INTERNATIONAL LAW FACULTYDIPLOMATIC ACADEMY OF VIETNAM

LAWYERING SKILLS

Nguyen Manh Dzung, MCIArbManaging Partner Dzungsrt & Associates LLC

Hanoi – 17/09/2014

QUESTIONS

1. Professional Lawyers – Who are they?

2. What is lawyering skill?

3. How to gain such a professional skill?

WHO WE ARE!

1. Dzungsrt & Associates LLC• Shipping Law • Dispute Resolution

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2. Our Staffs:- Vũ Thị Thu Phương - A32 (2005-2009) - Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang - D34 (2007 -2011) - Lê Quang Hưng - A36 (2009 -2013) - Đặng Vũ Minh Hà - A35 (2008 – 2012)

HOW TO BECOME A QUALIFIED LAWYER?

• 12-month training by Judicial Academy.• 12 months training by a law firm. • Pass a bar exam organised by VBF.• Register with a local bar association.• Practise in a law firm

CAREER OPTIONS?

• Trainee of a large law firm.• In house counsel for a legal department of a foreign

company/organisation.• Government Agency or the Court/the Prosecution

Authority or the Enforcement Agency.• Legal department of a Vietnamese• company/organisation.• An academic position of a training provider.• Administrative position of a small law office

SKILLS FOR LAWYERS

• writing and drafting;• legal research;• interviewing and advising clients;• negotiation; and• advocacy

LEARNING TECHNIQUE

• What does the client want?• What does international law provide?• What does Vietnamese law state?• What we cannot find in the law?• How to identify the relevant provision in

international law ?• Where can we investigate the practical issue ?

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• Text books• Professional training course providers• Collection of court judgments and

arbitral awards• Appropriate professionals: judges,

arbitrators, lecturers, colleagues, friends, etc.

TEXT BOOK

TRAINING COURSE PROVIDERS

• BPP's Law School,www.bpp.com/law

• The College of Law,www.collegeoflaw.co.uk

• London Metropolitan Universitywww.londonmet.ac.uk

• Oxford Legal Institute of Legal Practicewww.oxilp.ac.uk

• Thames Valley Universitywww.tvu.ac.uk

• University of Westminsterwww.wmin.ac.uk

INTERNSHIP

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• A Suitable Study Method

• Active Students

Thank you for your kind attention!

Q & ADzungsrt & Associates LLC

Unit 6, 11th Floor, HAREC Building, 4A Lang Ha Str., Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam

T: (84-4) 3772 6970 / Fax: (84-4) 3772 6971

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