A practical guide to lawyering skills - Softcover

Boyle, Fiona

9781859419755: A practical guide to lawyering skills

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859419755 ISBN 13: 9781859419755

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

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

The authors draw on their vast experience of law in practice to develop the core skills taught on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Skills covered include:

written communication
mediation
information technology
opinion writing
drafting
advocacy
interviewing
negotiation
legal research.

Each chapter uses diagrams, boxes, lists and flow charts to further explain and develop each skill and ends with a further reading section.

A Practical Guide to Lawyering Skills is essential reading for all undergraduate and vocational law students seeking to develop the necessary skills to work successfully with law in the twenty-first century.

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About the Author:

Fiona Boyle is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Northumbria. Deveral Capps is a Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Northumbria. Philip Plowden is Associate Dean at the University of Northumbria. Clare Sandford, Solicitor, was formerly Senior Lecturer in Law.

Review:

'...serves as a useful instrument for anyone considering a career as a lawyer.' Lex Magazine, autumn term 2005, issue 23. 'The difference with this book is the depth and depth of the material covered - opinion writing, a very decent chapter on advocacy, conference skills, mediation and a handy glossary of computing terms (making buying that home computer a bit easier). As a companion to be read alongside, for example, the core skills on the LPC you wouldn't go far wrong by dipping into the this handy volume now and again.' tsgLife! Magazine (Trainee Solicitor's Group), autumn 2005. Praise for the second edition; 'This guide aims to develop the core skills that are taught at both undergraduate and vocational levels. The book is divided into chapters ranging from legal writing, research and drafting to the skills of advocacy, interviewing, negotiating and meditation. It therefore covers a whole spectrum of skills that undergraduates, post-graduates and trainees are expected to learn to different levels of proficiency...The book is generally user-friendly with clear titles, subtitles and succinct language. The text is effectively broken up with examples of draft letters, precedents, cross-examination dialogue and explanatory diagrams, adding to the clear and straightforward nature of the book. There are also exercises for the reader to complete and model answers, which help the student to consolidate the information. At the end of each chapter there are some recommendations for useful further reading. There is also a chapter on information technology, recognising its ever-increasing importance in the legal field...The book will be a useful guide for law students or those about to enter law school.' The Trainee Magazine, autumn 2004.

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