Practical Guide to Lawyering Skills

Lawyering skills are increasingly part of undergraduate law degrees as well essential elements in the postgraduate vocational law courses, the LPC and the BPTC. This fully updated 4th edition continues to bring together the theory and practice of these skills in an accessible and practical context.

List of contents

1: Foreword by The Secret Barrister; 2: Chapter 1: Legal Writing: Basic Principles, Planning, Plain English and Presentation; 3: Chapter 2: Legal Writing: Applying Writing Skills – Letters, Memoranda, Briefs, Attendance Notes, Reports and Minutes; 4: Chapter 3: Legal Research; 5: Chapter 4: Practical Legal Research; 6: Chapter 5: Opinion Writing; 7: Chapter 6: Legal Drafting: Planning, Structure and Content of Formal Documents; 8: Chapter 7: Advocacy; 9: Chapter 8: Interviewing/Conferencing Skills; 10: Chapter 9: Negotiation; 11: Chapter 10: Mediation: The Process and Practice of Mediation as a Form of Dispute Resolution; 12: Chapter 11: Ethics; 13: Chapter 12: Legal Services Landscape; 14: Chapter 13: Careers, Employability and Commercial Awareness; 15: Index

About the author

Fiona Boyle is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Cumbria.
Deveral Capps is Dean of Leeds Law School at Leeds Beckett University.

Summary

Lawyering skills are increasingly part of undergraduate law degrees as well essential elements in the postgraduate vocational law courses, the LPC and the BPTC. This fully updated 4th edition continues to bring together the theory and practice of these skills in an accessible and practical context.

Product details

• Authors: Fiona Boyle, Fiona Capps Boyle, Deveral Capps, Deveral (University of Northumbria Capps, Philip Plowden, Philip (University of Northumbria Plowden, Clare Sandford
• Assisted by: Fiona Boyle (Editor), Boyle Fiona (Editor), Deveral Capps (Editor), Deveral (University of Northumbria Capps (Editor), Capps Deveral (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780815347040
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-4704-0
• No. of pages: 348
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / General, LAW / Paralegals & Paralegalism, LAW / Practical Guides, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Legal Profession, Law & society, Legal profession: general, Law and society, sociology of law, Legal system: general, Legal systems: general, Legal profession / practice of law: general