American Bar Association: 312 books
Lawyers, Lead On
Lawyers with Disabilities Share Their Insights
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This inspiring book contains letters of encouragement and advice from lawyers with disabilities to law students and new lawyers with disabilities. The writers share their perspectives on work and disability, based on their own experiences of success and setbacks.
by Susan A. Berson
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2015
As a young professional, you probably face an interesting set of financial challenges.
You now earn—maybe for the first time—a good salary, but you also face substantial debts and obligations like rent, car payments, and student loan payments for the first time, too. On top of that, you...
Forensic Psychology Consultation in Child Custody Litigation
A Handbook for Work Product Review, Case Preparation, and Expert Testimony
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
The first comprehensive examination of the increasingly important role of forensic psychologists in consulting and expert witness testimony in child custody litigation, this book offers practical advice on understanding the critical psychological dynamics often found in child custody cases as...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
At its most fundamental nature, the purpose of additional insured coverage is to protect the additional insured from claims of vicarious liability, that is, liability based entirely on the relationship between two insureds, as opposed to any active negligence on the part of the additional insured. The...
The Spine for Lawyers
ABA Medical-Legal Guides
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Injuries involving the spine are the most common compensation claims in the United States. ABA Medical-Legal Guides: The Spine for Lawyers is designed to help practitioners, judges and insurance professionals understand the multifaceted medical and legal issues in a claim involving this part...
Children and the Internet
A Global Guide for Lawyers and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
The future is digital, centered on the Internet. Today's children must fully embrace the capabilities offered by the many technologies and services available on the Internet. But in doing so, children become exposed to significant risks. So parents, schools, organizations, and lawyers must understand...
The Failing Law Firm
Symptoms and Remedies
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
As institutions, firms face different, and in some cases, more intense structural challenges than most-if-not-all others. They are not held to the same standards of transparency, financial hygiene, and infrastructural-sterility as their publicly-traded clients. Leadership and management can all too...
Greening Local Government
Legal Strategies for Promoting Sustainability, Efficiency, and Fiscal Savings
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013
This volume is a compilation of essays and research related to the rapidly changing dynamics of emerging government-focused sustainability efforts at the state and local levels. Specifically, the book explores the level of experimentation taking place by governments in their quest to become more "green."...
Lawyers as Changemakers
The Global Integrative Law Movement
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Integrative lawyers are the harbingers of a new cultural consciousness and are leaders in social evolution. Integrative Law isn’t just an approach to legal procedures. It has to do with a fundamental shift in world view, an expansion of what we think is possible. Integrative Lawyers explore and...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
The latest resource for the practitioner who needs to become quickly acquainted with ERISA law of a particular circuit. Circuits can vary significantly in their approach to substantive and procedural ERISA issues. The 2014 edition of, ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits, is revised and updated to include:•...
by John H. Minan
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
The Little Book of Golf Law is back again with completely new and updated stories of your favorite pastime! John H. Minan writes on how violating "the law" of golf — as opposed to the rules that govern the game — can have serious consequences. In ten parts covering legal areas from torts...
by Marc Lauritsen
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
This ground-breaking guide introduces lawyers and other professionals to a powerful class of software that supports core aspects of legal work. The author discusses how technologies like practice systems, work product retrieval, document assembly, and interactive checklists help people work smarter....
Finding Bliss
Innovative Legal Models for Happy Clients & Happy Lawyers
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Change has come to the legal profession, as never before. Once hallowed law firms face unprecedented financial pressures. Their corporate clients are negotiating rates and reducing their outside counsel spending. They are also demanding more predictability in pricing, increased flexibility in staffing,...
Internet Legal Research on a Budget
Free and Low-Cost Resources for Lawyers
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
With cost-conscious clients scrutinizing legal bills, lawyers cannot afford to depend on expensive legal research databases, especially when reliable free resources are available. Internet Legal Research on a Budget will help you quickly find the best free or low-cost resources online and use them...