I’m not a huge fan of David Brooks, but on occasion his columns provoke thought or provide insight. His recent column for the New York Times, The Moral Bucket List, contained a passage that resonated with me: It occurred to me that there were two sets of...
Woke up this morning, made coffee, breakfast. Wife heads to work, I finish getting son ready for school. Drop him off and head to the office for a bunch of media stuff (going on a podcast, layout/design work for LawyerSmack, etc). Sit down at my desk and pull up the...
A few years ago I spoke at a CLE event for OutkickCLE. I had gone over the night before and stayed with my brother-in-law & his wife so I wouldn’t have to drive over in the morning. But the CLE wasn’t until the afternoon, and I knew I would have a a...
I was in the basement with my five-year old son the other day, looking for something among the boxes, furniture, and other assorted cruft that accumulates when you have a home. Basements become a repository of discarded or forgotten items. Items once important, now...
Keith has talked a lot in this blog about the difficulties in establishing oneself in practice coming out of law school, the insecurity and/or feeling of failure that young lawyers experience, the dedication and ethic(s) required to succeed, etc. Recently, and from...
