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The Official Lawyers' Handbook Daniel R. White

The Official Lawyers' Handbook By Daniel R. White

The Official Lawyers' Handbook by Daniel R. White


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Summary

A handbook for the legal expert and layman alike.

The Official Lawyers' Handbook Summary

The Official Lawyers' Handbook: How to Survive a Legal Career by Daniel R. White

This satirical guide to the legal profession, first published in the 90s, was reviewed by The Times as 'one of the most irreverent, funny and perceptive books about the legal profession ever published.' Nine years later, revised and updated, it still retains all its freshness and bite, and is essential reading for clients, lawyers themselves, and anyone considering a career in the law. Over 15,000 copies of this cult book have been sold in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and beyond.

Table of Contents

Introduction: 18 good reasons to become a lawyer, and 14 hard facts to consider before going to law school 1. Determining your legal aptitude: 'Have you got what it takes to be a lawyer, or would you be better off in a productive sector of the economy?' 2. Getting on to a Law Degree Course: test to determine your reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, logical reasoning and evaluation of facts. 3. Passing your law degree: 'Are you telling me Socrates did it this way?' 4. Summer placements with a law firm: 'Flattery and deception' 5. Law Society Finals: 'Thousands of morons have passed. So can you.' 6. Attending interviews: 'I spent GBP400 on a new suit to meet this dweeb?' 7. How to survive (and make partner) in your law firm: 'You can make it to the top if you know what to kiss, and whose.' 8. Once you're a partner: 'The crock of gold at the end of the rainbow' 9. The lawyerly look: 'A wardrobe as dull as your work' 10. Government legal work: 'No firm ever had a bigger client.' 11. Women and the law: 'Changing attitudes to those funny chaps who wear lipstick and dance backwards.' 12. Legal language: 'Speaking as a lawyer ...' 13. Drafting legal documents: 'More is better, until it begins to make sense' 14. Lawyers and humour: 'There are no funny lawyers. Only funny people who made a career mistake.' 15. The Courts: 'Old litigators never die. They just lose their appeal.' 16. Legal ethics and other great oxymorons. 17. The creative art of billing: 'Who says there are only 24 hours in a day?' 18. Lawyers in love: 'Dealing with romantic feelings towards a lawyer.' 19. You and your lawyer. 20. Legal glossary.

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GOR001346598
9781897597002
1897597002
The Official Lawyers' Handbook: How to Survive a Legal Career by Daniel R. White
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Harriman House Publishing
20080102
208
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