CRCJ 3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Law Society
2 Aug 2016
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Lawyers have duty to tell law society of what kind of work they have done if they face an audit. Need to pay fees to stay in law society. This list allows you judge how well you are learning both in class and through extra curricular activities. Much different than what is learnt in undergraduate legal studies. Writing courses focus on incorporating legal tasks and teach you how to write technically, simply and clearly. Law school clinics and moot cup allows for good experience. Advocacy is process in which lawyer advances the clients position. In comparison to sociolegal studies where you decide where your research will go, a lawyer"s research is given to him depending on what the issues are in a clients case. When lawyers are given contentious issues they look to see if previous decisions have been made on similar subjects. Legislation is the primary source lawyers look at.
