Author: R. J. Jagger
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605988529
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
Lawyer Trap
Author: R. J. Jagger
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605988529
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605988529
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
The Seven Year Trap
Author: Charles Gillis
Publisher: Charles Gillis
ISBN: 9780692195666
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Many people dream of becoming a lawyer. Each year about 40,000 students graduate law school in the United States. The majority of these new lawyers will try to find work in private practice. They take their first steps on the path to partnership, unaware of the many pitfalls lurking ahead. Not all will reach the partnership level. In fact, some leave the legal profession after only a few years of employment.The Seven Year Trap explains how the business of law works. To survive law firm life, new lawyers need a fundamental understanding of how the business operates and their role in it. To find long term success and an eventual seat at the ownership table, they need an awareness of what really matters on the route to promotion. These critical issues aren't always addressed in law school. After more than 25 years working in law firm administration, Charles Gillis has embarked on a mission to help young lawyers avoid the traps which can detour or derail their legal career. With detailed tips and information from the back office management perspective, readers will gain insight into what factors should be prioritized and which issues should be approached with caution. Charles shares details on the discussions and decisions which occur behind closed doors. By entering the profession with this insider wisdom, new lawyers can identify avoidable obstacles and successfully navigate their path to partnership.
Publisher: Charles Gillis
ISBN: 9780692195666
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Many people dream of becoming a lawyer. Each year about 40,000 students graduate law school in the United States. The majority of these new lawyers will try to find work in private practice. They take their first steps on the path to partnership, unaware of the many pitfalls lurking ahead. Not all will reach the partnership level. In fact, some leave the legal profession after only a few years of employment.The Seven Year Trap explains how the business of law works. To survive law firm life, new lawyers need a fundamental understanding of how the business operates and their role in it. To find long term success and an eventual seat at the ownership table, they need an awareness of what really matters on the route to promotion. These critical issues aren't always addressed in law school. After more than 25 years working in law firm administration, Charles Gillis has embarked on a mission to help young lawyers avoid the traps which can detour or derail their legal career. With detailed tips and information from the back office management perspective, readers will gain insight into what factors should be prioritized and which issues should be approached with caution. Charles shares details on the discussions and decisions which occur behind closed doors. By entering the profession with this insider wisdom, new lawyers can identify avoidable obstacles and successfully navigate their path to partnership.
The Meritocracy Trap
Author: Daniel Markovits
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735222010
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal – that social and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding – reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions. Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we are. It sustains the American dream. But what if, both up and down the social ladder, meritocracy is a sham? Today, meritocracy has become exactly what it was conceived to resist: a mechanism for the concentration and dynastic transmission of wealth and privilege across generations. Upward mobility has become a fantasy, and the embattled middle classes are now more likely to sink into the working poor than to rise into the professional elite. At the same time, meritocracy now ensnares even those who manage to claw their way to the top, requiring rich adults to work with crushing intensity, exploiting their expensive educations in order to extract a return. All this is not the result of deviations or retreats from meritocracy but rather stems directly from meritocracy’s successes. This is the radical argument that Daniel Markovits prosecutes with rare force. Markovits is well placed to expose the sham of meritocracy. Having spent his life at elite universities, he knows from the inside the corrosive system we are trapped within. Markovits also knows that, if we understand that meritocratic inequality produces near-universal harm, we can cure it. When The Meritocracy Trap reveals the inner workings of the meritocratic machine, it also illuminates the first steps outward, towards a new world that might once again afford dignity and prosperity to the American people.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735222010
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal – that social and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding – reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions. Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we are. It sustains the American dream. But what if, both up and down the social ladder, meritocracy is a sham? Today, meritocracy has become exactly what it was conceived to resist: a mechanism for the concentration and dynastic transmission of wealth and privilege across generations. Upward mobility has become a fantasy, and the embattled middle classes are now more likely to sink into the working poor than to rise into the professional elite. At the same time, meritocracy now ensnares even those who manage to claw their way to the top, requiring rich adults to work with crushing intensity, exploiting their expensive educations in order to extract a return. All this is not the result of deviations or retreats from meritocracy but rather stems directly from meritocracy’s successes. This is the radical argument that Daniel Markovits prosecutes with rare force. Markovits is well placed to expose the sham of meritocracy. Having spent his life at elite universities, he knows from the inside the corrosive system we are trapped within. Markovits also knows that, if we understand that meritocratic inequality produces near-universal harm, we can cure it. When The Meritocracy Trap reveals the inner workings of the meritocratic machine, it also illuminates the first steps outward, towards a new world that might once again afford dignity and prosperity to the American people.
