What You'll Find in This Blog's Archives

Here are some of the items that once appeared at the top of this weblog, but which now appear only in its archives:

A simple formula for escaping the law by writing a legal thriller;

An annotated federal-court decision in which a law clerk hid names of Talking Heads songs;

My complete four-part examination of the importance of a lawyer's briefcase;

A prayer for trial lawyers;

A letter from a lawyer on the run;

Lots of podcasts;

A set of instructions for finding a modest lawyer, if such a thing exists;

A blow-by-blow account of my trip with another lawyer to Prague in the Czech Republic;

An explanation of the importance to every lawyer of "a circle of advisors";

A description of lawyers who advertise on TV;

Lots about tort "reform";

More about tort "reform";

The Legal Underground Official Tort-Reform Glossary;

The best way to learn the skill of issue-spotting on law-school exams;

A short story about law-firm partnership;

An answer to the question, "Why do I have a weblog?"

A little more advice about law and literature;

An anecdote about the time I stayed out all night drinking with Christopher Hitchens;

A post about the way that riverboat gambling shook up the monotony of my BigLaw lawyer's life in the early 1990s; 

My advice to a senior law partner who was having trouble connecting with the younger generation;and

A short note about Richard Nixon and why I became a lawyer.

That's just a few of the things you'll find among this weblogs 3,123 posts (which also feature 6,444 comments).