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I’m Sorry, But I Simply Can’t
Over at Defending People, Mark Bennett is explaining to lawyers how to decide when to reject a potential new client, and what to do about it. I have developed, and I suspect that most criminal-defense lawyers develop, an intuitive sense for when we shouldn’t take cases. I get myself in trouble when I ignore that intuition. So I listen to it. As Mark points out, this is also … [Read more...] about I’m Sorry, But I Simply Can’t
Assessing My Character
According to Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing, Maya Angelou once said I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I don't know if she really said that, but I thought it would make a nice blog post to explain how I'd handle those three things, so you … [Read more...] about Assessing My Character
Resolutions for 2006
Lots of people are making New Year's resolutions right now. Something about the list at Not Guilty made me decide to do my own: Windypundit's New Year's Resolutions for 2006 Same as everyone else: lose weight. I lost a bunch of weight in the first half of this year and then gained a bunch of it back. I weigh less than I did a year ago, but not by as much as I'd like. Take … [Read more...] about Resolutions for 2006