Members of the Tribe..........................................2
Dreamers and other Subversives............................... 3
Members of the Tribe - Part Two...............................4
Autumn Attorneys..............................................5
Metro Green, Metro Blues......................................6
Choosing your Poison..........................................7
Classes.......................................................8
Law Review...................................................10
Hubris.......................................................11
Summer Camp..................................................12
Interviews...................................................13
Judicial Clerkships..........................................14
Bar Admission................................................14
The Exam.....................................................15
The Pregnant Year............................................17
Attitude.....................................................18
Cartography..................................................19
A Continued Legal Education..................................20
The Wonder Year..............................................20
Perks: The Upside............................................22
Perks: The Downside..........................................22
Industrial Psychology........................................22
Your Private Life............................................24
Rendering Unto Caesar........................................25
Living with the Law..........................................25
Dear SO......................................................25
First Things First...........................................29
Law and Economics............................................30
The Apprentice's Lament......................................31
A Change of Perspective......................................32
Running from Fear............................................33
Tuning into Personalities....................................35
The Chameleon................................................40
Respect......................................................42
Dancing with Seniors.........................................42
Battle of the Titans.........................................43
Nuts!........................................................44
Turbulent Waters.............................................46
Turning Down Work............................................48
Finding your Nietzsche.......................................48
Specialization...............................................50
Making Partner...............................................52
Getting Started..............................................53
Research.....................................................55
The Castes of Law............................................57
Real Law.....................................................58
Memos........................................................59
Citation.....................................................60
Reading......................................................62
Learning the Law.............................................62
The Know-It-All..............................................64
The Library..................................................65
Document Reviews.............................................67
Form-Filling.................................................67
Perspectives.................................................69
Instruction?.................................................70
Deadlines....................................................72
Hocus Focus..................................................72
Perspectives II..............................................72
Calling Dr. Rorschach........................................73
Making It So.................................................74
Court Gesturing..............................................74
Drafting.....................................................75
Details In Drafting..........................................77
Drafting In Detail ..........................................78
For Litigators...............................................80
The Paper Chase..............................................81
Your Work Product............................................82
In Praise of all that is Boring..............................82
Mistakes.....................................................84
The Other Hand...............................................85
Clemency.....................................................87
Cumulation...................................................88
Putting it All Together......................................88
A Final Note.................................................89
Grammar and Friends..........................................91
Email Etiquette..............................................93
The Opposite Problem.........................................94
Math and Foes................................................98
It's A Bird! It's A Plane!! It's Superlawyer!!!..............99
The Chain Gang..............................................100
Lawyer Vagrancy.............................................101
Pro Bono....................................................102
Extracurricular Duties......................................103
Bookkeeping.................................................104
Pacing on the Treadmill.....................................106
Zzzz........................................................108
Integrated Project Management...............................108
The Annual Review...........................................111
The Occasional, Quasi-Review................................112
Criticism...................................................112
Friendly Advice.............................................113
The Blind Leading...........................................113
Let the Sunshine In.........................................114
Getting Along...............................................115
Modesty.....................................................115
Rule No. 1,483..............................................116
Learning from War...........................................117
Rule No. 1,483.7............................................117
Brown-Nosing Done Right.....................................117
Spending the Part...........................................118
Committing to the Part......................................119
Moving to New Parts.........................................120
Acting the Part.............................................120
Smelling the Part...........................................121
More Hygiene................................................121
Socializing the Part........................................121
Alcohol.....................................................122
Other Vices.................................................122
Being the Good Sport........................................122
Dressing the Part...........................................122
Dressing the Part - Twice...................................123
Dressing Ally...............................................126
Shaving The Part............................................127
Archiving The Part..........................................128
"Esq."......................................................128
"Dr.".......................................................129
Addressing the Part.........................................130
Habitating the Part.........................................130
Clocking the Part...........................................131
Weighing the Part...........................................131
Dining The Part.............................................132
Exercising your Parts.......................................133
Leaving for Parts Unknown...................................133
Appreciating New Parts......................................134
Assimilating into the Part..................................134
More Sex....................................................138
You are Woman. What's that Roar?............................139
Nurturing The Next Generation...............................141
Feline Fighting.............................................142
Playing with Fire...........................................142
Playing with Clients........................................143
Playing with Others.........................................143
Cro-Magnon Man..............................................143
Homo erectus................................................144
Support.....................................................145
The Numbers Game............................................145
All Together Now............................................145
The Slow Dance..............................................147
The Tango...................................................148
The Two-Step................................................149
The Lambada.................................................149
The Law.....................................................150
The Letter Continues........................................150
A Dish Best Served Cold.....................................151
Professional Responsibility.................................153
Ethics......................................................155
Respect.....................................................157
Reverence...................................................158
Reverence II................................................158
Reverence III...............................................159
Relating to Clients.........................................159
Listening to Clients........................................160
The Ungrateful Client.......................................162
Thinking Like a Client......................................162
Reporting to Clients........................................163
Writing For Clients.........................................164
Confidence..................................................165
Time........................................................166
The Moth....................................................166
Your First Conference.......................................167
"Suggestions"...............................................169
Nerves......................................................170
Pride Goeth.................................................172
Ceremony....................................................172
Scripting...................................................173
Money.......................................................173
Dancing with Dissatisfied Clients...........................173
Who's on First?.............................................174
The Horizon.................................................174
Maintaining The Dignity.....................................175
Dancing with Witnesses......................................176
Confidentiality.............................................177
The Rain Dance..............................................178
Rainmaking: The Secret......................................180
Rainmaking for Outcasts.....................................182
The Office Ropes............................................184
Two-Way Streets.............................................184
Personal Stuff..............................................185
Adonis at Work..............................................186
Gifts.......................................................186
Power Games.................................................187
Squeaky Wheels..............................................187
Your Agent..................................................188
Dictaphones - Part I........................................188
Dictaphones - Part II.......................................189
While we're on Rapport......................................189
Secretary as Hounddog.......................................190
Going Home Again............................................190
Documents...................................................190
Documents - The Sequel......................................191
Documents - Revenge of the Rat..............................191
Documents - The Battle for Perficere IV.....................191
Documents - The Final Chapter...............................191
Dating Al Carbon............................................192
The Office Manager..........................................192
Cause for Pause.............................................193
Confidentiality.............................................193
Other Funny Creatures.......................................193
What can go wrong?..........................................196
Firmness through Anorexi....................................197
Going AWOL..................................................198
Looking Afar................................................199
Looking Afar - The Voyage Home..............................200
Legal Recruiters............................................200
In-House....................................................200
Going Solo..................................................201
A Dangerous Mission, Hans...................................202
What if you Suck?...........................................203
Burning Bridges.............................................204
The Old Lawyer..............................................205
The Bad Lawyer..............................................208
The Brotherhood.............................................209
The Laity...................................................209
You.........................................................210
The Expensive Lawyer........................................211
The Good Lawyer.............................................212
The Costly Lawyer...........................................214
The Misunderstood Lawyer....................................218
The Funny Lawyer............................................219
The Radical.................................................219
The Lawyer Savant...........................................220
The Chasm...................................................220
The Attorney................................................220
The Legal Grail.............................................221
Making Partner - Part II....................................221
The Lean and Hungry Look....................................222
When You're King............................................222
...and now, with Feeling!...................................223
The Meaning of Life.........................................224
Three Reasons to Care.......................................225
Fin.........................................................225
Law Trek: The Next Generation...............................231
Index.......................................................229