Associate's Mind

From across the pond, Darren Sylvester of Interalialegal.com is featured in today’s Postcard from the Bar Exam. I was Called to the Bar in 2003, after graduating from University of Essex (LL.B.) and the Inns of Court School of Law, City University, London. While I had a good time at law school, it was also [...]

Here we have the final installation of Postcards from the Bar Exam – Ithaca Law Grad 1988 (Part I here Part II here Part III), kindly provided to me by Carolyn Elefant of My Shingle. I will let her parting words stand on their own. A Last Postcard from the Front. Deep down, I’m troubled when [...]

Here we have part III of Postcards from the Bar Exam – Ithaca Law Grad 1988 (Part I here Part II here), kindly provided to me by Carolyn Elefant ofMy Shingle. Ms. Elefant’s advice to herself in 1988, remains true for law students today. When in Rome, do as the Romans… When traveling, I prefer to [...]

Here we have part II of Postcards from the Bar Exam – Ithaca Law Grad 1988 (Part I here), kindly provided to me by Carolyn Elefant of My Shingle. Ms. Elefant’s advice to herself in 1988, remains true for law students today. Only in Paris! There are some places, like Paris, which boast of such [...]

Carolyn Elefant, of My Shingle fame, recently came across her musings about taking the bar exam after graduating from Ithaca in 1988 and I volunteered to post them here at An Associate’s Mind. The thoughts and ideas contained in these postcards remain as true today as they did before the Berlin Wall came down. There [...]