Associate's Mind

Only boring people get bored.

Seriously, if this is you right now – get off your computer and go do something productive. Exercise, spend time with a friend, go to work. Anything but sitting on your butt and endlessly surfing for some brief bit of amusement. You’re better than that.

I like to think of Facebook as this game where you try to see who can fabricate the most believable lie in a competition to see who has the best “life”. It’s like permanently showing off vacation photos with everyone you work with… From Comical Concept. Or an illustrated version of the Rakofsky Effect. Don’t [...]

I was peed on for the first time in my life today. My nearly two-year old son – if anyone was going to do it, I’m glad it was him. It’s probably more of a surprise that I’ve managed to go this long without it happening. It’s just one of those things that comes with [...]

Via the Legal Writing Prof Blog: Although calendars have changed over time, the date on which King John signed Magna Carta was June 15, 1215. So today we can celebrate its 796th anniversary! In the history of legal writing, Magna Carta is, as its name suggests, a document of great significance. It memorializes an absolute monarch’s agreement to [...]

Will it? It’s up to you.

Pop Economics has a great post up today about effectively saving for retirement. I am going to blatantly steal his two images and then encourage you to go read his post. “Perfect Retirement” “Probable Retirement” If you’re a new associate out there, don’t fall in love with your salary and fall into a rut of [...]

  Source: Unknown - but funny and true.

Just in case you don’t read ATL, at least go check out this post: The Inevitable Future of the Legal Profession: Connecticut Firms Open Drive-Thru Law Firm, that I gave them the head’s up on. We all knew it would come to this eventually. The legal profession — once reserved for studious minds who diligently ponder [...]