The Perfect Legal Resume - Lawyers - Here's How to Write the Perfect Legal Resume

If you are a lawyer or law student and want to maximize your chance of getting the best possible job, read Murray Elwood's new book. The Perfect Legal Resume tells you how to best present yourself. Not a generic resume guide, this book is exclusively about writing legal resumes. There are fullpage templates and samples for both lawyers and law students. Chocked full with expert advice, the book includes insight on electronic resume design and true-to-life stories of lawyers in successful career transitions and the resumes they used to market themselves. J. Murray Elwood is a professional writer, law editor, and career consultant. 8 1/2" X 11". Softback. 82 pages. 2000.

Also available as a set with the complementary The Perfect Legal Job Search. See item #0032 for the description.

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The Perfect Legal Job Search - Guide to the Perfect Legal Job Search

Here is a unique valuable publication. A career search guide for busy lawyers. It offers an easy method on how to find a new legal job using specific valuable suggestions.

It has specific samples of both generic and targeted ad-response letters and SCRIPTS for taking control of interview-scheduling phone calls. The guide suggests ways to reduce job interviewing unknowns. It describes ways to identify before an interview a law firm's hidden hiring criteria. The book is a natural for a lawyer seeking a lateral move to a better position, but who doesn't have much time to look. It teaches basic job search skills, offers letter samples, interviewing scripts and actual stories of lawyers going through difficult job searches.

Large size paperback. 8 1/2" X 11". 106 pages. Published 2001.

Written by Murray Elwood who received his JD from Temple University where previously he was Director of Law Career Development and Instructor of legal writing.

Also available as a set with the complementary The Perfect Legal Resume. See item #0028 for the description.

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Dog Law - Quick--Can One Leave Money to a Dog?

Here is the recently revised edition of one of our long-time best selling books. The answers to all (well most all) dog law questions are here. Almost a century ago, legal scholar Roscoe Pound (we're not making this up) said the legal world would "wait impatiently for a Treatise on Canine Jurisprudence". Here it is. Great gift for the dog lover--but, also good quick reference for the occasional "dog-bite" lawyer. If you need to know almost anything about dogs and the law (ie barking dogs, pit bulls, putting dogs in your will, etc.) it's here. Paperback. 2001. 336 pages. 7" X 9". By Berkeley law grad Mary Randolph.

Dog Law
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Habeas Codfish--Reflections on Food & The Law - Habeas Codfish!! Reading about the Law of Food Can be Fun!

What we eat and how we eat are shaped as much by legal regulations as by personal taste. For the lawyer who loves to eat! Written by Barry Levenson, curator and CMO (Chief Mustard Officer) of a Wisconsin mustard museum (with the world's largest collection of mustards), and previously an assistant state's atty general. He almost certainly is the only lawyer to have appeared before the US Supreme Court with a jar of mustard in his pocket!

Book covers the McDonald's hot coffee case; Oprah's "beef" with cattle ranchers,how Mr. Peanut shaped the law of trademark infringement for the entire food industry, prison food issues and much more.Published 2001. Hardcover. 263 pages.

Habeas Codfish
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Medical Dictionary - Rely on This for Clear, Up to Date, and Precise Information

Doing business can be made easier. All professionals want the assurance that they have access to the most up-to-date information. With this volume you can be confident that you and your staff have one of the most definitive reference tools available. The Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary is a comprehensive easy-to-use guide to today's most widely used health-care terms, abbreviations, medical names, and more - called by the Harvard Health Letter "one of the best medical reference books available". Hardbound and the latest in updated information.

Medical Dictionary
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Webster's Third Dictionary and Stand - The Ultimate Reference Book: A Gift for a Lifetime

Just call it Professional Security! As stated by The New York Times Book Review, "It is the closest we can get, in America, to the Voice of Authority." Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged sets the standard for excellence in language reference. This IS the ideal gift for any graduate or for the professional who wants the ULTIMATE dictionary of the English language for office or home. Our dictionary features more than 472,000 vocabulary entries, etymologies (description of word origins), over 3,000 illustrations, and a Special Addenda Section of 14,000 new words and their meanings. Thumb indexed for easy look-up. Handsomely bound in a deluxe durable buckram binding and gift boxed. Weighs over 13 lbs. The Publisher's suggested retail price is $119; our price is $104. For that professional look and for easy use in reading, you'll find that the made-to-fit inclined dictionary stand is the perfect accessory. Also protects book's binding from wear. Durable rock maple with walnut stain. 22"W x 14"L x 6 1/2"H at tallest point. 10 lbs.

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