Practice Tips

Did you know? I wrote a short book that incorporates my favorite practice tips, adds some new ones, and gives guidance for new attorneys. Check it out! And then I wrote another one for law students!

My “legal advice” (in quotes because I don’t give legal advice, just advice about how to be legal) falls into two categories: practice tips and personality sketches of the lawyers you’ll meet in practice.

Practice tips:

• Social media and your client
• Don’t friend your clients
• Don’t be a dick
• Talking to clients
• Doing your best for unlikeable clients
• When to shut up
• Creating a big book of [law]
• Journals and “private” materials
• Dealing with incompetent opposing counsel
• Five things all new lawyers should know
• The last silly hurdle (the bar exam)
• How to deal with clients

Lawyers you will meet:

• The angry dude
• The cougar
• The crazy
• The earnest young thing
• The douche
• The old coot
• The clueless know-it-all

Clients you will meet:

• The Idiot
• Your Buddy
• The Faux Victim
• The Fishmonger’s Wife
• The Addict
• The Child