The Legal Underground

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Technology at Trial: Some Basics."

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between The Legal Underground and Thanks, But No Thanks, where you can find this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #179. The next installment will appear here soon, so be sure to check back.

The Sixteen Types of Lawyers, and Other Observations from a Lawyer with a Weblog: Inside The Legal Underground

I always wondered what my more whimsical blog posts would look like if they were organized less like a weblog and more like a book. They'd look something like this . . .

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. The Sixteen Types of Lawyers

• The Big Firm Summer Associate
  
• The Lawyer Who Advertises on TV 
• The Lawyer Who Carries Another Lawyer’s Briefcase 
• The Lawyer Who Brings Her Breast Pump to the Office 
• The Mafia Lawyer 
• The Modest Lawyer 
• The Partner Who Talks Too Fast 
• The Partner Who Golfs 
• The Lawyer on the Run 
• The Lawyer Who's in the Wrong Profession 
• The Lawyer from the Planet Og 
• The Lawyer Who's Writing a Legal Thriller 
• The Stereotypical Lawyer 
• The Associate Who Knows Where the Bodies Are Buried 
• The Lawyer with the Shiny New Gadget 
• The Associate Who Finally Gets a Chance to Meet the Senior Partner

II. An Introduction to Lawyers for Those Who Have Not Yet Had the Pleasure of Being Introduced

An Introduction to the Typical Lawyer

How to Feed a Lawyer

How to Dress a Lawyer

Living with a Lawyer

III. Four Things That Are Important to Every Lawyer

The Lawyer's Briefcase

The Circle of Advisors

A Giant Brain

A Satisfying Hobby

IV. Bling Bling for Wealthy Lawyers

Watches

Big-Ass Yachts

High Class Call Girls

V. The Advice Section

Advice to Clients of Lawyers

• "Last night in a fit of rage . . ."

Advice to Young Lawyers

• "I am a young female attorney . . ."
• "I have been assigned to work on a large project . . ."
• "Sometimes when things get particularly stressful . . . "
• "I’m a third-year associate in a firm of 2,500 lawyers . . ."
• "I am a lawyer who recently became engaged to a woman . . ."
• "This week on Legal Underground, you said you doubted . . ."
• "I’m a young male associate who’s wondering if . . ."
• "I love literature of all kinds . . ."
• "I hope you think this is a problem . . ."
• "As a second-year associate at a large law firm . . ."
• "Back when my new girlfriend Kristen . . ."
• "I should have thought twice about . . ."
• "Two hours ago I was sitting . . ."
• "Many months ago, I was assigned to . . ."
• "I’m in a terrible bind . . ."

Advice to Families of Lawyers

• "I’m a 15-year-old high school freshman . . ."
• "I’ve never doubted that I’m much . . ."
• "With only minor exceptions, I am a perfect husband . . ."

Advice to Law Professors

• "I am having a major dispute . . ."
• "I've lost faith in our country’s system . . ."

Advice to Federal Judges

• "By way of introduction, I am one of the hardest-working . . ."
• "On the way into work this morning . . ."
• "I am a federal judge who has a weblog . . ."

Advice to Law Firm Partners

• "For years, I have never had any problem . . ."
• "Not long ago, I introduced my fairly ordinary wife . . ."
• "I’m writing using a pseudonym . . ."

VI. Debates Between the Experienced Lawyer and the Law Student

Overlawyered.com

Class Actions

Willie Gary and Dickie Scruggs

Point of Law

VII. Some Personal Reminiscences

When I Was Just a Little Boy, or How I Became a Lawyer

A Few of My Favorite Things

Computers

The Fender Jaguar Electric Guitar

Drinking, Smoking, & Screwing

A Detour for Shameless Name-Dropping: Christopher Hitchens

Are You Open-Minded Enough for Norman Mailer on Iraq?

Some Travel Writing

Prague Blog #5: A Guided Tour of Prague

How to Spend a Month in Buenos Aires

Mexico City, Trip 1

Mexico City, Trip 2

The Horror of One Lawyer's First Deposition

Life on the Mississippi, or One Lawyer's Gambling Confession

Blawg Review #38: Secrets of the Legal Underground, Revealed

VIII. The Best of the Rest

The Trial Lawyer’s Prayer

A Layman’s Glossary to the Terminology of Tort Reform

Partnership, a Story

The Epic Battle of the Law Firms and the Legal Recruiters: A Recounting of the Way the Pogrom Began

Fun Comments about the McDonald's Coffee Case

Tragedy Strikes the Blawging World: Fifty of the Best Perish

Is TheBarAfterWork a Valuable Networking Tool or Just for the Drunks?

