The Red Velvet Lawyer

The Droid Lawyer Speaks So, I've been watching ALL the episodes of The Good Wife on Hulu over the winter break.  Yes, I know. They've been populated with ads for Chromecast, but the ads don't tell you a thing. So, you will find more information about Chromecast  here  and here  with descriptions of how lawyers can use it in their practices.   For a 2013 round up of articles on Droid and Android use in law practice, see Jeffry Taylor's blog: The Droid Lawyer   here . Dec. 30, 2013 Update:  Here's the 11th infographic :  How to Build a Credible Blog. 

Distinguished Alumni  of the  Appalachian School of Law:   Assistant Attorney General  R ebekah Baker Legal Career Mrs. Rebekah Ann Baker serves as an Assistant Attorney General in the Tobacco Enforcement Division of the Attorney General’s Office for the State of Tennessee .  The Tobacco Enforcement Division, one of five consumer/crime protection divisions, enforces the provisions of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement and handles other tobacco–related matters.  In that position, Mrs. Baker not only represents the State in civil litigation matters involving tobacco, but she also helps track and review all tobacco-related legislation introduced in the General Assembly each year.  She also drafts legislation and legislative amendments when necessary.  In addition, she works on regulatory matters involving tobacco companies doing business in Tennessee.  Mrs. Baker serves on several working groups within the National Association of Attorneys General To

The Red Velvet Lawyer Mentioned in AmLaw Daily In the ongoing discussion about when law graduates and available law jobs will reach equilibrium, Matt Leichter, of the  Law School Tuition Bubble  blog, has continued to work with the  numbers  and published in the AmLaw Daily  here  a story called:  No, It's Still Not a Good Time to Apply to Law School . (You may need a subscription to read the story but his blog posting covers all or most of the same data.) He mentions my launch of this conversation and concludes that Prof. Merritt may have the better analysis. He looks at several more data-bases to reach that conclusion.  As I've said before, I want prospective students to make decisions about law school using informed decision-making.  The more we talk about the numbers, the more information they have to make better choices about the careers they want to pursue. I'd invite Leichter to expand his analysis to other professions, because the bu

Enhance Your Willpower  and  Reach Your Goals Robert Hatch, owner of Human Business Works , a business coach, and an author, sent me some advice this morning on making and achieving New Year's Resolutions. I can sum it up with a quote from Wayne Dyer:  "Once you begin working on your problem areas with small, daily, success-oriented, goals, the problems will disappear." What I like about Hatch's iteration of the way you must operate to reach a specific goal is the acknowledgement that we only have a certain limited reserve of willpower. He is so in to the idea, he eats the same thing for breakfast every morning. It limits the drain of will power and reduces, by one, the decisions he must make as entrepreneur through the rest of the day.  Ok, not me.  But, interesting. For the science on willpower, take a look at this Stanford School of Medicine blog .  Two things can enhance your reserve of willpower: Meditation and regular exercise, partly because

Arbitration Fairness Act And, now a look into the debate about pre-dispute arbitration clauses found in consumer and employment contracts. Several witnesses testified about the problems with these clauses. Then, Senator Al Franken questioned a U of Georgia Law School professor, Peter B. Rutledge , who planned to support the clauses. Watch the video here . From the Consumerist : Earlier this week, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on mandatory binding arbitration clauses, those fun bits of contractual language that take away your right to sue a company and force you into a resolution process that is heavily weighted in the company’s favor. The hearing was chaired by Senator Al Franken of Minnesota, who earlier this year introduced the proposed Arbitration Fairness Act , and so he obviously has a thing or two to say on the topic. * * *   Starting at around the 1:55 mark in the above video, Franken cites the professor’s own previous statements that cer

Merry Christmas! To my family, friends, colleagues, and students: I wish you a wonderful time with your family and friends this week. 

My Picks  from the  7th Annual Blawg 100 In December, the ABA Journal published its  7th Annual Blawg 100 issue listing those law blogs it identifies as hosted by dedicated, creative, and engaged bloggers. Polls closed for voting on the current list, but I've used it to update my blog roll. One of the unanticipated benefits of having a blog is the opportunity to build a blog roll. Postings on the blogs I track keep me inspired and up-to-date.  I also hope the list gives you a quick way to link to some of the top law bloggers that may be of interest to you. So, here are the blogs I'm adding: Arbitration Nation Dewey B Strategic JD Careers Out There Jotwell Law School Cafe The Legal Watercooler The Legal Whiteboard Real Lawyers Have Blogs Small Firm Innovation Technology & Marketing Law Blog And, I am dropping nine blogs from the roll.  After a year of tracking them, I find that I did not like the quality of the content, the infrequent posting