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"A noble profession is facing its defining moment. From law schools to the prestigious firms that represent the pinnacle of a legal career, a crisis is unfolding. News headlines tell part of the story--the growing oversupply of new lawyers, widespread career dissatisfaction, and spectacular implosions of pre-eminent law firms. Yet eager hordes of bright young people continue to step over each other as they seek jobs with high rates of depression,...
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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...
3) Unshackled
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Most lawyers enter the legal profession with laudable aspirations, but for many, those aspirations soon turn to disappointment, dissatisfaction, and burnout. From how we train lawyers and bill our clients to how we service clients and market ourselves, the legal system is long overdue for a wake-up call. As lawyers, we are failing ourselves and our clients.
But it doesn't have to be this way. Change is possible, even extremely achievable, but momentum...
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Attorneys need high-performing teams that can work well under pressure. But in many organizations, especially large firms, attorneys are often left on their own to figure out how to build their teams, resulting in inconsistent and haphazard management that makes even the best performers feel like cogs in a machine. Many senior leaders view this as inevitable, writing off high attrition as a cost of doing business.
The best lawyers see the world differently....
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Level Up Your Law Practice lays the foundation for grounding a healthy mindset in practical business realities, so you can apply these principles to your law practice and build a vibrant business that serves both you and your clients. A healthy mindset gives you defensive measures to absorb criticism and manage your fears, and provides the foundation on which you can build a successful law practice. Progressive and sustainable business practices enable...
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ICRAS Ideas Fundamentales™: Marketing para abogados Ideas concretas, conocimiento útil. Esta obra es una recopilación de doce trabajos dirigidos a profesionales del derecho para brindarles las herramientas básicas para entender e implementar acciones de mercadeo adaptadas al ejercicio de su profesión. En esta obra encontrarás: el ejercicio del derecho como negocio; el servicio como propósito de una firma de abogado; definición y medición...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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:
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19) A Life of Crime
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A frank and witty memoir of life at the Bar and on the Bench, from former High Court Judge The Hon. Sir Harry Ognall. The Hon. Sir Harry Ognall is a retired judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division. For many years, he enjoyed a formidable reputation as an advocate at the criminal Bar. As counsel, and later as judge, he was involved in numerous high-profile trials, both here and abroad. Among many cases as a QC, he prosecuted Peter Sutcliffe,...
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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,...
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