I was twice brought up on discipline charges during law school for “acting in a manner unbecoming of a lawyer.” Once for vomiting into a law school bathroom sink and passing-out on the floor in the library stacks, and another time for urinating and passing-out in the law school’s entryway when I was missing my access card. Fortunately, both times, the dean of students, a large, failure of a woman, let me off the hook. You can imagine though, that I was mildly concerned when I read this article in the ABA Journal: continue reading »

My firm used to provide every associate with a $30 meal card each week, valid at any of the two dozen fast-food/quick-service restaurants in our building’s immediate area. This perk was rescinded during our first wave of cutbacks, but I don’t think many associates noticed the change, we were in the habit of eating expensive lunches at “real” restaurants. continue reading »

First off, welcome to the new Life at 160. If our first posts seem a bit rushed and rough around the edges, that’s because they are – it’s going to take a few weeks to get things sorted out.

Before you freak out, the story is still here, it’s at the top of the page titled “The Saga” – which is more a reference to the amount of time it has taken me than to it’s quality, continue reading »