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March 08, 2008

Stewart Weltman: Lean, mean, worth reading and watching.

Re: our SLM (Federal Courts) series, see Stewart Weltman's Lean and Mean Litigation and a piece on a subject of interest to us: discovery done right, which good judges and their clerks don't always have a perfect handle on. We'd have proudly put our name to this post, "Another Reason Why You Shouldn't Play Games When Producing Documents". It reflects the broad and liberal precept of Rule 26, Fed. R. Civ. P. (and state counterparts), withholding information on relevancy grounds (generally, a bad idea and even notion), and the "dicey" problem of redaction. Note the boomerang graphic, folks.

Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)

Is Holden Oliver a radical Muslim?

Like George Will, he's one of our best 17th century minds. His middle initial is H--but the literal meaning of Muslim is a person who "submits" to the Will of God. Holden is a lapsed Episcopal--it's a little late for him in any organized religion. He went to the "right schools" (but wished he'd attended Summerhill as a child), made law review, and he likes difficult women and scotch. He's in good shape--but he won't let on

that he ever works out. Last summer he took the Hull McGuire DSM-IV-driven narcissist test for litigators and got a perfect score--but he wants to do corporate tax law. Anyway, ancient law student and recovering journalist Holden H. Oliver gets a little weird as exam time in the Bay Area approaches. But he's a quick study. An expert on the development of the DaneLaw (Danelagh) in the 9th century (long story but that's the reason WAC? met him in the first place), he would have been very happy as the village magistrate in a past age in rural East Anglia. His religion: "making my life art". Grandiose but admirable. Good luck on those outlines, Holden. Godspeed. But we expect a post on Ordeal By Water by the middle of next week.

Posted by JD Hull at 11:12 PM | Comments (1)

21st century lawyers: "A profession on the brink".

Brit Nick Holmes at Binary Law has always had a good eye for new things on both sides of the Atlantic. Through Nick, we just noticed Law21, "Dispatches from a Legal Profession on the Brink", by lawyer-journalist Jordan Furlong, who is also Editor-in-Chief of National magazine at the Canadian Bar Association. Unlike some other bar associations, the CBA has underscored and promoted client-focused methods, techniques and overall thinking in law practice. See PracticeLink, where client service seems to be a main event--not an add-on or obligatory PR to trumpet on lawyer websites.

Posted by JD Hull at 06:30 AM | Comments (0)