What law school doesn't teach you--but you really need to know :
Walton, Kimm Alayne.
What law school doesn't teach you--but you really need to know : expert tips & strategies for making your legal career a huge success / Expert tips & strategies for making your legal career a huge success Kimm Alayne Walton. - Chicago, IL : Harcourt Legal & Professional Publications, c2000. - xxvi, 593 p. : forms ; 23 cm.
Scattered throughout the book are brief true-life stories called "Career limiting move" and "Smart human trick."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-593).
The 1,640-hour interview : what every summer clerk should know -- ECON 101: the business of law -- Getting off on the right foot : learning the culture & getting organized -- The "people" part of work : it's not what you're like or how you feel, it's how you seem that counts. How to come off as the person you want other people to see -- How to crush research and writing assignments -- Handling everybody outside the office : clients, opposing counsel, judges, court personnel, and the media -- When your boss is a judge : handling judicial clerkships -- Dealing with jerks, screamers, and other dwellers of the nether anatomy -- Handling things you don't want to handle : mistakes, too much work, chimp work, ethical issues, and sexual harassment -- Being your own career coach and living the life you want.
9780159004531 (pbk.) 0159004535 (pbk.)
2013371074
Law--Vocational guidance--United States.
Career development--United States.
Practice of law--United States.
Law firms--Employees.--United States
KF297 / .W345 2000
340.02373
What law school doesn't teach you--but you really need to know : expert tips & strategies for making your legal career a huge success / Expert tips & strategies for making your legal career a huge success Kimm Alayne Walton. - Chicago, IL : Harcourt Legal & Professional Publications, c2000. - xxvi, 593 p. : forms ; 23 cm.
Scattered throughout the book are brief true-life stories called "Career limiting move" and "Smart human trick."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-593).
The 1,640-hour interview : what every summer clerk should know -- ECON 101: the business of law -- Getting off on the right foot : learning the culture & getting organized -- The "people" part of work : it's not what you're like or how you feel, it's how you seem that counts. How to come off as the person you want other people to see -- How to crush research and writing assignments -- Handling everybody outside the office : clients, opposing counsel, judges, court personnel, and the media -- When your boss is a judge : handling judicial clerkships -- Dealing with jerks, screamers, and other dwellers of the nether anatomy -- Handling things you don't want to handle : mistakes, too much work, chimp work, ethical issues, and sexual harassment -- Being your own career coach and living the life you want.
9780159004531 (pbk.) 0159004535 (pbk.)
2013371074
Law--Vocational guidance--United States.
Career development--United States.
Practice of law--United States.
Law firms--Employees.--United States
KF297 / .W345 2000
340.02373