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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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My Story... From Humble Beginnings to Professional Success
Author: James M. Durant III
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040104444
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Practical and authentic, this essential career handbook provides every young person with inspiration and practical pathways to overcome socio-economic adversity and achieve their career ambitions. Written by an impressive group of senior professionals who have excelled despite seemingly insurmountable circumstances, including barriers such as racism and economic hardship, this book provides the roadmap to professional career success. With students and graduates from diverse and economically adverse backgrounds specifically in mind, the book breaks from the notion that one has to become a superstar, a Supreme Court Justice, a movie star, or an internationally famous athlete to be successful. It provides a grounded and realistic approach to achieve social, economic, and professional advancement for the majority of college students. High-level professionals and leaders in industry, government, non-profit, education, medicine, military, and the law share their unique stories, each filled with spirit, hope, advice, success strategies, and approaches to dealing with failures along the way. The book offers direction and guidance for self-determination and professional development, while also inspiring excellence in organizational leadership and management, with a focus on leadership, character, and tangible skills. This is essential reading for college students and graduates from all backgrounds, with a focus on underrepresented groups in particular. It will also benefit instructors, professors, and professionals in higher education, as well as leaders in the public, private, and third sectors who are focused on uplifting students and recent graduates of adverse and diverse backgrounds.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040104444
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Practical and authentic, this essential career handbook provides every young person with inspiration and practical pathways to overcome socio-economic adversity and achieve their career ambitions. Written by an impressive group of senior professionals who have excelled despite seemingly insurmountable circumstances, including barriers such as racism and economic hardship, this book provides the roadmap to professional career success. With students and graduates from diverse and economically adverse backgrounds specifically in mind, the book breaks from the notion that one has to become a superstar, a Supreme Court Justice, a movie star, or an internationally famous athlete to be successful. It provides a grounded and realistic approach to achieve social, economic, and professional advancement for the majority of college students. High-level professionals and leaders in industry, government, non-profit, education, medicine, military, and the law share their unique stories, each filled with spirit, hope, advice, success strategies, and approaches to dealing with failures along the way. The book offers direction and guidance for self-determination and professional development, while also inspiring excellence in organizational leadership and management, with a focus on leadership, character, and tangible skills. This is essential reading for college students and graduates from all backgrounds, with a focus on underrepresented groups in particular. It will also benefit instructors, professors, and professionals in higher education, as well as leaders in the public, private, and third sectors who are focused on uplifting students and recent graduates of adverse and diverse backgrounds.
A Lawyer's Guide to Working with Special Needs Clients
Author: Richard A. Courtney
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781641054683
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Persons with disabilities and their family members and caregivers face numerous challenges every day. But beyond those day-to-day issues, they often need assistance navigating bureaucracies and in developing plans for long-term care and financial security. This book, written by a special needs attorney, supplies essential information and valuable guidance to the issues involved in representing these clients. The book begins with advice on understanding and representing special needs clients and their families, including key questions to ask to tailor an appropriate plan. Subsequent chapters address other aspects of representing special needs clients, including: - Public benefits, including SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid- Special needs education issues- Special needs trusts- Financial issues- Ethical and practice risks- How to build a special needs legal practice
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781641054683
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Persons with disabilities and their family members and caregivers face numerous challenges every day. But beyond those day-to-day issues, they often need assistance navigating bureaucracies and in developing plans for long-term care and financial security. This book, written by a special needs attorney, supplies essential information and valuable guidance to the issues involved in representing these clients. The book begins with advice on understanding and representing special needs clients and their families, including key questions to ask to tailor an appropriate plan. Subsequent chapters address other aspects of representing special needs clients, including: - Public benefits, including SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid- Special needs education issues- Special needs trusts- Financial issues- Ethical and practice risks- How to build a special needs legal practice
Cyber Shogun Revolution
