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An easy to follow guide for the professional wanting to change careers or improve their existing skills by seeing what other legal assistants do.
Provides comprehensive coverage of careers in the legal industry. Career profiles include court administrator, elder law attorney, family court judge, and more.
If you are interested in wills, trusts, and estates, this easy-to read text provides content and context for a complicated subject area. The wills of Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Princess Diana, and George Burns are provided here for your review.] This new edition is enhanced by celebrity features that help you relate to a real-life scenario and step out of legal theory. All legal terms are clearly defined when first presented in the text. State-by-state information is presented clearly with the use of maps, tables and case studies. Charts and boxed cases help to make complex topics easier to understand.
A thorough, in-depth overview of the leading environmental law, written specifically with the needs of the paralegal/legal assistant in mind. It is a comprehensive, comprehensible sourcebook intended to make environmental law accessible. The book provides a range of aids such as case selections, geared specifically to the paralegal/legal assistant. It is written in open, non-technical language, focusing on all the key elements in Environmental Law - NEPA, RECRA, CERCLA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and more. ALSO AVAILABLE INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Manual, ISBN: 0-8273-6214-5 Computerized Test Bank (1996), ISBN: 0-8273-7973-0
Handling client accounts requires the legal professional to know not only proper accounting procedures, but legal ethics and the appropriate state law. This ideal text/reference covers the procedures and processes legal professionals must know to avoid the pitfalls of legal malpractice. Perfect for use by aspiring as well as working legal professionals, this practical book covers all the issues in client accounting for law offices - from accounts receivable to trust accounting and more.
This book sums up the rules of law in the real world, in clear easy-to-understand terminology. You will learn how to create documents for real property transfer and closings, including appraisals, taxes and mortgage financing. Both commercial and residential applications are discussed for a broad base of practical coverage. ALSO AVAILABLE California Pocket Part ISBN: 0-8273-6025-8 New York Pocket Part ISBN: 0-8273-6023-1 Texas Pocket Part ISBN: 0-8273-6026-6 INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Manual, ISBN:0-8273-4879-7 Computerized Test Bank (1993), ISBN: 0-8273-6245-5
Designed as an introduction to legal research, this text is written as a hands on guide with ample illustrations and step-by-step explanations as to the set-up and use of all major legal source materials. The focus is on the legal research process, not just components or sources of law. It is also designed for the adjunct instructor with all materials required to teach the class: teaching guidelines, homework assignments with answers, transparency masters, and test questions with answers.ALSO AVAILABLEINSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDERComputerized Test Bank, ISBN: 0-8273-7971-4 Instructors Manual, ISBN: 0-8273-7475-5
This comprehensive look at family law focuses on the issues that face families today. Coverage includescontroversial topics such as divorce, support, custody, adoption, child abuse, and alimony.
This practical, "how-to" approach to probate and trust law for paralegals covers wills, intestate succession, will substitutes, estate planning, estate administration, and express and implied trusts. Includes the Uniform probate code.
This step-by-step book covers the paralegal's role in the entire civil litigation process from initiating the litigation through appeals. State specific pocket parts for Texas, California, New York, Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania are available. These additional materials offer students in-depth coverage with numerous examples from pertinent state law.