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Book SynopsisMichael Ratner (1943–2016) was one of America’s leading human rights lawyers. He worked for more than four decades at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) becoming first the Director of Litigation and then the President of what Alexander Cockburn called “a small band of tigerish people.” He was also the President of the National Lawyers Guild. Ratner handled some of the most significant cases In American history. This book tells why and how he did it. His last case, which he worked on until he died, was representing truth-telling whistleblower and now political prisoner Julian Assange, the editor of WikiLeaks. Ratner “moved the bar” by organizing some 600 lawyers to successfully defend habeas corpus, that is, the ancient right of someone accused of a crime to have a lawyer and to be brought before a judge. Michael had a piece of paper taped on the wall next to his desk at the CCR. It read: 4 key principles of being a radical lawyer: 1. Do not refuse to take a case just because it is long odds of winning in court.2. Use cases to publicize a radical critique of US policy and to promote revolutionary transformation.3. Combine legal work with political advocacy.4. Love people. Compelling and instructive, Moving the Bar is an indispensable manual for the next generation of activists and their lawyers.Trade Review“If you care as deeply and passionately as Michael Ratner, the suffering of the oppressed forces you to become a radical.” — Chris Hedges “He was fearless. He was outraged by outrageous things. He was inventive when the law stopped short of providing justice. And working with Michael let you experience the exhilaration of taking the law to places where it had never been.” — Peter Weiss, former vice-president of the Center for Constitutional Rights “Driven by love and compassion, Michael Ratner was the most tenacious and brilliant of lawyers” — Amy Goodman “A fascinating read that covers much radical U.S. history.” —Ajamu Baraka “Reading Michael Ratner’s Moving the Bar shows just how unusual he was in the crowded room of radical lawyers… especially when other radical lawyers fell by the wayside, and opted for money, fame and notoriety.” — CounterPunch “An honest, poignant, sprawling, remarkable, and inspiring account” — LA Progressive “One of America’s foremost human rights lawyers” — The Guardian“[A] lively, thoughtful and remarkable memoir” — Morning Star “Inspiring” — Mondoweiss“Concise and easy to read for all who care about justice… Candidly offers a glimpse of the thoughtful soul behind the legal legend.” — The Indypendent“A beautiful and compelling account from one of the leaders of the legal left” — David Cole, The Nation“A vivid memoir of a storied attorney” — The Progressive“The memoir of a great constitutional lawyer” — Radio Woodstock“A valuable guide for activists and attorneys looking to use the law as part of larger movements for justice” — Against the Current

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Book SynopsisIn the summer of 2008 Kimberley Motley quit her job as a public defender in Milwaukee to join a program that helped train lawyers in war-torn Afghanistan. She was thirty-two at the time, a mother of three who had never travelled outside the United States. Through sheer force of personality, ingenuity and perseverance, Kimberley became the first foreign lawyer to practise in Afghanistan and her work swiftly morphed into a mission - to bring 'justness' to the defenceless and voiceless. She has established herself as an expert on its fledgling criminal justice system, able to pivot between the country's complex legislation and its religious laws in defence of her clients. Her radical approach has seen her successfully represent both Afghans and Westerners, overturning sentences for men and women who've been subject to often appalling miscarriages of justice. Inspiring and fascinating in equal measure, Lawless tells the story of a remarkable woman operating in one of the most dangerous countries in the world.Trade ReviewA thoroughly riveting read * Sydney Morning Herald *Table of Contents1: The playlist 2: The Manchurian Candidate 3: I'm not a terrorist, I'm a taxi driver 4: Please help us 5: My name is Irene 6: False pretences 7: Give me your watch 8: The minimum is not guilty 9: You need to sit down 10: I don't have all day 11: Immoral crimes 12: Watch your back 13: Lock your doors and hide 14: Okay, baby. Breathe. Slow down. 15: Iron Doe 16: A man or a monster? 17: Wicked Ninja 18: Crocodile tears 19: Well, you must have done something 20: High fives 21: Article 71, I think 22: Oh . . . this is America 23: Motley's law Epilogue: The aftermath

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Book SynopsisThis friendly and accessible guide is one that you'll want to have on hand at every stage of the journey when starting your own law firm. From initial planning and choosing the right structure, overcoming teething problems, to expansion and beyond, in this book you'll find the practical guidance you need to set up and manage a law firm.

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Book SynopsisStrategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, or SLAPPs, are designed to censor, intimidate and silence critics of the powerful and wealthy by burdening them with aggressive opposing lawyers, heavy legal costs and deeply intrusive and sometimes illegal private investigations until they abandon the case.

