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During the ''golden age of law firm growth'' from the late 1960s
until 2007, most large law firms adopted a default growth strategy,
increasing practice areas and offices, aided by the momentum of the
tail winds of law firm growth. Since the recession of 2008-2009,
however, the legal marketplace has drastically changed. The market
has become too sophisticated for undifferentiated large firms, and
in this timely book, Jay Westcott suggests strategic building
blocks that firms can adopt in order to adapt themselves to this
radical change and prosper as lasting institutions. In order to
counteract client pushback, firms must concentrate on their market
strengths, and clients will differentiate firms by price, size, and
expertise. This book will serve as a critical resource for law firm
partners and managers who are interested in developing successful,
distinctive firms. Law scholars will also be interested in this
examination of the profession and how it is changing, as will
clients and businesses.
Who is your lawyer, and what does he or she really do? That's a
question that's not easy to answer--unless you go the source. And
unfortunately, most lawyers won't give you a straight answer.
In What Your Lawyer May Not Want You to Know, Billy F. Brown
unveils the mystery of how lawyers work and how they communicate.
In simple language, he helps you understand what happens in a law
practice, and he explains the problems clients encounter with
lawyers and vice versa. You'll learn
- how to determine whether you need a lawyer; - what questions
to ask a lawyer; - why lawyers generally disagree with each other;
and - how to gain considerable advantages by understanding the
legal process.
Whether you're a client, a lawyer, or someone in law school,
this guidebook will provide you with important insights about the
nature of the legal process. Get a rare insider's look into the
practice of law with What Your Lawyer May Not Want You to Know.
If you thought corruption was limited to Capitol Hill, think
again. The men and women that wear the black robes and dispense
justice play the game hard and well. The place reeks with inside
deals and scams. Look out Whitewater. Here comes the Wizard of
Court House Corruption
The Inspiration for Professor Kingsfield Discusses His Career,
Teaching Methods Professional Issues and Other Subjects. Originally
published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. xi, 164 pp.
Spartan Education offers a fascinating account of Harvard Law
School from the turn of the century to the 1940s, colorful sketches
of his professors, Mr. Cadwallader and a summary of his "Spartan"
approach to pedagogy. Warren also includes the texts of various
addresses and articles dealing with Harvard, legal history, the
American Bar and political topics.
This is a reprint of the 1942 edition, which was strictly limited
to 1000 copies. (Despite requests for additional copies, Warren
refused to reissue the book. (He published an edition of extracts
instead, however, in order to address these requests while keep his
word.)
"I believe in discipline. From boyhood days on, I have sought to
discipline my own mind, pen, and tongue. And throughout my service
on the Law Faculty I have sought to discipline the minds, pens, and
tongues of the students. I have never suffered fools gladly, and
regard such sufferance as mischievous. Therefore 'Spartan
Education' seemed an appropriate title. As I review my life, I find
the source of greatest satisfaction in my belief that there are
today ten thousand men who are leading more useful and successful
lives than they would be leading if my Spartan training had not
played a substantial part in the molding of their minds; and that
most, if not all, of them now recognize that to be the fact, and
are grateful." -- Preface, ix
Edward H. Warren 1873-1945] was a legendary professor at Harvard
Law School. Known as "Bull" Warren for his aggressive (and often
vicious) teaching methods, he was the primary model for Professor
Kingsfield in John Jay Osborn, Jr.'s novel The Paper Chase. Warren
attended Harvard College from 1891 to 1895 and Harvard Law School
from 1897 to 1900, where his principal instructors were Ames, Gray,
Smith and Thayer. After four years at Strong and Cadwalader, he
joined the Harvard Law faculty, where he remained until his
retirement.
Harkjoon Paik left his native Korea in the midst of war. His home
destroyed and his educational opportunities lost, he left
everything and everyone behind in search of a way to accomplish his
life goals. He arrived in the United States as an ambitious and
optimistic teenager, knowing no one and without resources.
"Tracking the Tiger" is the story of how he survived in the
chaos of battle and immigration. He created a new life for himself,
making his way with hard work, and went on to earn degrees from
Stanford University and Stanford Law School. He began to practice
law and, at the age of thirty-eight, became the first native-born
Korean to sit on the Superior Court bench in not only California
but also the United States.
Judge Paik finds joy in life wherever he goes. He has raised
three children of great accomplishment, and he shares many lifelong
friendships and some great adventures along the way.
His wife, Beverly Paik, tells the story of her husband's life
and career in his voice. They met more than fifty years ago as
students at Stanford University. When he granted her access to his
diaries, she knew his was a story that needed to be shared with a
much bigger audience.
This is their story, one of love and triumph over adversity--and
of the undeniable power of hope.
