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1) Legal
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Who's the New Guy… Katie Walters and Adam Miller have gone back to New York City with one goal, and only one goal: Find whoever is stealing money from Adam's company, and find them now. Even better, they've got a contact in the city who claims he knows who the thief is. But when that contact won't give them the information they need, and Katie starts turning up files that make it look like Adam himself might be involved, things start getting really...
2) Barely Legal
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For new lawyer Laura Turner, there is a fine line between what's right and what is barely legal when she starts her new job at a Mysterious Firm...
For Laura Turner, helping others had been her way of coping and forgetting a past so painful, she had to hide it from the ones she loved or risk going insane. Helping her best friend Serena Singleton start a new life free from a dark past, made her feel she was helping herself move forward. Laura, whose...
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Legal writing is a method of communication which focuses on the exactness and conciseness of words and their meaning. The interpretation of a legal document could impact the life, liberty or property of a person so it is important that the manner in which one engages in legal writing is consistent with established legal doctrine. Legal writing also assists in the interpretation of preceding laws.
4) Legal tender
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When her boyfriend announces he is dissolving their legal practice for a partnership with another woman, lawyer Bennie Rosato is shocked. Nothing like the shock she gets when police arrive to say the boyfriend is dead and they think she killed him.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841–1935) is ingrained in American history as one of the country's foremost jurists. Distinguished for his learning, judgment, humor, and eloquence, he served as justice of the United States Supreme Court for four decades. Throughout his career, Holmes forged new concepts of the origin and nature of law. He viewed the law as a social instrument rather than as a set of abstract principles, and his ideas were seminal in the...
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5 videodiscs (approximately 739 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The professional and personal stories of a group of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. Confronts social and moral issues, while its characters continually stretch the boundaries of the law.
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Criminal defense attorney Jessica Frost is hired to defend twenty-one-year-old daughter college student Stephanie Dozier who is accused of stabbing to death her roommate Kristine McVeigh, the daughter of a prominent local judge, Ralph McVeigh, as a result of a love triangle. The accused and victim attended Wryer College, a private women's institution in Creighton Hills, Oregon. Stephanie was caught holding the murder weapon, a ten-inch serrated knife,...
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The third Ben Schroeder legal thriller
1965. The British Establishment is reeling after a series of defections and acts of treachery by high-ranking Intelligence Officers. When Francis Hollander, an American academic, accuses Sir James Digby QC, a Baronet and a leader of the Bar, of being a Soviet spy, Digby retains Ben Schroeder and his head of Chambers to represent him. At first, it seems to be a simple case of libel, but as evidence starts to emerge...
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An attempted takeover of a West Virginia penitentiary goes badly, and a violent race riot breaks out among the prison population resulting in multiple injuries and deaths. Successful civil trial lawyer, Jack Fabian, is appointed to represent an indigent African American inmate who is accused of brutally murdering a White inmate during the melee. The lawyer is faced with the dilemma of representing a defendant who has been caught on prison surveillance...
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Jurisprudence: Outlines, Diagrams, and Study Sheets is a collection of outlines and diagrams as an aid to the study of Jurisprudence and Legal Theory. Designed to help you get the big picture of the theories, jurists, and philosophical and historical background of the subject. Use the diagrams to see an overall picture of each subtopic before you begin reading your texts, to organize your notes, and to review and revise. Prepare for your exams by...
11) Legal Passion
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Verdict: guilty…of making me want him…
Stone Michaelson has been my rival for a long time. He's also my biggest fantasy. I shouldn't desire him-he's arrogant and ruthless every time we face off in court. He's also gorgeous and intelligent, with the body of a god. As a lawyer for the notorious Street Legal firm, he's so wealthy he's out of touch, representing clients who think they can buy their way out of anything. As assistant DA, I want justice...
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4 videodiscs (557 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Follows the personal and professional exploits of a group of attorneys working at the law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt. They tackle some of today's most inflammatory, and sometimes irreverent, social and moral issues, from teen pregnancy and the death penalty to sex surrogates and Alzheimer's. Now, the firm faces financial ruin and its brilliant attorneys face chaotic caseloads filled with malpractice, murder, love and lust.
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Southern California legal thrillers - over 1,500 pages full of twists, turns, drama, crime and justice. For fans of Grisham, buy the series that one reader says "are among the best page-turners around."Presumed GuiltyIntroducing Avery Collins! Former inmate turned Harvard trained lawyer, Avery is a social justice warrior with a thirst for justice for the wrongfully accused. She represents Esme Gutierrez, a refugee accused of killing a wealthy young...
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"Hitchcock would have loved Midnight's twisty, original plot. . . . A fast, fun read fueled by a clever premise and well-developed characters" (Phillip Margolin, New York Times–bestselling author).
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
New Year's Eve is just another night for Carol Scilingo and Tom Carroway, secretary and law clerk for Judge Canter. The holiday might have been different if single mom Carol didn't have her young...
15) Legal Heat
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Katy Sinclair made it to the brink of partnership at her high-powered law firm with hard work, dogged determination, and the ruthless self-discipline to cultivate a conservative public image. But when she follows an evasive witness into a sex club, she can't deny herself a red-hot sexual encounter with the seductive bartender who sets her body on fire. She's sure that no one will ever know about her indiscretion - that is, until she walks into the...
16) Legal Affairs
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One year ago, I graduated from law school and embarked on a career as a purveyor of high priced legal shenanigans.
Six months ago, my boyfriend dumped me when I thought he might be proposing.
Two weeks ago, I got drunk and joined a secret sex club.
Two days ago, I had a torrid one-night stand with a stranger.
Today? My one-night stand is no longer a stranger.
Today, he's my new boss.
Matt Connover is all kinds of forbidden temptation wrapped...
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A fast-paced thriller in the tradition of John Grisham, Joseph Finder, and John Lescroart.
For Nick "Deke" Deketomis, David vs. Goliath battles are nothing new. As managing partner for one of the nation's largest plaintiffs' law firms, Deke has gone toe to toe with some of the largest corporations in the world. His firm specializes in the tough, even Quixotic, cases that few lawyers would take on. Like human trafficking.
Deke's target this time...
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In the A+ Legal Office, we look at how to create your A+ team, streamline your practice, and reclaim your life. How does a vacation without your laptop sound? With the onset of COVID-19 the working word has drastically changed. We discuss how to not just survive, but how to have a thriving practice in the new normal.
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416 pages ; 22 cm.
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Samantha Brickman is hired as the legal advocate for Cassie Sonnenberg after a brutal stabbing left the teenager's father and brother dead. It's a tabloid-ready case that has the nation in an uproar -- and Sam facing her biggest challenge yet. As Sam digs to find answers, she becomes more personally entangled in the case, and ends up facing a choice she never dreamed she'd have to make --
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