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Book Synopsis•Understand what digital transformation means in a law firm context •Explore the cultural barriers to transformation, and learn how to overcome them •Gain insight from the operating models of successful digital businesses •Develop a business case and practical strategy for digital transformation •Understand the importance of diversity and purpose in driving digital change •Manage change and adoption challenges •Build on learnings from the COVID-19 crisis to accelerate digital transformation As law firms take stock in the aftermath of COVID-19, there is an opportunity to rethink the law firm operating model for the next decade and beyond. The crisis has reinforced the importance of agility and resilience, and the critical role digital technologies play in client service. For law firms, digital transformation should no longer be viewed as an indulgence, but as an urgent necessity. For those that embrace this challenge, the rewards, for both clients and colleagues, will be substantial. Written by one of the most respected leaders of law firm innovation, this book will help those contemplating or leading digital change in law firms to develop and execute a compelling digital transformation strategy. With a particular focus on the cultural and organisational challenges inherent in a law firm partnership, the book provides practical advice on how to effect meaningful and sustainable change. This invaluable guide for law firm leaders, lawyers, and those leading digital change in a law firm includes plenty of best-practice examples from outside as well as inside the legal profession. The book provides valuable insight for start-ups and technology providers looking to partner with law firms, and for aspiring lawyers starting their professional careers. Along with practical guidance on shaping digital transformation, this engaging work will give the reader a comprehensive overview of the competitive landscape in legal services, sharing diverse perspectives and case studies from leaders from different parts of the legal sector.Trade ReviewLaw firm partners will realize quickly that Isabel Parker has not pulled any punches in her concise, direct and highly informative presentation of the digital transformation imperative for law firms and how they must rethink traditional approaches to successfully transform. Her own law firm experience, extensive research and talent for clarity combine here to deliver great insights. Almost all law firms give consideration to their culture, but Parker’s treatment of the subject is among the best as she provides an in-depth explanation of what it is, why it should matter to law firms and how firms can develop a culture that fosters digital transformation. The insights from this book will be of equal value to inhouse corporate counsel undertaking transformation initiatives. As a general counsel and student of digital transformation for many years, I will highly recommend this book as ‘required reading’ to law firm partners and my inhouse team alike! -- Bill DeckelmanThoroughly enjoying Isabel Parker‘s book on successfully implementing digital transformation. Although it’s predominantly for law firms, the principles apply to in-house as well. Highly recommend! -- Eletra JaponasThis is a much-needed work, few (if any) legal professionals are more qualified by dint of experience, contacts and skill than Isabel Parker to deliver these timely messages. The book is very well written, edited and laid out as a pure visual and production matter, is well documented (but not excessively or annoyingly) by endnotes, and most of all, is well supported on all key points by case studies and interviews. The latter, importantly, are not just from law firms, but as appropriate, from digital leaders outside the legal profession. Both lend additional credibility. The author’s approach is fair and balanced; she recognizes both the undeniable strengths and current limitations in a rapidly transforming world of the traditional law firm model. She offers several plausible paths that firms can take in order to adapt, while being keenly realistic about the likely challenges to be faced and difficult choices to be made by law firms that will rise to the challenge and earnestly commit to putting client service first in today’s (and tomorrow’s) world. While focused on law firms, there are many lessons that can apply directly or with slight adaptation to in-house legal departments that are embarking on similar transformation journeys. These lessons are also helpful to corporate legal departments in terms of evaluating law firms’ innovation credibility and in picking a core group with which to partner. Similarly, vendors to both law firms and legal departments will find Ms. Parker’s insights very valuable since they provide such deep context and visibility into the workings of such a key element of the legal profession. The focus on culture is spot on and often under-appreciated; somewhat similar challenges apply in-house since so many in-house attorneys are products of the same law firm culture (and to be sure, educational system and culture of exceptionalism). They still carry some of these characteristics. As such they are often a sub-culture within their corporations, even when the corporation’s dominant culture is more dynamic and innovative. They (myself included) need to recognize this as we seek to adapt and transform. The author’s insights - and the cited research findings - about the importance of cognitive diversity, pluri-disciplinary teams and minimizing the lawyer v. non-lawyer dichotomy when evaluating new ideas apply in both worlds. Very well worth the cost and time spent in reading, highlighting and annotating carefully. -- Robert Dilworth * Managing Director & Associate General Counsel Bank of America *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 11 Foreword by Mark A Cohen 15 Introduction 19 Part I: Why digital transformation matters – and how to get started 25 Chapter 1: What is digital transformation? 27 1. Meaningful change or management speak? 27 2. Innovation vs digital transformation 28 3. Why should law firms change? 30 3.1 Money, money, money 30 3.2 Law firm expertise 31 3.3 The mythology around law firm brand 35 4. “Only the paranoid survive” 37 5. The disruption test 38 6. The art of persuasion 39 Chapter 2: Five defining elements of successful digital companies 41 1. Framing the challenge 41 2. Adapting best practice to the law firm environment 42 3. Beware of innovation theatre 43 4. What does ‘good’ look like? 44 5. The five elements of successful digital transformation 45 5.1 Element 1: digital companies are customer-centric 45 5.2 Element 2: Successful digital companies have a digital strategy (aligned to business strategy) 61 5.3 Element 3: Successful digital companies commit to digital change 66 5.4 Element 4: For successful digital transformation, you need the best (digital) people 74 5.5 Element 5: Create a culture in which transformation can continue to flourish 80 Chapter 3: Developing the vision and strategy 87 1. Introduction 87 2. Eight steps to digital transformation 88 2.1 Step 1: Understand your firm’s business strateg 89 2.2 Step 2: Undertake a firm diagnostic and identify digital opportunity 92 2.3 Step 3: Review the competitor landscape 102 2.4 Step 4: Talk to clients 105 2.5 Step 5: Create the business case for funding 108 2.6 Step 6: Create a plan for execution and assemble the right team 123 2.7 Step 7: Create your vision and strategy document and communications plan 134 2.8 Step 8: Communicate and manage the change 141 Part II: Product development and technology 147 Chapter 4: Products 149 1. Law firm or software development house? 149 2. Embedding products into services 151 3. Law firm digital products – some examples 151 3.1 The subscription model 153 3.2 Partnering to develop and deliver products 155 3.3 Client-facing apps 156 3.4 Digital platforms 157 4. Digital products – the pros and cons 161 5. How to develop products successfully 164 5.1 Talk to customers 165 5.2 Use process 165 5.3 Establish product ownership 165 5.4 Build a team 165 5.5 Work in an agile way 166 5.6 Work cross-functionally 166 5.7 Measure success 166 5.8 Be cognisant of the culture 166 6. Establishing a process 166 7. The product lifecycle 168 7.1 Stage 1: Idea 171 7.2 Stage 2: Enablement 171 7.3 Stage 3: Validation 172 7.4 Stage 4: Proof of concept 173 7.5 Stage 5: Minimum valuable product (MVP) 174 7.6 Stage 6: Continuous delivery 174 7.7 Stage 7: Legacy 175 8. Managing the product delivery lifecycle: product ownership 175 9. Product owner skills 176 10. What does success look like? 177 10.1 The right measures 180 10.2 The go-to-market strategy 181 11. Products – or product thinking? 183 12. Products – some final thoughts 184 Chapter 5: Technology 187 1. Legal tech 187 2. Simplification and convergence: making use of what you have 189 3. Back to basics 191 3.1 Legacy 192 3.2 Leadership and digital literacy 193 3.3 Cloud 194 3.4 Data 197 4. Technology leadership 212 5. In summary 213 Part III: Sustaining the change 215 Chapter 6: Petri dish or opera house? Culture under the microscope 217 1. The link between culture and digital transformation 217 2. Defining culture 218 3. The cultural strengths of law firms 219 4. Law firm culture: the challenges 223 5. Addressing culture under strain: lessons from the financial services sector 225 5.1 Governance 230 5.2 Incentives 230 5.3 Individual accountability 231 6. The enduring nature of the partnership model 231 Chapter 7: Sustaining change – partnership 235 1. Time for a new model? 235 2. Structure and culture 237 2.1 The importance of agility 240 2.2 Investing for the long term 241 2.3 Rigidity of career structure 242 3. What are the options? 245 3.1 Option 1: Specialise 245 3.2 Option 2: Choose to change 248 3.3 Option 3: The ‘wait and see’ approach 248 4. Six structures that encourage cultural change 248 4.1 The acquisition model 249 4.2 The captive model 254 4.3 The intrapreneurship model 256 4.4 The incubation model 260 4.5 The spin-off model 262 4.6 The IPO 265 5. Choosing the right model 267 6. Structuring for success 268 Chapter 8: Sustaining change – people 269 1. Law firms are people businesses 269 2. The law firm people problem 271 3. Who law firms hire 273 3.1 The lawyers 273 3.2 The digital professionals 280 3.3 The changing role of the law firm HR function 280 4. What law firms reward 291 4.1 The danger of recruiting in your own image 291 4.2 Fee earners and fee burners 292 4.3 Cognitive diversity: the power of mixing it up 295 4.4 The challenge of multidisciplinary teams 295 4.5 What’s the alternative? 298 4.6 Cognitive diversity and psychological safety 298 Chapter 9: Sustaining change – purpose 303 1. Purpose – or perpetuity? 303 2. The corporate view of purpose 303 3. The law firm response 307 4. The role of purpose in sustaining transformation 308 5. Becoming purpose-driven – practical steps 309 Chapter 10: Final thoughts 313 Notes 319 About the author 327 Index 329 About Globe Law and Business 341

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Book SynopsisOver the last fifteen years, securitisation has transitioned from a product that was largely the purview of bankers and other structured finance professionals to a term that has entered the public lexicon, due to the credit crunch. Yet despite its increased prominence, few are confident in their understanding of the complex processes involving many parties seeking to achieve a variety of outcomes.While many overarching principles of securitisation transactions such as asset classes, regulatory capital requirements and off-balance sheet accounting can be geographically agnostic, each transaction is subject to varying local rules and regulations specific to the jurisdiction(s) in which it is taking place. As such, navigating the myriad of legal, regulatory and accounting requirements necessitates a wide range of expertise, with specialists in one field still required to have a broad understanding of others.Edited by Dominic Griffiths, London Managing Partner at Mayer Brown International LLP and a structured finance practitioner for 25 years, European Securitisation offers a comprehensive overview of the key structural and geographical aspects of securitisation transactions across Europe.This book provides an essential guide for any legal or non-legal securitisation practitioner, at any level of experience. It includes key coverage of:a history and overview of securitisation in Europe;key asset classes used in securitisation transactions;non-legal aspects such as accounting, regulation and hedging; andlocal law regimes across selected European jurisdictions.

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Book SynopsisSince the first edition of this best-selling title in 2008, the international liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry has shown a rare capacity for innovation and change. Despite this, there was no predicting the nature and full extent of the sector's transformation since the book's last edition in 2017, and this fourth edition has been updated to take into account the rapidly shifting arrangements and participations across the international LNG business.This fully revised new edition features contributions from leading energy companies, institutions and academic bodies, as well as consultancies and law firms, and each of the writers is a specialist in their field.Topics covered have been expanded for this fourth edition and chapters span all relevant commercial, political, regulatory and legal issues. They also examine the effects of the energy transition's initiatives and innovations, including:carbon-neutral or green' LNG;LNG and hydrogen;the geopolitics of LNG;structure and integration; andthe principles of price formation.Whether you are a lawyer in private practice or from a national or international oil company, utility business, ship broking or ship building firm, bank or energy advisory practice, this commercially focused title will provide you with a unique, practical guide to today's international LNG business, while offering thoughtful insights on what the future may bring.

