Review: Writing To Win

Review: Writing To Win

Roughly a month ago I received a review copy of Steven Stark’s Writing To Win. It’s taken this long for me to get the review up because A) I’ve been busy and B) I always fully read any book I receive and Writing To Win is long and dense –...
How to Succeed as a New Lawyer

How to Succeed as a New Lawyer

  This past week I attended a rather lengthy CLE geared to new/young lawyers. The presenters were all either judges or lawyers who had been practicing 20+ years. While each presenter lectured on their specific topic, they also took a brief amount of time to...
The End of Permanence: The Scunthorpe Problem

The End of Permanence: The Scunthorpe Problem

Back in 1996, like most people, I was using a 56k baud modem to dial into AOL in order to hook up to the internet. Yes, the internet existed back then even if you didn’t know what it was. At the time, AOL was a “safe harbor” of sorts. An intermediary...
On Mentors: To Sharpen Is To Destroy

On Mentors: To Sharpen Is To Destroy

When I was an uchi-deshi, there were special classes reserved for senior students called kenshu (“sword sharpening”). During these classes, I would sit in seiza (“proper sitting”) for 30 minutes or so, listening to the instructor lecture on a...
Millennial Jurors: Entertain Us

Millennial Jurors: Entertain Us

“If a generation is going to arrive in the jury box that is totally unused to sitting and listening but is using technology to gain the information it needs to form a judgment, that changes the whole orality tradition with which we are familiar.” November 2008, Lord...