Hegland and Bennett's A Short & Happy Guide to Being a Lawyer, 2d
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Description
A Short and Happy Guide to Being a Lawyer is a concise and entertaining tour of some basic lawyering skills for law students and new lawyers. The authors 鈥� two experienced law professors 鈥� use humor and apt quotes to introduce (or refresh) readers in many of the basic competencies that lawyers need to acquire. This short guide offers insights into interviewing, counselling, legal writing, trial preparation, trial skills and other stuff with some 鈥淎dvice for All Seasons鈥� 鈥� all designed to help young lawyers approach the many challenges and rewards of being a lawyer.
Some of this is dry stuff. This guide will lighten the load with bad jokes, spiffy quotes, and existential musings. The guide doesn鈥檛 cover everything a new lawyer needs to know, but it covers a lot.
Some of this is dry stuff. This guide will lighten the load with bad jokes, spiffy quotes, and existential musings. The guide doesn鈥檛 cover everything a new lawyer needs to know, but it covers a lot.