A PIONEER IN AMERICAN LEGAL EDUCATION In 1817 David Hoffman
published A Course of Legal Study, an ambitious, systematically
organized program of readings for aspiring attorneys. It was widely
acclaimed upon publication; Joseph Story said it offered "by far
the most perfect system for the study of the law which has ever
been offered to the public." Hoffman published this book while
helping to establish the Law Institute of the newly founded
University of Maryland. He expounded the principles of the Course
in his lectures. A few were published as pamphlets to promote
Hoffman's ideas and attract students. In 1837 he re-published them,
along with a few related texts, in a book entitled Introductory
Lectures, And Syllabus of a Course of Lectures, Delivered in the
University of Maryland. The Law Library of the Library of Congress
holds the only known copy. Life, Letters and Lectures returns this
rare volume to print and adds an illuminating biographical sketch
of Hoffman and a consideration of his library that reprints an
auction catalogue of his books prepared for his estate by Henry
Wheaton. DAVID HOFFMAN 1784-1854] was a prominent pioneer in the
establishment of university-based legal education. He helped to
found the University of Maryland Law School in 1816 and was its
first professor. His A Course of Legal Study (1817) and Legal
Outlines (1829) played a critical role in the development of law
school curricula and provided guidance to hundreds of antebellum
law students and attorneys. BILL SLEEMAN is the Assistant Director
for Technical Services, Thurgood Marshall Law Library, The
University of Maryland School of Law.
Jose Francisco Torres was born and raised "up the river" above
Trinidad, Colorado and his life spanned from the cowboy days of the
late 1800s to the technological era of the late 1900s. Despite the
security of his home in the rural Spanish community, there was
something lacking: opportunity and respect for his people from the
outside world. Early on, he conceived the notion that this was
wrong, that he and his people deserved better and, as a child, he
felt prompted to do something about it. The question became what
and how? Discrimination was everywhere and he had neither money nor
support to assist him. But with faith and determination, and to the
dismay of his parents, he set out to prove it could be done.
Refused entry into law school because of his background, he refused
to be stopped by the rejection. This chronicle of the hardships,
gains, setbacks and wins in the life of this man details what he
felt and what he accomplished in his lifelong battle against
prejudice and for equality. In the process, he lost his first love,
battled a deadly disease, crossed with the Ku Klux Klan, gained a
law degree, defended the poor and disadvantaged, married his
Crusita and reared three children, took on the political
establishment, joined every civic good cause that came his way, and
became the Honorable J. Frank Torres, "the only honest judge we
ever had " Lois Gerber Franke was born and reared on an eastern
Colorado ranch where she learned to ride, rope and shoot. She
graduated from the University of Colorado and has completed studies
from other institutions. After college she lived and worked at jobs
in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. She married Paul, an
engineer, and lived at Grand Lake, Colorado where she learned trout
fishing. The family then moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she
did city planning before settling into a career of teaching high
school English and Journalism and coaching the table tennis team.
Lois has three grown children and is a compulsive reader who likes
horses, dogs, puns, cribbage, lilacs and rainy days. This book
springs from her friendship with an intrepid and unforgettable
neighbor.
Lawyers have to adapt their reasoning to the increasingly global
nature of the situations they deal with. Often, rules formulated in
a national, international or European environment must all be
jointly applied to a given case. This book seeks to make explicit
the analysis the lawyer engages in every time he or she is
confronted by the operation of several laws in different contexts.
This reasoning is organised according to a basic three-step
approach, consisting of the comparison (Part 1), combination (Part
2) and, finally, ordering or 'prioritization' (Part 3) of the
methods and solutions of national, international and European law
to be used to solve the case. The book conveys in detail how the
law is operated through a wide range of concrete examples cutting
across domains including criminal law, contract law, fundamental
rights, internal market, international trade and procedure. This
book focuses on the needs of a global lawyer who must reach
conclusions in a pluralistic context. Illustrations from the
domestic case law of the UK, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, France
and the US are used to demonstrate how lawyers can combine
different contexts to improve their legal reasoning. Operating Law
in a Global Context will appeal to lawyers in these jurisdictions
and beyond, as well as to students training to practice in a global
environment.
This open access book provides a snapshot of the state of
contemporary access to justice in England and Wales. Legal aid
lawyers provide a critical function in supporting individuals to
address a range of problems. These are problems that commonly
intersect with issues of social justice, including crime,
homelessness, domestic violence, family breakdown and educational
exclusion. However, the past few decades have seen a clear retreat
from the tenets of the welfare state, including, as part of this,
the reduced availability of legal aid. This book examines the
impact of austerity and related policies on those at the coalface
of the legal profession. It documents the current state of the
sector as well as the social and economic factors that make working
in the legal aid profession more challenging than ever before.
Through data collected via the Legal Aid Census 2021, the book is
underpinned by the accounts of over 1000 current and former legal
aid lawyers. These accounts offer a detailed demography and insight
into the financial, cultural and other pressures forcing lawyers to
give up publicly funded work. This book combines a mixture of
quantitative and qualitative analysis, allowing readers a broad
appreciation of trends in the legal aid profession. This book will
equip readers with a thorough knowledge of legal aid lawyers in
England and Wales, and aims to stimulate debate as to the fate of
access to justice and legal aid in the future.
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