This book is a pioneering work on Legal Practice and Management. The purpose of the book is to remedy the inadequacy in the training of legal practitioners in Nigeria. This book is directed at a wide audience: as a textbook for students of the Nigerian Law School and as a practice guide for legal practitioners in private practice. The book covers:the size and units of practice and the requirements of establishing a law firm;the administration of a firm, including obtaining premises, attracting staff, acquiring equipment, machines and supplies;methods of running the firm to achieve the goals for which it was established;an analysis of the skills required to be a competent practitioner, including research, verbal communication, drafting, advocacy, negotiation and management skills;the charging of fees and the methods of sustaining and ensuring growth of the firm through practice and professional development.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Maße
Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85941-178-0 (9781859411780)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Oluwatoyin Doherty read Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1981. She started her academic career in the same year at the Nigerian Law School. She has taught several subjects including, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedures and Law Office Management. She was Head of the Department of Litigation at the Law School from 1994 to 1995. She has been a visiting lecturer at the Nigerian institute of Advanced Legal Studies since 1991, where she teaches Criminal Procedure. She is the author of Criminal Procedure in Nigeria: Law and Practice .
Introducing legal practice and management; establishing a law firm; classification and organization of law firms; law office; law office staff; law office equipment, machines and supplies; law office administration; legal research; verbal comunication; drafting; advocacy; negotiating; management; fees and billing; practice and professional development.
