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05 April
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Backing Up When You Have Crossed the Line in Negotiations

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As an attorney, it is critical to walk into negotiations with a firm but calm attitude—and above all, a positive one. If you are confident about your skills and the task at hand, half the battle is won already. You should be equipped with as much knowledge about the other side as possible, along with understanding a little bit about their perspective and why they are there to begin with. While you may be employing either an assertive or more cooperative persona during negotiations, having sympathy and empathy can help you greatly in working with others as you discuss an...

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04 April
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Negotiating: Should You Make the First Offer?

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Negotiating can be a complex exercise at times, and making the first offer can sometimes be a challenge. In some cases, both parties may come to the negotiating table with a clear set of goals, hammer out the details, and be done with the whole business of bargaining. Those are the times when your job is easy, bonuses, in comparison to what is often very challenging—and especially when you have a client relying on you. Before you even get to negotiations, however, there is homework. Mainly, this means getting to know both sides. You may have already ‘interviewed’ your client at...

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03 April
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Understanding Law Today: Why Do Most Cases Settle?

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As a trial attorney, you are expected to have many skills geared toward winning in the courtroom, as well as experience and hopefully, a stellar track record. This means taking on cases that will go to court and winning them—and often suffering through trials that no one else wanted to take on. As a trial attorney, you must be skilled at understanding your client thoroughly, as well as the opponent, with a clear strategy for defeating them in court. Research skills, writing skills, interpersonal skills, negotiating skills, and the ability to command the courtroom are all essential for your career...

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02 April
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Popularity of Online Law Schools is Growing

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As online law schools become popular, you may look back on how law school always seems to require a physical presence. Most of us are familiar with the stereotype of the overly exhausted law student falling asleep standing up or during meals due to study exhaustion and sleep deprivation, along with attending class hoping to be the perfect student, making straight A’s, and graduating at the top of their class. If this was you at one time in life, or if you are kind of hoping to get accepted into that lifestyle soon, finding out that you can experience it...

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01 April
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What Sets Trial Lawyers Apart

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If you are attending California Desert Trial Academy College of Law, then you must envision yourself graduating and becoming one of the successful trial lawyers of California. We have all enjoyed a variety of different movies and television shows featuring savvy lawyers who know how to steal the scene in court, leaving the jury and everyone else riveted—and of course, winnng the case dramatically. The basics in being a trial lawyer include bringing in the clients, interviewing them and finding out all the details of their cases, and then representing them in court. This is also, however, one of the areas...

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29 March
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The First Year Versus the Last Year of Law School

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The first year of law school can be an intense exercise in adaptation. While you may begin attending law school, whether online at an institution like California Desert Trial Academy College of Law, or in a physical classroom, the first few months especially can be difficult—no matter how prepared you thought you were! All the talk in the world can be helpful before you begin school, but it cannot compare to the experience of studying voluminous amounts of coursework, learning to organize copious amounts of study material, and also juggling other issues which can be stressful too such as competition...

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28 March
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Understanding Key Challenges in Basic Negotiations

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For many, the law is a calling, along with understanding key challenges in helping clients. Rising students may feel a need to see justice served, along with enjoying using their talents in argument and negotiation. And while you may have a natural propensity for taking control of a dispute with greater articulation than others, there is much that must be studied and learned to be a master negotiator. Some negotiations may be fluid in nature—and even enjoyable to attend—while other experiences may remind you of playing a treacherous game of chess. Understanding a few key points as you delve into the...

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27 March
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Breaking the Stalemate in Legal Negotiations

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While negotiating may be an art, it can also be an intense exercise in patience--especially in the presence of a stalemate. One must be able to look at the complete overview, see the total picture, understand the backgrounds of both sides, get a grip on how the legal conflict came to be in the first place, and create a strategy that not only pleases the client with a successful outcome, but hopefully allows everyone to win in the end somehow. Even the best, the brightest, and the most experienced negotiators can meet the dreaded impasse though. It can be frustrating if...

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26 March
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Five Surefire Ways to Win in Negotiating

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It is often said that most people don’t really listen, they just wait to reply, and that is not always a good strategy if you want to win in negotiating. And while producing a killer reply is an excellent skill to have as a negotiator, if you have the true ability to sit back and size up a situation without emotion or immediate reaction, the ball will often be right where you want it: in your court. Negotiating is a heavily nuanced art though, with many ways to reach the desired outcome. Here are fire surefire ways to win: Be...

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22 March
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Law Students: Learning to Negotiate in Litigation

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As an attorney, you will be expected to be good at negotiating, and your clients will rely on you to use these skills in their stead, especially in litigation issues. As a trial attorney, however, you are held to an even higher benchmark, presumed to be a master at arguing, negotiating, and in some cases, a lot of getting down to the nitty gritty with bargaining. As a law student, you will inevitably find nearly every minute of your life filled with class, preparing for class, studying, becoming prolific as a writer of outlines, and more. You may, just like...

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The method of instruction at this law school for the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree program is principally in physical classroom facilities.

Students enrolled in the J.D. degree program at this law school who successfully complete the first year of law study must pass the First-Year Law Students Examination required by Business and Professions Code 6060(h) and Rule VIII of the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California as part of the requirements to qualify to take the California Bar Examination.

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