Practical Guide To Lawyering Skills

This guide places the theory and practice of lawyering skills in an accessible and practical context. The book looks at how skills are taught and assessed both on undergraduate and vocational courses, and helps students to see skills as an integral element of law.

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A Practical Guide to Lawyering Skills brings together the theory and practise of lawyering skills in an accessible and practical context.This second edition is fully updated to include all recent developments. The book provides a key introduction to the fundamental skills of writing and drafting,interviewing and advising, research, opinion writing and advocacy. It also introduces students to the key skills needed by modern lawyers, such as information technology. A Practical Guide to Lawyering Skills is essential for all undergraduate and vocational law students to develop the skills that they need to work with law in its 21st century context.