Associate's Mind

  I’m pleased to announce a new semi-regular column is going to be appearing on Associate’s Mind. I have, since nearly the site’s founding, provided occasional commentary on the Great Conversation. I love the Classics and the insights they provide. The Classics are not a snapshot but rather stones thrown into the great lake of [...]

  If you’re in law school or a new lawyer, you might not have heard the name Marc Randazza just yet…But if you stick around legal, copyright, or technology blogs long enough you will.   I don’t know Randazza personally, but I have long admired his work from afar. Mostly for his incredibly entertaining filings [...]

  Don’t say nice things about everyone. Don’t re-tweet that someone re-tweeted you. Don’t thank people for following. Don’t automatically follow people back. When someone follows you and they are obviously a hack – tell them to go away. Tell people to get off your website. Don’t be inviting. Point out hypocrisy and foolishness. Intimidate [...]

I came across a new law blog recently, entitled Circuit Splits, focused on splits in appellate courts sitting in different federal circuits. It’s a new blog, but it shows promise. In a recent post, they put up something I had been looking for in the past in and thought I would share: different ways to [...]

It’s that time of year again. The ABA Journal is soliciting input for inclusion into this year’s Blawg 100 – a list of the 100 best legal blogs in the US.  This is the first year Associate’s Mind is available for inclusion as they do not allow blawgs run by law students to be included in the [...]

Just a head’s up, I’ll be hosting the latest round of Blawg Review this upcoming Monday. For the unaware: Blawg Review is the blog carnival for everyone interested in law. A peer-reviewed blog carnival, the host of each Blawg Review decides which of the submissions and recommended posts are suitable for inclusion in the presentation. And the host is encouraged to [...]

First off, apparently if you are a regular (read: multiple times a week) blogger and you stop for two months most people apparently assume you are dead! I’ve been back online for a few days now and then general consensus is “You’re alive?!” Can’t a guy take a break to pass the Bar? My final [...]

I sent a link over to Dan Harris at the China Law Blog about supply chain problems that arise between Western buyers and Chinese suppliers.  The article is a breakdown between: Family orientation vs self-interest Guanxi network vs multiple institutions Guanxi building process vs Western relationship-building process Mr. Harris shares his experience in regards to [...]

I recently came upon an interesting piece focusing on developing and maintaining “Creative Flow” while reading Bigger Capital. An excerpt: Flow is a concept developed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi of the University of Chicago, who has studied the phenomena his whole career… Flow is a moment in time when you’re both challenged at the activity that you’re doing, [...]