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What is law like? What do lawyers do all day and what’s it like, becoming a lawyer? This book helps students thinking of studying law decide before they commit to expensive programmes of study. It covers law and its practice in a new and engrossing way that tells students whether the law really is for them.

Is Law for You?

Deciding If You Want to Study Law

$50.74

  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    1 May 2013

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Summary

This book is a must-read guide for students thinking of studying law and, indeed, for anyone interested in the law. Author Chris Stoakes - known for his ability to make complex subjects simple - approaches the law in a new and compelling way, explaining the basic legal principles but marrying them up with the practice of law, explaining the different areas of specialisation, types of law firm, how they are organised and what it is like being a lawyer. Throughout, he draws on his unique career in and around the law, as a City solicitor, a partner in a law firm, a legal journalist and editor, a law teacher, a tutor on an MBA for lawyers and a management consultant who has advised law firms and in-house legal departments.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780957494626
ISBN-10:0957494629
Author:Christopher Stoakes
Publisher:Christopher Stoakes Ltd
Imprint:Christopher Stoakes Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Edition:2nd
Release Date:1 May 2013
Weight:314g
Dimensions:165mm x 245mm
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Is Law for You? by Christopher Stoakes - ISBN: 9780957494626
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About The Author

Christopher Stoakes

Chris Stoakes is the author of a number of best-selling books on the financial markets, law and business that students praise for making complex subjects easy to understand and enjoyable to read. By profession a lawyer, he has held various senior positions in law firms including head of legal training and director of knowledge management at a top ten global law firm. He has also been a consultant to what is now the University of Law. Chris is an award-winning designer of innovative legal training programmes and has trained lawyers in effective writing and commercial awareness. Chris read law at Worcester College, Oxford and qualified at Freshfields.

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