66 Days to Change Your Behavior

That’s according to some new research from Lally, P., van Jaarsveld, C., Potts, H., and Wardle, J. in the  European Journal of Social Psychology 10.1002/ejsp.674. From a review at the BPS Digest Blog: (the) team recruited 96 undergrads (mean age 27) and asked them to...

New SCOTUS Term Begins Today

FYI – The Supreme Court of the United States begins its new term today. More than likely few of us will ever stand before the court or have any real dealings with highest judicial office in the land. However, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care. As lawyers it’s our...

Site News: Three Months In

Bit of navel gazing here, back to our regularly scheduled posting shortly. Today marks 3 months of An Associate’s Mind! A few things all happened at the same time this week so I thought I’d highlight them: This is the 100th post. All-time unique Pageviews...

Sumo King on Litigation

Via Wrath of the Sumo King: Big Boss:  “Cheer up, you did what you could, the Client panicked” Me:  “The day you stop taking it hard that you got fcuked at trial is the day you need to shoot yourself”

Columbia Law Prof Tim Wu on Net Neutrality

Still trying to get up to speed on the whole net neutrality situation? Check out the intro above for a recap of the basics — it ran during the last Engadget Show as part of our interview with Columbia law professor and noted net neutrality advocate Tim Wu. Then,...

Dickens in Lagos

Not law related, but a great read. Provides perspective when you think you might have it rough. If you’re reading this – you don’t. Two years ago in Rangoon, I met a toothpick-thin, boisterous young Burmese man called Somerset. He had conferred this...