A practical guide to lawyering skills /
edited by Fiona Boyle, Deveral Capps, Philip Plowden, and Clare Sandford-Couch.
- 4th edition.
- xii, 332 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Legal writing : basic principles, planning, plain english and presentation -- Legal writing : applying writing skills - letters, memoranda, briefs, attendance notes, reports and minutes -- Legal research -- Practical legal research -- Opinion writing -- Legal drafting : planning, structure and content of formal documents -- Advocacy -- Interviewing/conferencing skills -- Negotiation -- Mediation : the process and practice of mediation as a form of dispute resolution -- Ethics -- Legal services landscape -- Careers, employability and commercial awareness.