The Mother-In-Law Trap
Author: Connie Lovett Neal
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467855685
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Ever wondered why the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship is often the brunt of jokes? Have you ever fallen into the trap of thinking that everyone treats her in-laws badly? Are you preparing to enter a new in-law relationship and find yourself hoping to avoid the pitfalls your friends have warned you about? Or if you are you longing to repair damage to your mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship but dont know where to begin, this Bible study is for you. The Mother-in-Law Trap offers practical applications based on biblical truths that will help you avoid the pitfalls that might jeopardize your relationship and develop an enjoyable, healthy relationship with your in-laws.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467855685
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Ever wondered why the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship is often the brunt of jokes? Have you ever fallen into the trap of thinking that everyone treats her in-laws badly? Are you preparing to enter a new in-law relationship and find yourself hoping to avoid the pitfalls your friends have warned you about? Or if you are you longing to repair damage to your mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship but dont know where to begin, this Bible study is for you. The Mother-in-Law Trap offers practical applications based on biblical truths that will help you avoid the pitfalls that might jeopardize your relationship and develop an enjoyable, healthy relationship with your in-laws.
Operation Fly Trap
Author: Susan A. Phillips
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226667650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
"In 2003, an FBI-led task force known as Operation Fly Trap attempted to dismantle a significant drug network in two Bloods-controlled, African American neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The operation would soon be considered an enormous success, noted for the precision with which the task force targeted and removed gang members otherwise entrenched in larger communities. In Operation Fly Trap, Susan A. Phillips questions both the success of this operation and the methods used to conduct it. Balancing her roles as even-handed reporter and public scholar, she brings together personal narratives, crime statistics, gang cultural histories, and extensive public policy analysis to reveal multiple flaws within the U.S. criminal justice system, building a powerful argument that many law enforcement policies in fact nurture, rather than prevent, violence in American society."--Back cover.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226667650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
"In 2003, an FBI-led task force known as Operation Fly Trap attempted to dismantle a significant drug network in two Bloods-controlled, African American neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The operation would soon be considered an enormous success, noted for the precision with which the task force targeted and removed gang members otherwise entrenched in larger communities. In Operation Fly Trap, Susan A. Phillips questions both the success of this operation and the methods used to conduct it. Balancing her roles as even-handed reporter and public scholar, she brings together personal narratives, crime statistics, gang cultural histories, and extensive public policy analysis to reveal multiple flaws within the U.S. criminal justice system, building a powerful argument that many law enforcement policies in fact nurture, rather than prevent, violence in American society."--Back cover.
Shots from a Lawyer's Gun
Author: Nicholas Everitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Death Trap
Author: M. William Phelps
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786033762
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The true-crime story of a bitter divorcée and the murder of her ex and his new wife, by the New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Death. It started when Alan Bates and his new wife arrived at his ex's house to pick up his two daughters for a weekend visit. Then two charred bodies were found in a burned-out car on a lonely Georgia road . . . and investigators pieced together a shattering story of a vicious divorce, a spurned woman's bitter rage, and a thirst for revenge that led to cruel, unflinching murder. Updating this gripping true-life thriller with shocking new details, M. William Phelps uncovers the cold heart of an unthinkable crime. Praise for Death Trap “A chilling tale of a sociopathic wife and mother willing to sacrifice all those around her to satisfy her boundless narcissism . . . A compelling journey . . . . Fair warning: for three days I did little else but read this book.” —Harry N. MacLean, New York Times bestselling author of In Broad Daylight Perfect for readers of Anne Rule and Kathryn Casey Includes sixteen pages of dramatic photos
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786033762
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The true-crime story of a bitter divorcée and the murder of her ex and his new wife, by the New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Death. It started when Alan Bates and his new wife arrived at his ex's house to pick up his two daughters for a weekend visit. Then two charred bodies were found in a burned-out car on a lonely Georgia road . . . and investigators pieced together a shattering story of a vicious divorce, a spurned woman's bitter rage, and a thirst for revenge that led to cruel, unflinching murder. Updating this gripping true-life thriller with shocking new details, M. William Phelps uncovers the cold heart of an unthinkable crime. Praise for Death Trap “A chilling tale of a sociopathic wife and mother willing to sacrifice all those around her to satisfy her boundless narcissism . . . A compelling journey . . . . Fair warning: for three days I did little else but read this book.” —Harry N. MacLean, New York Times bestselling author of In Broad Daylight Perfect for readers of Anne Rule and Kathryn Casey Includes sixteen pages of dramatic photos
Lawyers Gone Wild
Author: Brenda Smith
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1420805835
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
In her book, Lawyers Gone Wild, author Brenda Smith, non lawyer depicts her personal struggle with lawyers-gone-wild for over eight years trying to steal her land in a legal system with no jurisdiction. "Property rights and democracy are under attack in America," Smith says. The word "lawyer" both on-and-off the bench conjures up an image of individuals acting like common criminals. Justice under the law can be reformed by average Americans. Lawyers are behind the erosion of our basic property rights and access to justice for all.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1420805835
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
In her book, Lawyers Gone Wild, author Brenda Smith, non lawyer depicts her personal struggle with lawyers-gone-wild for over eight years trying to steal her land in a legal system with no jurisdiction. "Property rights and democracy are under attack in America," Smith says. The word "lawyer" both on-and-off the bench conjures up an image of individuals acting like common criminals. Justice under the law can be reformed by average Americans. Lawyers are behind the erosion of our basic property rights and access to justice for all.