How I Became A Famous Weblogger and Achieved Rock Star Status as a Lawyer

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Depositions Before Interrogatories?"

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Editing Tip: Spell Out Numbers One to Ten, and Don't Repeat Them in Parentheses."

The Weekly Law School Roundup #178

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Summer Advice for the incoming law-school class of 2012. [My Legal Fiction]

Web Five reasons why a blogger blogs. [No. 634]

Apathy Welcome to the club. [Reasonable?]

Debt Information about the new federal loan programs. [The Shark]

Mean On reading Mary Gaitskill's new story collection. [Virgin in the Volcano]

Connect The search for a church. [Teasingly Diverse]

Chocolate A conversation gone awry? [Starting to Melt]

Jobs Tips for finding career alternatives. [Law Ingenue]

Tight Good friendships, as seen on TV. [The Lovin Spoonful]

Look for next week's roundup at Thanks, But No Thanks then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Deposition Tip: Use Exhibits Regularly During Video Depositions."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Use Your Opponent's Interrogatory Answers at Trial."

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between The Legal Underground and Thanks, But No Thanks, where you can find this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #177. The next installment will appear here soon, so be sure to check back.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Cross-Examination: Tips from a Pro."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Practice Tip: Don't Overdo the Objections to Your Opponent's Discovery."

The Weekly Law School Roundup #176

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Flame An old one under different circumstances. [Reasonable?]

Participate How are you spending your summer?  [Teasingly Diverse]

Mirage About student loan forgiveness programs. [The Shark]

Angry An open letter about grades. [Useless Dicta, J.D.]

Monsters Models from Hieronymus Bosch paintings. [Anthony's Kammer's blog]

Job Front How working differs from law school. [Thanks, But No Thanks]

Lack of Effort An open letter to a dude. [Law Ingenue]

Look for next week's roundup at Thanks, But No Thanks then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "How to Improve Your Legal Writing."

PROMOTING A DAUGHTER'S BLOG . . . I've mentioned my oldest daughter Lydia many times on this weblog. For example, at 16 years old in 2005, she was the voice of Litigation Radio #1. In 2007, I took a photo of her having her first legal drink with me in Mexico City.

Lydia's now at the University of Minnesota and spent the semester in France. This summer she's traveling around Europe with her boyfriend Josh. She's started a blog to keep in touch with her family and friends: European Explorations.

What better place to promote Lydia's blog than here on Legal Underground? Some of her recent posts: "Paris Take 4," "It's Like Mexico, But You Can Drink the Water," and "The End of Madrid."

I'm enjoying it. Maybe you will too.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "At the Blogs: Recommendations on Case Management Software, and More."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Best iPhone Applications for Lawyers."

The Weekly Law School Roundup #174

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Crisis Yet things will work out eventually . . . [Useless Dicta, J.D.]

Legal Salad What type of law to practice after graduation? [Law Ingenue]

Outlining Making sense of a weblog . . . and the fall semester. [No. 634]

Artwork About a distracting painting . . .  [Virgin In The Volcano]

Working What's better than studying 19th-century tort cases? [Reasonable?]

Tennis The French Open, lost in translation. [Teasingly Diverse]

Flashbacks A post from the weird kid who went to space camp. [Starting to Melt]

Ouch Calculating the cost of a law degree. [Diary of a Law School Mom]

Dressing Explaining business casual. [The Reasonably Prudent Law Student]

Roundup The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup #99 [Butterflyfish]

Look for next week's roundup at Thanks, But No Thanks then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Depositions: Learn from the Old Pros."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Cross-Examination: A Refresher."

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between The Legal Underground and Thanks, But No Thanks, where you can find this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #173. The next installment will appear here soon, so be sure to check back.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Deposition Tip: Don't Give the Witness a Chance to 'Dis-Remember' an Event."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Writing for the Court: Control Your Outrage and Scorn."