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Book SynopsisA Drink at the Bar: A memoir of crime, justice and overcoming personal demons is the witty, opinionated and revealing memoirs of Judge Graham Boal QC, a criminal barrister for thirty years before serving as a judge for nine years until his retirement as a Permanent Judge at London’s Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, in 2005. Boal's career highlights included his being the legendary George Carman's junior in the Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe's trial for conspiracy to murder in 1979, leading for the Crown at the Appeal of the Birmingham Six in 1991 and becoming First Senior Treasury Counsel. His memories of key cases in his career are fascinating but his day-to-day experiences, and the underlying legal issues and happenstance, are every bit as revealing and interesting. Boal has been described as ‘clubbable’, a man who enjoys cricket, golf and life in a Norfolk village, but as his brilliant career progressed he found himself increasingly dependent on the demon alcohol. He went into treatment for alcoholism and depression in 1993, and has been a recovering alcoholic ever since, including his years as a judge at the Old Bailey, the court at which most of the most serious criminal cases in the country are tried. This intriguing memoir reveals the many inside stories of classic criminal cases and the author is unstinting in his analysis of his professional achievements and personal struggles. This will be an essential read for all those interested in legal and political issues and the toll that the pressures of high office can put on one’s personal life and wellbeing. The author is now a trustee and board member of WDP, a leading addiction charity.Trade ReviewWitty and engaging. It offers a fascinating ringside seat at some of the most high-profile trials in modern English legal history, together with a brutally honest account of the writer’s descent into alcoholism and depression — and his rise out of it.As you would expect from a former Old Bailey judge, Graham Boal QC is searingly honest about the challenges he has faced — and overcome. Well aware that, as he puts it, “there are few more boring experiences than ploughing through the reminiscences of retired barristers and judges”, Boal takes us through his early life and career at a reasonably brisk pace. Writing about one’s human frailties is entirely commendable and Boal, 77, dedicates his book to the Westminster Drug Project, where he serves as a trustee and board member. While later chapters of Boal’s book make for painful reading, this is a story with a happy ending. Boal recovered. Despite everything, then, [he] considers himself to be a very lucky man indeed. -- Joshua Rozenburg * A Lawyer Writes *...a searingly honest and engaging account of failings and redemption.Offering readers a candid portrayal of his alcoholism and depression, which were inevitably intertwined, this book’s appeal extends beyond the narrow readership of practising lawyers and fellow judges. His angst may regularly punctuate the narrative, washed down with recollections of tumblers full of whisky, but they do not dominate Boal’s story. Instead, they are neatly interwoven with his 30-year stretch as a criminal barrister, during which time he became First Senior Treasury Counsel. -- Dominic Carman * Reports Legal *This book is marvellous fun and gloriously entertaining. A thoroughly enjoyable read.

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Book SynopsisWith legal fees coming under increasing scrutiny, all law firms, whether they charge by the hour or operate alternative fee arrangements (AFAs) will need to negotiate fees; be it a discount to an hourly rate or a year-long fixed retainer. Budgeting and negotiating skills will be needed by all fee earners with responsibility for agreeing any fees or discounts. The more a firm uses AFAs, the more important budgeting and negotiating becomes. Budgeting and Negotiating Fees with Clients: A Lawyer's Guide is a must-have handbook for individual lawyers, firm leaders and directors of support services who are looking to tackle these challenges head on at both an operational and a strategic level. It provides: * Clear analysis of the increasing importance of budgeting and negotiating fees for all firms whether they have adopted AFAs or rely on hourly rates; * A step-by-step guide for improving individual behaviour and firm-wide processes; and * Practical tools for generating consistently profitable fee structures. Supported by case studies from law firms and law firm clients, along with input from other management consultants, this report covers topics including: * Fee models adopted by law firms; * How AFAs are intensifying the need for budgeting and negotiating skills; * Alternative fees - risks and how to avoid them; * Understanding law firm financial data - a prerequisite for successful budgeting and negotiation; * Creating a realistic matter budget; * An introduction to legal project management; * Overcoming obstacles to negotiating fees effectively; * Managing the negotiation process effectively; * Obtaining the desired fees and structures; * Tips, tactics and tricks for negotiating; * Developing a strategy for better budgeting and negotiating; * Implementing change and embedding best practice; * Business tools for budgeting, negotiating and client communication; * How to operate value billing; and * Best practice law firm negotiation from a client's perspective. This invaluable resource also includes supporting checklists and templates to allow readers to start putting the lessons learnt throughout the report into practice immediately.Table of ContentsExecutive summary...VII About the author...IX Acknowledgements...XI Part One: Understanding law firm fee models, budgeting and negotiation Chapter 1: The universal law firm fee continuum...3 Fee models adopted by law firms...3 Introducing the universal law firm fee continuum...4 Common positions on the continuum...4 Why firms must progress along the continuum...7 Chapter 2: How AFAs are intensifying the need for budgeting and negotiating skills...9 Alternative fees: Hype or reality...9 Continued forces of change...10 Impact of AFAs...14 Chapter 3: Alternative fees - Risks and how to avoid them...17 Risk 1: Alternative fees are not as profitable as hourly rates...17 Risk 2: Alternative fees transfer risk to the law firm...18 Risk 3: Alternative fees will lead to commoditization and erode premiums...20 Risk 4: Alternative fee structures are not compatible with billable hours targets...21 Chapter 4: Understanding law firm financial data - A prerequisite for successful budgeting and negotiating...23 The significance of profit...24 The importance of cash...26 Traps for the unwary...28 Actionable data...28 Chapter 5: Creating a realistic matter budget...33 Are budgets necessary?...33 The link between annual and matter budgets...34 Historic price information...35 Matter plans...36 Matter budgets...38 A word on tools...42 Chapter 6: Staying within budget - The art of legal project management...43 Executing the matter plan...43 Monitoring performance and making adjustments...44 Sizing up the legal project management revolution: Origins, implementation and future direction By Pamela Woldow and Douglas Richardson, Edge International...45 Chapter 7: Overcoming obstacles to negotiating fees...53 Overcoming obstacles at the individual lawyer level...53 Firm-wide support...56 Chapter 8: Managing the negotiation process...59 Negotiation stages...59 Chapter 9: How to obtain the desired fees and structures...65 Distinguishing value from price...65 Determining value...65 Creating options...68 Ingredients of winning proposals...69 Chapter 10: Tips, tactics and tricks...71 Tips...71 Tactics...75 Tricks...78 Chapter 11: Developing a strategy for better budgeting and negotiating...81 Taking stock...81 Developing and communicating vision and strategy...83 Chapter 12: Implementing change and embedding best practice...87 Developing personal insight...87 Changing structures and systems...88 Developing firm wide and individual capability...91 Changing firm culture...94 Delivering success...94 Part Two: Case studies Case study 1: DMH Stallard LLP - Business tools for budgeting, negotiating and client communication...101 The business tools...101 How the tools were developed...102 Implementation...102 Impact on the firm...103 Continuous improvement and challenges for the future...104 Case study 2: Crowell & Moring LLP - Using AFAs and value-based billing...105 Alternative fees used by Crowell & Moring...105 Genesis of AFAs at the firm...106 Spotlight on value billing...106 Impact on the firm...108 Client reactions to Crowell & Moring's fee propositions...108 Continuous improvement and challenges for the future...108 Case study 3: A client perspective...111 Procurement objectives...111 How procurement teams achieve cost savings...111 Preferred fee structures...112 How law firms can prepare for negotiations...113 Behaviour to avoid...114 How to impress...115 Part Three: Appendices Appendix 1: Matter plan template...119 Appendix 2: Matter budget template...121 Appendix 3: Pre-negotiation checklist...123 Index...127

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Book SynopsisThe legal profession needs more than law. Whether you are a student, a law school, a university, a law firm or an in-house legal team, The Legal Team of the Future is the definitive guide to understanding and building the holistic skills required of those working in legal services now and in the future. Highlighting the importance of multidisciplinary teams working collaboratively to solve legal problems, the book introduces a ‘Law+’ model for the profession, comprising sixteen skills across four quadrants: Law+People, Law+Business, Law+Change and Law+Technology. As well as outlining each of the skills, the book explains how to build those skills as an individual, a law firm, an in-house team, a university or a law school. Designed for both lawyers and business professionals working in law, The Legal Team of the Future dispels the myth that the ‘lawyer of the future’ is solely responsible for the future of the profession, instead focusing on diverse individuals working within their own specializations. The Law+ model is more than an academic theory, containing real-world examples and case studies and devised by an expert in legal innovation who is still working in the field on a daily basis. This book is the guide you need to navigate the future of the legal profession and to stay ahead of the pack in delivering legal services to clients.

