American Bar Association: 312 books
by Francis L. Wellman
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
First published in 1903, this book is a compulsively readable theory of cross-examination, enriched with entertaining and enlightening examples drawn from Wellman's own practice and those from the infamous cases of the day. As Professor Michael E. Tigar says in his new foreword to the book. Until I reread...
The Power of Licensing
Harnessing Brand Equity
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
As CEO of Beanstalk, a leading, New York City-based global brand licensing agency and part of the Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC), author Michael Stone has worked with companies as diverse as HGTV, the Ford Motor Company, the Coca-Cola Company and AT&T to create highly ambitious and successful strategic...
World War I Law and Lawyers
Issues, Cases, and Characters
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
The global story of the legal side of WWI and its legacy is now told in this new book. Eighty legal issues are identified from this war, ranging from the ancient rights of kings to deploying modern technology like airplanes and poison gases, from mutiny to blockade, from supplying and funding wars...
Legal Writing Exercises
A Practical Guide to Clear and Persuasive Writing for Lawyers
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
This handy resource will help any lawyer develop their legal writing skills so that they can more effectively communicate with others in the language of the law. There are over 90 illustrative exercises throughout the book. By proceeding through these exercises, and then reading the correct answers,...
by Patrick DiDomenico
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Knowledge Management for Lawyers introduces readers to the core ideas behind KM. While there are no universally accepted definitions of Knowledge Management, this book breaks it down into three key elements: 1) who we know, 2) what we know, and 3) how we do things. According to the author, a recognized...
The Science of Persuasion
A Litigator's Guide to Juror Decision-Making
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2015
The ability to persuade comes naturally to some people and is completely foreign to others. This new second edition, is your thorough guide to the way jurors make decisions, and how you can use that knowledge to convince them that your story of a case is the correct version. This book was written for...
Lincoln's Counsel
Lessons from America's Most Persuasive Speaker
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
Before Abraham Lincoln was called "Mr. President," he was called "counselor" and "esquire." Some consider him to be one of the nation's greatest attorneys and, at the very least, an enormously persuasive speaker. He spent more years practicing law than any other president,...
by Timothy Conlon, Aaron Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Issues of access to and the forensic use of electronic evidence are central to our social agenda—and nowhere are those issues more complicated than in family law. Who but a spouse knows your passwords and may share legal title to the accounts that control your family’s information?
Electronic...
Cultural Property Law
A Practitioner's Guide to the Management, Protection, and Preservation of Heritage Resources
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Crossing into many disciplines, cultural property law continues to grow as an established area of practice and study. Now completely updated, Cultural Property Law: A Practitioner's Guide to the Management, Protection, and Preservation of Heritage Resources provides an accessible and objective overview...
Sherlock Holmes for Lawyers
100 Clues for Litigators from the Master Detective
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Sherlock Holmes, the iconic fictional English detective that he was, had a lot to teach modern-day lawyers about logical reasoning and forensic science. The popular and well-beloved creation of the Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes was an immediate success after...
Exclusion
Strategies for Improving Diversity in Recruitment, Retention and Promotion
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
The subtle actions that make an employee feel like an outsider in the workplace, and impact today’s professional work environments are termed micro-inequities, and this extensively-researched book offers workable strategies for changing the behaviors that create them. You'll find valuable information,...
Infectious Disease
Policy, Law, and Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Infectious Disease Policy Law, and Regulation looks at litigation regarding infection-related illnesses and their compensation. The claim arises from an individual victim who attempts to prove that the cause of their specific infection was the negligent act of an entity that is a “vector” of their type of illness, such as a hospital, surgeon, restaurant or retail marketplace.
Assisted Reproductive Technology
A Lawyer's Guide to Emerging Law and Science
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
Disputes about disposition of embryos and gametes in divorce are increasingly common, but assisted reproduction technology (ART) impacts other areas of the law, including personal injury, insurance, criminal law, estate planning, and government. Drawing from multiple legal sources, this book...
In the Court of Public Opinion
Strategies for Litigation Communications
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
This book is your essential guide to understanding how public relations during lawsuits should be handled with the same seriousness and care as any other aspect of the case. Whether you're a lawyer at an outside law firm, corporate counsel, a publicist, a business executive or a senior communications...