Address Incongruities
There is often a gap between the way things function and the way things ought to function. Law firms are bastions of doing things “the way they’ve always been done.” Change is often not welcome within the legal field. See the continuous stream of...America
1st Anniversary – Reflections on One Year of Legal Blogging
One year ago, I started An Associate’s Mind. I had no real intentions or goals. I only knew that I had opinion as to how I personally wanted to conduct myself as a new lawyer. I had interest in the classics, business, information technology, law, education, writing,...Be Temperate
In the last post I noted that lawyers should avoid hyperbole at all costs. But what happens when opposing counsel resorts to hyperbole and bombastic prose in their brief? Be temperate. Do not lash out at opposing counsel in your own brief. Do not waste words pointing...Sidebar
