Lawyers' Skills 2009-10

by Webb, Julian; Maughan, Caroline; Maughan, Mike; Boon, Andy; Keppel-Palmer, Marcus

• ISBN13: 9780199573479
• ISBN10: 0199573476
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Lawyers' Skills has been specifically designed to help students develop the legal skills required for successful practice in the modern solicitors' firm. Suitable for use on courses following either the Written Standards or the new LPC Outcomes, the book equips students with a solid understanding of the theory and concepts underpinning the key skills areas of legal writing and drafting, interviewing and advising, practical legal research and advocacy. Invaluable guidance is also provided on a range of other professional skills including effective time management, negotiation and email etiquette which it is essential to master before going into practice. The inclusion of realistic examples from practice, tasks and reflective exercises reflects the interactive nature of skills as a subject and encourage students to develop, practice and refine their legal skills. Chapter summaries, diagrams and self-test questions are also featured throughout and provide additional learning support to students during their study of legal skills. This text is essential reading for all LPC students and is also a useful source of reference for practitioners wishing to refresh their legal skills. Online Resource Centre A free Online Resource Centre accompanies Lawyers' Skills and provides additional study support for students including a bank of realistic sample documentation designed to highlight legal writing and drafting in action across a range of legal documents and references to further reading for those wishing to delve deeper into the subject area. For lecturers, a test bank of multiple choice questions is available and can be used to assess students' understanding of topics covered in the book. The test bank can be uploaded to an institution's own virtual learning environment and can be fully customized to match the structure and content of individual courses.

Author Biography

Julian Webb is Professor of Legal Education at the University of Warwick. Caroline Maughan is a Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of the West of England. Mike Maughan is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Gloucestershire Business School. Marcus Keppel-Palmer is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of the West of England. Andy Boon is the Dean of the School of Law at the University of Westminster.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Interviewing and advising

Legal writing

Drafting legal documents

Legal research

Practical problem-solving

Negotiation

Advocacy and the solicitor

Managing your workload

Continuing your learning

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