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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2024, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination.Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2024 syllabus.Blackstone''s Police Manual Volume 3: General Police Duties 2024 covers areas including Terrorism and Associated Offences, Domestic Abuse, Complaints and Misconduct, and Public Disorder, as well as PACE Codes A, B, and G. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2024 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law.Also available in the series are: Volume 1: Crime 2024 and Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2024.Blackstone''s Police Manuals are also available as part of our online Blackstone''s Police Manuals and Q&As service: http://www.blackstonespoliceservice.com

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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2024, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2024 syllabus.Available in the series are: Volume 1: Crime 2024, Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2024, and Volume 3: General Police Duties 2024. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2024 editions have been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, including the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.Blackstone''s Police Manuals are also availabl

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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2025, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2025 syllabus.Blackstone''s Police Manual Volume 1: Crime 2025 covers areas including Homicide, Sexual Offences, Fraud, State of Mind, and Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2025 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, as well as revised keynotes on important areas and improved structuring to aid revision.Also available in the series are: Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2025 and Volume 3: General Police Duties 2025.Blackstone''s Police Manuals are also available as part of our online Blackstone''s Police Manuals and Q&As service: http://www.blackstonespoliceservice.com

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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2025, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing an NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the four volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2025 syllabus.Blackstone''s Police Manual Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2025 covers areas including Bail, Disclosure of Evidence, and Court Procedure and Witnesses, as well as PACE Codes C, D, E, and F. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2025 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, including the latest versions of the PACE Codes

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Book SynopsisBlackstone''s Police Manuals 2025, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone''s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2025 syllabus.Available in the series are: Volume 1: Crime 2025, Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2025, and Volume 3: General Police Duties 2025. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2025 editions have been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, including the latest versions of the PACE Codes and the Public Order Act 2023.Blackstone''s Police Manuals

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Book SynopsisSolicitors'' Accounts provides a user-friendly guide to a subject that often poses serious problems for students unfamiliar with the principles and practice of accounting. It provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of all areas required by the Solicitors'' Regulation Authority for business accounts and solicitors'' accounts on the Legal Practice Course, including full coverage of double-entry book-keeping and final accounts of sole owners, partnerships and companies. It also deals with the Solicitors'' Accounts Rules and the practical application of these in solicitors'' accounts, including property and probate transactions. Each chapter starts with an overview of the areas to be covered and also states the learning objectives the student should aim to achieve. Contextual examples are used throughout the chapters demonstrating how the principles of accounting should be applied to situations in practice. At the end of each chapter there is a checklist of the key areas students must Table of Contents1. Introduction to solicitors' accounts and basic bookkeeping ; 2. The Trial Balance ; 3. Final accounts ; 4. Adjustments to final accounts ; 5. Further adjustments to final accounts ; 6. Partnership accounts ; 7. Basic accounting concepts and trading accounts ; 8. Company accounts ; 9. Group companies and consolidated accounts ; 10. Interpretation of accounts and accounting ratios ; 11. Basic solicitors' accounts ; 12. Transfers and mixed money ; 13. Value added tax ; 14. Financial statements and property transactions ; 15. Deposit interest and interest payable to clients ; 16. Probate transactions ; 17. Further transactions ; 18. Short answer questions and revision questions on solicitors' accounts

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Book SynopsisUnsure what skills employers are looking for or how best to develop and demonstrate them? With coverage of the core academic, practical, and transferable skills that can be gained during your studies,Employability Skills for Law Students will help you develop the employability skills you need to pursue your chosen career on graduation.Trade ReviewA must buy for any law student determined to make their mark on the legal job-market - I highly recommend it * George Laurencin, Head of Employability, School of Law and Social Sciences, University of East London *If you are thinking of starting an undergraduate law degree, or have already started it, you should seriously consider buying a copy of Employability Skills for Law Students. * The Student Law Journal *If you spend some time reading the tips, you will be better prepared and maximise your prospects of a successful outcome. At less than £30, Employability Skills for Law Students is a very worthwhile investment. * The Student Law Journal *Table of ContentsPART I: UNDERSTANDING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; PART II: IDENTIFYING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; PART III: BUILDING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; PART IV: FOCUSSING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; PART V: DEMONSTRATING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

