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Collaboration And Teamwork (Weinstein/Morton), Linda Morton, Janet Weinstein

Linda H Morton

Below are a series of videos that illustrate the importance of teamwork and various stages in the teamwork process. These videos accompany a chapter written by Profs. Janet Weinstein and Linda Morton titled Collaboration and Teamwork in LEARNING FROM PRACTICE: A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEXT FOR LEGAL EXTERNS. (Leah Wortham, Susan Brooks, Nancy Maurer, & Alexander Scherr eds., 3rd ed., forthcoming 2015).

The first three videos offer statements by a law firm attorney, a judge, and a non-profit attorney on the important roles teamwork and collaboration play in today’s law practice.

The next three videos, Forming, Norming, and Storming, illustrate the …

Chinese Courts' Role In Financial Reform: On The First "Vam Agreement" Case In China, Siyi Huang

Siyi Huang

Traditional belief is that courts in authoritarian regimes are only passive institutions and their authority and influence are extremely limited. Despite the conventional wisdom, it’s been noticed that Chinese courts have played a crucial role in China’s financial reform. Drawing on insights from the judgments of three Chinese courts at different levels on the first “value adjustment mechanism” case in China, this article attempts to explore the functional techniques and decision-making process of Chinese courts. The analysis of the court’ judgments suggests that Chinese courts have performed a policy-making function in deciding controversial economic cases, by transcending social and business …

Can A Single Masterpiece Sustain A Lawyer's Lifetime And Other Questions That Cross A Lawyer's Way, Randy Lee

Randy Lee

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Law And Negotiation: Necessary Partners Or Strange Bedfellows?, Nancy Schultz

Nancy Schultz

To what degree does legal authority dictate the outcomes of negotiations? Scholars have discussed the issue, and law students argue about it in their negotiation classes. A survey of practicing lawyers reveals that knowing the law is an important part of the preparation for negotiation, but that legal authority is not the primary determinant of negotiated outcomes in practice. Financial constraints, bargaining power, and negotiating skill are all reported as having a greater effect on negotiated outcomes than the law.

One Small Step For Legal Writing, One Giant Leap For Legal Education: Making The Case For More Writing Opportunities In The "Practice-Ready" Law School Curriculum, Sherri Keene

Sherri Keene

Legal writing is more than an isolated practical skill or a law school course; it is a valuable tool for broadening and deepening one’s knowledge and understanding of the law. If experienced legal professionals, both professors and practitioners alike, take a hard look back at their careers, many will no doubt remember how their work on significant legal writing projects advanced their own knowledge of the law and enhanced their professional competence. Legal writing practice helps the writer to gain expertise in a number of ways: first, the act of writing itself promotes learning; second, close work on legal writing …

Lawyer Personality Traits And Their Relationship To Various Approaches To Lawyering, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

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The Well Balanced Lawyer, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

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Arizona Bench And Bar Survey And Focus Group Results, Stephen Gerst

Stephen A Gerst

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Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Psychological Analysis Of Personality Strengths And Weaknesses, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

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