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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 264 pages, weight: 510 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 31-Oct-2013
  • Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199656444
  • ISBN-13: 9780199656448
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 264 pages, weight: 510 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 31-Oct-2013
  • Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199656444
  • ISBN-13: 9780199656448
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Offering invaluable guidance on the key skills required on the LPC, Lawyers' Skills also features a number of tasks, examples and reflective exercises specifically designed to support students in developing, practising and refining the legal skills which are integral to the modern solicitors' practice.

Lawyers' Skills helps students develop the legal skills required for successful practice in the modern solicitors' firm. 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. Guidance is also provided on a range of other professional skills which should be mastered before going into practice, including effective time management, negotiation and email etiquette.

The inclusion of realistic examples from practice, tasks and reflective exercises reflects the interactive nature of skills as a subject and encourages students to develop, practice, and refine their legal skills. Chapter summaries, diagrams and self-test questions are also featured througout and provide additional learning support to students.

The 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

Student Resources
These include 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.

Lecturer Resources
A test bank of multiple choice questions is available to registered adopters 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.
Online resources to accompany this book viii
Acknowledgements x
1 Introduction
1(3)
1.1 What this guide is about
1(1)
1.2 The nature of legal skills training
1(1)
1.3 How to use this guide
2(2)
2 Interviewing and advising
4(21)
2.1 Introduction
4(1)
2.2 What are interviews for?
4(1)
2.3 How important is non-verbal communication?
4(3)
2.4 How should you prepare for an initial client interview?
7(1)
2.5 How does the WASP approach work?
8(14)
2.6 Interviewing and advising: an exercise
22(1)
2.7 Learning outcomes
23(1)
2.8 Self-test questions
24(1)
3 Legal writing
25(31)
3.1 Introduction
25(1)
3.2 Why write?
25(1)
3.3 Know your reader
26(1)
3.4 Strategies for effective legal writing
27(17)
3.5 The conventions of letter writing: an exercise
44(4)
3.6 Client care: professional requirements
48(3)
3.7 Writing e-mails
51(1)
3.8 Testing your writing ability
52(1)
3.9 Learning outcomes
53(1)
3.10 Self-test questions
54(2)
4 Drafting legal documents
56(23)
4.1 Introduction
56(1)
4.2 Introduction to drafting
56(1)
4.3 The Legal Practice Course Outcomes
57(1)
4.4 Preparing to draft
58(3)
4.5 Responsibility for drafting
61(1)
4.6 Getting down to drafting
61(1)
4.7 Appearance, style and content of the draft
62(4)
4.8 Your draft in their hands
66(3)
4.9 Use of grammar and language
69(1)
4.10 The process of amendment
70(2)
4.11 Engrossment and completion
72(2)
4.12 Construction of documents
74(1)
4.13 Plan, write, revise
74(1)
4.14 Persuasive and informative drafting
75(2)
4.15 Conclusion
77(1)
4.16 Further exercises
77(2)
5 Legal research
79(24)
5.1 Introduction
79(1)
5.2 The Legal Practice Course Outcomes
79(1)
5.3 The route to research
80(1)
5.4 Using primary sources
81(3)
5.5 Doing library-based research
84(1)
5.6 Analysis of the problem
84(3)
5.7 Review of the subject matter
87(3)
5.8 Searching primary and secondary sources
90(8)
5.9 Updating the search
98(3)
5.10 Using online databases
101(1)
5.11 Reporting the results of research
101(1)
5.12 Practice exercise
102(1)
6 Practical problem-solving
103(24)
6.1 Introduction
103(1)
6.2 Why problem-solving?
103(3)
6.3 Step 1: identifying the problem
106(3)
6.4 Step 2: gathering and managing the facts
109(6)
6.5 Step 3: defining the problem
115(3)
6.6 Steps 4 & 5: developing and selecting solutions
118(5)
6.7 Step 6: implementing the solution
123(2)
6.8 Personal risk management
125(1)
6.9 Concept check
126(1)
7 Negotiation
127(10)
7.1 Introduction
127(1)
7.2 What is negotiation?
127(1)
7.3 Characteristics of effective negotiators
128(4)
7.4 Negotiating styles and strategies
132(2)
7.5 Common negotiating mistakes
134(2)
7.6 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
136(1)
7.7 Learning outcomes
136(1)
7.8 Self-test questions
136(1)
8 Advocacy and the solicitor
137(35)
8.1 Introduction
137(1)
8.2 Advocacy
137(1)
8.3 Solicitors' rights of audience
137(1)
8.4 The Solicitors Regulation Authority's Legal Practice Course Outcomes
138(1)
8.5 The skills of the advocate
139(1)
8.6 Submissions
140(5)
8.7 Etiquette, ethics and conduct
145(2)
8.8 Preparation
147(6)
8.9 Examining witnesses
153(13)
8.10 Opening and closing speeches
166(6)
9 Managing your workload
172(15)
9.1 Introduction
172(1)
9.2 What is meant by `managing the workload'?
172(1)
9.3 Why is workload management so Important?
173(12)
9.4 Conclusions
185(1)
9.5 Learning outcomes
186(1)
9.6 Self-test questions
186(1)
10 Continuing your learning
187(5)
10.1 Introduction
187(1)
10.2 How experiential learning happens
187(2)
10.3 How to use your experience to become more proficient
189(1)
10.4 Self-development activities
190(2)
Answers to self-test questions 192(7)
Index 199
Andy Boon is a Professor in Law at the City Law School