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June 02, 2008
CS musings
Globe-trotting James Hipkin finally landed in San Francisco. He succinctly sets forth "5 Principles for Successful Client Service" at his Musings on Marketing. All 5 of these make way too much sense--we wish we had thought of them.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Ruthie muses on War and Peace; has tea with GeekLawyer.
London's warrior-solicitor Ruthie writes "Litigation: it’s all about the fight". And she drops in for a spot of tea and a podcast with evil un-kempt barrister GeekLawyer who, disturbingly enough, hosts Blawg Review on June 30 in time to opine about Independence Day on July 4 in America. The podcast: learn about the Ruthie-GL split. Required listening for the bored and the deranged. However, associates and summer clerks may defer listening until weekend.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Your summer clerkship: Your real value to the firm?
Zero--and hopefully not less than zero. But don't take that so hard. We are paying you--and our most inarticulate lawyer could make a persuasive, cogent, and eloquent argument for the reverse arrangement. You're an investment. An experiment. It's nice having you around. You're nice kids, from great schools, with great grades. But you don't know anything. So our advice:
1. Proofread, and be careful. Paying attention to detail is one of the few things you can do for us now. But valuable. (What else valuable can you really give us this summer?) Get that habit, and get it forever.
2. Give us your ideas (not your tech savvy).
3. Give us your best answer, get to the point--and then show us your thinking. Back it up with the best authorities you can find so far, even if it's a work in progress. And don't guess.
4. You say you're brilliant? That's nice. But that and a dollar will get you a Diet Coke, or maybe a beer at the Tune Inn. We seek Huntin' Dogs--workers who use everything they have and are to do great work for great clients. We know such creatures when we see them. Takes about a week to spot "it" or "no it".
5. Ask dumb questions. Frequently.
6. Proofread, and be careful.
Posted by JD Hull at 08:20 PM | Comments (0)
China Law Blog: The World Peace Edition of Blawg Review
Blawg Review #162 is hosted by Dan Harris at China Law Blog. Harris, as always, is ambitious. He takes us all over the globe. He instructs. He opines. But his real goal is World Peace, and sweetness and light generally. He accomplishes this in his exemplary, humorous, memorable and truly great Blawg Review edition--with one war-like exception.
In response to our post on Saturday, "Big Dog finally hosts Blawg Review", Harris addresses a one-on-one basketball match with my boss. Harris, a Hoosier, claims that since Dan Hull is from Ohio it wouldn't be a fair contest. To that, we have two words: LeBron James, a Buckeye.
Posted by Brooke Powell at 08:22 AM | Comments (0)