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Book SynopsisStress, Trauma, and Wellbeing in the Legal System presents theory, research, and scholarship from a variety of social scientific disciplines and offers suggestions for those interested in exploring and improving the wellbeing of those who are voluntarily or involuntarily drawn into the legal system.Trade ReviewInteresting, informed and well worth reading. Highly recommended. * Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy *Table of ContentsSeries Foreword ; Preface ; Hon. Celeste Bremer ; Acknowledgments ; About the Editors ; Contributors ; Section I: Introduction to Stress and Wellbeing in the Legal System ; 1. Stress, Trauma, and Wellbeing in the Legal System: An Overview ; Monica K. Miller and Brian H. Bornstein ; 2. Using the Law to Enhance Wellbeing: Applying Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Courtroom ; Lorie L. Sicafuse and Brian H. Bornstein ; Section II: Victims, Witnesses, and Other Lay Participants ; 3. Domestic Violence Victims' Experiences in the Legal System ; Lisa Goodman and Deborah Epstein ; 4. The Legal System Experiences of Children, Families, and Professionals Who Work with Them ; Vicky Weisz, Sarah J. Beal, and Twila Wingrove ; 5. Child Witnesses' Experiences of Distress in Criminal Court: Sources, Consequences, and Solutions ; Elizabeth Rush, Jodi A. Quas, and Bradley D. McAuliff ; 6. Civil Plaintiffs, Trauma, and Stress in the Legal System ; Mary White Stewart and Steven M. Wood ; 7. The Experiences of Older Adults in the Legal System ; Edie Greene and Sheri C. Gibson ; Section III: Legal Professionals ; 8. Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Law Enforcement ; Warren D. Franke and Sandra L. Ramey ; 9. Stressors Experienced by State and Federal Probation Officer ; Risdon N. Slate and W. Wesley Johnson ; 10. A Stressful Profession: The Experience of Attorneys ; Krystia Reed and Brian H. Bornstein ; Section IV: Legal Decision Makers: Judges and Jurors ; 11. The Experience of Jurors: Reducing Stress and Enhancing Satisfaction ; Monica K. Miller and Brian H. Bornstein ; 12. Judicial Stress: A Topic in Need of Research ; Jared Chamberlain and James T. Richardson ; Section V: Conclusions and Future Directions ; 13. Stress, Trauma, and Wellbeing in the Legal System: Where Do We Go from Here? ; Brian H. Bornstein, Gwen Hullman, and Monica K. Miller

