Perry Marshall

No. 750 Pittsburgh Radio pioneer, Perry Marshall died tonight. He was best remembered for doing the overnight show on KDKA Radio. He had a great knack for conversation. No politics, no controversy — unless you considered notch babies’ Social Security benefits to be controversial. The” average age of Perry’s audience” was — according to Doug […]

Vice President Talks to Students about (what else?) Student Loans

No. 749 Our junior colleagues at Third Chair: Pittsburgh brought to our attention last night that the Vice President went to Pitt yesterday and talked about student loans rather than the Jobs Bill. [See our out-of-date comments on the Jobs Bill speech, two posts below.] I say “junior” to point out that student loans are […]

Solo by Choice: Doing Your Own Thing.

Law is a profession and, as such, it is practiced by individuals, even when they are associated in a group practice. It cannot be any other way. The relationship with a client is personal — one on one. When a lawyer delivers an argument in court, it is one lawyer speaking, not a law firm.

Bricks and Mortar

Vice President Biden is coming to town tomorrow to push the administration’s Jobs Bill by appealing to our selfish side. He will tell Pittsburgh that its older schools can be rebuilt (that’s all of them), with lots of local workers doing the work. Last month the administration was talking about paying teachers from the same program.

Becoming the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.

But, it is the subtitle that always strikes a chord in me,every time I see it: “How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.”

Not Funny or too Hot?

No. 745 The Nineteenth edition of the Night of the Singing Dead is now over. It is a musical revue with celebrities who departed this earth as its primary focus. Very funny. Even therapeutic. But wait — the most important death of the year did not merit a single fleeting mention. It was Osama bin […]

Trick or Treat!

Poor Richard might comment:

“When cometh October snow, ferocious storms commence to blow.”

A World Without Lawyers.

No. 743 If you watch Terra Nova on Fox on Monday night, perhaps you heard the comment that the colony, founded in pre-historic earth with the benefit of a time warp, doesn’t have any lawyers. Science fiction, of course, but they don’t call it science fiction anymore, they call it science fantasy. Is this lawyer-free […]

Third Chair is the Place to Look to Find Everything You Always Wanted to Know (but Were Afraid to Ask) About Free/Cheap Continuing Legal Education.

No. 742 We lawyers are required to complete 12 hours of continuing legal education every year, including at least one hour of ethics. Nobody thinks that lawyers should’t keep up to date, but for those of us who don’t have a law firm or employer picking up the tabs, the cost of fulfilling this requirement […]

China Law Blog Ranks No. 1 in AVVO Rankings. [Well, for a day.]

No. 741 UPDATE: Above the law bounced back today ( October 26) and reassumed the top spot. China Law Blog is second. As I surmised, Above the Law wasn’t rated by Alexa. This was the case with a significant number of other blogs, too. ******************************************************* China Law Blog has moved into the top slot […]

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