I cannot connect to Facebook during work hours, due to a nefarious blocking service that ensures I stay productively at work for the duration of the time I am paid to be at my desk, energetically pouring over contracts, letters of intent, amendments and other legal documents. Nevertheless, I am still on Facebook. I cannot […]
A Blog You Should Read: The Volokh Conspiracy
February 19, 2010 by
Quickly, because it is Friday and my brain also feels like it’s ready to explode, I want to throw in a plug for one of my favorite blogs, the Volokh Conspiracy. To be sure, I don’t know a ton about any of the contributors, other than their names and that they are largely comprised of […]
The good, the bad, and the fired: something of a weekly round-up of law industry news
January 8, 2010 by
2009 the worst year for layoffs First “the fired:” last year, according to LawShucks, over 12,000 people in the legal services industry were laid off, which includes over four thousand lawyers. This year’s story was largely written by the end of March, when 73% of the year’s total layoffs had happened, as we noted in […]
Am I a lawyer or attorney? (or counsel?)
January 5, 2010 by
Beyond the Underground has an interesting, and short, exploration of the uses of “attorney” versus “lawyer.” In part: According to Garner’s “Dictionary of Modern American Usage,” the two “are not generally distinguished even by members of the legal profession.” Once upon a time, a lawyer was defined as a person who practices law, while […]
Here’s hoping I don’t leave under these circumstances…
December 18, 2009 by
From: “Say What?! A Weblog of classic humor of U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer February 2001 – Did They Really Say That? From Judge David R. Gibson of Dallas (County Court at Law No. 1) this excerpt from am affidavit filed in connection with a special appearance in his court: 11. On Nov 2nd, 1992, […]
a rare moment in court
December 15, 2009 by
I’m in court, today. Or rather, I am in the court room. Specifically, I am in the back, near the door. I don’t work in a place that puts me in court very often, if at all. But when I was in law school, still, I did some work for a defense attorney who advertised […]
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