Y'know, If I Weren't Already Involved
...I'd be seriously, seriously thinking about trying to marry this woman. (Don't worry, she's got more sense than to say yes.) Sheherazade Fowler manages to consistently post some of the most brilliant stuff about the legal profession. I'm happy to be working in Tokyo over the summer--it seems a more sane legal environment than New York--but when I worry about the future it's just wonderful to see Sherry keeping some perspective on things.
Over on The[Non]billable Hour, she and a number of other invitees are being asked to list what they'd change about the legal profession.
Hear, hear! Simply one of the most brilliant:
Along with the other statistics that law firms give out to NALP (e.g. starting salaries, number of lawyers, billable hour requirements, percentage of minorities, pro bono opportunities, etc.), every law firm should publish the divorce rate among the attorneys at the firm.
Read all of the entries in the series--it's food for thought, especially for those of us starting out into this system. And for you Rising 1Ls out there--if you're looking for a mentor, you could do worse.
Comments
Thanks for the link. Actually, the blog is "the [non]billable hour" not "unbillable hour." Could you please make the change.
Matt Homann
sivqcPosted by: Matthew Homann | June 21, 2004 12:31 PM
Further, and of vastly greater import, as it attends to one of my own pet peeves, it is "hear, hear" and not "here, here."
W
Posted by: Fr. Bill | June 21, 2004 08:29 PM
All that and a broken link. Should all be fixed now. Sorry, folks!
eugswylPosted by: A. Rickey | June 21, 2004 08:41 PM
why is it "hear, hear"? is it supposed to mean like, "listen to this"?
otmhryPosted by: monica | June 22, 2004 06:36 AM
Hear hear. I check the comments hoping to find four people agreeing that they, too, want to marry me and I find administrivia and complaints. Sheesh. Thanks for your kind words, my friend. (Rising 1Ls, you might consider choosing a mentor who is actually employed as a lawyer, a status I lose on Friday....)
lpxtPosted by: Scheherazade | June 22, 2004 03:01 PM
Hear hear. I check the comments hoping to find four people agreeing that they, too, want to marry me and I find administrivia and complaints. Sheesh. Thanks for your kind words, my friend. (Rising 1Ls, you might consider choosing a mentor who is actually employed as a lawyer, a status I lose on Friday....)
aiokuflPosted by: Scheherazade | June 22, 2004 03:02 PM