Overview
Today’s justice system and the legal profession have rendered the “lawyer-warrior” notion outdated, shifting toward conflict resolution rather than protracted litigation. The new lawyer’s skills go beyond court battles to encompass negotiation, mediation, collaborative practice, and restorative justice. In The New Lawyer, Julie Macfarlane explores the evolving role of practitioners, articulating legal and ethical complexities in a variety of contexts. The result is a thought-provoking exploration of the increasing impact of alternative strategies on the lawyer-client relationship, as well as on the legal system itself.
Full Product Details
Author: Julie Macfarlane
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.90cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9780774814362
ISBN 10: 0774814365
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 July 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By: 9780774835831
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The New Lawyer is the first book to thoroughly research and describe the massive changes in the legal profession and practice in the last three decades, and to make a serious attempt to predict what will happen in the decades to follow ... an outstanding effort. Readers will not be disappointed. -- Deborah Macfarlane Law and Politics Book Review, Vol 19. No. 7 Professor Julie Macfarlane is onto something here. As she does in the Preface to The New Lawyer, I too would recommend this book not only to those lawyers who may be disillusioned with what she calls the warrior mentality of legal practice but also to lawyers who may be sceptical of the alternative legal image [...] Macfarlane 's compromise convergence produces a happy hybrid that many lawyers can relate to and already see within themselves - a lawyer who is both a fighter and a settler and who helps the client both engage with conflict and make a game plan for victory. -- Andrew Pirie, University of Victoria Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol.46 It is a researched and learned discussion and is an extremely valuable [...] book for anyone wanting to understand the broad changes in advanced western democracies which have been and are still happening. It highlights some issues and tensions which will impact how best to carry out your role as a New Lawyer. [...] On the whole the book is thought provoking [...]. I do not know of any other attempt to deal with the whole issue so well. Ms. Macfarlane is to be congratulated. -- John Pender LEADR Monthly E-Newsletter The Justice system is ever changing and Ms. MacFarlane has enunciated some constructive alternatives to the public concept of lawyers as courtroom battlers. The author outlines the new lawyer who has shifted strategy to also consider mediation and restorative justice. The book is useful to trial lawyers in that it outlines how to benefit by learning how to best use these options. -- Ronald F. MacIsaac Barrister, Issue 87
Professor Julie Macfarlane is onto something here. As she does in the Preface to The New Lawyer, I too would recommend this book not only to those lawyers who may be disillusioned with what she calls the warrior mentality of legal practice but also to lawyers who may be skeptical of the alternative legal image [...]. [...] Macfarlane 's compromise convergence produces a happy hybrid that many lawyers can relate to and already see within themselves--a lawyer who is both a fighter and a settler and who helps the client both engage with conflict and make a game plan for victory.--Andrew Pirie University of Victoria, Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol.46, 2008
Author Information
Julie Macfarlane is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor.
