innocence is universally recognized as a fundamental human right and a core principle in the administration of criminal justice.

Clarity and precision in legal writing are essential skills in the practice and study of law.

Dieses Buch vermittelt die Methodik der strafrechtlichen Fallbearbeitung und des anwendungsorientierten "Abrufens" erlernter Grundlagen einer Straftat anhand polizeipraktischer Originalsachverhalte.

This book provides a practical handbook for legislation.

Obtaining an accurate and comprehensive overview of performance throughout the firm is no easy undertaking - there are numerous aspects of the firm to inspect and many varying streams of information to consider.

For more than a decade, American lawyers have bewailed the ethical crisis in their profession, wringing their hands about its bad image.

This book is an examination of recent developments in the areas of youth justice and child protection.

This revised edition of Advocacy explains how to win cases in court.

Writing in the tradition of Karl Llewellyn’s classic The Bramble Bush, Paul Kahn speaks in this book simultaneously to students and scholars.

Written by former law clerks, legal scholars, biographers, historians, and political scientists, the essays in In Chambers tell the fascinating story of clerking at the Supreme Court.

We will begin this inquiry into innovating to "e;future-proof"e; our practices, not with the question of how to innovate, but rather with why we should concern ourselves with innovation.

The new edition of the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner.

Risk management within law firms is a rapidly developing area.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had a seismic and lasting impact on how the business of law is conducted.

"e;[I]f you want to become a real lawyer (or mentor a young'un to become one), and you really don't know how, then this is really the book for you.

When the first edition of this student work was published some eight years ago transnational commercial law, introduced as a postgraduate course at the University of Oxford in 1995, was taught at a relatively small number of law schools.