Author: Peter Tieryas
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451491025
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The Man in the High Castle meets Pacific Rim in this action-packed alternate history novel from the award-winning author of United States of Japan and Mecha Samurai Empire. NO ONE SURVIVES AN ALLIANCE WITH THE NAZIS. NOT WITHOUT USE OF FORCE. Seattle, 2019. After a severe injury, ace mecha designer and pilot Reiko Morikawa is recruited to a secret organization plotting a revolt against the corrupt governor (and Nazi sympathizer) of the United States of Japan. When their plan to save the USJ from itself goes awry, the mission is only saved from failure because the governor is killed by an assassin known as Bloody Mary. But the assassin isn't satisfied with just the governor. Bishop Wakana used to be a cop. Now he's an agent of the Tokko, the secret police. Following the trail of a Nazi scientist, Bishop discovers a web of weapons smuggling, black market mecha parts--and a mysterious assassin. This killer once hunted Nazis but now seems to be targeting the USJ itself. As the leaders of the United States of Japan come to realize the devil's bargain they made in their uneasy alliance with the Nazis, Bishop and Reiko are hot on the trail of Bloody Mary, trying to stop her before it's too late.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451491025
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The Man in the High Castle meets Pacific Rim in this action-packed alternate history novel from the award-winning author of United States of Japan and Mecha Samurai Empire. NO ONE SURVIVES AN ALLIANCE WITH THE NAZIS. NOT WITHOUT USE OF FORCE. Seattle, 2019. After a severe injury, ace mecha designer and pilot Reiko Morikawa is recruited to a secret organization plotting a revolt against the corrupt governor (and Nazi sympathizer) of the United States of Japan. When their plan to save the USJ from itself goes awry, the mission is only saved from failure because the governor is killed by an assassin known as Bloody Mary. But the assassin isn't satisfied with just the governor. Bishop Wakana used to be a cop. Now he's an agent of the Tokko, the secret police. Following the trail of a Nazi scientist, Bishop discovers a web of weapons smuggling, black market mecha parts--and a mysterious assassin. This killer once hunted Nazis but now seems to be targeting the USJ itself. As the leaders of the United States of Japan come to realize the devil's bargain they made in their uneasy alliance with the Nazis, Bishop and Reiko are hot on the trail of Bloody Mary, trying to stop her before it's too late.
Reshaping Intelligent Business and Industry
Author: Surjeet Dalal
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119905184
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The convergence of Artif icial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) is reshaping the way industries, businesses, and economies function; the 34 chapters in this collection show how the full potential of these technologies is being enabled to create intelligent machines that simulate smart behavior and support decision-making with little or no human interference, thereby providing startling organizational efficiencies. Readers will discover that in Reshaping Intelligent Business and Industry: The book unpacks the two superpowers of innovation, AI and IoT, and explains how they connect to better communicate and exchange information about online activities; How the center and the network's edge generate predictive analytics or anomaly alerts; The meaning of AI at the edge and IoT networks. How bandwidth is reduced and privacy and security are enhanced; How AI applications increase operating efficiency, spawn new products and services, and enhance risk management; How AI and IoT create 'intelligent' devices and how new AI technology enables IoT to reach its full potential; Analyzes AIOT platforms and the handling of personal information for shared frameworks that remain sensitive to customers’ privacy while effectively utilizing data. Audience This book will appeal to all business and organization leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and economists, as well as scientists, engineers, and students working in artificial intelligence, software engineering, and information technology.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119905184
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The convergence of Artif icial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) is reshaping the way industries, businesses, and economies function; the 34 chapters in this collection show how the full potential of these technologies is being enabled to create intelligent machines that simulate smart behavior and support decision-making with little or no human interference, thereby providing startling organizational efficiencies. Readers will discover that in Reshaping Intelligent Business and Industry: The book unpacks the two superpowers of innovation, AI and IoT, and explains how they connect to better communicate and exchange information about online activities; How the center and the network's edge generate predictive analytics or anomaly alerts; The meaning of AI at the edge and IoT networks. How bandwidth is reduced and privacy and security are enhanced; How AI applications increase operating efficiency, spawn new products and services, and enhance risk management; How AI and IoT create 'intelligent' devices and how new AI technology enables IoT to reach its full potential; Analyzes AIOT platforms and the handling of personal information for shared frameworks that remain sensitive to customers’ privacy while effectively utilizing data. Audience This book will appeal to all business and organization leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and economists, as well as scientists, engineers, and students working in artificial intelligence, software engineering, and information technology.
