It’s time for some Alice in August:
summer’s end . . .
the staggered heights
of black umbrellas
late summer–
baring the tan line
on my wrist
late August -
pushing through cornstalks
midnight raccoons
“late summer” - The Heron’s Nest (Sept. 2001)
the old couple’s legs –
skinny and pale as
mine
[Aug. 12, 2005]
potluck
George Wallace is always trying to make insurance law interesting over
at Declarations & Exclusions, while also attempting to remain even-
handed. He succeeds at both more often than you might expect. Earlier
this week he even buttered up the California Insurance Commissioner,
who had sniffed out fraud at a well-known L.A. waffle house.
Massachusetts Lawyers’ Weekly has a wrap-up of the new pay-raise law,
in droves, crisis averted: Legislature passes pay-raise bill” (by Tony Wright,
Aug. 8, 2005). Also, in a letter to the MLW editor, attorney Deborah Sirotkin-
Butler advises a “wait and see” approach to the new legislation.
It’s time for some Alice in August:
summer’s end . . .
the staggered heights
of black umbrellas
late summer–
baring the tan line
on my wrist
late August -
pushing through cornstalks
midnight raccoons
“late summer” - The Heron’s Nest (Sept. 2001)
the old couple’s legs –
skinny and pale as
mine
[Aug. 12, 2005]
potluck
George Wallace is always trying to make insurance law interesting over
at Declarations & Exclusions, while also attempting to remain even-
handed. He succeeds at both more often than you might expect. Earlier
this week he even buttered up the California Insurance Commissioner,
who had sniffed out fraud at a well-known L.A. waffle house.
Massachusetts Lawyers’ Weekly has a wrap-up of the new pay-raise law,
in droves, crisis averted: Legislature passes pay-raise bill” (by Tony Wright,
Aug. 8, 2005). Also, in a letter to the MLW editor, attorney Deborah Sirotkin-
Butler advises a “wait and see” approach to the new legislation.
three legal ethics experts, plus the guy formerly known as ethicalEsq,
“What books do you recommend to other litigators interested in legal ethics?”
(Summer 2005, compiled by Amy Gardner of Skadden Arps). Because the
Newsletter is only available online to members of ABA’s Section of Litigation,
I thought I’d compile the selections here, with links:
that are chock full of ethics issues,” plus two with “more explicit discussion of ethics:”
by Gary Delsohn
Betrayal of Trust (2001), by James L. Kelley
by Milton C Regan
“some of the classics of legal ethics” – which establish “standards of right and wrong
action that do not depend on being enacted as positive law.”
Kronman (1995)
powerful case for adherence to ethical norms by linking personal character to persuasion,
the object of advocacy.”
Lawyering at the End of the Twentieth Century, by Sol M. Linowitz, with Martin Mayer
(1994). The book is “Linowitz’s attempt to show what our profession should be, how it
has gone so profoundly astray, and what we (who betrayed it) can do about it — as individuals,
as bar associations, and through our courts and schools.” [You can read the first chapter here.]
p.s. Hmm. When asked to participate in this project, I understood that
Amy Gardner was asking each of us for the name of one book, with an
explanation of the choice. Please note that the two non-professors complied,
while the academic types (Brad fulltime, John part-time) went for breadth rather
than depth. Draw your own conclusions.
atop the scripture
reader’s head…
a katydid
translated by David G. Lanoue
new paperback –
the sun sets
without me
three legal ethics experts, plus the guy formerly known as ethicalEsq,
“What books do you recommend to other litigators interested in legal ethics?”
(Summer 2005, compiled by Amy Gardner of Skadden Arps). Because the
Newsletter is only available online to members of ABA’s Section of Litigation,
I thought I’d compile the selections here, with links:
that are chock full of ethics issues,” plus two with “more explicit discussion of ethics:”
by Gary Delsohn
Betrayal of Trust (2001), by James L. Kelley
by Milton C Regan
“some of the classics of legal ethics” – which establish “standards of right and wrong
action that do not depend on being enacted as positive law.”
Kronman (1995)
powerful case for adherence to ethical norms by linking personal character to persuasion,
the object of advocacy.”
Lawyering at the End of the Twentieth Century, by Sol M. Linowitz, with Martin Mayer
(1994). The book is “Linowitz’s attempt to show what our profession should be, how it
has gone so profoundly astray, and what we (who betrayed it) can do about it — as individuals,
as bar associations, and through our courts and schools.” [You can read the first chapter here.]
p.s. Hmm. When asked to participate in this project, I understood that
Amy Gardner was asking each of us for the name of one book, with an
explanation of the choice. Please note that the two non-professors complied,
while the academic types (Brad fulltime, John part-time) went for breadth rather
than depth. Draw your own conclusions.
atop the scripture
reader’s head…
a katydid
translated by David G. Lanoue
new paperback –
the sun sets
without me
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