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The ranking of your law school does not correlate to how good a lawyer you are at all. So why do so many lawyers care about it?
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Read More »Sybil Procedure: Snobbism in law: What school did you go to?
Sybil Procedure: The ethics of subliminal messaging
An experiment conducted at the University of Colorado Boulder, published in Science, found that “participants who briefly held a cup of hot (versus iced) coffee judged a target person as having a ‘warmer’ personality (generous, caring).”
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Read More »Sybil Procedure: Depositions: Taking control of the conversation
A growing body of research shows resisting repeated temptations takes a mental toll.
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Read More »Sybil Procedure: What really matters: colleagues and community
The late University of Maryland sociologist Morris Rosenberg used the word “mattering” to describe our need to believe “that we count in others’ lives, loom large in their thoughts, make a difference to them.”
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Read More »Sybil Procedure: Job interview: Think big smile, firm handshake
Fall is a time for renewed sense of purpose. The nip in the air reminds me to focus. The snow this past weekend makes me want to throw on a giant sweater and write a brief. Perhaps other folks feel ...
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Read More »Sybil Procedure: An Ode to Work Spouses
Your work spouse is the person who has your back, no matter what.
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Read More »Sybil Procedure: Out of the office – sort of
Three in five U.S. workers who take vacations admit to doing work while on the vacation.
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Read More »Sybil Procedure: Removing yourself from the adversarial narrative
Sybil Procedure: Considerations before pushing the send key
The average worker sends and receives about 140 emails per day. And lawyers, of course, are above average.
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Read More »Sybil Procedure: For the best brief, get some sleep and some help
