Comments on: focus on law office bullies http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/12/20/focus-on-law-office-bullies/ breathless punditry and one-breath poetry with David Giacalone Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:58:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: idealawg http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/12/20/focus-on-law-office-bullies/comment-page-1/#comment-130586 idealawg Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:38:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/12/20/8692/#comment-130586 <strong>Some confusion about the new edition of THE COMPLETE LAWYER...</strong> Seems the gift was opened before it had been wrapped. Or the meal was eaten before it was served. Or the horse took off before the rider mounted. Or the new edition of The Complete Lawyer was announced before it had put on its full, and best face for v... Some confusion about the new edition of THE COMPLETE LAWYER…

Seems the gift was opened before it had been wrapped. Or the meal was eaten before it was served. Or the horse took off before the rider mounted. Or the new edition of The Complete Lawyer was announced before it had put on its full, and best face for v…

]]> By: David Giacalone http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/12/20/focus-on-law-office-bullies/comment-page-1/#comment-129675 David Giacalone Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:46:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/12/20/8692/#comment-129675 Hello, Vickie. Thanks for your thoughts. And, I hope someone gives you a Holiday Pat, too. Hello, Vickie. Thanks for your thoughts. And, I hope someone gives you a Holiday Pat, too.

]]> By: Vickie Pynchon http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/12/20/focus-on-law-office-bullies/comment-page-1/#comment-129666 Vickie Pynchon Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:29:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/12/20/8692/#comment-129666 You've nailed the problem, of course, because "success" or the lack of it is defined by each of us in the quiet of our own heads. No one who has gotten into and graduated from law school, passed the bar exam and is working as a lawyer can justly call him/herself "unsuccessful." If, however, we FEEL we are not successful to the degree that we begin "taking it out on those below [us] in the law firm pecking order," it should serve as a wake up call. If I could this holiday season, I'd give every practicing lawyer a huge pat on the back for a job well done -- one of the most difficult jobs there is to do -- particularly with patience, balance and grace. You’ve nailed the problem, of course, because “success” or the lack of it is defined by each of us in the quiet of our own heads.

No one who has gotten into and graduated from law school, passed the bar exam and is working as a lawyer can justly call him/herself “unsuccessful.”

If, however, we FEEL we are not successful to the degree that we begin “taking it out on those below [us] in the law firm pecking order,” it should serve as a wake up call.

If I could this holiday season, I’d give every practicing lawyer a huge pat on the back for a job well done — one of the most difficult jobs there is to do — particularly with patience, balance and grace.

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