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Book SynopsisKarpal Singh is widely regarded as Malaysia’s best criminal and constitutional lawyer. His sudden death on 17 April 2014 in a horrific car accident – just a month after he was convicted of sedition in the High Court – shocked and saddened Malaysians to the core and left a deep void in the country’s legal and political landscape. Karpal was a fearless advocate for justice and a defender of human rights in South East Asia and has appeared in the Privy Council in London on a number of occasions before such appeals were abandoned by Malaysia. He is renowned for his defence of many people from many nations who have faced the death penalty under Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act. In recent years, one of his biggest achievements was his successful defence of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on two charges of sodomy in 2012. On the night he died, Karpal was still fighting for Anwar, who had been convicted once again of sodomy, and seeking to reassure him. He told the Opposition leader in a telephone call he would do his best in the prosecution’s `fast-tracked’ Federal Court of Appeal. Indeed, Karpal had Anwar’s files with him in his vehicle when the fateful crash occurred. In this edition with a new foreword by Karpal’s son, Gobind Singh Deo, veteran journalist Tim Donoghue completes the biography of Malaysia’s tenacious and principled lawyer-politician

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Book SynopsisHaben grew up spending summers with her family in the enchanting Eritrean city of Asmara. There, she discovered courage as she faced off against a bull she couldn't see, and found in herself an abiding strength as she absorbed her parents' harrowing experiences during Eritrea's thirty-year war with Ethiopia. Their refugee story inspired her to embark on a quest for knowledge, traveling the world in search of the secret to belonging. She explored numerous fascinating places, including Mali, where she helped build a school under the scorching Saharan sun. Her many adventures over the years range from the hair-raising to the hilarious.Haben defines disability as an opportunity for innovation. She learned non-visual techniques for everything from dancing salsa to handling an electric saw. She developed a text-to-braille communication system that created an exciting new way to connect with people. Haben pioneered her way through obstacles, graduated from Harvard Law, and now uses her talents to advocate for people with disabilities.HABEN takes readers through a thrilling game of blind hide-and-seek in Louisiana, a treacherous climb up an iceberg in Alaska, and a magical moment with President Obama at The White House. Warm, funny, thoughtful, and uplifting, this captivating memoir is a testament to one woman's determination to find the keys to connection.

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Book SynopsisIn-house lawyers need and want to develop their professional and management skills. But unlike lawyers practising in law firms, there may not be dedicated resources designed to support them. It will often be a case of DIY. Managing and Developing Your Career as an In-house Lawyer by Ian White and Simon McCall is a companion to their report Your Role as General Counsel: How to Survive and Thrive in Your Role as GC. It seeks to provide practical ideas and tips on how a busy in-house lawyer can actively manage their own development. The aim is to help them perform more effectively in their current role and also prepare them for promotion or a move elsewhere. It covers: Taking responsibility for your own development; Being a businessperson as well as a lawyer; Doing an MBA – or recreating the MBA experience by learning from other people in the business; Moving into a leadership role; Honing key personal skills – delegating, giving feedback, listening, motivating; Becoming a coach or mentor to your team; Developing your career beyond the GC role – within or outside your organisation; and Taking on a non-executive director role. This Special Report is essential reading for any in-house lawyer wanting to continue learning and developing and enhance their career prospects. It is relevant for recently appointed in-house lawyers all the way up to more established GCs.Table of ContentsI. Introduction 5 1. How it all came about 5 2. Who has this Special Report been written for? 5 3. Why you need this Special Report 6 4. How this Special Report is set out 7 5. A way of looking at development 9 II. Moving in-house 11 1. Why? And is it for you? 11 2. What makes working in-house different? 12 3. No longer a one-way street 14 III. Learning about other functions – business and management skills 15 1. What skills are needed and where can you acquire them? 15 IV. Skills for the in-house lawyer 19 1. Developing your team 19 2. Moving upwards 32 V. The lawyer as coach and mentor 35 1. Coaching 35 2. Mentoring 42 VI. Developing your career away from law (but in a legal environment) 45 1. What does the new organisation need from you? 45 2. What will you be doing? 46 3. Conclusion 48 VII. Developing your career in-house (but not as a lawyer) 49 1. Getting to be GC or a similar role 49 2. The options when you become GC or a senior lawyer 50 VIII.Developing your career after law 59 1. The importance of managing your career life 59 2. One reason to develop a post-law career: you may be working at 103! 60 3. Or is it just luck? 62 4. Developing a different type of CV 62 5. Where to get help 63 6. Becoming a non-executive director 65 IX. Some final words of wisdom 67 1. Advice and tips 67 2. Concluding thoughts 72 Endnotes 74 About the authors 76 About Globe Law and Business 78 Notes and ideas 79

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Book SynopsisDrafting is designed to equip trainee barristers with the requisite skills to draft high-quality legal documents across all areas of practice. The manual contains practical advice on the skill of drafting in a number of legal settings, including contract, tort, and criminal proceedings.Each chapter contains numerous examples accompanied by detailed commentary on the key features of the draft. Exercises are included throughout the manual, offering the opportunity to practice and perfect your own style of drafting.Digital formatsThis edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the authors' extensive experience in practice, Evidence is an excellent introduction to the principles underpinning the law of evidence. Key rules are explained clearly, while the practical approach equips students with a sound understanding of relevant evidential rules.

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Book SynopsisLawyers'' Skills helps students develop the legal skills required for successful practice in the modern solicitor''s firm. The book equips students with a solid understanding of the theory and concepts underpinning the key skills areas of legal writing and drafting, interviewing and advising, practical legal research, and advocacy. Guidance is also provided on a range of other professional skills which should be mastered before going into practice, including effective time management, negotiation, and email etiquette.The inclusion of realistic examples from practice, tasks, and reflective exercises emphasizes the interactive nature of skills as a subject and encourages students to develop, practise, and refine their legal skills. Chapter summaries, diagrams, and self-test questions are also featured throughout and provide additional learning support to students. The text is essential reading for all LPC students and is also a useful source of reference for newly-qualified practitioners.Digital formats and resourcesThis edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. - Access to a digital version of this book comes with every purchase to enable a more flexible learning experience - 12 month''s access to this title on Oxford Learning Link will be available from 15 July 2022. Access must be redeemed by 1 August 2024. - The online resources for students include a selection of realistic sample documentation designed to highlight legal writing and drafting in action across a range of legal documents, and references to further reading for those wishing to delve deeper into the subject area. - For lecturers a test bank of multiple choice questions is available to registered adopters and can be used to assess students'' understanding of topics covered in the book.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Interviewing and advising 3: Legal writing 4: Drafting legal documents 5: Legal research 6: Practical problem-solving 7: Negotiation 8: Advocacy and the solicitor 9: Managing your workload 10: Continuing your learning

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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 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 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 SynopsisExplores the apparently conflicting commitments of a democratic governmental system where key aspects of such important social issues as affirmative action, campaign finance reform, and abortion rights are settled not by a legislative vote but by the decisions of unelected judges.Trade Review"Michelman has crafted a provocative book on democratic constitutionalism that deserves serious attention by persons interested not simply in Brennan's legal thought but in the debate on what makes for a decent and legitimate democracy."--David E. Marion, Political Science Quarterly "Clearly the justice would be pleased by the provocative, thoughtful, craftsmanship of this work... [A] fine contribution to scholarship."--ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1. Brennan's Constitutional Democracy 3 Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory 3 The Paradox of Constitutional Democracy 4 Democracy, Individuals, and Self-Government 11 The Substantive Conception of Democracy 16 A Paradox of Democratic Commitment 33 The Procedural Conception of Democracy 34 The Remaining Possibility for Self-Government in Politics 51 Politics and Knowledge 54 Distrust and Democracy (Responsive Democracy with a Difference) 57 Brennan on Democracy 60 Chapter 2. Brennan's Democratic Liberalism 63 The Judge as Political Theorist 63 Liberal Political Thought 65 Justice Brennan and Liberal "Romance" 68 Community 89 Equality, Groups, and Positive Social Rights 119 Summation: Who Is Brennan to Us? 133 Epilogue 139 Index 147

