About ten minutes from my office, there lies a winding road that leads to an abandoned bridge with rotting wooden planks. The bridge spans a large creek that babbles and gurgles through riffles as it runs toward the Cahaba River. It’s a green and quiet place with only the occasional canoe passing through. Sometimes at […]
After my 1L year at Cumberland, I clerked for six weeks with the St. Clair County District Attorney. St. Clair County lies east of Birmingham and is home to the Coosa River. I expected my time there to be fairly quiet, because what could really be going on in a quaint, rural county? Answer: All […]
I’ve always had goals for my life. I’d venture to guess that most of us have. But until last year, my goals were always amorphous, non-specific, undeveloped creatures that had little bearing on my daily activities. That has changed, thanks in large part to reading and listening to Michael Hyatt and others like him. In 2016, […]
A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog post about networking as an introvert, which the folks over at Law School Toolbox noticed and retweeted on several occasions. A few weeks after that, we got together and they asked if I would write a guest post and consider doing an interview for the podcast. […]
We have this purple plant sitting beside a west-facing window in our house. It only gets a couple hours of late-afternoon sunlight per day, and otherwise it just receives the ambient lighting available in the room. I gave it to my wife for Mother’s Day, so it’s been with us for a few months now. […]
In many law firms, there is a sharp line drawn between lawyers and staff (i.e., everyone else). There are rules about co-mingling. Significant differences in pay structures. Disparate expectations for hours worked. And there are often good reasons for some of these distinctions. But not uncommonly, there is also an unacceptable distinction between the way […]
My new article “Law Firms Are Hiring Your Qualities, Not Your Skills” has been published on Law School Toolbox. The article discusses the qualities and character traits important to law firms who are interviewing job candidates (whether summer clerks or new associates), rather than the particular skills and experiences the candidates are often fixated on […]
A while back an old friend called me, and the conversation went something like this: Me: Hey, man, how’s it going? It’s been a while. Friend: Yeah. Hey, I’ve got a question. Me: Alright. Let’s here it. [He explains his situation.] Me: I’m not licensed in your state. Friend: I know. Me: And I don’t […]
How to Get Hired Despite Not Networking for a Job For an introvert, the prospect of networking gives me the cold sweats. I have literally had nightmares about it. And the only thing worse is when your livelihood hangs in the balance on your ability to network. Small talk and innocuous chatter – I shutter […]
The short answer – ALL THE THINGS! A new crop of rising 3L’s will soon begin filling out bar applications. Some of you will have some minor indiscretions in your past. And you’ll be wondering – like I did – whether you should disclose it to your state bar’s character and fitness committee, because after […]
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