Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
I have spent more than 40 years in the practice of law, while watching the nation's economy and standard of living decline for most Americans. My experiences and insight can be of great value to students who are at the crossroads of career choices. The Law has and will continue to have great potential for persons who learn the important lessons at the outset of their career, rather than accumulating those lessons over a 40-year period. This book is...
Author
Language
English
Description
Brett Renzenbrink introduces his proven and revolutionary methods, which are designed to teach professionals how to amass, retain, and leverage a book of business. His techniques will enable you to become bulletproof at your firm, but more importantly, give you permission to do so in a manner that does not require any sacrifice of your core beliefs or quest for personal fulfillment. 4L fearlessly disrupts the conventional lessons taught to young lawyers...
Author
Language
English
Description
Many lawyers find the practice of law intolerable. It simply stinks. "So why don't you leave it?" they say. "Why not find another job? Your law degree is valuable!" They don't know what they're talking about. For most lawyers, switching careers simply isn't an option. We have bills to pay and mouths to feed. The only answer is to find some way to make it tolerable. This book is designed to do just that - help lawyers who hate the law find some way...
Author
Language
English
Description
Research. Trial strategy. Debate. As a lawyer, these are the complex areas in which you thrive. But when it comes to building a sustainable business, your education-and experience-can't guarantee your success.
Today's legal landscape is changing. Behind the doors of your competition are large corporations and powerful executives who understand that clients are consumers looking for exceptional service and fast results. Will you be able to deliver...
Author
Language
English
Description
During her years of practicing law, writer and lawyer Roberta M. Gubbins observed her fellow lawyers at work, at home and out in the world. She recorded her observations in the form of essays, describing the legal world with humor, passion and clarity. The result is an entertaining, informative and engaging visit into the world of lawyers and the law. The essays explore the language of lawyers, advocate for a National Lawyer Day, extol the wisdom...
Author
Language
English
Description
Back in 1982 I opened my own law practice right out of school. This arose out of a combination of necessity and the thought that it could be done! This is the story of what I did, and the various business and personal evolutions that followed.
In this book I discuss how I marketed and built a practice, what worked and what didn't, and how I kept moving forward despite facing some serious challenges. I wrote this book to help lawyers and law students...
Author
Language
English
Description
This book is the first formal, empirical investigation into the law faculty experience using a distinctly intersectional lens, examining both the personal and professional lives of law faculty members. Comparing the professional and personal experiences of women of color professors with white women, white men, and men of color faculty from assistant professor through dean emeritus, Unequal Profession explores how the race and gender of individual...
Author
Language
English
Description
Many business owners dread hiring their next lawyer, and for good reason. All too often, companies pay thousands of dollars only to be treated like second-class citizens, confused and frustrated by the very person who's supposed to be on their side.
No more.
“How Not To Get Screwed By Your Lawyer” shows you how to manage your attorney to get everything you need:
Make sure your lawyer treats you like a champion, not a chump
Use your business...
Author
Language
English
Description
In 2003, spurred by the events of 9/11, 65-year-old Roberta Gubbins accepted the offer of a year-long volunteer/ lawyer position with the American Bar Association/Central & Eastern European Law Initiative in the Republic of Moldova. She left the practice of law, sold her house, and put her belongings in storage. Then, packing up what she thought she'd need in seven suitcases, her cat in his travel crate, her computer, and assorted items in a carry-on,...
Author
Language
English
Description
This book contains memoirs of one man's journey into law over a thirty-year period. It is intended to help new lawyers, students, the public in general, and those interested in becoming a lawyer. The journey will include an insight into the practice of law from one man's beginning to retirement. This will include actual cases and analyses of various courts, judges, lawyers, clients, and others.
Author
Language
English
Description
Set in Boston, On Common Grounds Cafe' presents a world where an individual is given the freedom to really examine their goals as they prepare for futures in careers in law, medicine, and business. The story focuses upon trusting your steps to prepare for your chosen field. The characters share their lives with insights into the focus and the dedication it takes to enter into the life you are born to live. Whether you are thinking about law school,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Completely revised and updated, So You Want to Be a Lawyer takes you through the process of becoming a lawyer, examining each phase in a helpful and easy-to-understand narrative. Find out what practicing law is like before you step into your first law school class. Practice solving legal problems as law students would in law school and lawyers might in an actual courtroom. Find out how to get into law school. And there's much more:
•Advice on how...
Author
Language
English
Description
Big-ticket litigation is a way of life in this country. But something new is afoot-something typified by the $246 billion tobacco settlement, and by courtroom assaults that have followed against industries ranging from HMOs to gunmakers, from lead paint manufacturers to "factory farms." Each massive class-action suit seeks to invent new law, to ban or tax or regulate something that elected lawmakers had chosen to leave alone. And each time the new...
Author
Language
English
Description
101 Success Strategies They Didn't Teach You in Law School - get expert advice on becoming a better lawyer. Law school prepares you to think like a lawyer, write like a lawyer, and research like a lawyer but once you're in the door of a law firm, there's a whole new set of skills you need. The New Lawyer's Handbook guides you through the 101 essential things you need to know in order to excel. From how to handle your clients and how to work with people...
Author
Language
Español
Description
El 11 de julio de 2012 el Congreso colombiano expidió la Ley 1562 que modificó el Sistema General de Riesgos Profesionales y dictó algunas normas en salud ocupacional. La nueva ley cambió la denominación de los riesgos para estar en concordancia con lo establecido por el Convenio 187 de 2006 de la OIT y, así mismo modificó el término de prescripción de las prestaciones económicas del Sistema, amplió la definición de accidente de trabajo,...
Author
Language
English
Description
A Quaker lawyer looks at Friends' relationship with the American legal system and at Friends' legal ethics.
George Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends, admonished his followers against "going to law." In this fascinating, wide-ranging book, a Quaker lawyer explores the relationship between Quakers and the American legal system and discusses Friends' legal ethics. A highly influential group in the US both for their spiritual ideals of...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Este libro pretende formar a los jóvenes estudiantes del último año de la secundaria, en actores fundamentales de la sociedad, como trabajadores y ciudadanos comprometidos en la construcción de una comunidad más equitativa y sustentable.
El trabajo va de la mano con la importancia de pertenecer a una comunidad, ya que la producción de bienes y servicios nos transforma en seres útiles para con los demás.
Los conceptos de ciudadanía y trabajo...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Mary Crow is prosecuting a pedophile case in Atlanta when she gets a frantic call from Ruth Moon, pleading for her help. Mary's goddaughter Lily Walkingstick has been abducted from a Native American protest in the East Tennessee mountains. Over the strenuous objections of Mary's new, dictatorial boss, she heads to Tennessee, hoping the whole thing is a huge misunderstanding.
Sadly, Ruth has not called her out on a wild goose chase-Lily was abducted...
Author
Language
English
Description
The legal profession needs more than law. Whether you are a student, a law school, a university, a law firm or an in-house legal team, The Legal Team of the Future is the definitive guide to understanding and building the holistic skills required of those working in legal services now and in the future. Highlighting the importance of multidisciplinary teams working collaboratively to solve legal problems, the book introduces a 'Law+' model for the...
In Inter-Library Loan Service
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Pasco County Library System can be requested from other Inter-Library Loan Service libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try submitting a Purchase Suggestion. Submit Purchase Suggestion