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Book SynopsisTransform your legal education into a successful and fulfilling legal career In How to Be a Lawyer: The Path from Law School to Success, a team of veteran lawyers and entrepreneurs delivers an eye-opening discussion of how to translate your years of training and education into a running start in the world of practice. The book bridges the gap between law school and practice, whether you hope to be a big firm transactional attorney, a solo criminal lawyer, work for the government or any other legal profession. You'll discover how you can use what you learned in law school and how you can develop the real skills you'll need as you deal with clients and colleagues. The authors explain what your professors won't tell you in law school and what employers and clients will actually expect from you. You'll also find: Case studies and guest chapters describing the transition to major areas of law and how it can and should affect your law school decision makingExpert advice on making your first job a successful oneGuidance on how to avoid the most common career pitfalls and client mistakesUnfiltered opinions from clients about what they really think about lawyers An ideal resource for aspiring and current law students and early career lawyers, How to Be a Lawyer is the practical blueprint you need to build your legal career from scratch.Table of ContentsAbout the Authors xv Acknowledgmentsxiii xv Why We Wrote This Book 1 Chapter 1 The Divide Between Law School and Lawyering 5 Chapter 2 The Core Concepts of Lawyering 11 Empathy 12 Listen First, Talk Second 16 Ask Questions 17 Always (Usually) Give Advice 18 Chapter 3 Understanding the Importance of Law School Rankings on Your Future 23 Chapter 4 Classic Coursework (What Is It Good For?) 27 Torts 28 Contracts 28 Civil Procedure 33 Property 33 Criminal Law 34 Constitutional Law 34 Legal Methods/Writing/Research 35 Evidence 36 Ethics and Professional Responsibility 36 Chapter 5 Choosing Proper Electives 39 Chapter 6 What Should You Get Out of Law School? 43 Chapter 7 Be a Fiduciary 45 Principle 1: Know If You’re Acting as a Fiduciary and on Whose Behalf 46 Principle 2: Slow Down 49 Principle 3: Seek Advice and Help 50 Principle 4: Always Put Your Clients’ Interests Ahead of Your Own 50 Chapter 8 A Short Primer on Negotiations 53 Negotiation Tactics 54 What Really Matters? 54 Preparing for the Negotiation 55 A Brief Introduction to Game Theory 57 Negotiating Win- Win Agreements 59 Negotiating Other Games 60 Negotiating Styles and Approaches 61 Collaborative Negotiation Versus Walk- Away Threats 65 Building Leverage and Getting to Yes 66 Chapter 9 Preparing for the Job Hunt 69 You on Paper 69 Social Media 70 Telling the Story 71 Networking into Employers 71 Mindset 72 Career Placement Services 72 Chapter 10 The Bar Exam 73 Chapter 11 You Got the Job— There Is No Time for Rest 75 Chapter 12 The Fourteen Commandments for New Lawyers (Okay, How about “Strong Suggestions”?)7 1: Have a Learning Mindset 77 2: Rely On but Mistrust Forms 78 3: Beware of the Foggy Project Trap 79 4: Never Consider Anything That Goes to a Senior Colleague or Client to Be a “Draft” 79 5: Be More Organized Than Others 80 6: Take Ownership Without Request 81 7: Invest in Your Management Skills 81 8: Have a Three- to Five-Year Horizon 82 9: Plan to Develop Near- Term and Long- Term Advantages 83 10: Understand How to Best Use and Foster Mentor Relationships 85 11: Flatten Hierarchies 86 12: Own Your Mistakes 88 13: Know What a Junior Lawyer’s Value Is 88 14: Keep Your Own List 88 Bonus Commandment for Those Working with Contracts! 88 Chapter 13 Common Mistakes New Lawyers Make That Limit Careers and Anger Clients 89 Chapter 14 Relationships, Difficult Personalities, and Being the Calmest Person in the Room 95 Forgetting You Are in the Services Industry 89 Getting Frustrated and Thinking People Are Idiots 89 Having Loose Lips 90 Assuming Each State Has the Same Laws 90 Treating Administrative Staff Poorly 90 Having a Sexual Relationship at Work 91 Being Inconsiderate of Others’ Calendars 91 Forgetting You Are the Leverage 91 Forgetting Who the Client Is 92 Assuming Other Lawyers Are Good People 92 Shortchanging Research 93 Failing to Understand Basic Intellectual Property Law 93 Talking to Another Attorney’s Client Without the Attorney 93 Screwing Up Billing (If You Bill Clients by the Hour) 93 Challenging Personalities 96 The Lawyer’s Job When It Comes to Challenging Personalities 98 General Approaches to Managing Challenging Personalities 99 Sampling of Challenging Personalities and Tips for Dealing with Them 103 Parting Thoughts 112 Chapter 15 Understanding Current Technology 115 Chapter 16 Words from the Wise 117 Guest Chapter 1: Lynne Davis 120 Guest Chapter 2: Phil Weiser 126 Guest Chapter 3: Kenzo Kawanabe 130 Guest Chapter 4: Rachel Proffitt 138 Guest Chapter 5: Matt Baca 145 Guest Chapter 6: Kimberly R. Willoughby 151 Guest Chapter 7: Brad Bernthal 158 Guest Chapter 8: Jolene A. Yee 164 Guest Chapter 9: Gregory Mann 174 Guest Chapter 10: Nicole Day 181 Guest Chapter 11: Lindsey Beran 187 Guest Chapter 12: Robyn T. Williams 192 Guest Chapter 13: Alfred Levitt 201 Guest Chapter 14: Nicholas Troxel and Josh Fitch 207 Guest Chapter 15: Emily Galvin Almanza 219 Guest Chapter 16: Jennifer R. Zimmerman 228 Guest Chapter 17: Margot S. Edwards 236 Guest Chapter 18: Jason M. Lynch 241 Guest Chapter 19: Randy Klein 245 Guest Chapter 20: Stacy Carter 253 Guest Chapter 21: Nikki Stitt Sokol 259 Guest Chapter 22: Ryan Day 264 Guest Chapter 23: Tyrone Glover 269 Guest Chapter 24: William E. Foster 275 Chapter 17 What Clients Want 283 What Clients Liked 284 What Clients Didn’t Like 286 Chapter 18 Law School as a “Second Career” 289 Entrance into Law School 289 Getting a Job 291 Chapter 19 How to Be a Happy Lawyer 293 Have an Identity Outside of Being a Lawyer 294 Take Pride in Your Work and the Impact It Has on Others 294 Keep a Continually Learning Mindset 295 Don’t Get Too Wrapped Up in Your Work 295 Manage Your Stress 295 Watch Your Drug Consumption 296 Never Compromise Your Value System 297 Don’t Forget to Laugh and Celebrate the Wins 297 Internalize the Losses, But Don’t Dwell on Them 298 Work with Clients You Really Like 298 Have a Great Surrounding Team 298 Set Boundaries for Your Personal Life 298 What to Do When You Are Not Happy 299 Chapter 20 What If You Don’t Want to Be a Lawyer Anymore? 301 Chapter 21 Let’s Sum Up 305 Index 307

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Book SynopsisBecoming a lawyer is about much more than acquiring knowledge and technique. As law students learn the law and acquire some basic skills, they are also inevitably forming a deep sense of themselves in their new roles as lawyers. That sense of self  the student's nascent professional identity needs to take a particular form if the students are to fulfil the public purposes of lawyers and find deep meaning and satisfaction in their work. In this book, Professors Patrick Longan, Daisy Floyd, and Timothy Floyd combine what they have learned in many years of teaching and research concerning the lawyer's professional identity with lessons derived from legal ethics, moral psychology, and moral philosophy. They describe in depth the six virtues that every lawyer needs as part of his or her professional identity, and they explore both the obstacles to acquiring and deploying those virtues and strategies for overcoming those impediments. The result is a straightforward guide for law stuTable of Contents1. Introduction and Overview; 2. Motivation and Professional Identity; 3. Competence as a Professional Virtue; 4. Fidelity to the Client as a Professional Virtue; 5. Fidelity to the Law as a Professional Virtue; 6. Public Spiritedness as a Professional Virtue; 7. Civility as a Professional Virtue; 8. Practical Wisdom as a Professional Virtue; 9. Professional Identity and the Future of the Legal Profession

