Law

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Most of us have no idea what?s really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know?like the need for physical activity to get your brain working its best.How do we learn What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains Why is multitasking a myth Why is it so easy ...

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In The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important?and secret?legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at a crucial point, with major changes in store ...

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"From the highest in the land to the lowest, the court of Chancery destroys lives. A wonderful read even if you don't like Spontaneous Human Combustion." - Neil Gaiman

In The Story of My Life Darrow recounts, & reflects on, his more than fifty years as a corporate, labor & criminal lawyer, including the most celebrated & notorious cases of his day: establishing the legal right of a union to strike in the Woodworkers' Conspiracy Case; exposing, on behalf of the United Mine Workers, the shocking conditions in the m...

Filled with smart tips given in the Fox signature style, counterintuitive, controversial, and practiced, this hardhitting collection of sales advice shows readers how to woo, pursue, and finally win any customer. In witty, succinct chapters, Fox offers surprising, daring, and totally practical wisdom that will help readers rise above the competit...

The complete guide to the business of running a successful legal practice Many attorneys in small and midsize practices are experts on the law, but may not have considered their practice as much from a business perspective.Michael Gerber's The EMyth Attorney fills this void, giving you powerful advice on everything you need to run your practice a...

Are you thinking of attending law school or switching legal careers About to graduate and wondering which path to take Are you curious about what lawyers in different fields do in a typical day Then spend twentyfour hours with twentyfour lawyers through this innovative book, 24 Hours with 24 Lawyers. Whether you want to be a fulltime corporat...

Good lawyers have an ability to tell stories. Whether they are arguing a murder case or a complex financial securities case, they can capably explain a chain of events to judges and juries so that they understand them. The best lawyers are also able to construct narratives that have an emotional impact on their intended audiences. But what is a nar...

Law firms are experiencing a wrenching period of upheaval. Economic crises, Technology, explosions, and a regulatory revolution have spawned a wave of innovative competitors. Newly empowered clients have adopted aggressive buying behaviours and begun dictating the terms of their relationships to law firms. Faced with this unprecedented competitive l...

Law School Confidential is written for students about to embark on this threeyear odyssey by students who have successfully survived. It demystifies the lifealtering thrill ride that defines an American legal education by providing a comprehensive, blowbyblow, chronological account of what to expect. It arms students with a thorough overview of...

Newsweek calls him "an extraordinarily canny and empathetic observer." In bestseller after bestseller, Turow uses his background as a lawyer to create suspense fiction so authentic it reads with the hammering impact of fact. But before he became a worldwide sensation, Scott Turow wrote a book that is entirely true, the account of his own searing in...

Learn everything you need to know to get into law school. This rewritten and completely updated version of the bestselling law school admission guide (first published in 2009) provides detailed information on how to present yourself in the law school application process. Ann Levine brings more than a decade of experience in law school admissions (...

Fiction. Fortieth anniversary edition with a new preface by the author. A bestselling book and awardwinning film and television series, THE PAPER CHASE is at its heart the story of a young Midwesterner, James Hart, who finds himself in the great classrooms of Langdell Hall at Harvard Law School, locked in a zerosum game with a dominating, omnisc...

101 Success Strategies They Didn't Teach You in Law School" get expert advice on becoming a better lawyer."Law school prepares you to think like a lawyer, write like a lawyer, and research like a lawyerbut once you're in the door of a law firm, there's a whole new set of skills you need. The New Lawyer's Handbook guides you through the 101 esse...

You get good grades in college, pay a small fortune to put yourself through law school, study hard to pass the bar exam, and finally land a highpaying job in a prestigious firm. You're happy, right Not really. Oh, it beats laying asphalt, but after all your hard work, you expected more from your job. What givesThe Happy Lawyer examines the cause...

"Letters to a Law Student "relays all that a prospective law student needs to know before embarking on their studies. It provides a useful guide to those considering a law degree or conversion course and helps students prepare for what can be a daunting first year of study....

This collection of essays written by The Curmudgeon, offers practical, honest and you need to know this advice for surviving and thriving in a law firm. The book covers the basics of law practice and law firm etiquette, from doing effective research and writing to dressing for success, dealing with staff and clients and building a law practice. Con...

There are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about legal problems on the other. Although the tools are far more interesting and useful than the rules, they tend to be neglected in favor of other aspects of the curriculum. In The Legal Analyst, Ward Farnsworth brings together in one place a...

White by Law was published in 1996 to immense critical acclaim, and established Ian Haney Lopez as one of the most exciting and talented young minds in the legal academy. The first book to fully explore the social and specifically legal construction of race, White by Law inspired a generation of critical race theorists and others interested in the ...

A famous lawyer recounts some of his significant civil and criminal cases.Contents:Prologue: Opening the green doors Reputation: The libel case of Quentin Reynolds vs. Westbrook Pegler Divorce: The 'war of the Roses' and others Talent: The case of the plagiarized song 'Rum and cocacola' Honor: Issue of Nazism in America Life and limb: Tw...

Hailed as the most suspenseful and compelling novel in decades. Presumed Innocent brings to life our worst nightmare: that of an ordinary citizen facing conviction for the most terrible of all crimes. It's the stunning portrayal of one man's alltoohuman, allconsuming fatal attraction for a passionate woman who is not his wife, and the story of h...

Considered to be perhaps the most significant America contribution to political thought, The Federalist Papers first appeared in New York newspapers in 1787 under the collective pseudonym of 'Publius'. The aim of the 85 essays was to support the ratification of America s new Constitution and they consisted of 175,000 words. This edition presents ed...

A Civil Action is a nonfiction book by Jonathan Harr about a water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s. After finding that her child is diagnosed with leukemia, Anne Anderson notices a high prevalence of leukemia, a relatively rare disease, in her city. Eventually she gathers other families and seeks a lawyer, Jan Schlichtman...

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereFirst published by St. Martin's in 1958, Robert Traver's Anatomy of a Murder immediately became the numberone bestseller in America, and was subsequently turned into the successful and now classic Otto Preminger film. It is not only the most popular courtroom drama in American fiction, ...

In 1913, 13yearold Mary Phagan was found brutally murdered in the basement of the Atlanta pencil factory where she worked. The factory manager, a collegeeducated Jew named Leo Frank, was arrested, tried, and convicted in a trial that seized national headlines. When the governor commuted his death sentence, Frank was kidnapped and lynched by a gr...

The Anxious Lawyer is a straightforward introduction to meditation and mindfulness for those engaged in the practice of law. Readers will be guided through an eight week program, the aim of which is to assist in establishing an ongoing meditation practice. The book will: .Provide an overview of the history of meditation and the scientific evidence ...

Joel Trachtman's book presents in plain and lucid terms the powerful tools of argument that have been honed through the ages in the discipline of law. If you are a law student or new lawyer, a business professional or a government official, this book will boost your analytical thinking, your foundational legal knowledge, and your confidence as you ...