Young Lawyer's Jungle Book A Survival Guide

Name: Young Lawyer's Jungle Book A Survival Guide
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ISBN: 9781888960198

ISBN-10: 1888960191

ISBN-13: 9781888960198

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Thane Josef Messinger

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In this survival guide for the new attorney, in-depth advice on law office life, includes how to work with senior attorneys, legal research, memos, drafting, mistakes, grammar, email, workload, timesheets, reviews, teamwork, deportment, attitude, perspective, working with clients (and dissatisfied clients), working with office staff, using office tools, and, well, not just surviving but thriving in a new career. This book is written for all law graduates, for any law office: a firm large, medium, or small agency, corporation, or the military."

Book details

List price: $18.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Fine Print Press, The
Publication date: 3/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 227
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Dedication	p. v
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xi
Preface to the First Edition	p. xv
Recommended Reading	p. xix
Official Disclaimer	p. xxi
An Introduction to the Law
Members of the Tribe	p. 2
Dreamers	p. 3
Members of the Tribe, Part Two	p. 4
Autumn Attorneys	p. 5
Metro Green, Metro Blues	p. 6
Choosing Your Poison	p. 7
Classes	p. 8
Law Review	p. 9
Hubris	p. 11
Summer Camp	p. 12
Interviews	p. 13
Judicial Clerkships	p. 14
Bar Admission	p. 14
The Exam	p. 15
In Awe of Law
The Pregnant Year	p. 17
Attitude	p. 18
Cartography	p. 19
A Continued Legal Education	p. 20
The Wonder Year	p. 20
Perks: The Upside	p. 22
Perks: The Downside	p. 22
Industrial Psychology	p. 22
Your Private Life	p. 24
Rendering Unto Caesar	p. 25
Living With The Law	p. 25
Your Place in the Firm
First Things First	p. 29
Law and Economics	p. 30
The Apprentice's Lament	p. 31
A Change of Perspective	p. 32
Running From Fear	p. 33
Tuning Into Personalities	p. 35
The Chameleon	p. 40
Respect	p. 42
Dancing with Seniors	p. 42
Battle of the Titans	p. 43
Nuts!	p. 44
Turbulent Waters	p. 46
Turning Down Work	p. 48
Finding Your Nietzsche	p. 48
Specialization	p. 50
Making Dartner	p. 52
Getting the Work Done
Getting Started	p. 53
Research	p. 55
The Castes of Law	p. 57
Real Law	p. 58
Memos	p. 59
Citation	p. 60
Reading	p. 62
Learning the Law	p. 62
The Know-It-All	p. 64
The Library	p. 65
Document Reviews	p. 67
Form-Filling	p. 67
Perspectives	p. 69
Instruction?	p. 70
Deadlines	p. 72
Hocus Focus	p. 72
Perspectives II	p. 72
Calling Dr. Rorschach	p. 73
Making It So	p. 74
Court Gestering	p. 74
Drafting	p. 75
Details in Drafting	p. 77
Drafting In Detail	p. 78
For Litigators	p. 80
The Paper Chase	p. 81
Forms	p. 81
Your Work Product	p. 82
In Praise of All that is Boring	p. 82
Mistakes	p. 84
The Other Hand	p. 85
Clemency	p. 87
Cumulation	p. 88
Putting It All Together	p. 88
A Final, Editorial Note	p. 89
Details, Details
Grammar and Friends	p. 91
Email Etiquette	p. 93
The Opposite Problem	p. 94
Math and Foes	p. 98
It's A Bird! It's A Plane!! It's Superlawyer!!!	p. 99
The Chain Gang	p. 100
Lawyer Vagrancy	p. 101
Pro Bono	p. 102
Extracurricular Duties	p. 103
Bookkeeping	p. 104
Pacing on the Treadmill	p. 106
Zzzz...	p. 108
Integrated Project Management	p. 108
Feed Back
The Annual Review	p. 111
The Occasional, Quasi-Review	p. 112
Criticism	p. 112
Friendly Advice	p. 113
The Blind Leading	p. 113
Let The Sunshine In	p. 114
Fitting In
Getting Along	p. 115