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Book SynopsisFor most lawyers, effective client counseling is neither intuitive nor easy. Lawyers tend to avoid or delay communicating bad news out of a fear of client backlash, or because they feel torn between the obligation to clearly inform clients about weaknesses in legal positions and fear of damaging the client relationship. There is a perception that honest advice from a lawyer can make a client doubt the allegiance and zeal brought to a particular legal matter. Client Science helps lawyers to effectively communicate with their clients, particularly when delivering bad news or other legal realities. Author, Marjorie Corman Aaron, explains the applicable social sciences and translates insights from these fields into plain language to help improve a lawyer''s ordering, timing, phrasing, and type of explanation, as well as style adjustments for the lawyer''s voice, gesture, and body position. Ultimately, she demonstrates how the proverbial well-informed client--meaning a client who fully undeTrade Review"No one wants to deliver bad news, but we all have to do it. In Client Science, Marjorie Corman Aaron makes sense of intuition and translates gut feelings into an effective operating procedure for difficult conversations that we dread having. Her expert guidance and analysis will help lawyers handle tough client moments with grace, confidence, and control." --Russ Bleemer, Editor, Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation "In this highly readable book, Marjorie Corman Aaron focuses on the real world in which our clients make decisions. She presents a clear-eyed, holistic review of our clients' needs, perspectives, emotions, and false beliefs. Brimming with practical insights and supported by real-world examples, her advice will help counselors to assist clients in making wise decisions about risk -- which is, after all, what our clients want and need from their lawyers." --Joseph D. Heyd, Director & Associate General Counsel, Global Litigation The Procter & Gamble Company "Lawyers need emotional intelligence as well as analytical abilities. Based on years of experience both as a classroom teacher and a mediator, Marjorie Corman Aaron's new book, Client Science is a 'must read' for lawyers who want to communicate more effectively with their clients and create more productive relationships." --Robert H. Mnookin, Williston Professor of Law and Chair, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School "Marjorie Corman Aaron explores the characteristics that distinguish a great counselor from merely a good lawyer. Knowledge, strategy and skill all define a good lawyer, but it is emotional intelligence and the ability to communicate effectively that define a counselor who understands that client communication is not just about speaking; it is also about hearing and translating. Professor Aaron helps us understand how body position, posture, and motion all play a role in how clients listen, what they learn and how we are heard by them. Client Science should be mandatory reading for every lawyer entering the practice of law today." --Regina M. Pisa, Esq., Chairman, Goodwin Procter LLP "Client Science is a thoughtful and enlightened manual for perhaps the most difficult of all lawyering skills -- handling the client. Starting from a base of practical experience and social science, Marjorie Corman Aaron provides wise advice in an important area that is frequently neglected, if not ignored entirely. The book is not only clear and persuasive, it is one of those rare books that manages to be practical, entertaining, and thought-provoking at the same time. I strongly recommend it to lawyers and law students alike." --F. Dennis Saylor IV, United States District Judge, District of Massachusetts "Given the wide array of books addressing the many aspects of business and professional success, it is surprising how few texts there are offering practical advice for legal practitioners. Marjorie Corman Aaron's Client Science is a gem, providing common sense yet thought-provoking perspective on the challenges of counseling clients and practical advice for doing it effectively. The lessons are all the more powerful because they afford helpful insight and concrete approaches to lawyers at all stages of their career. This is a book I expect to go back to over and over again as long as I am practicing, and I strongly recommend it to law students, lawyers, faculty and professional development managers." --Laura C. Hodges Taylor, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP "The bottom line is that effective communication skills are one of the keys to successfully representing your clients. Sure, skilled legal representation is important, but that's all for naught if, at the end of the day, your unhappy, confused, and frustrated clients end up seeking replacement counsel. So if nothing else, the lesson to be learned is that better communication results in better legal representation. This book will help you achieve both and is well worth the investment." --Nicole Black, Rochester Daily Record "Professor Aaron is a 'communication scholar.' She has researched the subject thoroughly and documented references in copious footnotes...This book would make a great...gift for new attorneys. It would be equally appreciated by experienced attorneys who aspire to be mediators. It is virtually a manual on communication. That it covers the topic so exhaustively makes sense because Professor Aaron is expert in both the psychology and the mechanics of communication." --Kerri W. Feeney, Trial NewsTable of ContentsCONTENTS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 1: BAD NEWS AND THE FULLY INFORMED CLIENT ; CHAPTER 2: TRANSLATING THE TERRAIN ; CHAPTER 3: MEANING TRUTHS ; CHAPTER 4: EMOTIONAL EFFECTS AND AFFECTING EMOTIONS ; CHAPTER 5: PREDICTABLE AND POTENT PSYCHOLOGY ; HOW TO SAY IT, AND WHY ; CHAPTER 6: CHOICES IN VOICE ; CHAPTER 7: CHOREOGRAPHY OF COUNSEL ; CHAPTER 8: A GESTURE TO CLARITY ; CHAPTER 9: CHANNEL NAVIGATION NOTES ; FINAL THOUGHTS ; INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis work paints a dark picture of Justice Holmes as a distasteful man who, among other things, espoused Social Darwinism, favoured eugenics, and as he himself acknowledged, came devilish near to believing that might means right.

