It is an incontrovertible fact that young lawyers destined for private practice arrive at law firms without much clue as to how to practice law.… Read More »Hey, Young Folks – Are You Buying What the Law Firms Are Selling?
We have all heard the expression, “write about what you know,” usually attributed to Mark Twain, who knew a thing or two about writing. I… Read More »Write About What You Don’t Know
Sometimes clients call lawyers and announce what their legal budget is for a proposed project. New lawyers sometimes struggle to handle the situation because the… Read More »The Client’s Damn Legal Budget
I am on a cruise. A few days ago I was doing the tourist thing in Kauai, by which I mean that I was on… Read More »Uncle Willie
Once there was a lawyer named Mark who considered himself to be an ‘idea man.’ Mark had a whole bunch of non-billable projects on his… Read More »The Story of Mark and Mary
Warning This article has three parts. Do not act on the suggestions in the first part until you consider the advice in the second part… Read More »Emboldened Articling Students
For today’s diatribe, we are going to need a definition of ‘success.’ Although the traditional definition which relates primarily to making a lot of money… Read More »All Hail the Rain Makers
When I retired from the practice of law in 2020, I could not have told you what NCA stands for. I am willing to bet… Read More »Homegrown Ignorance
I recently went for a ‘preventative health examination,’ which is code for ‘private healthcare,’ which is something that is in fact available in Canada –… Read More »Biased Much?
By now everyone on LinkedIn has heard about Jon, a Cleveland lawyer who wrote a rather nasty email to a recently departed colleague who, having… Read More »Timebombs in the Garden