The Best General Practice Law Books 2024

1. The Nature of the Judicial Process (Paperback)

In this legal classic, a former Associate Supreme Court Justice explains the conscious and unconscious processes by which a judge decides a case and the ways rulings are guided and shaped.

A distinguished jurist provides insights into the judicial role by asking and answering the question, "What is it that I do when I decide a case?" In this legal classic, Benjamin N. Cardozo — an Associate Supreme Court Justice of the United States from 1932-38 — explains a judge's conscious and unconscious decision-making processes. Cardozo handed down opinions that stressed the necessity for the law to adapt to the realities and needs of contemporary life. Famous for his convincing and lucid prose, he offers insights that remain relevant to a modern view of American jurisprudence. In simple, understandable language, he discusses the ways that rulings are guided and shaped by information, precedent and custom, and standards of justice and morals. Four of Cardozo's lectures appear here, bookended by an introduction and conclusion. They explore a variety of approaches to the judicial process: the method of philosophy; the methods of history, tradition, and sociology; the method of sociology and the judge as a legislator; and adherence to precedent and the subconscious element in the judicial process. Ideal for law students as well as anyone interested in legal theory, this volume offers a rare look inside the mind of a great jurist.

2. Pre-Owned Expert Learning for Law Students (Hardcover) 1594605521 9781594605529

Expert Learning for Law Students is designed to help law students build the analytical skills necessary to succeed in law school, on the bar exam, and in law practice. This book reveals how successful law students and lawyers plan, monitor, and implement their work and it provides detailed guidance regarding individual student personality types and learning styles. The accompanying workbook includes questions and exercises to assist students in practicing the concepts explained in the text. The second edition includes greater emphasis on students personalizing all strategy suggestions by adapting strategies to their individual learning styles, personality types, and, most importantly, their results and their evaluations of the causes of those results. It includes additional materials designed to help students deal with law school stress and offers insights for ameliorating that stress developed within the Humanizing Legal Education movement. Tips on time management and avoiding procrastination; a revised discussion on case reading reflecting recent research; a new section on using color as a memorization tool; and a revised discussion of how to apply rules to facts and how to apply and distinguish cases are also provided.

Title: Expert Learning for Law Students ISBN10: 1594605521 EAN: 9781594605529 Author: Schwartz, Michael Hunter CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

3. Pre-Owned How to Start & Build a Law Practice (Paperback) 0897071301 9780897071307

A classic ABA bestseller, you'll find over 100 chapters packed with techniques for getting started.

Title: How to Start & Build a Law Practice Book Format: Import ISBN10: 0897071301 EAN: 9780897071307 Genre: LAW / General Practice Author: Foonberg, Jay G. CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

4. Pre-Owned Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons That Lawyers Can Learn from Card Players (Paperback) 0195369017 9780195369014

Great poker players are master tacticians. Not only do they calculate odds with lightning speed and astonishing precision, but they also cunningly anticipate and manipulate the actions of their adversaries. In short, they boast skills that every lawyer can envy. This highly entertaining work might best be summed up as "better lawyering through poker." Steven Lubet shows exactly how the tactics of the poker table can be adapted to litigation, negotiation, and virtually every aspect of law practice. In a series of engaging and informative lessons, Lubet describes concepts like "betting for value," "slow playing," and "reverse bluffing," and explains how they can be used by lawyers to win their cases. The best card players, like the best lawyers, have a knack for getting their adversaries to react exactly as they want, and that talent separates the winners from the losers. Lawyers' Poker is an irresistible guide to successful lawyering and an enjoyable read for anyone with an interest in law. No poker knowledge required.