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Book SynopsisThis work paints a dark picture of Justice Holmes as a distasteful man who, among other things, espoused Social Darwinism, favoured eugenics, and as he himself acknowledged, came "devilish near to believing that might means right".Trade Review"An exuberantly and entertainingly polemical attack on the character, scholarship and philosophy of America's most revered judicial saint." - Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times Book Review "[This] slender volume by a distinguished University of Chicago law professor should be required reading." - Tom Roeser, Chicago Sun-Times; "In a lively and entertaining attack, Albert Alschuler strips layer after layer from the traditional image of Holmes to reveal not a wise and compassionate liberal saint, but a heartless social Darwinist who believed in nothing but power. [H]is dissection of Holmes's legal scholarship is devastating." - The Economist

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Book SynopsisThe popular perception of the lawyer, both within the legal community and beyond, is no longer the Abe Lincoln of American mythology, but is often a greedy, cynical manipulator of access and power. This book explores why lawyers are losing their profession and what it will take to bring it back.

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Book SynopsisTournament of Lawyers traces in detail the rise of one hundred of the nation's top firms in order to diagnose the health of the business of American law. Galanter and Palay demonstrate that much of the large firm's organizational success stems from its ability to blend the talents of experienced partners with those of energetic junior lawyers driven by a powerful incentivethe race to win the promotion-to-partner tournament. This calmly reasoned study reveals, however, that the very causes of the spiraling growth of the large law firm may lead to its undoing. Galanter and Palay pose questions and offer some answers which are certain to change the way big firm practice is regarded. To describe their work as challenging is something of an understatement: they at times delight, stimulate, frustrate and even depress the reader, but they never disappoint. Tournament of Lawyers is essential to the understanding of the business of the big law firms.Jean and Colin Fergus, New York Law Journal

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Book SynopsisAnd with this landmark study as their guide, readers will be able to make their own informed predictions.Trade Review"The best snapshot of Chicago lawyers.... Urban Lawyers is theoretically trenchant, methodologically highly sophisticated, and scrupulously careful. Essential reading for anyone interested in seeking to understand the future of the legal profession from a close reading of its immediate past." - Richard L. Abel, editor of Lawyers: A Critical Reader"

