The good lawyer seeking quality in the practice of law
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [UK] :
Oxford University Press
[2014]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38171776*spi |
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- PREFACE
- The Wolf at Lost Lake
- Obsessed with Quality
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE
- Chapter 1: THE GOOD LAWYER IS EMPATHETIC
- Feeling Clients' Pain on Thunderhead Ranch
- The Importance of Being Empathetic
- Using Empathy to Tell Better Stories
- The Origins and Science of Empathy
- Can Lawyers Learn to Be More Empathetic?
- The Challenge of Developing Empathy in Law Schools
- Is More Empathy Always Better?
- The Empathy Debate
- Do We Want Judges to Be Empathetic?
- Empathy and Moral Action
- Chapter 2: THE GOOD LAWYER IS COURAGEOUS
- A Profile in Courage
- Physical Courage
- Moral Courage
- Psychological Courage
- Can We Learn Courage?
- Courage in Law Schools
- Codes and Courage: Two Stories
- Courage and Justice
- Chapter 3: THE GOOD LAWYER PURSUES JUSTICE WITH INTEGRITY
- A Framed Corduroy Jacket
- Seeking Justice for People
- Chattanooga Revisited: One Lawyer's Sense of Justice
- Is the Pursuit of Justice Nothing More Than Helping Your Clients?
- 'Big Picture' Justice
- When It Is Your Job to Do Justice
- The Evolutionary Roots of Our Passion for Justice
- Emotions, Reason, and Our Sense of Justice
- Pursuing Justice, But with Integrity
- The Importance of Honesty
- Can Lawyers Be Honest All the Time?
- Honesty in the Practice
- 'Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens May Fall'
- Pursuing Justice with Passion
- Chapter 4: THE GOOD LAWYER VALUES OTHERS IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY
- A Humble (But Very Famous) Attorney
- Remembering What Matters
- The Power of Humility: One Lawyer's Approach to Negotiations
- Mellow Beats Bellow
- What to Do About Incivility
- The Idea of Political Fraternity
- Our Political Differences: Whose Side Are You On?
- Can Liberals and Conservatives Be Friends?
- Roots of Our Political Differences
- The Six Foundations for Moral Judgments
- 'Follow the Sacredness' and Seek Diversity
- Chapter 5: THE GOOD LAWYER USES BOTH INTUITION AND DELIBERATIVE THINKING
- The Medical Instrument That Wasn't
- Expert Intuition Is Simply Good Pattern Recognition
- The Costs and Benefits of Intuition
- Confirmation Bias
- Mental Blind Spots
- All We See Is All There Is
- Anchoring
- Too Narrow Framing
- Negative Implicit Attitudes
- It's Hard to Keep an Open Mind
- Chapter 6: THE GOOD LAWYER THINKS REALISTICALLY
- ABOUT THE FUTURE
- What Research Reveals About the Predictive Abilities of Lawyers
- We Want to Believe the World Is More Predictable Than It Is
- Here Come the Computers
- Being Smart About Probability
- Decision Trees, Game Theory and the Hope of a Better Settlement Process
- Imagining the Future (An Amazing Human Trick)
- The Future Is Hard to See
- Promise Keeping
- A Balance Between Knowing and Doubting
- Chapter 7: THE GOOD LAWYER SERVES THE TRUE INTERESTS OF CLIENTS
- A Story of a Wise Lawyer
- Being Clear About Aims
- Advocates and Counselors
- The Four Possible Aims of Lawyers
- What's Wrong with 'Winning Is Everything"?
- Lawyers as Hired Guns: What's Wrong With Maximizing Client Autonomy?
- Guru Lawyers: What's Wrong with Simply Doing Right as the Lawyer Sees It?
- Lawyers as Friends: Aiming for Client Goodness
- Establishing Trust
- Involving the Client in the Process
- Categorizing and Framing the Issues
- Identifying and Serving the Client's True Interests
- Thinking Like a Judge, Not a Lawyer
- Chapter 8: THE GOOD LAWYER HAS AMPLE WILLPOWER
- One Persistent Lawyer
- Willpower in a Stress-Filled Profession
- The Importance of Willpower
- Mindsets and Willpower
- Willpower Lessons
- Our Finite Supply of Willpower
- Can Willpower Be Strengthened?
- Emotional Traps that Drain Willpower and Harm Decision-Making
- Making the Future Bigger
- Chapter 9: THE GOOD LAWYER IS PERSUASIVE
- Being Honest and Courageous
- Being Empathetic
- Appealing to Moral Intuitions
- Using Words and Sounds That Stick
- Anchoring and Framing
- Respecting Opponents and Making Strategic Concessions
- Preparing Thoroughly
- Chapter 10: SEEKING QUALITY
- The Trajectory of Careers
- The Nature of Practice and What It Means for Quality
- Creating Environments Where Good Lawyers Can Flourish
- The Scourge of Billable Hours
- What a Good Lawyer Does
- Finding Work that Fits Your Strengths
- If You Are a Good Lawyer, Who Will Know?
- At Career's End: Remembrance of Things Past.