Title: Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons That Lawyers Can Learn from Card Players Book Format: Paperback ISBN10: 0195369017 EAN: 9780195369014 Author: Lubet, Steven CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

5. Risks, Reputations, and Rewards : Contingency Fee Legal Practice in the United States (Hardcover)

Risks, Reputations, and Rewards looks at a variety of interrelated questions about contingency fee legal practice: What is the nature of the contingency fees that lawyers charge? How do lawyers get and screen potential cases? How do contingency fee lawyers interact with their clients and opponents? What is involved in settling these cases? What types of returns do contingency fee cases produce? And what role does reputation play in contingency fee practice? The author argues that to be successful, contingency fee lawyers must generate a portfolio of cases, similar to an investment portfolio with its associated risk. This has a significant impact on how contingency fee lawyers obtain and select cases, manage their work, and deal with the pressures that arise in settling cases. More important, understanding the work of contingency fee lawyers in terms of an ongoing practice rather than in terms of individual cases mitigates some of the significant conflicts that may exist between lawyers and clients.

Risks, Reputations, and Rewards looks at a variety of interrelated questions about contingency fee legal practice: What is the nature of the contingency fees that lawyers charge? How do lawyers get and screen potential cases? How do contingency fee lawyers interact with their clients and opponents? What is involved in settling these cases? What types of returns do contingency fee cases produce? And what role does reputation play in contingency fee practice? The author argues that to be successful, contingency fee lawyers must generate a portfolio of cases, similar to an investment portfolio with its associated risk. This has a significant impact on how contingency fee lawyers obtain and select cases, manage their work, and deal with the pressures that arise in settling cases. More important, understanding the work of contingency fee lawyers in terms of an ongoing practice rather than in terms of individual cases mitigates some of the significant conflicts that may exist between lawyers and clients.

6. Lawyering (Hardcover - Used) 0374184224 9780374184223

Lawyering by Kenvin, Helene Schwartz

Title: Lawyering ISBN10: 0374184224 EAN: 9780374184223 Genre: LAW / General Practice Author: Kenvin, Helene Schwartz CONDITION - GOOD - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

7. Knowledge Management and the Smarter Lawyer (Paperback) 9781588521163

ISBN: 9781588521163 ISBN10: 1588521168 Contributors: Rusanow, Gretta,

Knowledge Management and the Smarter Lawyer (Paperback) 9781588521163

8. Pre-Owned Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2019-2020 (Paperback) 1454894865 9781454894865

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2019-2020

Title: Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2019-2020 Book Format: Paperback ISBN10: 1454894865 EAN: 9781454894865 Genre: LAW / General Practice Author: Lerman, Lisa G.; Schrag, Philip G.; Gupta, Anjum CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

9. Pre-Owned Gettysburg's Leadership Lessons for Lawyers (and Non-Lawyers Too!) (Hardcover) 0976641704 9780976641704

GETTYSBURG'S LEADERSHIP LESSONS FOR LAWYERS (AND NON-LAWYERS TOO!)will appeal to anyone interested in the Civil War, the law, leadership, or self-improvement. Recounting over 150 stories from the epic Battle of Gettysburg, this book provides important lessons of leadership that apply to everyone. Award winning author Jay Jorgensen interprets these vignettes to provide valuable insights into how people can better deal with every day situations in a forceful, positive manner.

Title: Gettysburg's Leadership Lessons for Lawyers (and Non-Lawyers Too!) ISBN10: 0976641704 EAN: 9780976641704 Genre: LAW / General Practice Author: Jorgensen, Jay CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

10. Developing a Collaborative Family Law Practice: Leading Lawyers on Exploring Collaborative Law, Integrating it into a Practice, and Implementing Marketi... (Paperback - Used) 0314275657 9780314275653

Developing a Collaborative Family Law Practice: Leading Lawyers on Exploring Collaborative Law, Integrating it into a Practice, and Implementing Marketing Strategies (Inside the Minds) by Multiple Authors

Title: Developing a Collaborative Family Law Practice: Leading Lawyers on Exploring Collaborative Law, Integrating it into a Practice, and Implementing Marketing Strategies (Inside the Minds) ISBN10: 0314275657 EAN: 9780314275653 Genre: LAW / General Practice Author: Multiple Authors CONDITION - GOOD - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.