The Weekly Law School Roundup #172

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated-- 

Questions Interviewing whimsy. [My Legal Fiction]

Law School Other people just don't get it. [Starting to Melt]

Paralegal Some past experience pays off. [Improvilaw]

Con Law Thanks to Wikipedia for a job well done. [Random Ramblings]

Leap The law school semester in a photo. [The Blawgraphy]

Finished Time for a shower. [Cause of Action]

Mindful Litigation and yoga. [The Shark]

Towels A story about a grandmother. [Virgin In The Volcano]

Look for next week's roundup at Thanks, But No Thanks then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE ... "Keeping Up with Tech for Lawyers: Some Resources."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Plaintiffs' Lawyers: How to Prepare for Your Client's Deposition."

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between The Legal Underground and Thanks, But No Thanks, where you can find this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #171. The next installment will appear here soon, so be sure to check back.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Researching Medical Experts Online."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE ... "Tips for Locating Missing Witnesses."

IN A MOOD FOR PHOTOS ... I'm back now from Buenos Aires. Yesterday, on my way to St. Louis, I had a long layover in Miami, so I rented a car and drove to South Beach, where I took this picture in the early morning.

More of my South Beach photos are here at flickr.

The Weekly Law School Roundup #170

From Buenos Aires, Argentina, here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Questions The downfall of the Socratic Method. [Starting to Melt]

Harley A post about the new dog. [No. 634]

Confusion What Oprah got wrong about Twitter. [The Reasonably Prudent Law Student]

Surprise Talking like a valley girl? [My Legal Fiction]

Caution Don't talk to the police. [Law is Cool]

Resources Online support for non-traditional law students. [Law Ingenue]

Attention A prep talk for an overstressed brain. [(In)Sanity Souffle]

Energy The wonder drug. [Thanks, But No Thanks]

Message Parting thoughts from a professor about the legal profession. [Teasingly Diverse]

Choices Veg or vegan? [Virgin in the Volcano]

Wisdom How to behave in law school. [Somebody shake me, please]

Roundup Moms-in-the-Legal-Profession #94. [PT-LawMom]

Look for next week's roundup at Thanks, But No Thanks then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

SIGNING OUT SOON FROM BUENOS AIRES . . . Here was the view the other day of new construction in the neighborhood called Puerto Madero--

You can find some more of my new photos of Buenos Aires at flickr. For a long, descriptive post about traveling in Buenos Aires, see my post from six months ago, "If You're Going to Spend a Month in Buenos Aires, the 'Paris of South America.'"

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Deposition Podcasts: Advanced Techniques."

MORE PHOTOS FROM BUENOS AIRES ... Beginning with nightfall on Vincente Lopez--

More photos at flickr.

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between The Legal Underground and Thanks, But No Thanks, where you can find this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #169. The next installment will appear here soon, so be sure to check back.

FROM BUENOS AIRES . . . Nice weather here today as the sun was setting. A cool 60 degrees. Crowds of people in Recoleta. Some photos at flickr here.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Defense Lawyers: How to Prepare Witnesses for Depositions."

FROM THE ARCHIVES . . . "The Collected Four-Part Examination of the Lawyer's Briefcase, One of an Ongoing Series of Essays on 'Things Important to Every Lawyer'.

And the other items that are important to every lawyer:

• A Circle of Advisors
• A Giant Brain
• A Satisfying Hobby.

Now read up, and please feel free to mention these essays at The Bar After Work!

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "A Worthwhile Podcast About Intellectual Property."

The Weekly Law School Roundup #168

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Argument How to use your 1L classes in your everyday life. [My Legal Fiction]

Summer Getting excited about a job in the DA's office. [Reasonable?]

Practice "This is me preparing for my oral argument." [No. 634]

Poll In fact, many law students are getting jobs. [Sua Sponte]

Scholarship About the Solo Practice University. [Law Ingenue]

Indiscretion Social Media Best Practices for Law Schools. [The Shark]

Hawt Riding shotgun with the cops. [(Formerly) Knocked Up (and in Law School)]

Cleanliness Why cleaning is better than surfing the Internet. [Laughing: with or at you]

Bully Facebook as the new Internet police. [Law is Cool]

Look for next week's roundup at Thanks, But No Thanks then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "A Free Excerpt from My Deposition Book from James Publishing."