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Book SynopsisThis Special Report provides a practical introduction to social media for lawyers. By avoiding technical details and jargon, it offers a pragmatic guide on how all lawyers - irrespective of industry sector, firm size or client base - can successfully integrate social media into their marketing, business development and client relationship management programmes. Containing essential information on the benefits and risks of social media in the legal sector, this report examines the social media platforms used by many law firms (LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook) and gives an overview of those less frequently used - enabling lawyers to make an informed choice. As well as featuring practical advice for setting up and using social media as an integral part of a lawyer's business development activity, this report also offers guidance on: * how to write great blogs and social media posts; and * how to integrate social media into a structured content management plan that supports business development objectives. The report also addresses how central systems, technology and support can be used to ensure that social media plays an effective part of a firm's business development programmes. In addition to lawyers, this text will be essential reading for marketing and human resource professionals in law firms who want to ensure the effective and sustainable use of social media.Trade ReviewThe special report’s appearance, structure and presentation make it easy to handle, read and absorb. It is a by-your-side checklist for all the key aspects of social media. Pippa Blakemore The PEP Partnership LLPTable of ContentsIntroduction 7 1. About this special report 7 2. Definitions 8 3. Key platforms 10 4. The rise of social media in the legal profession 11 The business case for social media 15 1. The benefits of using social media 15 2. The risks of using social media 19 3. Guarding against the risks 21 Overview of common social media platforms 23 1. LinkedIn 23 2. Twitter 25 3. Facebook 26 4. YouTube 27 5. Blogging 27 6. Other social media platforms 28 7. Advertising on social media 31 8. Viral – how the platforms work together 32 Developing a plan 33 1. Marketing plan for the firm 33 2. Marketing plan for departments, sectors or offices 34 3. Marketing plan for individual lawyers 36 4. Segmentation, targeting and messaging 42 5. Integration with other marketing, selling and relationship management activities 44 6. Case study: planning content at BakerLaw 45 Using LinkedIn 47 1. Set up a company page 47 2. Individual lawyer accounts and profiles 49 3. Building your profile – step by step 49 4. Promoting your profile 51 5. Sending invitations and managing connections 51 6. Liking, commenting on and sharing others’ material 53 7. Using private messaging and InMail 54 8. Writing status updates and sharing posts and photos 55 9. Endorsements and recommendations 57 10.Publishing articles and blogs 58 11. Using groups 60 12.Case study: LinkedIn use at Thackray Williams 62 13. Large law firms on LinkedIn and Twitter 64 14.Case study: LinkedIn use at Forsters 64 Using Twitter 67 1. Company and team accounts and profiles 68 2. Individual accounts 69 3. Using public and private lists 69 4. Tweeting 70 5. Interacting – retweeting and commenting 72 6. Hashtags and live tweeting at events 73 7. Case study: Twitter use at Inksters 74 Using Facebook 77 1. Company (and/or group) pages 79 2. Page administration 79 3. Sharing content on Facebook 80 4. Case study: digital marketing at Wollen Michelmore 80 Blogging 83 1. General guidelines 84 2. Writing tips 84 3. Effective titles and tweets 91 Content development and management 97 1. The benefits of a content management plan 97 2. Content creation 98 3. Moderating and content curation 99 4. Case study: content creation at Clutton Cox 100 Central management 103 1. Plan 103 2. Policies 105 3. Manage domain names and account hierarchies 105 4. Brand, style and tone of voice 105 5. Analytics and monitoring effectiveness 105 6. Training and support 107 7. Disaster recovery plans 108 8. Tools to support management 109 9. Case study: digital marketing at Forsters 114 Conclusion 119 About the author 120

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Book SynopsisDescription View table of contents Look insideLook inside Author(s): Clare Jones , Sarah Goulbourne , Steve Couch Publication date: Aug 2021 Format: Softback Pages: 180 Price: GBP65.00 ISBN: 9781787424265 Lawyers of the 2020s operate in a ferociously competitive world and face unprecedented complexity, change and conflicting demands. As well as regulatory, legislative, economic and political uncertainty, other challenges include pricing pressures, technological advances, and market innovation. In this climate, professional development is ever more critical and the ambitious legal professional must develop their own competitive strategy to survive and thrive. In this book, authors Clare Jones, Steve Couch and Hannah Beko from leading challenger law firm gunnercooke, apply real-life, evidence-based coaching techniques and step-by-step practices exclusively to the legal sector. It also features a foreword written by Sarah Goulbourne. Through exploring ten core areas of professional development for lawyers, discover how to unleash yourself from your barriers and future-proof your legal career today. Content covers everything from self-discovery, through to thought-leadership and pitching as well as the skills and behaviours that underpin success. Readers are invited to create their own dynamic personal development programme and are challenged to hold themselves accountable for delivering it. This title will help senior level lawyers looking to build a lasting reputation, successful practice and sustainable, balanced career. It will provide clarity about your value and a deeper understanding of how to develop client relationships, as well as uncovering challenges to your progress and identifying priority next steps to make everything you do more effective.Trade ReviewThis is a must read for anyone looking to get to the next level in their legal career. The book cleverly marries professional services experience and expertise with the power of coaching. -- Claire RasonI so wish I had been able to read this book when I started my legal career. Looking back, it is clear I had no guidance or goals about how to succeed or what success meant to me in terms of my career. The wise words throughout this book will make you think and really help develop your legal career in the way that works for you. The insights provided also give understanding on how to provide a valuable and meaningful service to clients so that their professional and personal needs can also be met – a client for life being the result. The coaching approach really is the way forward to develop your career for you and your employer/firm. -- Helen GossTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Know yourself and your goals 2. Know your client 3. Share great ideas 4. Build presence 5. Lead the way 6. Be commercial 7. Be innovative 8. Win work 9. Collaborate 10. Manage change Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFollowing a relatively slow start to embrace the direct application of concepts that have revolutionised the tech and manufacturing sectors, law firms are increasingly placing ‘Agile’ – described as “the best kept management secret on the planet” – on their business development agenda. In response to Covid-19, many firms have proven their capacity for agile decision making and have accelerated their development of a more agile working model. But this requires more than digitisation and remote working. This Special Report is the essential guide for every law firm leader who wants to move beyond the reactive to the strategic adoption of proven agile principles. Being able to adapt smartly to client needs, competitor threats and employee expectations are at the core of this report, which is built around a self-assessment tool and practical framework for implementing Agile. This Special Report covers: •What is Agile and how has it been used across industries? Explores the most important uses of agile thinking and models, from those that have transformed the worlds of technology, consumer products and complex projects, to the hybrid agile working model that many law firms seek to adopt post-Covid-19; •Why Agile? Looks at where adopting agile principles in your firm will make a difference and how these ideas connect with client value, digital transformation, innovation and collaboration; •Where can we utilise Agile in law firms? Examines the different parts of a law firm and explains which agile models and tools can be used where, using legal sector case studies; •How Agile are you? Outlines a practical diagnostic for assessing your level of agility in each area of the firm; and •What next? Covers planning and implementing an agile programme, from mindset and language change to organisational design and client engagement. The report also provides examples of Agile programme outlines for law firms large and small which can be adapted depending on individual needs. In short, this report includes everything law firm leaders need to get started on their own agile journey.Trade ReviewOur world has radically changed, and law firms inevitably will change along with it. The law firm of the near future will be client-centric, flexible, intrapreneurial, and continuously improving -- in a word, it will be Agile. In this landmark book, Chris Bull has not only assembled a comprehensive step-by-step guide to building an Agile law firm, but has issued a clarion call for lawyers to apply the principles and aspirations of Agility to the mission of law firms and the vision of the legal profession. Managing partners looking for a blueprint to the post-pandemic law firm need look no further. -- Jordan FurlongBorrowing from the contemporary lean and agile principles used to optimise development and production processes, Chris Bull’s The Agile Law Firm succeeds in providing a practical manual for law firm leaders. This easy-to-read book argues why and how traditional law firms of all sizes need to embrace deep changes to enable them to continue to serve clients and prosper. The legal services ecosystem is evolving rapidly; to stand still is to go backwards and eventually lose touch with what clients and staff alike want from an effective law firm. -- Dr George BeatonChris has a huge amount of valuable experience in every aspect of running a law firm - it is great to see him focus on a strategically important area like this. An essential read for everyone involved in law firm leadership in these changing times. -- Derek SouthallEngagingly written, fast-paced and comprehensive, Chris Bull's new book The Agile Law Firm provides an essential blueprint for any law firm wanting to succeed in the second decade of the 21st century. Agility is the key and Chris clearly explains its significant concepts and methodologies, providing the reader with a practical toolkit to bring about positive change, no matter the size and nature of their organisation. -- Christina BlacklawsTable of ContentsI. Welcome to the Agile world 5 1. The Agile imperative 5 2. The Agile organisation 7 3. The Agile mindset 10 4. How this Special Report works 11 5. A word about you 13 6. A brief history of Agile 15 7. Ten attributes of the Agile organisation 21 8. The limitations of Agile 23 9. Introducing the Agile law firm 25 II. Client-centricity 33 1. Clients at the centre 33 2. Legal project management 41 3. Legal project management today 44 4. The role of the legal project manager 58 5. Implementing LPM – should we apply LPM essentials to every client matter? 59 6. Implementing LPM – how do we get our people engaged with LPM training? 61 III. Constantly innovating and improving 65 1. Introducing innovation 65 2. Lean and Six Sigma 77 IV. Insight-driven 83 1. Velocity 83 2. The insight-driven firm 84 3. Is data your ‘new oil’? 87 V. Highly autonomous teams 109 1. Agile and the liquid workforce 109 2. Designing the Agile network of teams 111 3. Evolving teams into Agile teams 113 VI. The human dimension 121 1. Valuing individuals 121 2. Becoming more human in the 2020s 123 3. Rethinking our relationship with employees – adopting the EACH model 126 4. The servant leader 130 5. Agile performance management 131 6. How Agile teams and project management enhance your human dimension 133 VII. Fluid and flexible (workplace and workforce) 135 1. The legal workplace and workforce reimagined 135 2. Embracing Hybrid/Agile working 139 VIII.Organically collaborative 149 1. Network and platform organisations 149 2. Collaborate to grow – the Agile growth strategy 151 IX. Restless, radical and challenging .157 1. Strategic agility 157 2. The competitive imperative 165 3. A new anatomy for your law firm – fit for the future 170 4. Agile governance 173 5. The next generation C-suite 176 X. Digital 185 1. Digital transformation 185 2. The impact of technology on legal work 188 XI. United by a common purpose 195 1. Aligning with purpose 195 2. Purpose into practice – being Agile about becoming Agile 196 3. What now? 199 Notes 202 About the author 205 About Globe Law and Business 207