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented account of social stratification within the US legal profession. How do race, class, gender, and law school status condition the career trajectories of lawyers? And how do professionals then navigate these parameters? The Making of Lawyers' Careers provides an unprecedented account of the last two decades of the legal profession in the US, offering a data-backed look at the structure of the profession and the inequalities that early-career lawyers face across race, gender, and class distinctions. Starting in 2000, the authors collected over 10,000 survey responses from more than 5,000 lawyers, following these lawyers through the first twenty years of their careers. They also interviewed more than two hundred lawyers and drew insights from their individual stories, contextualizing data with theory and close attention to the features of a market-driven legal profession. Their findings show that lawyers' careers both reflect and reproduce inequalities within society wTrade Review"[The Making of Lawyers' Careers] disputes law firms' explanation for why women and minorities disproportionately leave law firms before partnership consideration. . . . [their] data provides important insight into why current efforts to improve diversity in the legal profession are plateauing." * Trial Magazine *"The Making of Lawyers’ Careers is essential reading for lawyers, law students, and anyone interested in the practice of law, lawyers’ careers, and the impact of law and lawyers on American culture and politics. Every chapter is a gem . . . In recent years, some law schools have supplemented the required legal ethics or law governing lawyers class with various offerings about the legal profession, law practice, and lawyers’ careers. The Making of Lawyers’ Careers should be a required reading in these types of classes. Indeed, it ought to become a cornerstone of every lawyer’s library." * Jotwell *"This in-depth examination of diverse attorneys’ career journeys presents a remarkably nuanced analysis of data, individual narratives, and the patterns that emerge between them. The result is a textured map that allows leaders to holistically identify—and address—the mile markers and roadblocks that propel or impede a diverse lawyer’s career." -- Robert Grey | president, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity“This massive study of lawyers’ careers—the most ambitious and comprehensive ever undertaken—is marvelously revealing, not only of the structure of the profession but of the felt experience of being a lawyer in 21st century America.” -- Robert W. Gordon | Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsNote on Authorship Part 1 Introduction 1 Introduction: The Making of Lawyers’ Careers 2 From the Golden Age to the Age of Disruption: Setting the Context for Lawyers’ Careers in the New Millennium Part 2 The Structure of Lawyers’ Careers 3 Change and Continuity in the Legal Field: From Walled-Off Hemispheres to More or Less Mixed Hierarchical Sequences 4 Race, Class, and Gender in the Structuring of Lawyers’ Early Careers 5 Two Hemispheres Revisited: Fields of Law, Practice Settings, and Client Types Part 3 The Narratives of Lawyers’ Careers 6 Moving Up and Moving On: Careers in Law Firms 7 Rethinking the Solo Practitioner 8 Moving Inside: Practicing Law in Business Organizations 9 Commitment, Careerism, and Stratification: Careers in Government, Nonprofits, and Public Interest Organizations Part 4 Inequalities of Race and Gender 10 White Spaces: The Enduring Racialization of American Law Firms, with Vitor M. Dias 11 Student Debt and Cumulative (Dis)Advantage in Lawyers’ Careers 12 Hegemonic Masculinity, Parenthood, and Gender Inequality, with Andreea Mogosanu Part 5 Public Roles and Private Lives 13 Dualities of Politics, Public Service, and Pro Bono in Lawyers’ Careers, with Ioana Sendroiu 14 Lawyers’ Satisfaction and the Making of Lawyers’ Careers, with Ioana Sendroiu Part 6 Conclusion 15 Conclusion: Structure and Agency in the Making of Lawyers’ Careers Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented account of social stratification within the US legal profession. How do race, class, gender, and law school status condition the career trajectories of lawyers? And how do professionals then navigate these parameters? The Making of Lawyers' Careers provides an unprecedented account of the last two decades of the legal profession in the US, offering a data-backed look at the structure of the profession and the inequalities that early-career lawyers face across race, gender, and class distinctions. Starting in 2000, the authors collected over 10,000 survey responses from more than 5,000 lawyers, following these lawyers through the first twenty years of their careers. They also interviewed more than two hundred lawyers and drew insights from their individual stories, contextualizing data with theory and close attention to the features of a market-driven legal profession. Their findings show that lawyers' careers both reflect and reproduce inequalities within society wTrade Review"[The Making of Lawyers' Careers] disputes law firms' explanation for why women and minorities disproportionately leave law firms before partnership consideration. . . . [their] data provides important insight into why current efforts to improve diversity in the legal profession are plateauing." * Trial Magazine *"The Making of Lawyers’ Careers is essential reading for lawyers, law students, and anyone interested in the practice of law, lawyers’ careers, and the impact of law and lawyers on American culture and politics. Every chapter is a gem . . . In recent years, some law schools have supplemented the required legal ethics or law governing lawyers class with various offerings about the legal profession, law practice, and lawyers’ careers. The Making of Lawyers’ Careers should be a required reading in these types of classes. Indeed, it ought to become a cornerstone of every lawyer’s library." * Jotwell *"This in-depth examination of diverse attorneys’ career journeys presents a remarkably nuanced analysis of data, individual narratives, and the patterns that emerge between them. The result is a textured map that allows leaders to holistically identify—and address—the mile markers and roadblocks that propel or impede a diverse lawyer’s career." -- Robert Grey | president, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity“This massive study of lawyers’ careers—the most ambitious and comprehensive ever undertaken—is marvelously revealing, not only of the structure of the profession but of the felt experience of being a lawyer in 21st century America.” -- Robert W. Gordon | Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsNote on Authorship Part 1 Introduction 1 Introduction: The Making of Lawyers’ Careers 2 From the Golden Age to the Age of Disruption: Setting the Context for Lawyers’ Careers in the New Millennium Part 2 The Structure of Lawyers’ Careers 3 Change and Continuity in the Legal Field: From Walled-Off Hemispheres to More or Less Mixed Hierarchical Sequences 4 Race, Class, and Gender in the Structuring of Lawyers’ Early Careers 5 Two Hemispheres Revisited: Fields of Law, Practice Settings, and Client Types Part 3 The Narratives of Lawyers’ Careers 6 Moving Up and Moving On: Careers in Law Firms 7 Rethinking the Solo Practitioner 8 Moving Inside: Practicing Law in Business Organizations 9 Commitment, Careerism, and Stratification: Careers in Government, Nonprofits, and Public Interest Organizations