MLL110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Barista, Legal Writing, Conflict Resolution

• School: Deakin University
• Department: Business and Law
• Course: MLL110
• Professor: All

Document Summary

*conflict resolution and mediation exploring and negotiation other methods so we avoid taking it to the court. *communication- communicate with yourself, the court , the other side (carefully pick your words) *legal research expect a lawyer to go explore answers. Cannot come to a conclusion without evidence, you need it to support your argument. *non-assumptive thinking- cannot assume and put our own assumption (you need to find solid information and how it fits in). *facts over emotion jo(cid:271) is to ad(cid:448)ise your (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t (cid:449)hat"s (cid:271)est for the(cid:373) ((cid:449)ithout the emotion) keep your judgment clear so you can properly advise them. *tolerance of ambiguity (being open to more than one interpretation) no right answer in la(cid:449), it"s al(cid:449)ays the argu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. *make connections between facts , documents and laws- take the facts given (from clients etc. ) and apply to the law , find a connection and come to some sort of conclusions. *auto(cid:373)ati(cid:272) de(cid:448)il"s ad(cid:448)o(cid:272)a(cid:272)y- consider both sides of the coin.