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Book SynopsisIntellectual property has always played a key role supporting the protection and exploitation of technology and brands of businesses operating in the energy sector. The management of IP is arguably more important than ever as we transition to more renewable energy sources and reduced emissions, and see an energy market increasingly disrupted by start-ups challenging the dominance of the traditional oil and gas majors. This Special Report looks at the challenges and opportunities that intellectual property issues present for different areas of this broad and rapidly changing sector, including: Upstream: exploration and production of hydrocarbons across the full lifecycle of oil and gas fields. Downstream: oil and gas processing technology and resulting differentiated fuel and lubricant products. Renewables: a look at the role of IP in supporting renewables businesses, with a spotlight on a solar start-up. Digitalisation: the transformational impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning on the sector as a whole and how IP rights underpin this. Standard Essential Patents: how patents on wireless interoperability, at one time solely the domain of the telecoms industry, are increasingly applicable in the energy sector, and the licensing challenges this raises. Brand and reputation: how energy businesses seek to protect and exploit their brands and reputations as well as their technology, in order to differentiate themselves in an intensely competitive market. This report is essential reading for legal advisers and anyone in a commercial role dealing with the energy sector who is seeking a deeper understanding of the vital role intellectual property plays in shaping and achieving business objectives.Table of ContentsIntroduction 7 Jon Moorhouse Keystone Law I. Energy joint ventures: upstream 11 Jon Moorhouse Keystone Law 1. Exploration 12 1.1 Data acquisition 12 1.2 Data processing and interpretation 14 2. Production 16 3. End of field life 22 4. Intellectual property management 22 II. A downstream perspective 25 Maeve O’Flynn Finnegan Europe LLP Paul Townsend Finnegan LLP 1. Process technology 25 1.1 How can process technology be protected? 26 1.2 What protection is offered by process patents? 26 1.3 In which circumstances will competitor activity be outside the scope of protection of your process patent? 27 1.4 How do you ensure that the claims of your process patent provide commercially useful protection? 30 1.5 Will you be able to prove infringement of your process patent? 32 1.6 What is the value of your process patents? 32 2. Differentiated products 35 2.1 How should I protect products resulting from collaborative development? 35 2.2 How do I protect innovative products resulting from open innovation? 36 2.3 What are the IP challenges when considering freedom to operate for a large portfolio of differentiated products? 38 3. Conclusion 40 III. Renewables: solar – spotlight on BNRG 43 Eoin Langford BNRG Renewables Ltd Jon Moorhouse Keystone Law 1. Introduction 43 2. Hardware 44 2.1 The technology 44 2.2 Manufacture 47 2.3 Procurement 48 3. Project development and asset management 49 3.1 Site selection and design optimisation 49 3.2 EPC and partnering 51 4. Reputation and brand management 52 IV. Digitalisation 55 Charles T Collins-Chase Kathryn R Judson Paul Townsend Finnegan LLP 1. Digitalisation and artificial intelligence are rapidly changing the energy industry 55 2. Potential intellectual property issues facing AI and digital innovations 57 2.1 Patent eligibility 57 2.2 Patent inventorship 59 2.3 Trade secret protection 60 3. Patents: common issues and strategies 62 3.1 Strategies for overcoming patent-eligibility challenges 62 3.2 Strategies for avoiding inventorship issues 66 4. Trade secrets: strategies for navigating common pitfalls 67 5. Conclusion 71 V. Standard essential patents: licensing challenges for energy companies 75 Robert Pocknell Keystone Law 1. Standards in the energy industry 76 1.1 Smart meters 76 1.2 Autonomous driving 77 1.3 Electric vehicle charging 77 2. What is the standards-setting process? 77 3. What SEP issues arise in the standards-setting process? 79 4. What does FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) mean? 80 5. Why are these telecoms issues relevant to the energy industry? 83 5.1 Example: a ‘smart’ water flow meter 84 6. What can be done? 86 VI. Brand protection 89 Sean Ibbetson Bristows LLP 1. Introduction: the value of brands in the energy sector 89 2. How the energy sector protects its brands 90 2.1 Trademarks (registered) 90 2.2 Trademarks (unregistered) 97 2.3 Designs (registered and unregistered) 99 2.4 Copyright 100 3. Enforcement issues: jurisdiction, remedies and online enforcement 101 3.1 Jurisdiction 101 3.2 Remedies 101 3.3 Online enforcement issues 103 4. Advertising disputes 106 5. Conclusion 106 About the authors 108 About Globe Law and Business 112

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Book SynopsisPrevious collections of essays on equity and trusts law have focused on doctrinal issues, only occasionally giving a policy gloss or suggestion of social context and impact. Although a critical approach can be glimpsed in journal articles and student texts, this collection of essays draws together both feminist and critical material.It is unique in being written by feminists, in dealing with equity and trusts as a whole and in being written in the critical tradition.Table of Contents1. The Fiction of Equity 2. Equity's Darling? 3. The WAQF in Trust 4. Understanding Equity's Secret Understandings 5. Weaving Along the Borders: Public and Private, Women and Banks 6. The Revival of Equitable Doctrine in Scots Law-A Space for Gender Concerns? 7. Property Rights for Home-Sharers: Equity Versus A Legislative Framework? 8. Governing From a Distance: The Significance of the Capital Income Distinction in Trusts 9. Trusting in the Prudent Woman of Business: Risk, Reconciliation and the Trustees' Standard of Care on Investment 10. Equitable Remedies: Cypher Wives, Weak Women and 'Equity's Special Tenderness' 11. Equitable Principles of Confidentiality and Whistleblowing 12. Our Property in Trust: Things to Make and Do

