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Summary: New lawyers should also see Common Sense Rules of Advocacy
Review: Another excellent book for new lawyers is "Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers," by Keith Evans.Mr. Evans practiced as a trial lawyer in California for many years after a decade as a barrister in England. He also taught as an adjunct law professor and gave many presentations to American Inns of Court. Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers is now published by TheCapitol.Net, and more information about Evans' book is available: search Amazon for ISBN 1587330059 If you want to be a excellent advocate, you should buy BOTH Messinger's book and Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers.
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Summary: Best If Read Before Law School...
Review: Best if read before law school, or the LSAT's for that matter. Nothing new here. The law is, for the most part, a thankless job. What other well paying job isn't? The first year of practice can be a make or break year for the unprepared. Most of the book is common sense, but should be read because your head will be somewhere else, and you need all the help you can get. It's a good book to read at the gym on the stationary bike, and short enough to be finished in a few work-outs. Some of the reviews are crazy. This book will NOT put you on the fast track to making partner.
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Summary: Best If Read Before Law School...
Review: Best if read before law school, or the LSAT's for that matter. Nothing new here. The law is, for the most part, a thankless job. What other well paying job isn't? The first year of practice can be a make or break year for the unprepared. Most of the book is common sense, but should be read because your head will be somewhere else, and you need all the help you can get. It's a good book to read at the gym on the stationary bike, and short enough to be finished in a few work-outs. Some of the reviews are crazy. This book will NOT put you on the fast track to making partner.
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Summary: Advice that demeans
Review: Eager as I was to get advice, being a first year associate myself, I was disappointed. The book is, at times, demeaning, offensive, and out dated. Foolishly, instead of correcting grammatical or worse mistakes in his book, the author makes fun of the editors' (reasonable) comments for revisions in footnotes. Also, he distractingly uses made up words like "and're", supposedly for "and you're".
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Summary: Excellent law practice book!
Review: Even as a second-year law school student, I can appreciate the insights and invaluable advice throughout The Young Lawyer's Jungle Book.
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Summary: This is THE book to buy if you are a young associate
Review: I bought this book half-way through my first year of practice and it probably saved both my sanity and my career. More than worth the money.
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Summary: This book is a mess
Review: I do not understand the enthusiasm for this book in the previous reviews. Its "lighthearted approach" to the subject might be enjoyable and appreciated if there was any substance behind it. I got the distinct impression that this was a vanity project for the author, and not a particularly well considered one, at that. I returned my copy to Amazon.
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Summary: An excellent book, loaded with good information.
Review: I have found this to be an excellent book on the practice of law. After nearly two years in a medium-sized, boutique law firm, I think the situations and advice of the author are on-point. The book is a bit unconventional, but after a few chapters, I found it well-written and really funny, which makes it a lot easier to digest. I recommend this book to all new lawyers. It has information you won't find anywhere else - including stuff nobody ever mentioned to me - and you might pay a hundred bucks to duplicate it, if you could find a "Senior" lawyer who cared enough to tell you everything written in the book. Five stars - a definite "buy."
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Summary: A must-read for those considering becoming a lawyer.
Review: I recommend this book to my pre-law students. It covers many areas of law that one needs to consider, and it does it without being boring. A must-read book for those considering becoming a lawyer.
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Summary: Absolutely the best book available for new lawyers!
Review: I strongly disagree with the comments in the San Antonio review. This book is even MORE valuable for those who will NOT be in big firms. I work in a smaller law office, and the scenarios in the Young Lawyer's Jungle Book could have been taken from a fly on the wall. I see some of the same mistakes described in the book being made all around me. I've caught myself more than a few times before I was about to make a mistake in public. This book is an absolute MUST for EVERY new lawyer. It has advice that applies to small-firm lawyers (and government and public-interest lawyers too) as well as for those in big firms. Indeed, I showed this book to friends, some are in big firms and some in other types of law offices, and they ALL really, really liked it. (Give me my book back, Peter!) I also disagree on the comment about the author's writing style. I kept picking it up and re-reading it, when someone wasn't asking to borrow it. (Don't leave it in your office!) The book is both funny and profound. It's sad that something hilarious is assumed to be inconsequential. Nothing could be further from the truth with this book. Yes, there were parts that I didn't get at first, but on the whole the Young Lawyer's Jungle book manages, sometimes in a single sentence, to make me laugh and to make me think about serious aspects of law practice and professional life, sometimes long after I've read it. I also read Proceed With Caution. It does present a picture of big-firm life (which is not really that much different from better smaller firms, because many firms, like mine, are started by lawyers who were partners in large firms). But Proceed with Caution is not really an advice guide, it's more like a diary. And it's not really in the same league as the Young Lawyer's Jungle Book. This book earns its five stars. If you're not yet finished with college, still in law school, or just started working as a lawyer, ANY type of lawyer, you absolutely, positively MUST read this book.
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