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An exploration of the enduring powers of attorney. It explains the purpose of an enduring power of attorney and the circumstances in which one may be useful when dealing with a mentally incapacitated client. It also sets out the procedure for obtaining an enduring power, outlines the duties and responsibilities of an attorney and contains all relevant legislation and prescribed forms. This fifth edition has been updated and expanded since the publication of the fourth edition in 1996. In particular, significant developments such as the introduction of the Court of Protection (Enduring Powers of Attorney) Rules 2001 and the closure of the Public Trust Office and the transfer of its mental health work to a new body, the Public Guardianship Office, are discussed. Two new chapters are included, dealing with trustees and financial abuse, and full text reports of five leading EPA cases are covered. New Law Society Guidelines on Enduring Powers of Attorney are also reproduced. ... Read more

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This manual teaches the good conference techniques that will guarantee confidence in every situation, providing students with a thorough and practical grounding in the numerous skills which will ensure a conference is successful. ... Read more

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A proven Legal way to beat Speeding Tickets. Written by two hot-shot defense lawyers, you may never have to Pay a for another traffic offense again! ... Read more

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Marketing for Attorneys and Law Firms presents timely topics which are well-researched and written by a fine array of authors from around the country. As attorneys are becoming more interested in marketing and how it can benefit their practices, this book is an important tool. It aids attorneys as they evaluate and improve old marketing strategies and create new marketing strategies where such advertising was neglected. It is an ideal readings text for today’s attorney and legal consultants who wish to obtain a better insight into select aspects of marketing the law firm.

This is the only readings book that focuses on these areas: applications of marketing planning, attorney selection by consumers, and client and provider attitudes toward legal services. Part Two thoroughly examines various aspects of how clients select and evaluate the performance of legal services. Today’s attorneys must first fully understand what their clients perceive about their services before jumping into marketing their services. This section provides insight that most attorneys would normally not investigate and lays the groundwork for the development of marketing programs. Part Three addresses the wide use of legal advertising, and again provides insight into what clients and attorneys think and perceive about various forms of advertising the law firm. This provides a base from which attorneys who are planning to advertise may be able to prevent failure and promote a greater level of success for the advertising program.

Applied mainly to private legal practices and clinics, some of the specific topics covered in the three sections include consumers’perceptions of attorneys and legal advertising; attorneys’perceptions of marketing and advertising; perceived risk in selecting an attorney and how consumers actually select attorneys; customer/client service attributes for attorneys; measuring the effectiveness of legal advertising; market planning and strategies for today’s legal practice; promoting the legal practice; and developing referral and networking systems in legal practice.

For attorneys in private practice, law firm libraries and administrators, law professors who specialize in practice development, consultants who concentrate in legal practice marketing, law school libraries, and marketing professors and consultants who teach or consult in the professional service sectors should read this invaluable reference book. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

The book stinks for attorneys looking for marketing ideas
This book is really some Marketing academic's huge thesis and research paper.Nothing in here is practical to lawyers.No specific marketing ideas are given, just a bunch of statistics regarding which means of marketing are most effective--and that's as good as it gets.It's like someone obsessed with marketing and statistics tried to take what they knew and somehow apply it to the legal profession.... You're better off buying the book by Hal Davis (a short, painless read), or for the money, getting Foonberg's book (if you can find it).

Not Very Practical or Helpful
With little information from the sole review, I bought this book.Actually, it is a collection of what appear to be thesis papers on law firm marketing.Mostly, it tries to come to grips with lawyers actually marketing and whether lawyers should advertise.For an attorney looking for information about how to effectively market and advertise, the book is quite useless.Many flow charts and abstractions make the book quite a headache to read at times.I'm glad I got this one used.