Online Courts and the Future of Justice
Author: Richard Susskind
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192849304
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In this book Richard Susskind, a pioneer of rethinking law for the digital age confronts the challenges facing our legal system and the potential for technology to bring much needed change. Drawing on years of experience leading the discussion on conceiving and delivering online justice, Susskind here charts and develops the public debate.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192849304
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In this book Richard Susskind, a pioneer of rethinking law for the digital age confronts the challenges facing our legal system and the potential for technology to bring much needed change. Drawing on years of experience leading the discussion on conceiving and delivering online justice, Susskind here charts and develops the public debate.
Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
Author: William D. Goren
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590317655
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This book, written from the perspective of a lawyer with a disability (the author is hearing impaired), demonstrates that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is not just a law, but a way of life. It also discusses preventive lawyering with regards to the ADA. Since the first edition was published, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided over a dozen cases on the ADA and there have also been many appellate decisions as well. In this second edition, the Supreme Court decisions not included in the first edition and some of the appellate opinions that have come down since then are analyzed to provide the reader with an understanding of the workings of the ADA as it exists today.
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590317655
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This book, written from the perspective of a lawyer with a disability (the author is hearing impaired), demonstrates that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is not just a law, but a way of life. It also discusses preventive lawyering with regards to the ADA. Since the first edition was published, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided over a dozen cases on the ADA and there have also been many appellate decisions as well. In this second edition, the Supreme Court decisions not included in the first edition and some of the appellate opinions that have come down since then are analyzed to provide the reader with an understanding of the workings of the ADA as it exists today.
Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Clients
Author: Joan M. Burda
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590319444
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
This book will introduce lawyers and their clients to the legal landscape as it relates to lesbian, gay and transgender persons today. This book provides the opportunity to look at legal issues from different perspectives. In addition to case law, statutes and a discussion of legal issues, this book also introduces the reader to people who make up the lesbian/gay/transgender community.
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590319444
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
This book will introduce lawyers and their clients to the legal landscape as it relates to lesbian, gay and transgender persons today. This book provides the opportunity to look at legal issues from different perspectives. In addition to case law, statutes and a discussion of legal issues, this book also introduces the reader to people who make up the lesbian/gay/transgender community.
How to Capture and Keep Clients
Author: Jennifer J. Rose
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 159031526X
Category : Lawyers
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In this new, in-depth book the best and most innovative solo and small firm lawyers give you their secrets, approaches and strategies to that age-old puzzle of growing your law firm. Through this wealth of savvy advice, you'll learn how to ask for business, attract and keep clients, partner with other lawyers, build a virtual law firm, use technology in client development, brand your law firm and much more.
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 159031526X
Category : Lawyers
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In this new, in-depth book the best and most innovative solo and small firm lawyers give you their secrets, approaches and strategies to that age-old puzzle of growing your law firm. Through this wealth of savvy advice, you'll learn how to ask for business, attract and keep clients, partner with other lawyers, build a virtual law firm, use technology in client development, brand your law firm and much more.
Estate Planning for Same-sex Couples
Author: Joan M. Burda
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590313824
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The legal landscape concerning same-sex relationships is changing. It is vital for lawyers to stay on top of these changes. Attorneys who represent lesbian and gay clients must provide creative estate planning that protects both parties to the relationship, their children and their future. This new book provides estate planning lawyers with an introduction to the issues faced by lesbian and gay clients. Also provided are forms and documents on CD-ROM that lesbian and gay clients need to prepare as part of a complete estate plan.
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590313824
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The legal landscape concerning same-sex relationships is changing. It is vital for lawyers to stay on top of these changes. Attorneys who represent lesbian and gay clients must provide creative estate planning that protects both parties to the relationship, their children and their future. This new book provides estate planning lawyers with an introduction to the issues faced by lesbian and gay clients. Also provided are forms and documents on CD-ROM that lesbian and gay clients need to prepare as part of a complete estate plan.