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Book SynopsisTraditional forms of mentoring and coaching have always been at the heart of the legal profession. It is not so long ago that in order to become a lawyer, one did not attend law school, but instead had to be mentored by a senior member of the profession for a fixed number of years. The requirement to attend law school is now universal, but the need for mentoring and coaching in the legal profession has not disappeared; it is developing at a high speed and for good reasons. Misconceptions about mentoring and coaching in law firms often prevent productive relationships from forming. These misconceptions include beliefs that mentoring is beneficial to mentees but does not add value to the mentors; an assumption that it is human resources’ responsibility to develop people; and queries about why today’s lawyers need coaching, given that they receive more formal training than previous generations. This practical new handbook, coordinated by Rebecca Normand-Hochman on behalf of the International Bar Association, explores and challenges some of these assumptions. Featuring chapters by well-respected experts in the field of mentoring and coaching, chapters cover topics including leadership coaching for law firm leaders; mentoring and coaching for lawyers at various stages of their careers; and mentoring and coaching for successful onboarding of lawyers, among other topics. The various chapters provide guidance and insight to law firm leaders and talent management managers for them to discover how they can turn mentoring and coaching into a source of competitive advantage by improving client service, attracting and retaining the best talent, and enhancing the utilisation of human capital. The book will also be of interest to lawyers seeking to discover how they can generate productive relationships to acquire the intangible skills and knowledge required to excel in today’s practice of law.Trade ReviewNo matter how successful, the often perplexed lawyer, at whatever stage of his or her career, requires some encouragement and guidance along the way, hence the increasingly urgent need for mentoring and coaching examined in this book. -- Phillip Taylor MBE * Richmond Green Chambers *'Mentoring and Coaching for Lawyers' not only answers the many questions I had, but does so in a structured, substantial and yet an imaginative and creative way. Its structure means that it is easy to access and would make a helpful reference book, for all those involved in law firm management. -- Pippa Blakemore * The PEP Partnership LLP *Review for 'Managing Talent for Success': This is a concentrated burst of thoughtful analysis and practical pointers. Self-contained chapters draw on the insights and experience of a credible cross-section of specialists in talent development. -- Stephanie Abbott * Mayer Brown *Table of ContentsMentoring, coaching and the practice of law 5 Rebecca Normand-Hochman Mentoring Collegium Limited, Institute of Mentoring Mentoring senior lawyers 19 Heidi K Gardner Harvard Law School The chartered psychologist as coach 37 Robert Sharpe Psychologist The role of bars in promoting mentoring best practices 49 John E Montgomery National Legal Mentoring Consortium External coaching and mentoring 59 Sally Woodward Sherwood PSF Consulting Coaching needs of lawyers at various stages of their careers 83 Christopher Bockmann Executive coaching and organisational consulting Coaching and mentoring as a key leadership development tool across legal generations 103 Nigel Spencer Reed Smith LLP Jon Stokes Stokes & Jolly Ltd; Saïd Business School, Oxford University Mentoring and coaching to leverage the learning from formal training 119 Sally Sanderson Profex Consulting Planning and mentoring for successful onboarding of lateral hires 133 Marc Bartel Heidrick & Struggles Mentoring and coaching across cultures 143 Philip Beddows The Silk Road Partnership Specific coaching challenges for lawyers 159 Sarah Martin Saïd Business School; Coombs Martin How mentoring and coaching can help with life balance issues 173 Rachel Brushfield EnergiseLegal Coaching for retirement 183 Bill Knight Where next in coaching and mentoring? 197 David Clutterbuck European Mentoring and Coaching Council Lis Merrick Coach Mentoring Ltd About the authors 209

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Book SynopsisArtificial intelligence and related technologies are changing both the law and the legal profession. In particular, technological advances in fields ranging from machine learning to more advanced robots, including sensors, virtual realities, algorithms, bots, drones, self-driving cars, and more sophisticated “human-like” robots are creating new and previously unimagined challenges for regulators. These advances also give rise to new opportunities for legal professionals to make efficiency gains in the delivery of legal services. With the exponential growth of such technologies, radical disruption seems likely to accelerate in the near future.This collection brings together a series of contributions by leading scholars in the newly emerging field of artificial intelligence, robotics, and the law. The aim of the book is to enrich legal debates on the social meaning and impact of this type of technology. The distinctive feature of the contributions presented in this edition is that they address the impact of these technological developments in a number of different fields of law and from the perspective of diverse jurisdictions. Moreover, the authors utilize insights from multiple related disciplines, in particular social theory and philosophy, in order to better understand and address the legal challenges created by AI. Therefore, the book will contribute to interdisciplinary debates on disruptive new AI technologies and the law.Trade Review“Scholars interested in legal-philosophical aspects of emerging technologies or researching privacy regulations likely would find relevant material in this book. This book is recommended for academic collections, especially those with a European law and/or robotics focus.” (Sara Bensley, Law Library Journal, Vol. 112 (1), 2020)Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisRuth Bader Ginsburg's last book is a curation of her own legacy, tracing the long history of her work for gender equality and a more perfect Union. In the fall of 2019, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the University of California, Berkeley School of Law to deliver the first annual Herma Hill Kay Memorial Lecture in honor of her friend, the late Herma Hill Kay, with whom Ginsburg had coauthored the very first casebook on sex-based discrimination in 1974. Justice, Justice Thou ShaltPursue is the result of a period of collaboration between Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler, a Berkeley Law professor and former Ginsburg law clerk. During Justice Ginsburg's visit to Berkeley, she told her life story inconversation with Tyler. In this collection, the two bring together that conversation and other materialsmany previously unpublishedthat share details from Justice Ginsburg's family life and long career. These include notable briefs and oral arguments, some of Ginsburg's last speeches, and her favorite opinions that she wrote as a Supreme Court Justice (many in dissent), along with the statements that she read from the bench in those important cases. Each document was chosen by Ginsburg and Tyler to tell the story of the litigation strategy and optimistic vision that were at the heart of Ginsburg's unwavering commitment to the achievement of a more perfect Union. In a decades-long career, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an advocate and jurist for gender equality and for ensuring that the United States Constitution leaves no person behind. Her work transformed not just the American legal landscape, but American society more generally. Ginsburg labored tirelessly to promote a Constitution that is ever more inclusive and that allows every individual to achieve their full human potential. As revealed in these pages, in the area of gender rights, Ginsburg dismantled long-entrenched systems of discrimination based on outdated stereotypes by showing how such laws hold back both genders. And as also shown in the materials brought together here, Justice Ginsburg had a special ability to appreciate how the decisions of the high court impact the lived experiences of everyday Americans. The passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September 2020as this book was heading into production was met with a public outpouring of grief. With her death, the country lost a hero and national treasure whose incredible life and legacy made the United States a more just society and one in which We the People, for whom the Constitution is written, includes everyone.Trade Review"Even if you've read Ginsburg's memoir or seen the biopic On the Basis of Sex, this book will offer new insight into her storied career—and its lingering impact on the American legal system. . . . As Ginsburg said, 'Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.' We'll be joining her, once again, in the pages of this book." * O, The Oprah Magazine *"Anyone needing more reasons to admire Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) will find them in this inspiring collection of speeches (all previously unpublished), briefs, oral arguments, dissenting opinions, and a candid conversation with Tyler, a professor at the Berkeley School of Law who served as Ginsburg’s law clerk during the 1999 term. . . . An informative perspective on a tireless advocate for fairness and equity." * Kirkus Reviews *“Because each of Ginsburg’s words is so meaningful, this volume feels like a final gift. . . . Ginsburg inscribed herself into American history with the shining conviction of her vision of a more perfect union, expressed in her powerfully and deliberately chosen words. Working until the very end, she was determined to leave us this final anthology, and all of her words are significant.” -- Jeffrey Rosen, * Washington Post *Table of ContentsPreface: Amanda L. Tyler Acknowledgments Introduction: Amanda L. Tyler Herma Hill Kay Memorial Lecture Ruth Bader Ginsburg the Advocate Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Recent Speeches Afterword: Amanda L. Tyler Timeline: The Life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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