Part 4 Inequalities of Race and Gender 10 White Spaces: The Enduring Racialization of American Law Firms, with Vitor M. Dias 11 Student Debt and Cumulative (Dis)Advantage in Lawyers’ Careers 12 Hegemonic Masculinity, Parenthood, and Gender Inequality, with Andreea Mogosanu Part 5 Public Roles and Private Lives 13 Dualities of Politics, Public Service, and Pro Bono in Lawyers’ Careers, with Ioana Sendroiu 14 Lawyers’ Satisfaction and the Making of Lawyers’ Careers, with Ioana Sendroiu Part 6 Conclusion 15 Conclusion: Structure and Agency in the Making of Lawyers’ Careers Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by Provost and Executive Vice President Lauren RobelAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Beginning 1842 – 18772. A Rebirth 1889 -19333. Building a Reputation 1933 - 19764. Becoming a Global Law School 1976 - 20175. Jerome Hall Law Library6. International Students and the Rise of Graduate Legal Studies Programs7. Notable Graduates of the Maurer School of LawAppendix 1 TimelineAppendix 2 Law School Leaders 1842 – 2018Appendix 3 Academy of Law Alumni Fellows Recipients 1985 - 2018Appendix 4 Distinguished Service Award Recipients 1997 - 2017SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis biography of the former Attorney General of the United States (1945–1949) and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949–1967) provides important insights into the workings of the Supreme Court and the justices who served on it during arguablyTable of Contents Foreword by Ramsey Clark Preface Acknowledgments Prologue Part One. The Early Years, 1899-1936 Chapter 1. Early Influences Chapter 2. Emerging into Manhood Chapter 3. Forging the Steel Chapter 4. Turning Points Part Two. The Department of Justice Years, 1937-1949 Chapter 5. Some Disruptive Years Chapter 6. His Greatest Mistake Chapter 7. Beyond the Goal Chapter 8. The President's Lawyer Chapter 9. Juvenile Delinquency and the Freedom Train Chapter 10. Civil Rights: Opening a New Era Chapter 11. Cold War Fever: National Security versus Individual Freedom Chapter 12. The 1948 Presidential Election Part Three. The Supreme Court Years, 1949-1967 Chapter 13. A Controversial Appointment Chapter 14. A Period of Adjustment Chapter 15. Investigation Mania Chapter 16. A Delicate Balance Chapter 17. The Brown Decision and Civil Rights Chapter 18. Some Troublesome Issues Chapter 19. He Made a Difference Chapter 20. An Ending and a Beginning Part Four. Retirement, 1967-1977 Chapter 21. The Great Adventure Chapter 22. The Federal Judicial Center Chapter 23. Riding the Circuits, Championing Reforms Chapter 24. Some Personal Observations Chapter 25. A Life Well Lived Epilogue Appendix: Law Clerks of Justice Clark Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe study revolves around the central question of why the Palestinian legal profession declined during twenty years of Israeli occupation when, in other Third World countries, the legal profession has often reached its peak during a period of Western colonizationTable of Contents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Imposition of the Modern Legal Profession 3. The Social and Cultural Context 4. Orientalist Despotism 5. The Social Composition of and Entry into the Profession 6. The Organization of the Legal Profession 7. The Content of Legal Practice 8. Deterioration of the Formal Court System 9. Disintegration of the Profession 10. Conclusions Appendix Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDuring William L Dwyer's fifteen-year tenure as a US District Court judge, he presided over many complex and groundbreaking cases. This volume contains fifteen of his speeches that cover a span from 1978 to 2002 and reveal the breadth and scope of Dwyer's legal wisdom.Trade Review"A short but instructive collection." * Seattle Post-Intelligencer *"Ipse Dixit: How the World Looks to a Federal Judge by William L. Dwyer should be required reading for every new lawyer..Inspiring, thoughtful and beautiful, this collection of essays is a gem." * Seattle Times *Table of ContentsForeword by Meade Emory Introduction by Stimson Bullitt Preface by William Dwyer Remarks at the Federal Bar Association / Banquet Honoring Judge George H. Boldt New Dimensions / University of Washington Law School Judges and Librarians The Declaration of the Rights of Man - 200 Years Later / Seattle-Nantes Sister City Association Optimism for Lawyers / Annual Banquet, The Order of the Coif, University of Washington School of Law The Practical Value of Ethics / The Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington Finding the Center / Alumni Recognition Banquet, University of Washington School of Law Remarks on Semi-Retiring / Federal Bary Association Banquet Lincoln Then and Now / Lincoln Day Banquet, Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Centennial Expectations / School of Law Commencement, University of Washington Stimson Bullitt / Seattle-King County First Citizen Award Remembering Chuck Goldmark / Goldmark Award Luncheon, Legal Foundation of Washington Emmett Watson Memorial The Future of Litigation / First Annual Judicial Appreciation Dinner, Seattle-King County Bar Association; East King County Bar Association; South King County Bar Association Rumpole Was Right: How the World Looks to a Federal Judge, and How the American Legal System Will Be Saved / The Monday Club Pro Bono's Triple Win / Speech Presented for Judge Dwyer by Joanna Dwyer / Goldmark Award Luncheon, Legal Foundation of Seattle Appendix: Published Material by and about William L. Dwyer compiled by Meade Emory Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisHuman rights lawyer Yap Thiam Hien's (1913-1989) ethnic Chinese roots spurred him to become a courageous defender of the rights of all oppressed Indonesians. This title presents Yap's story that brings modern Indonesian history to life.Trade Review". . . masterly biography . . ." -- Gerry Van Klinken * Bijdragen tot de Taal- *"This book provides important insights into the history of political repression, racism and discrimination in Indonesia through the life of one man. It also makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of Indonesian legal history. This book will inform and inspire a new generation . . ." -- Melissa Crouch * Australian Journal of Asian Law *Table of ContentsIntroduction | Primary Players / Benedict Anderson 1. Aceh 2. Java 3. Batavia 4. From Sukabumi to Leiden 5. Jakarta 6. Hazardous Waters 7. At Sea in Peranakan Politics 8. The Baperki Wars 9. Out of the Ethnic Cage 10. Into New Order Indonesia 11. Early New Order Battlefields 12. Reform Frontiers 13. Law as Politics: A Sidetrip to Detention Epilogue | A Steady Course / Arlene O. Lev Postscript | New Order Landmark Case / Sebastiaan Pompe and Ibrahim Assegaf Appendix | Defense Summation in Asep Suryaman Trial / Yap Thiam Hien Glossary Notes Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself. Here is the story of a precarious childhood, with an alcoholic father (who would die when she was nine) and a devoted but overburdened mother, and of the refuge a little girl took from the turmoil at home with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. But it was when she was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes that the precocious Sonia recognized she must ultimately depend on herself.  She would learn to give herself the insulin shots she needed to survive and soon imagined a path to a different life. With only television characters for her professional role models, and lit

