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This is a concise and informative text on the paralegal's role in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Both brief and affordable, this paperback provides all the essential information required to support any course for paralegals that includes discussion of negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or other forms of ADR. With thoughtful, contemporary perspectives on such issues as race, gender, and cultural expectations, The author explores such key topics as: the nature and sources of conflict, and ways of resolving it negotiation theories, approaches, and practical techniques mediation models, skills, and practicing neutrality the arbitrator's role in resolving disputes other adjudicative and ...
Why do we look to lawyers to lead, and why do so many of them prove to be so untrustworthy and unprepared? In Lawyers as Leaders, eminent law professor Deborah Rhode not only answers these questions but crafts an essential manual for attorneys who need to develop better leadership skills.
Conflict and Resolution, Second Edition, provides students with a working knowledge of the major forms of dispute resolution. Through the use of hands-on exercises and role-playing scenarios, theory is put into practice allowing students to translate lessons learned into true to life situations. This newly revised text offers the following: provides an overview of negotiation, mediation, and arbitration in a short, accessible book well-designed pedagogyfor the paralegal students, including chapter summaries and exercises designed to engage students in application of what they have learned includes role-plays to allow students to experience how the theories of dispute resolution are used in practice ethical issues thoroughly covered The Second Edition offers: an even clearer presentation of the three major approaches to mediation: facilitative, evaluative, and transformative on-line negotiation and mediation will be included new topics including restorative justice and victim-offender mediation expanded materials on arbitration chapter on Conflict has been expanded to include different conflict styles
With a distinctly student-friendly voice, this new text provides a succinct overview of the interviewing and investigation process -- focusing on the key issues paralegals need to know in practice. The practical approach of the book uses realistic case scenarios to show interviewing and investigation skills in context, and draws from criminal as well as civil cases. The helpful pedagogy of the book includes: key terms practice tips review exercises in-depth chapter exercises glossary and bibliography. Users will also find: charts and exhibits throughout the book supplying them with the tools to help structure their interviews and investigations in practice coverage of using the Internet to h...
The book facilitates effective teaching and learning through: - a quick, simple, and straightforward introduction to all the basics of contracts law, specifically designed for paralegal students- comprehensive coverage of key topics, as well as a chapter on drafting simple contracts- clearly written text and lively examples that help students understand the law- well-crafted pedagogy -- chapter overviews, highlighted examples, key terms, review questions, sample clauses for analysis, edited cases, chapter summaries, and exercises at the end of each chapter- an ideal length for shorter coursesText is totally up to date: - new section on UCC 2A covering leases of personal property- all new case summaries for the new millennium -- all cases have been decided since 2000- additional new cases in the supplemental cases appendix- completely updated appendix of sample contracts, with additional samples in the Instructor's Manual
Our world is a crowded and hyper-connected place and it is becoming more crowded and hyper-connected every day. The challenges of our world call us to evolve as a species at a pace that has never been necessary before - not in our physical attributes, not in our emotional capacities, not in our mental capabilities, and arguably not even in our use of technology to master the environment and harness its resources. We are called to evolve in the ways that we interact with each other as fellow inhabitants of Earth. Being Relational details seven ways of being in relation to others that capture the heart and soul of all that is self-help. It is grounded in method, and is supported by relational ...
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