Lawyering Skills and the Legal ProcessLawyering 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. |
Contents
Descent into the swamp | 11 |
Learning to live in the swamp | 34 |
lawyers as communicators | 54 |
group learning and group skills | 81 |
building the relationship and gaining participation | 107 |
ethics and values in legal work | 152 |
making sense of writing | 205 |
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