The Lawyer And His Profession A Series Of Letters PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... I Propose in this Letter to glance, briefly, at the various kinds of business with which your attention is likely to be occupied during the first years of your professional career. I do not intend to do more than consider, in a general manner, this part of my subject; first, because it is next to impossible, in less than half-a-dozen volumes, to enter into the details of the practice in a solicitor's office, so very varied are the subjects which come under his consideration, and so much is there to be said respecting every one; and, secondly, because it is exceedingly unlikely that your practice will be either large or very general for several years to come. I shall presume that your attention will mostly be devoted to a variety of small matters, --not, of course, wholly excluding the probability that you will have occasionally to manage matters of considerable importance. And I have no intention of offering any but such general suggestions as it appears to me it may be worth your while to bear in mind, as the principles on which you should conduct the several matters of business in which you may be engaged. I think you may divide all the business in a solicitor's office into two general classes. The first of these will comprise such business as is conducted through the medium of the several Courts of Law and Equity; the second, such business as is conducted without reference to the Courts. The first class includes, 1, litigatory business; and, 2, the various kinds of mere routine business in the Courts, such as Bankruptcy and Insolvency, and the "non-contentious business" in the Court of Probate. The second class includes, 3, Conveyancing, and, 4, all the variety of matters in which a solicitor is generally employed, and which may be...