The education of a lawyer : essential skills and uncommon advice for building a successful career / / Gary Muldoon

• Autore: Muldoon Gary
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, Illinois : , : American Bar Association, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 p.)
• Disciplina: 340.02373
• Soggetto topico: Practice of law - United States; Lawyers - United States - Conduct of life; Law - Study and teaching - United States; Law - Vocational guidance - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 HadesThe 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 WheelAlong 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; Public Speaking; One Size Fits All?; Proofreading and Editing ; The FontzLegal Writing and the Ugly Tie Contest; A Good Writer; The Lawyer as Writer; More About Writing; The One-Pager; Chapter 7: Relationships; Initiations; Sandbox; Snake Pit; Tact; Bridges, Not Barriers; The Stories We Tell; Smirch or Be Smirched?; Networking; Sharp-Elbowed Practitioners; Living by the Sword; When to Fire a Client; Responding to Grievances; Shot Across the Bow; Client Control; The GFY Retainer; Chapter 8: Improving as a Lawyer; Keeping Up on the Law; The Burns Book; Save Saturday for Education; Perseverance and Inspiration; Make a List, Check It Twice ; Learn from the Master, Learn from the ApprenticeMind Your Manners; Changing Jobs; Flateau; Chapter 9: In Life; Fit to Be Tried; Outside Interests; More Things to Read; Something About My Father; Pass It On; References; Copyright
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a delightful read that provides invaluable advice about the practice of law. Written for aspiring and young attorneys, the book is a font of wisdom on a range of topics: legal writing, speaking, handling clients, staying current on the law, and managing all the relationships typically encountered by lawyers. Derived from the author's decades of experience as a lawyer and teacher, the book is filled with stories and telling anecdotes. Some are hilarious, some are cautionary, but nearly all contain a nugget of practical insight that readers can apply to their own practice. Decidedly
• Titolo autorizzato: The education of a lawyer
• ISBN: 1-62722-754-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910861031503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II