Once Again, The Uniform Collaborative Law Rules and Act Provokes Controversy...
Traffic on the ABA House of Delegates Listserve indicates that, one again, the Uniform Collaborative Law Rules and Act may well prove to be the hot issue before the House of Delegates at the ABA’s...
View ArticleDelivery of Legal Services: An Unfinished Agenda
The close of the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in Toronto last month brought with it the end of my service as the Chair of the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services....
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Law School: Necessary, But Not Sufficient
The Lobby at the new Thomas Jefferson School of Law Last June, in San Diego, I conducted my final in-person meeting as Chair of the ABA Delivery of Legal Services Committee. Committee member Luz...
View ArticleWhy Don’t American Law Schools Teach Law Students How to Practice Law?
So if as my last post, “Where Should Lawyers Learn How To Practice” suggests, we know how to teach law students to practice law, why aren’t American law schools doing it with every student on a routine...
View ArticleThe Tyrannical Beauty of Time Keeping — Selling Your Life in 6 Minute...
It was Abraham Lincoln who famously said: “A lawyer’s time and advice are his stock in trade.” Bearing in mind what he said, it is important to note what Lincoln did not say. He did not say: “A...
View ArticleComic Strip Brief Makes a Splash; Makes Sense Too!
Say what you like, but California lawyer Bob Kohn’s 8 page comic strip brief is a creative and gutsy response to a Judge’s ruling giving him only 5 pages for an Amicus Brief in what is obviously an...
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Money Matters, Even in a Learned Profession
Photo credit: Pen Waggener. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Last time I wrote about the non-financial aspects of assessing a lawyer’s year and career....
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The Readers Choose the Top Three New Year’s Resolutions for Lawyers and How...
Gentle Readers: Thanks for reading my “New Year’s Resolutions for Lawyers” post and thanks even more to those of you who took a few moments and voted. The results are interesting. The top three...
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Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Lawyers Poll Reopened!
I have received a number of requests from people who wanted to take the Top 10 New Years Resolutions for Lawyers poll, but could not because it closed Sunday. So, but popular demand, I am reopening it...
View ArticleLegal Education and Access to Justice: A Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
Under the leadership of outgoing American Bar Association President James R. Silkenat, the Association took a major step in the right direction this year by recognizing that the crisis in American...
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Set Client Expectations from the Beginning
I recently received a communication from a potential client asking me if I would get “nasty” with the lawyer representing the opposition. Here is my reply, which has been lightly edited to protect the...
View ArticleProfessionalism and Perfection
by RICH CASSIDY on JUNE 18, 2010 Burlington area lawyers were treated to an absorbing professionalism presentation on June 10, 2010, when the Chittenden County Bar Association sponsored a lecture and...
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Congratulations Peter Langrock and Langrock, Sperry & Wool, LLP
by RICH CASSIDY on DECEMBER 31, 2010 I can’t close the book on 2010 without congratulating my friend and colleague, Peter Langrock, his law partners, and all the staff at Langrock, Sperry & Wool,...
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