Justice for Some
Author: Noura Erakat
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503608832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
“A brilliant and bracing analysis of the Palestine question and settler colonialism . . . a vital lens into movement lawyering on the international plane.” —Vasuki Nesiah, New York University, founding member of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) Justice in the Question of Palestine is often framed as a question of law. Yet none of the Israel-Palestinian conflict’s most vexing challenges have been resolved by judicial intervention. Occupation law has failed to stem Israel’s settlement enterprise. Laws of war have permitted killing and destruction during Israel’s military offensives in the Gaza Strip. The Oslo Accord’s two-state solution is now dead letter. Justice for Some offers a new approach to understanding the Palestinian struggle for freedom, told through the power and control of international law. Focusing on key junctures—from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to present-day wars in Gaza—Noura Erakat shows how the strategic deployment of law has shaped current conditions. Over the past century, the law has done more to advance Israel’s interests than the Palestinians’. But, Erakat argues, this outcome was never inevitable. Law is politics, and its meaning and application depend on the political intervention of states and people alike. Within the law, change is possible. International law can serve the cause of freedom when it is mobilized in support of a political movement. Presenting the promise and risk of international law, Justice for Some calls for renewed action and attention to the Question of Palestine. “Careful and captivating . . . This book asks that the Palestinian liberation struggle and Jewish-Israeli society each reckon with the impossibility of a two-state future, reimagining what their interests are—and what they could become.” —Amanda McCaffrey, Jewish Currents
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503608832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
“A brilliant and bracing analysis of the Palestine question and settler colonialism . . . a vital lens into movement lawyering on the international plane.” —Vasuki Nesiah, New York University, founding member of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) Justice in the Question of Palestine is often framed as a question of law. Yet none of the Israel-Palestinian conflict’s most vexing challenges have been resolved by judicial intervention. Occupation law has failed to stem Israel’s settlement enterprise. Laws of war have permitted killing and destruction during Israel’s military offensives in the Gaza Strip. The Oslo Accord’s two-state solution is now dead letter. Justice for Some offers a new approach to understanding the Palestinian struggle for freedom, told through the power and control of international law. Focusing on key junctures—from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to present-day wars in Gaza—Noura Erakat shows how the strategic deployment of law has shaped current conditions. Over the past century, the law has done more to advance Israel’s interests than the Palestinians’. But, Erakat argues, this outcome was never inevitable. Law is politics, and its meaning and application depend on the political intervention of states and people alike. Within the law, change is possible. International law can serve the cause of freedom when it is mobilized in support of a political movement. Presenting the promise and risk of international law, Justice for Some calls for renewed action and attention to the Question of Palestine. “Careful and captivating . . . This book asks that the Palestinian liberation struggle and Jewish-Israeli society each reckon with the impossibility of a two-state future, reimagining what their interests are—and what they could become.” —Amanda McCaffrey, Jewish Currents
Lawyer Trap
Author: R. J. Jagger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937888886
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
In this pulse-pounding thriller from acclaimed author R.J. Jagger, a young lawyer tries to set a trap for the person or persons who murdered one of her colleagues. It happens in an instant. Someone's there in your life--a friend, a lover, a co-worker--and then just like that they vanish without a word; and not vanish in the ordinary sense as if they've suddenly grown tired of it all and moved to a beach in the Caribbean, but vanish in a sense that they've been brutally taken and murdered. You can sit back and wonder and worry and wait for them to show back up. Or you can do what newly-licensed attorney Aspen Wilde does when an up-and-coming associate attorney in her law firm suddenly disappears. You can follow in their footsteps, wherever they lead and however dangerous they become. You can ignore the thousand good reasons to turn around and go back to a normal life. You can just keep going until everything somehow comes to its explosive, socking end.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937888886
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
In this pulse-pounding thriller from acclaimed author R.J. Jagger, a young lawyer tries to set a trap for the person or persons who murdered one of her colleagues. It happens in an instant. Someone's there in your life--a friend, a lover, a co-worker--and then just like that they vanish without a word; and not vanish in the ordinary sense as if they've suddenly grown tired of it all and moved to a beach in the Caribbean, but vanish in a sense that they've been brutally taken and murdered. You can sit back and wonder and worry and wait for them to show back up. Or you can do what newly-licensed attorney Aspen Wilde does when an up-and-coming associate attorney in her law firm suddenly disappears. You can follow in their footsteps, wherever they lead and however dangerous they become. You can ignore the thousand good reasons to turn around and go back to a normal life. You can just keep going until everything somehow comes to its explosive, socking end.