life outside the law
Are lawyers born or made narcissistic?
I’ve been developing a theory for a concern of mine over the past few months that I may try to develop here on the blog. My concern is this - are lawyers self-selecting narcissists or do we become that way as part of our indoctrination into the profession? I knew this was a somewhat narcissistic […]
Turley presents A Lawyer’s Guide to Fatherhood
Fakamura sent me Jonathan Turley’s excellent A lawyer’s guide to fatherhood in USA Today.
Fatherhood is the one job that you can get without the slightest degree of experience, knowledge or talent (despite what you may hear to the contrary on Father’s Day). For that reason, when a friend had his first child recently, I quickly […]
Skiing in Breckenridge
We’re up in Breckenridge this week. My main goal will be to leave without torting anyone. Who knew ski law was an up and coming practice area?
Reading over the Break
Part of my winter break re-socialization process is to catch up on some blessedly non-legal related reading.
Blind Side, Michael Lewis - Lewis takes a relatively obscure position in football, left tackle, and traces it’s evolution from just another lineman to one of the most highly paid if still almost invisible skill positions on the field. […]