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Lawyering skills and the legal process / Caroline Maughan, Julian Webb ; with illustrations by Ron Tocknell.

By: Maughan, Caroline.
Contributor(s): Webb, Julian S [(j.a.)].
Publisher: London : Butterworth, 1995Description: xxv, 402 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 040604466X.Subject(s): Attorney and client -- Great Britain | Dispute resolution (Law) -- Great Britain | Interviewing in law practice -- Great Britain | Legal ethics -- Great Britain | Practice of law -- Great BritainDDC classification: 340.41023
Contents:
Preface. - Acknowledgements. - Introduction. - 1. Descent into the swamp. - 2. Learning to live in the swamp. - 3. Problem-solving: (i) the practical dimensions. - 4. Problem-solving: (ii) the business and ethical dimensions. - 5. Law talk and lay talk: lawyers as communicators. - 6. Interviewing: building the relationship and gaining participation. - 7. Clarifying language: making sense of writing. - 8. Manipulating language: drafting legal documents. - 9. Managing conflict: negotiation. - 10. Into court: the deepest swamp? - Appendix : Additional documentation for skills exercises. - Index.
Summary: Maughan & Webb : Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process bridges the gap between academic and practical law, allowing the student to experience and consider critically the working reality of the lawyer's role. It emphasises the importance of adopting client-centred approaches to lawering skills and prepares students for the people and problem that, as lawyers, they will regularly encounter. Progressing far beyond a simple introduction to the standard Drain skills, it offers a co-ordinated programme for skills development, providing pleanty of materials and experiential learning exercises. Through this method, it encourages students to reflect on their own learning while systematically exploring both the theory and practice of lawyering. The book also aims to convey the social and ethical responsibility that the lawyer bears towards each client, so that the reader may accordingly evaluate how best to utilise the skills at the lawyer's disposal. - Back cover.
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Preface. - Acknowledgements. - Introduction. - 1. Descent into the swamp. - 2. Learning to live in the swamp. - 3. Problem-solving: (i) the practical dimensions. - 4. Problem-solving: (ii) the business and ethical dimensions. - 5. Law talk and lay talk: lawyers as communicators. - 6. Interviewing: building the relationship and gaining participation. - 7. Clarifying language: making sense of writing. - 8. Manipulating language: drafting legal documents. - 9. Managing conflict: negotiation. - 10. Into court: the deepest swamp? - Appendix : Additional documentation for skills exercises. - Index.

Maughan & Webb : Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process bridges the gap between academic and practical law, allowing the student to experience and consider critically the working reality of the lawyer's role. It emphasises the importance of adopting client-centred approaches to lawering skills and prepares students for the people and problem that, as lawyers, they will regularly encounter. Progressing far beyond a simple introduction to the standard Drain skills, it offers a co-ordinated programme for skills development, providing pleanty of materials and experiential learning exercises. Through this method, it encourages students to reflect on their own learning while systematically exploring both the theory and practice of lawyering. The book also aims to convey the social and ethical responsibility that the lawyer bears towards each client, so that the reader may accordingly evaluate how best to utilise the skills at the lawyer's disposal. - Back cover.