COMMENTARY ON LEGAL PRACTICE AND WRITING
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The Best Advice I Didn't Take (and how it led to my admission to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court)
As a young attorney, I was once told to drop all “illusions of grandeur” and focus on making a living. It was sage advice–for then. These days I allow illusions of grandeur to inspire my goals, which is what some like to call “thinking big.” It’s a far more interesting way to proceed–in both life and in a career. And it led me to gaining admission to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court this Spring. Keep reading to see how it went.
Be a stickler for the (state and federal) rules.
We lawyers work within the rule of law; so we necessarily work with a ton of rules. Love it or hate it, your success as a litigator depends on knowing which procedural rules apply to your case (and making sure you follow them precisely). In this post, I share my two part method for navigating the sea of rules in state, federal, and immigration courts that ensures neither my papers nor my arguments are rejected because I missed an applicable rule.