Modesty	p. 115
Rule No. 1,438	p. 116
Learning From War	p. 117
Rule No. 1,438.1	p. 117
Brown-Nosing Done Right	p. 117
Spending The Part	p. 118
Committing to The Part	p. 119
Moving to New Parts	p. 120
Acting The Part	p. 120
Smelling The Part	p. 121
More Hygiene	p. 121
Socializing The Part	p. 121
Alcohol	p. 122
Other Vices	p. 122
Being The Good Sport	p. 122
Dressing The Part	p. 122
Dressing Ally	p. 126
Shaving The Part	p. 127
Archiving The Part	p. 128
Addressing The Part	p. 128
"Esq."	p. 128
"Dr."	p. 129
Habitating The Part	p. 130
Clocking The Part	p. 131
Weighing The Part	p. 131
Dining The Part	p. 132
Exercising Your Parts	p. 133
Leaving For Parts Unknown	p. 133
Appreciating New Parts	p. 134
Assimilating Into The Part	p. 134
More Sex	p. 138
You Are Woman. What's That Roar?	p. 139
Nurturing The Next Generation	p. 141
Feline Fighting	p. 142
Playing With Fire	p. 142
Playing With Clients	p. 143
Playing With Others	p. 143
Cro-Magnon Man	p. 143
Homo Erectus	p. 144
Support	p. 145
The Numbers Game	p. 145
Dancing with Lawyers	p. 147
The Slow Dance	p. 147
The Tango	p. 148
The Two-Step	p. 149
The Lambada	p. 149
The Law	p. 150
The Letter Continues:	p. 150
A Dish Best Served Cold	p. 151
Recasting The Lesson	p. 152
Defensive Practice	p. 153
Professional Responsibility ...One More Time	p. 153
Ethics	p. 155
Dancing With Clients
Respect	p. 157
Reverence	p. 158
Reverence II	p. 158
Reverence III	p. 159
Relating To Clients	p. 159
Listening To Clients	p. 160
The Ungrateful Client	p. 162
Thinking Like a Client	p. 162
Reporting To Clients	p. 163
Writing For Clients	p. 164
Confidence	p. 165
Time	p. 166
The Moth	p. 166
Your First Conference	p. 167
"Suggestions"	p. 169
Nerves	p. 170
Pride Goeth	p. 172
Ceremony	p. 172
Scripting	p. 173
Money	p. 173
Dancing with Dissatisfied Clients	p. 173
Who's On First?	p. 174
The Horizon	p. 174
Maintaining The Dignity	p. 175
Dancing with Witnesses	p. 176
Confidentiality	p. 177
The Rain Dance	p. 178
Rainmaking: The Secret	p. 180
Rainmaking For Outcasts	p. 182
Secretaries, Staff, and Other Funny Creatures
The Office Ropes	p. 184
Two-Way Streets	p. 184
Personal Stuff	p. 185
Adonis at Work	p. 186
Gifts	p. 186
Power Games	p. 187
Squeaky Wheels	p. 187
Pro Forma Critiques	p. 188
Your Agent	p. 188
Dictaphones--Part I	p. 188
Dictaphones--Part II	p. 189
While We're On Rapport...	p. 189
Secretary As Hounddog	p. 190
Going Home Again	p. 190
Documents	p. 190
Documents--The Sequel	p. 191
Documents--Revenge Of The Rat	p. 191
Documents--The Battle	p. 191
Documents--The Final Chapter	p. 191
Dating Al Carbon	p. 192
The Office Manager	p. 192
Cause For Pause	p. 193
Confidentiality	p. 193
Other Funny Creatures	p. 193
Veering Offtrack
What Can Go Wrong?	p. 196
Firmness Through Anorexia	p. 197
Going AWOL	p. 198
Looking Afar	p. 199
Looking Afar -- The Voyage Home	p. 200
Legal Recruiters	p. 200
In-House	p. 200
Going Solo	p. 201
A Dangerous Mission, Hans	p. 202
What If You Suck?	p. 203
Burning Bridges	p. 204
...On Being a Lawyer
The Old Lawyer	p. 205
The Bad Lawyer	p. 208
The Brotherhood	p. 209
The Laity	p. 209
You	p. 210
The Expensive lawyer	p. 211
The Good Lawyer	p. 212
The Costly Lawyer	p. 214
The Misunderstood Lawyer	p. 218
The Funny Lawyer	p. 219
The Radical	p. 219
The Lawyer Savant	p. 220
The Chasm	p. 220
The Attorney	p. 220
The Forest
The Legal Grail	p. 221
Making Partner--Part II	p. 221
The Lean And Hungry Look	p. 222
When You're King	p. 222
The Meaning of Life	p. 224
Three Reasons to Care	p. 225
Fin	p. 225
Law Trek: The Next Generation	p. 231
Index	p. 229
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