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A small-town corporate lawyer in a small firm may deal in many short-term jobs such as drafting wills, divorce settlements, and real estate transactions, whereas a corporate lawyer in a large city firm may spend many months devoted to negotiating a single business transaction. Similarly, different firms may organize their subdivisions in ...
CV (Dutch: Commanditaire vennootschap, Indonesian: Perusahaan/Persekutuan Komanditer): limited partnership (US), kommanditgesellschaft (Germany); a more common type for smaller businesses. PT (Indonesian: Perseroan Terbatas): private company limited by shares (UK) State-owned PT (both in majority and complete ownership) ends with (Persero).
The drafting of legal documents such as contracts is different as, unlike in most other legal writing categories, it is common to use language and clauses that are derived from form books, legal opinions and other documents without attribution. Lawyers use forms documents when drafting documents such as contracts, wills, and judgments.
Contra proferentem (Latin: "against [the] offeror"), [1] also known as "interpretation against the draftsman", is a doctrine of contractual interpretation providing that, where a promise, agreement or term is ambiguous, the preferred meaning should be the one that works against the interests of the party who provided the wording.
Law firms are organized in a variety of ways, depending on the jurisdiction in which the firm practices. Common arrangements include: Sole proprietorship, in which the attorney is the law firm and is responsible for all profit, loss and liability;
A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters.. The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as well as the lawyer's area of practice.
Law costs draftsmen must be skilled in the application of the statutory law relating to legal costs, and be familiar with the system of legal fees. For this reason, many firms of litigation solicitors retain law costs draftsmen as employees. Others rely on the services of dedicated costs drafting organisations and independent draftsmen.
Legal education reform and civic education. This work promotes legal education reform by assisting law schools in introducing new courses and practical training methods that better meet the needs of tomorrow's legal professionals. A rule of law culture is promoted through civic education campaigns on citizens’ rights. Legal profession reform.