Marketing the "firm" is not enough...
The relationship between lawyer and client is highly personal - so marketing techniques that may work for the "firm" may not be enough. To persuade people to use your firm's services takes more. Theyneed to know who YOU are, what YOU stand for, and why they should trust YOUwith their business.The answer is "personal publicity," astructured visibility plan that brings a personal face to "thefirm."Done right, personal publicity is good for the law firm, goodfor YOU, and good for the potential clients who need legal services! ... Read more

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This significant new title provides a comprehensive guide to legal professional privilege as it applies to litigation and non-litigation situations.The book contains authoritative guidance to the law as it stands today, following the landmark decisions of the Court of Appeal and House of Lords in the Three Rivers litigation, and the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998. ... Read more

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Most of us are uncomfortable with thoughts of our own death or serious illness-- and so we put off making decisions that could help ensure that the health care we receive as we are dying is managed according to our preferences and personal values. Using a question-and-answer format, this book explains why it is important to decide now what you want and do not want at the end of your life-- and it shows you how to document those preferences and have them carried out. ... Read more

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ABC BOOK ON ADVANCE DIRECTIVES FOR MEDICAL CARE
John David Doukas, MD & William Reichel, MD
Planning for Uncertainty:
A Guide to Living Wills and other Advance Directives for Health Care

(Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins, UP, 1993) 147 pages
(ISBN: 0-8018-4670-6; hardcover)
(ISBN: 0-8018-4671-4; paperback)
(Library of Congress call number: KF3827.E87D68 1993)

An elementary presentation--using question-and-answer format--
of the basic facts about Advance Directives.
Generic forms are included at the end of this volume.
This book is probably too simple for most readers.
But it could be a place to begin
for someone who knows nothing about 'living wills', etc.

A revised and expanded edition has been published.

If you would like to read better books on Advance Directives,
search the Internet for the following exact phrase:
"Books on Advance Directives for Medical Care".

James Leonard Park, medical ethicist

Helpful to get the conversation going
An excellent book that highlights how and why one can make decisions in end of life treatment. The book correctly sets aside the idiosyncracies of state forms (these are free from any doctor's office), and gets to the heart of _why_ to discuss this topic. This book is very helpful in starting and encouraging a conversation between family members and health care providers about what is important to the individual before and when the chips are down.

Ethics not details
The author's comments are right on target.If you want to debate the reasons to have these documents, weigh ethical considerations, and write a values statement, this is the book for you.But if you buy the book already convinced you need these documents and what you want is a detailed list of suggestions, customized wording, state-specific information and forms, this book is disappointing. ... Read more

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The scene is the managing clerk's room, at the offices of James and Walter How, on a July morning. The room is old fashioned, furnished with well-worn mahogany and leather, and lined with tin boxes and estate plans. ... Read more

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We want to help you make sense of LAST logic games

You can learn to solve those tricky LSAT logic games--and we can teach you how to do it. McGraw-Hill's Conquering LSLASTogic Games shows you how to work through every game type, how to diagram logical relationships, and how to use targeted tools to answer questions quickly and easily. Every problem-solving technique in this book has been developed and refined by law school students who aced the LSLASTWhatever the game type, you'll learn the techniques you need to solve the most complex logic problems, find the correct answers, and raise your LSLASTcore.

McGraw-Hill's Conquering LSATLASTic Games includes:

• 72 practice logic games with solutions
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Customer Reviews (2)

not great, but not too bad
The strategies and techniques taught in this book were very useful. However, this book is filled with errors. After working through the first section of the book I thought I was losing my mind because the principles that they had taught me, and I had applied, were generating (according to the book) the wrong answers. But the answers that the book said were correct were blatantly contradictory to the constraints of the questions.I cannot in good faith recommend this book, especially if you are using it as a sole resource, however the logic techniques and principles were somewhat useful. Just watch for the errors.

Great Book to Use
This book is really really good. It goes through all game types. It starts out every section with the game type and goes through IN DEPTH diagrams and psychology of each in 3 or 4 games with 8 typical LSAT questions following each. Then after the explained 3 or 4 LSAT games, it gives you 4 more that you do on your own and they provide semi-lengthy explanations of. At the end you have two practice tests. One that you do before using the book and one that you do after reading the book so that you can see how much you improved by. Very good book. This book was created by a group of Harvard law school graduates. They did an excellent job. ... Read more

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Ace the LSAT with help from the experts!

You want to go to law school, and a top tier one at that. First you must conquer the LSAT to reach your legal dreams.

McGraw-Hill's LSAT is written by current and former Harvard Law School students who scored high on the exam. They share with you their inside tips and knowledge so you can reach exam day with confidence.

• New: Two complete interactive practice tests online in addition to the four tests in the book and two on CD-ROM.
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