Legal skills & practice

The best-selling legal skills textbook in the market, Legal Skills is the essential guide for law students, encompassing all the academic and practical skills in one manageable volume. Learn More

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Blackstone's Civil Practice 2021 provides expertly written, detailed commentary of unrivalled quality on the process of civil litigation. It is the only major civil work to adopt a narrative approach based on the chronology of a claim and is essential reading for practitioners and academics alike. Learn More

Blackstone's Civil Practice 2021: The Commentary provides expertly written, detailed commentary of unrivalled quality on the process of civil litigation. It is the only major civil work to adopt a narrative approach based on the chronology of a claim and is essential reading for practitioners and academics alike. Learn More

Designed to test trainee investigators studying for the National Investigators' Examination (NIE), this book presents over 200 multiple-choice questions set in same style of the exam. All answers provide detailed explanations and references back to the Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual 2021 for further study and clarification. Learn More

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This manual offers a comprehensive course in drafting suitable for the trainee barrister, providing all the necessary information alongside practical exercises to help the reader practise and master the skill of drafting. Learn More

Remedies ensures that trainee barristers can correctly identify remedial relief and calculate damages for their clients. Combining explanations of substantive law with problems and worked examples, trainee barristers are encouraged to apply their knowledge and find practical solutions to problems likely to be encountered in practice. Learn More

Covering all aspects of a client interview in both civil and criminal proceedings, Conference Skills equips trainee barristers with the key case-work, written, and interpersonal skills required to conduct successful client conferences, and is fully supported by how-to-do-it guides, worked examples, and realistic case documentation. Learn More

Opinion Writing and Case Preparation equips trainee barristers with the tools and techniques they need to identify, analyse, and present sound legal arguments, and provides them with a thorough grounding in the skill of writing opinions. Learn More

Criminal Litigation and Sentencing gives the reader a detailed understanding of the key laws, rules, and procedures underpinning the criminal justice system from arrest and charge of a suspect, to trial, sentencing, and appeal. Prosecution cases in the magistrates', Crown, youth, and appellant courts are each fully covered. Learn More

The only text that fully combines coverage of legal systems with academic and professional legal skills. Coupled with the focus on employability and commercial awareness, Legal Systems & Skills is the essential contemporary toolkit for law students. Learn More