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Fundamental Skills for Modern Lawyers (eBook)

Edited by: Alex Davies

ISBN13: 9781837231898
Published: June 2026
Publisher: Globe Law and Business
Country of Publication: UK
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The modern lawyer is expected to be technically excellent, emotionally intelligent, adaptable and commercially aware – often all at once. But legal workplaces are not one-size-fits-all, and neither are the people who work in them.

To thrive in today’s legal profession, lawyers must master the human skills that underpin trust, influence and effective leadership.

Fundamental Skills for Modern Lawyers is a practical, insight-driven guide to the capabilities that increasingly define successful legal careers. From handling difficult conversations and giving feedback, to building resilience, negotiating effectively and developing a strong professional profile, this title equips lawyers with the tools they need to perform in an increasingly complex world.

The book covers topics as diverse as emotional intelligence, decision-making and delegation, to networking and change management through a distinctly legal lens, as well as looking ahead to the evolving role of the lawyer, and how neurodiversity and technological developments can all play to the lawyer’s human strengths.

Written for lawyers at every stage of their career, this new co-publication with CILEX bridges the gap between legal expertise and human insight – helping practitioners become not just good lawyers, but trusted advisers and effective leaders.

Subjects:
Legal Skills and Method, eBooks
Contents:
Introduction: Why soft skills are now core legal skills
By Sara Fowler, president, CILEX

Part I: Mastering Yourself
Chapter 1: Emotional intelligence in legal practice – developing a superpower for lawyers
By Kim Tasso, managing director, RedStarKim
Chapter 2: Building resilient lawyers and legal teams
By Paula Davis, JD, MAPP, founder and CEO, Stress & Resilience Institute
Chapter 3: Grief and trauma in legal practice – managing exposure in a loss-saturated profession
By Tom Spence
Chapter 4: Neurodiversity in legal practice
By Danielle Gleicher-Bates and Emma Llanwarne, neurodiversikey
Chapter 5: Time management and prioritization
By Nikki Alderson
Chapter 6: Decision-making under pressure
By Alice Boullier de Branche and Jean-Baptiste LeBelle, Allen & Overy

Part II: Working Effectively with Others
Chapter 7: How to have difficult conversations
By Susan Heaton-Wright, founder, Superstar Communicator
Chapter 8: Giving and receiving feedback
By Wayne Hassay, managing partner, Maguire Schneider Hassay, LLP
Chapter 9: Delegation and supervision – leading modern legal teams with confidence, clarity and humanity
By Pam Loch, Solicitor and CEO, with contributions from
Lauren McLaughlin, solicitor, and Kate Rigby, HR director, Loch
Chapter 10: Negotiation as communication
By Jonathan Middleburgh, principal, Edge International
Chapter 11: Agile and lean – new ways of collaborating and organizing work
By Maria Govis, KPMG

Part III: Influence, Visibility and Career Development
Chapter 12: Networking with purpose
By Rebecca Overend
Chapter 13: Turning relationships into results – mastering business development in modern practice
By Yuliya LaRoe
Chapter 14: Developing your professional profile
By Rebecca Harding, Saltwhistle

Part IV: Leading Through Change
Chapter 15: Change management for lawyers – the human architecture of change in legal
By Dr Andrea Miskolczi, MBA, managing director, InterAlia Consulting
Chapter 16: The modern digital lawyer
By Daan Potjer, director, commercial and legal excellence, Loyens & Loeff N.V.
Chapter 17: Becoming a trusted advisor and beyond
By Stuart Maister, chief storyteller, Strategic Narrative
Chapter 18: The profoundly human law firm
By Jonathan Middleburgh, principal, Edge International