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The new lawyer companion : essays on law, life, and humanity / Katie Cowan, LLB (University of Canterbury), BA (University of Canterbury, Political Science), Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, with foreword from Solicitor General Una Jagose QC.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wellington : Lexis Nexis NZ Limited, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: Katie Cowan LLB (University of Canterbury), BA (University of Canterbury, Political Science) Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand Wellington LexisNexis NZ Limited 2021Description: xv, 259 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781988546520
  • 1988546524
Other title:
  • Essays on law, life, and humanity
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.02393 23
Summary: "Katie Cowan wants your experience of being a new lawyer to be better. It turns out that lawyers are humans, each with their own little nervous system and personality. Maybe they like jokes. Maybe they struggle with periods of big change. Maybe they don't all fit in the same job, no matter how good the cheese was at the recruitment evening that led them there All of this humanity can get lost in a world of strict liability and stricter professional norms, where the career path can feel prescribed and a matter of endurance. But what if the experience of being a law student and new lawyer could be better? What if you had a sense of what to expect as you went along? What if you didn't have to pretend you weren't anxious? What if someone encouraged you to play and enjoy things? And then, when you looked upon the darker parts of legal culture, what if you saw your influence to change them? The New Lawyer Companion is a volume of essays for law students and people with law degrees on topics covering law school, your mind and mental health, career design, your first year working, and culture change and the future of law. The essays are drawn from articles published in LawTalk and LexisNexis' Learn Law Life website, together with new essays"--Back cover.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 340.02393 COW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A562826B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 340.02393 COW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Issued 14/11/2024 A562825B

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"Katie Cowan wants your experience of being a new lawyer to be better. It turns out that lawyers are humans, each with their own little nervous system and personality. Maybe they like jokes. Maybe they struggle with periods of big change. Maybe they don't all fit in the same job, no matter how good the cheese was at the recruitment evening that led them there All of this humanity can get lost in a world of strict liability and stricter professional norms, where the career path can feel prescribed and a matter of endurance. But what if the experience of being a law student and new lawyer could be better? What if you had a sense of what to expect as you went along? What if you didn't have to pretend you weren't anxious? What if someone encouraged you to play and enjoy things? And then, when you looked upon the darker parts of legal culture, what if you saw your influence to change them? The New Lawyer Companion is a volume of essays for law students and people with law degrees on topics covering law school, your mind and mental health, career design, your first year working, and culture change and the future of law. The essays are drawn from articles published in LawTalk and LexisNexis' Learn Law Life website, together with new essays"--Back cover.

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