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Book Synopsis#1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Dershowitz recounts his extraordinary coming of age in this legal autobiography, as well as the cases that have changed American jurisprudence over the past fifty years, most of which he has personally been involved in.“Overflowing with fascinating and funny vignettes involving his cases and clients, and probing and provocative insights into contemporary legal controversies.”—The Boston GlobeAlan Dershowitz, the preeminent defense lawyer in America today, has been called the “winningest appellate criminal defense lawyer in history.” A professor at Harvard Law School since the age of twenty-five, he has led or been part of the defense team for such storied clients as Bill Clinton, Julian Assange, O. J. Simpson, Claus von Bülow, Mia Farrow, Jeffrey MacDonald, Patty Hearst, Mike Tyson, and countless others.In Taking the Stand, Dershowitz describes his evolution

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Book SynopsisOver the course of his forty-year career, Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this galvanizing biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood uses the framework of the dramatic, contentious five-day Senate hearing to confirm Marshall as the first African-American Supreme Court justice, to weave a provocative and moving look at Marshall’s life as well as at the politicians, lawyers, activists, and others who shaped—or desperately tried to stop—the civil rights movement. An authoritative account of one of the most transformative justices of the twentieth century, Showdown makes clear that it is impossible to overestimate Thurgood Marshall’s lasting influence on the racial politics of our nation.

