This guide for legal professionals assumes a working knowledge of legal terminology and law office procedure. It includes chapters on career development, ethics, law office management, computer information systems, accounting, legal writing, legal research, the courts, administrative agencies, trial preparation, civil procedure, criminal procedure, torts, contracts, real estate transactions, landlord and tenant, estate planning, estates, guardianships, family law, business organizations, bankruptcy, taxation, arbitration, environmental law, water law, oil and gas law, labor law, intellectual property law, pension and profit sharing plans, workers' compensation law, admiralty and maritime law, antitrust law, immigration law, and federal civil rights and employment discrimination laws.