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Autore |
Sherman Lisa G |
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Sisters-in-law : an uncensored guide for women practicing law in the real world / / Lisa G. Sherman, Deborah L. Turchiano, Jill R. Schecter |
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Naperville, Ill., : Sphinx Pub., 2004 |
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1-4022-3549-6 |
1-281-83375-4 |
9786611833756 |
1-4175-5488-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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TurchianoDeborah |
SchecterJill R |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women lawyers - United States |
Practice of law - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Breaking in the Perfect Pair of Shoes: Settling into Sisterhood -- Chapter 1: Sizing Up Your Solemate: Where to Practice Law -- The Stilettos: The Full-Service Law Firm -- Comfortable Platform Heels: The Mid-Sized Law Firm -- Ski Boots: The Highly-Specialized, Boutique Law Firm -- Orthopedic Shoes: The 9-to-5, In-House Counsel Gig -- Mary Janes: Government Gigs -- Rollerblades: Hang-A-Shingle Shop -- Getting Off on the Wrong Foot -- Chapter 2: Picking Out the Perfect Pair of Shoes: Securing Your First Legal Position -- Questions -- Speed Dating: The Screening Interview -- The Date that Never Ends: The Call-Back Interview -- Chapter 3: Preparing for Sisterhood in Your New Shoes: Surviving the First Week -- The Office Makeover -- Batten Down the Hatches -- Why Magellan Should Have Been a Lawyer -- Sisterly Tricks of the Trade -- The Annual Billathon -- Chapter 4: Familiarizing Yourself with the Shoe Department: Sizing Up the Cast of Characters -- Your Superiors -- Your Comrades -- The Support Staff -- Part II: Footloose and Fancy Free: Having a Life as a Sister -- Chapter 5: |
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Sisters' Favorite Topic of Conversation: Food, Food, and More Food -- Breakfast to Go -- There are No Free Lunches: Working Meals -- Lethal Legal Snacking -- Dining on the Home Front -- The Evolution of the Sister Cook -- After Dinner Drinks Anyone? -- Chapter 6: For Sisters' Eyes Only: The Y-Factor -- The Sport Gene -- Taming the Testosterone Tyrant -- The Magnetic Force between the Y-Chromosome and the X-Chromosome -- Marital Mayhem -- Chapter 7: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Sisterhood Meets Motherhood -- Taking the Pregnancy Plunge -- Voluntary Disclosure? Making the Big Announcement -- The Fine Art of Practicing Prego. |
Motherhood, Now What? -- Returning to the Firm -- The Final Assessment -- Chapter 8: Sisterly Secrets: Simultaneously Lawyering and Living a Full Life -- Chained to Your Desk -- Escaping Alcatraz -- After the Great Escape -- Relax! -- Part III: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: Everything They Don't Teach Sisters in Law School about Practicing Law -- Chapter 9: Strutting in Your New Shoes: The Nuts and Bolts of Practicing Law -- Understanding the Beast Within -- Appreciating the Queen Beast -- Socializing the Beast -- Beauty and the Beast -- Chapter 10: Fighting for the Perfect Pair of Shoes: Litigators -- Sisters' Secret Weapons -- The Discovery Diet -- Taking Your Act on the Road -- T-R-I-A-L -- Our Closing Statements -- Chapter 11: Persuasively Negotiating a Shoe Purchase: Transactional Lawyers -- The Decision -- If You Don't Go to Court, Are You a Lawyer? -- So What's the Big Deal? -- Know the Lingo -- Transactional Bliss -- Chapter 12: Finding the Right Fit: Sisterly Specialties -- Finding Your Glass Slipper -- Living Happily Ever After -- Chapter 13: Wearing Running Shoes: The Great Escape -- Stage 1: The Honeymoon -- Stage 2: Disenchantment -- Stage 3: Window Shopping and Exploration -- Stage 4: The Offer and Sealing the Deal -- Stage 5: Confessing Your Affair and the Breakup -- Stage 6: The New Honeymoon Period -- Stage 7: The Reconciliation -- Stage 8: Punishment and Retribution -- Our Final Swan Song -- Endnotes -- Appendix A: Acronyms -- Appendix B: Frequently Used Phrases -- Index -- About the Authors -- Back Cover. |
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