Beyond the Work Product A Guide to Relationship-Driven Transactional Lawyering
Beyond the Work Product will prepare business attorneys (and particularly law students and new attorneys) for a successful law practice by providing a framework for effective and efficient lawyering. It emphasizes building relationships and trust with clients so that, despite the existence of less c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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La Vergne
American Bar Association
2021
American Bar Association, Small Firm and General P |
| Edition: | 1 |
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| ISBN: | 9781641058407, 1641058404 |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Getting Comfortable Talking-and Thinking-about Costs -- A Book about Relationships -- Chapter 1 Our Client: Fitness Feet -- Our Framework -- Chapter 2 Understanding How a Contract Fits Together -- Covenants of Performance -- Risk-Shifting Provisions -- Rules of the Road -- Organizing Information -- Strategies for Success -- Sample Exercise Responses -- Chapter 3 Clearing Conflicts: A Useful Proxy for Difficult Conversations -- Running a Conflicts Check -- Communicating with Your Client -- Strategies for Success -- Sample Exercise Responses -- Chapter 4 Efficient Preparation: Getting All the Facts and Understanding Objectives -- Call Preparation -- What You Need to Know -- Asking the Questions -- Understanding the Law and Leveraging Expertise -- Strategies for Success -- Sample Exercise Responses -- Chapter 5 Finding and Using Precedent and Outlining Your Agreement -- Finding and Using Precedent -- Outlining -- Strategies for Success -- Chapter 6 Putting Pen to Paper: User-Friendly Drafting -- Draft Mindfully -- The Efficiencies of User-Friendly Drafting -- Strategies for Success -- Chapter 7 Marking Up Someone Else's Draft and Reviewing Redlines -- Identifying Issues: Business Versus Legal -- Issue Spotting -- Providing Recommendations and Obtaining Feedback -- Addressing Issues in the Draft -- Strategies for Success -- Sample Exercise Responses -- Chapter 8 Negotiating the Deal -- Leading the Negotiation -- Enabling Your Client to Negotiate -- Final Points -- Strategies for Success -- Chapter 9 Final Tips and Tricks for Success -- Tips and Tricks -- Exhibit A: Sample Order Form -- Exhibit B: Sample Outline -- Exhibit C: User-Friendly Drafting-Excerpt from a Nondisclosure Agreement -- Original -- User-Friendly Drafting -- Thank You -- Index -- Back cover