A law student client – already an MBA – said she needed convincing to drop out of her third-tier school. I told her to calculate the return on investment for the final three semesters. She crunched the numbers. “Debit-wise, I’ve burned $80k in savings and I’m looking at another $100k of borrowed money. On the [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Your inner little twerp
Posted in AskThePeople'sTherapistSeries, tagged ADHD, awareness, best self, Id, inner child, OCD, personality, Pleasure Principle, psychotherapy on February 22, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I received the following letter regarding humankind’s on-going battle with its own impulses: Hi Will, I really enjoy reading your blog, you give great insight. I have often been told that I need to focus (I do not have ADHD or any other attention disorder).My problem or what others see as a problem is that [...]
Saved by the bell curve
Posted in Thoughts and Musings, tagged Alcoholic's Anonymous, bell curve, calculus, cancer, foreseeable outcomes, probability, Serenity Prayer on February 8, 2012 | 7 Comments »
“If I don’t pass this test, I’m going to lose it.” My client was a nursing student, who had to pass an important math test before she could receive her degree. She failed her first attempt, and her second was coming up. She was getting the jitters. I pointed out that her approach to this [...]
The Clerkship Archipelago
Posted in AboveTheLaw series, tagged Antonin Scalia, circuit court, Clarence Thomas, clerking, clerkship, Constitutional Amendment, district court, fly-over country, gay marriage, Helena Bonham Carter, Koch Industries, Sarah Palin, Skype, Supreme Court, T.G.I. Friday's, Yale on February 1, 2012 | 183 Comments »
It’s hard to conjure up bad stuff to say about clerking. It’s an honor, and an all-expense-paid ticket on an exclusive legal gravy train. If you’re lucky enough to clerk for a federal district or circuit court judge, you can rest assured you’re looking good and feeling good. You might even shoot the moon and [...]
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