We’ve all heard the nightmare stories about the billable hours, weekend hours, and mindless tasks associated with working with a larger firm. But Vault.com has uncovered a number of firms that have make the rank of “Vault’s 2012 Quality of Life” firm. Vault used several factors in considering the rankings including…continue
‘Tis the season of 1L memo submissions unless you are at one of those schools that shifts its semester: in which case, ‘tis the season of 2L brief submissions. Either way, I imagine that there is some major legal writing deadline happening in the hallways of your law school. Sure,…continue
What are boggarts and what do they have to do with the practice of law? In the dark days before Harry Potter, the staid old Oxford English Dictionary supplied a definition so evocative of despair that even the most unimaginative reader might have shuddered. A boggart is a “spectre, goblin, or…continue
One of my favorite lines in the Harry Potter series occurs in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as the Minister of Magic is releasing the contents of Albus Dumbledore’s will (sorry if that was a spoiler). The Minister is becoming increasingly frustrated with Hermione as she schools him on…continue
