Developing your professional identity : creating your inner lawyer /

"Who will I be as a lawyer? This is the most important question any law student can ask. Yet, in traditional legal education, this question rarely comes up. The purpose of this book is to change this. Professional identity is a lawyer's personal legal morality, values, decision-making proc...

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Main Author: Fruehwald, Edwin Scott, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [United States] : [Publisher not identified], [2015]
San Bernardino, CA ©2015
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Summary:"Who will I be as a lawyer? This is the most important question any law student can ask. Yet, in traditional legal education, this question rarely comes up. The purpose of this book is to change this. Professional identity is a lawyer's personal legal morality, values, decision-making process, and self-consciousness in relation to the practices of the legal profession (legal culture). It provides the framework that a lawyer uses to make all a lawyer's decision. This book takes a variety of approaches to help you develop your professional identity. It asks you to take a close look at yourself by asking questions about your childhood, your college years, and who you are today. It give[s] you the tools you will need to develop your professional identity. It deals with professional identity within certain topics - the attorney-client relationship, the lawyer and society, and attorney advertising and solicitation of clients, and it focuses on your future role as a lawyer"--Unedited summary from book cover
Physical Description:xi, 230 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:9781519114105
1519114109