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| I. | First Impressions | 1 |
| The Law Courts Building on the Strand.—A Court Room.—Participants in a Trial.—Wigs and Gowns.—Colloquial Methods.—Agreeable Voices.— Similarity to American Trials. | |
| II. | The Making of Lawyers | 9 |
| Classes from which Barristers and Solicitors are Drawn.—The Inns of Court.—Inns of Chancery.— American Students at Period of Revolution.—A Barrister's Chambers.—Training of Barristers in an Inn.—Being Called to the Bar.—Training of Solicitors. | |
| III. | Barristers | 29 |
| Waiting for Solicitors as Clients. "Devilling."— Juniors.—Conduct of a Trial.—"Taking Silk."— Becoming a K. C.—Active Practice.—The Small Number of Barristers. | |
| IV. | Barristers—The Common Law and Chancery Bars | 39 |
| Bar Divided into Two Parts. No Distinction Between Criminal and Civil Practice.—Leaders.—"Taking His Seat" in a Particular Court.—"Going Special."— List of Specials and Leaders.—Significance of Gowns and "Weepers." "Bands."—"Court Coats."— Wigs in the House of Lords.—Barristers' Bags, Blue and Red. | |
| V. | Solicitors | 49 |
| Line Which Separates Them from the Bar.—Solicitor a Business Man.—Family Solicitors.—Great City Firms of Solicitors.—The Number of Solicitors in England and Wales.—Tendency Toward Abolishing the Distinction Between Barrister and Solicitor.— Solicitors Wear no Distinctive Dress Except in County Courts.—Solicitors' Bags. | |
| VI. | Business and Fees | 57 |
| Influential Friends of Barrister.—Junior's and Leader's Brief Fees.—Fees of Common Law and Chancery Barristers.—Barrister Partnerships not Allowed.—English Litigation Less Important than American.—Clerks of Barristers and Solicitors Haggle over Fees.—Solicitors' Fees. | |
| VII. | Discipline of the Bar and of Solicitors | 67 |
| The General Council of the Bar.—The Statutory Committee of the Incorporated Law Society.— Rulings on Various Matters.—Lapses from Correct Standards. | |
| VIII. | The Civil Courts | 87 |
| The General System.—Different Courts.—Rules of Practice Made by Lord Chancellor.—Juries, Common and Special.—Judges and How Appointed.—Judges' Pay.—Costs. Court Notes.—Some Differences in English and American Methods. | |
| IX. | Courts of Appeal | 107 |
| The Court of Appeal.—House of Lords.—Divisional Court.—Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. | |
| X. | Masters—the Time Savers | 117 |
| Current Hearings.—Minor Issues Threshed out. | |
| XI. | The Police Courts | 125 |
| Current Hearings. | |
| XII. | The Central Criminal Court—The Old Bailey | 131 |
| Current Trials | |
| XIII. | An Important Murder Trial | 145 |
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| XIV. | Litigation Arising Outside of London | 169 |
| Local Solicitors.—Solicitors' "Agency Business."— The Circuits and Assizes.—Local Barristers.—The County Courts.—The Registrar's Court. | |
| XV. | General Observations and Conclusion | [xvi]
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