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Book SynopsisFollowing a deadly car crash, small-town lawyer Lance Cooper risked everything to battle one of the most powerful auto corporations in the world to get justice for a young woman. A fast-paced, journalistic account of tragedy turned to triumph, despair to hope, Cobalt Cover-Up is an inspirational, thoroughly compelling, and victorious read. In the midst of his own family struggles, small-town Georgia lawyer Lance Cooper agreed to defend Ken and Beth Melton and investigate the deadly accident that killed their daughter Brooke after she inexplicably lost control of her Chevy Cobalt. But what started as a heartbreaking yet all too common lawsuit quickly escalated into a David vs. Goliath case when Cooper discovered shocking evidence that General Motors concealed an ignition switch defect for nearly a decade--resulting in 124 deaths, including Brooke''s, and risking the lives of millions more.­­Despite GM''s settlement offers and attem

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Book SynopsisAsked & Answered provides practical responses to the most commonly-asked questions that second-year students have regarding career issues: where to find the right job this summer, building a great resume, writing a compelling cover letter, networking advice, and much more.

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Book SynopsisThis casebook focuses on remedies across the board, uniquely including public law cases. It includes introduction to the law of remedies; nature, availability, and scope of injunctions; procedures for formulating, administering, and enforcing the injunction; declaratory judgment; compensatory damages and measures; punitive damages; restitution and restitution remedies; equitable defenses; and attorney's fees.

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Book SynopsisThe grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and influence bore comparison to J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Here, for the first time, is the story of the life of this extraordinary pioneer, told by his niece and grandniece, the award-winning television journalist Carol Jenkins and her daughter Elizabeth Gardner Hines.Born at a time when the bitter legacy of slavery and Reconstruction still poisoned the lives of black Americans, Gaston was determined to make a difference for himself and his people. His first job, after serving in the celebrated all-black regiment during World War I, bound him to the near-slavery of an Alabama coal mine—but even here Gaston saw not only hope but opportunity. He launched a business selling lunches

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Book Synopsis#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “searching and emotionally intimate memoir” (The New York Times) told with a candor never before undertaken by a sitting Justice. This “powerful defense of empathy” (The Washington Post) is destined to become a classic of self-invention and self-discovery. The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. In this story of human triumph that “hums with hope and exhilaration” (NPR), she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself.Here is the story of a precarious childhood, with an alcoholic father (who would die when she was nine) and a devoted but overburdened mother, and of the refuge a little girl took from the turmoil at home with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. But it was when she was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes that the precocious Sonia recognized she must ultimately depend on herself. She would learn to give herself the insulin shots she needed to survive and soon imagined a path to a different life. With only television characters for her professional role models, and little understanding of what was involved, she determined to become a lawyer, a dream that would sustain her on an unlikely course, from valedictorian of her high school class to the highest honors at Princeton, Yale Law School, the New York County District Attorney’s office, private practice, and appointment to the Federal District Court before the age of forty. Along the way we see how she was shaped by her invaluable mentors, a failed marriage, and the modern version of extended family she has created from cherished friends and their children. Through her still-astonished eyes, America’s infinite possibilities are envisioned anew in this warm and honest book.

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Book SynopsisLa primera latina y tan sólo la tercera mujer designada a la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor se ha convertido en un icono americano contemporáneo. Ahora, con un candor e intimidad nunca antes asumidos por un juez en activo, Sonia nos narra el viaje de su vida —desde los proyectos del Bronx hasta la corte federal— en una inspiradora celebración de su extraordinaria determinación y del poder de creer en uno mismo.  Esta es la historia de una niñez precaria, con un padre alcohólico que moriría cuando ella tenía nueve años y una madre devota pero sobrecargada, y del refugio que una niña tomó de la confusión del hogar con su apasionada y enérgica abuela. Pero no fue hasta que le diagnosticaron diabetes juvenil que la precoz Sonia reconoció que, en última instancia, dependía de sí misma. Pronto aprendería a dars

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