Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process

Caroline Maughan; Julian Webb

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139168441

Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process bridges the gap between academic and practical law for students undertaking skills-based and clinical legal education courses at university. It develops oral and written communication, group working, problem solving and conflict resolution skills in a range of legal contexts: client interviewing, drafting, managing cases, legal negotiation and advocacy. The book is designed specifically to help students to practise and develop skills that will be essential in a range of occupations; develop a deeper understanding of the English legal process and the lawyer's role in that process; enhance their understanding of the relationship between legal skills and ethics; and understand how they learn and how they can make their learning more effective. This book provides a stimulating, accessible and challenging approach to understanding the problems and uncertainties of practising law that goes beyond the standard approaches to lawyers' skills.

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Frontmatter
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Preface to the second edition
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Table of Statutes
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Table of Cases
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Introduction
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1 - Descent into the swamp
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2 - Learning to live in the swamp
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3 - Law talk and lay talk: lawyers as communicators
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4 - You'll never work alone: group learning and group skills
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5 - Interviewing: building the relationship and gaining participation
pp 107-151
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6 - The ‘good lawyer’: ethics and values in legal work
pp 152-204
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7 - Clarifying language: making sense of writing
pp 205-255
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8 - Manipulating language: drafting legal documents
pp 256-301
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9 - Handling conflict: negotiation
pp 302-349
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10 - Advocacy: case management and preparation
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11 - Into court: the deepest swamp?
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-xvi

Preface to the second edition
pp xvii-xviii

Table of Statutes
pp xix-xx

Table of Cases
pp xxi-xxii

Introduction
pp 1-10

1 - Descent into the swamp
pp 11-33

2 - Learning to live in the swamp
pp 34-53

3 - Law talk and lay talk: lawyers as communicators
pp 54-80

4 - You'll never work alone: group learning and group skills
pp 81-106

5 - Interviewing: building the relationship and gaining participation
pp 107-151

6 - The ‘good lawyer’: ethics and values in legal work
pp 152-204

7 - Clarifying language: making sense of writing
pp 205-255

8 - Manipulating language: drafting legal documents
pp 256-301

9 - Handling conflict: negotiation
pp 302-349

10 - Advocacy: case management and preparation
pp 350-396

11 - Into court: the deepest swamp?
pp 397-432

Index
pp 433-444

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