http://www.matthewb.com/ en-us mb@atomicvision.com 2011-01-05T10:50:37-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000618.php My book based on my website Typography for Lawyers is now available from Jones McClure Publishing and Amazon. The book features a foreword by Bryan A. Garner, editor in chief of Black’s Law Dictionary, who calls it a “tour... 618@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2011-01-05T10:50:37-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000617.php In July 2009 I discussed the cratering of the job market for young lawyers: My prediction (and I will be happy if I turn out to be wrong) is that the legal job market is looking at a lengthy and... 617@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2010-07-20T15:15:31-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000616.php I just got back from vacation. A friend mentioned that while I was gone, Michael Schill resigned as dean of UCLA law to go the University of Chicago. I can't say I'm surprised. Faithful readers even heard it here first.... 616@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2009-09-18T20:51:36-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000615.php Wow, how about that job market? Friends and colleagues are bravely soldiering onward but this is a truly inhospitable time to be a lawyer. To those who are considering law school, currently there, or recently out: You can safely discount... 615@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2009-07-03T09:27:46-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000614.php But it's all for a good cause: self-promotion. I've launched a website that takes some of my hard-won knowledge about typography and document layout and packages it for the legal profession. Law students will probably also find it useful. Please... 614@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2008-09-16T15:02:42-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000613.php All my friends who retook the bar in February found out they passed a few weeks ago. So congratulations to them. Law school is really, definitely, completely over now. I've made good on my plans to go solo. I've opened... 613@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2008-06-10T23:40:56-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000612.php I passed the California bar exam. It was almost exactly four years ago that I literally woke up and had the idea to go to law school. And next week, I will take my oath and become an attorney. Over... 612@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2007-11-18T22:20:33-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000611.php Next week is the bar exam. I remember reading that during the good old days at West Point, new cadets would be hazed by having to do a "white tornado": an upperclassman would take all the condiments on the mess... 611@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2007-07-21T18:18:57-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000610.php Today is the last day of school. I'm writing this before class, because afterwards, I'm going to park myself in front of the strongest margarita I can find. I'll be there for a while. Like a month or so.... 610@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2007-04-24T00:53:30-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000609.php Multiple choice quiz: according to the most recently available ABA figures (2000, but don't cheat), 48% of lawyers in private practice work where? a) in solo practice b) in firms with up to 100 lawyers c) in firms with more... 609@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2007-04-18T23:47:00-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000608.php ...you try to persuade a person to do something by saying "come on, be a rational actor." Which is worse: that I said it, or that it worked? Meanwhile, I'm busy tying up loose ends. I just stopped by Diddy... 608@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2007-04-16T13:36:32-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000606.php I was wondering how the law school can give you a diploma on May 11 when the term ends on May 10. The answer is: they don't. Apparently everyone at commencement gets to enjoy the rare pleasure of sitting in... 606@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2007-04-11T08:25:23-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000605.php And it feels good. Just wanted to share that.... 605@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2007-04-09T23:06:31-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000604.php A professor pointed out today that one of our readings was an article cowritten by a law professor and a third-year law student. That was the first time I'd ever seen a professor / student collaboration. This made me wonder:... 604@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2007-04-03T23:53:13-08:00 http://www.matthewb.com/archives/000603.php It occurred to me recently that this is not just the end of law school for me, but in all likelihood the end of school, period. That's really fine with me. I've always been pretty good at school but I... 603@http://www.matthewb.com/ 2007-04-02T09:06:38-08:00