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Write.law Core Tech Certification
Legal-focused training on Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PDF editors, and more! Especially useful for its coverage of Email functions which are not covered by Procertas.
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Succeeding As Outside Counsel: A Lawyer's Guide to Providing First Class Legal Services from the Client's Perspective by Rod Boddie
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF311 .B63 2014
ISBN: 162722212X
Publication Date: 2014
Corporate Legal Departments: Practicing Law in a Corporation by Carole Basri; Irving Kagan
ISBN: 9781402416927
Publication Date: Updated annually
Extensive treatise that is updated annually. Includes chapters on day-to-day operations, ethical issues for the corporate client, compliance, crisis management, working with outside counsel, litigation management, employment law and many other topics

Something to Believe In: Politics, Professionalism, and Cause Lawyering by Stuart A. Scheingold; Austin Sarat
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF299.P8 S334 2004
ISBN: 0804749477
Publication Date: 2004

Private Lawyers and the Public Interest: The Evolving Role of Pro Bono in the Legal Profession by Robert Granfield (Editor); Lynn Mather (Editor)
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF299.P8 .P745 2009
ISBN: 0195386078
Publication Date: 2009
Poverty Law and Legal Activism: Lives that Slide Out of View by Adam Gearey
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF336 .G43 2018
ISBN: 113855605X
Publication Date: 2018
Pro Bono Practice and Legal Ethics by Kenneth Manaster; Alan Scheflin; Viva Harris
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF299.P8 .M28 2016
ISBN: 1632820714
Publication Date: 2016
The Lawyer as Leader: How to Plant People and Grow Justice by Artika R. Tyner
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF311 .T96 2014
ISBN: 1627226648
Publication Date: 2015

Essential Lawyering Skills: Interviewing, Counseling, Negotiation and Persuasive Fact Analysis by Stefan H. Krieger; Richard K. Neumann
Call Number: 1st Floor Reserve: KF300 .E84 2015
ISBN: 1454830980
Publication Date: 2015
The Busy Lawyer's Guide to Success: Essential Tips to Power Your Practice by Reid F. Trautz; Pinnington Dan
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF315 .T72 2009
ISBN: 1604424680
Publication Date: 2010
Decision Making for Lawyers by Pennsylvania Bar Institute
Call Number: KF300 .D43 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Explores professionalism, bias, best practices for representing clients and other related topics.
Client Science: Advice for Lawyers on Counseling Clients through Bad News and Other Legal Realities by Marjorie Corman Aaron
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF311 .A923 2012
ISBN: 0199891907
Publication Date: 2012

Write.law Legal Soft Skills Certification
Covers building your own brand, marketing yourself, oral argument tactics, working virtually, business models and tailoring to different audiences.

The Creative Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction by Michael F. Melcher
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF300.Z9 .M45 2014
ISBN: 1614389802
Publication Date: 2014
Building a Better Law Practice: Become a Better Lawyer in Five Minutes a Day by Jeremy W. Richter
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF300 .R54 2018
ISBN: 1641051787
Publication Date: 2018
Finding Bliss: Innovative Legal Models for Happy Clients & Happy Lawyers by Deborah Epstein Henry; Suzie Scanlon; Garry A. Berger; Suzie Scanlon Rabinowitz
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF300 .H457 2015
ISBN: 1627226524
Publication Date: 2015
The Introverted Lawyer: A Seven Step Journey Toward Authentically Empowered Advocacy by Heidi K. Brown
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF300 .B75 2017
ISBN: 1634257723
Publication Date: 2017
Balancing Work and Wellness: Feel Good in Your (Legal) Briefs by PBI
Call Number: 2nd Floor: KF300 .B25 2019
Publication Date: 2019

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