Lawyer in Practice (YNMPm700)

Course topics: 1. General information about advocacy: introduction to the profession of lawyer. \"Guild\" profession vs. form of business. 2. Law office: its definition in terms of Slovak and EU legislation, its specifics as a business entity. 3. Members of the law firm: position of student, law clerk, lawyer, partner of the law firm. Personal prerequisites for working in a law firm. 4. Specific skills required of a student and a trainee lawyer in a law firm. 5. Specific skills required of a lawyer and a law firm partner. 6. How to prepare for a possible career in advocacy in college? Skills that can be developed already in university. How does one identify his or her strengths for advocacy purposes? 7. Graduate skills needed to excel among numerous average applicants for a job in advocacy in Slovakia. The most common mistakes of job seekers. Negotiation rules and tips for a successful job interview. 8. Successful start in advocacy: basic principles for the first months of graduate work in a law firm. 9. Processing of basic documents and rules of presentation. 10. Specialization in advocacy: the importance of specialization, how to find and develop it. 11. Law firm and business: how does a law firm do business? Salaries, costs, profit sharing, etc. 12. Setting up processes and corporate culture, ethics in a law firm. How to participate in this process and how to identify existing processes and corporate culture if they are not identified \"on paper\"?

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Supervisors and educators:
Jarmila Hercegová - Zodpovedný za elearning
prof. PhDr. JUDr. Tomáš Gábriš, PhD. - Zabezpečuje, Hlavný garant
Katarína Cviková - Zodpovedný za elearning
JUDr. Marek Šmid - Zabezpečuje, Skúšajúci, Cvičiaci, Kogarant
doc. JUDr. Peter Varga, PhD. - Kogarant
Ing. Jana Koprlová, PhD. - Kogarant, Schvaľujúci zápis
doc. JUDr. Dagmar Lantajová, PhD. - Kogarant

Code: YNMPm700

Period: ZS

Credits: 3