Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process (Law in Context)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 8/12/2010
EAN 9780521619509, ISBN10: 0521619505
Paperback, 466 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
Language: English
Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process bridges the gap between academic and practical law for students undertaking skills-based and clinical legal education courses at university. It develops oral and written communication, group working, problem solving and conflict resolution skills in a range of legal contexts: client interviewing, drafting, managing cases, legal negotiation and advocacy. The book is designed specifically to help students to practise and develop skills that will be essential in a range of occupations; develop a deeper understanding of the English legal process and the lawyer's role in that process; enhance their understanding of the relationship between legal skills and ethics; and understand how they learn and how they can make their learning more effective. This book provides a stimulating, accessible and challenging approach to understanding the problems and uncertainties of practising law that goes beyond the standard approaches to lawyers' skills.
Preface
Table of cases and legislation
Introduction
1. Descent into the swamp
2. Learning to live in the swamp
3. Law talk and lay talk
lawyers as communicators
4. You'll never work alone
group learning and group skills
5. Interviewing
building the relationship and gaining participation
6. The 'Good Lawyer'
ethics and values in legal work
7. Clarifying language
making sense of writing
8. Manipulating language
drafting legal documents
9. Handling conflict
negotiation
10. Advocacy
case management and preparation
11. Into court
the deepest swamp?
Further reading.