An Exercise In Futility

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by Ryan McKeen Let’s play Jeopardy! Lawyer:  Alex, I’ll take the “practice of law” for $1,000. Alex: For $1000 “an exercise in futility”. Lawyer: What is asking a pro se litigant to consent to a continuance?

Crushing My Fear Of Failure

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by Ryan McKeen I wrote and published this post on August 5, 2009 and titled it “Overcoming My Fear of Failure“.  In the year since the post, I’ve added “marathoner” to my life resume.  This year, I’m going to run the Hartford Half Marathon again. This October, I’ll walk to the starting line, a changed … Read more

Some Advice For Those Taking The July 2010 Bar Exam

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by Ryan McKeen Studying for the bar exam is like training for a marathon.  In both cases, hundreds if not thousands of hours are spent preparing for a single event. Both a marathon and the bar exam demand extensive preparation.  And if you don’t properly prepare, you’ll be exposed. This post assumes you’ve done most … Read more

Advice On Taking The LSAT

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by Ryan McKeen One of the most frequent questions I get about being a lawyer is:  whether or not attorneys have to show up for jury duty? I’m not sure why I’m asked this but it happens frequently. The other question I often get comes at this time of year and goes something like this: … Read more

Martha Dean Should Know Better

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by Ryan McKeen I’ve come to expect this kind of thing from the comments section on the Courant. Every article that mentions Ross Garber inevitably results in ignorant comments about how he represented Governor Rowland (not true) and that he’s a scumbag for doing so (also not true). Worse comments about lawyers occur whenever there’s … Read more

A Lawyer’s Review of Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G

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by Ryan McKeen I’m in love. Before I tell you what I’m in love with, I’m first going to tell you what this review is and what it isn’t.  It isn’t a CNET review. I’ve read every credible review of my new love and I’m posting links to some the best reviews at the bottom … Read more

Google Alerts For Your Law Practice

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by Ryan McKeen One of the themes of this blog has always been technology and its impact on legal practice. Sometimes, I’m unaware of how much technology I use in my practice. This causes me to overlook some really basic blog posts because I assume that everyone else is doing the same thing that I’m … Read more

Using Google Voice To Source Your Business

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by Ryan McKeen I love Google Voice. I work in a small firm. We do very little in the way of any sort of advertising. We’re also not so great at tracking where exactly our business comes from.  I suspect we’re not alone. We’re a little old school in that respect. Our days are spent … Read more

Another Way Google Voice Can Impact Your Law Practice

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by Ryan McKeen I’m having my assistant Ruth sign up for Google Voice this morning. One of Google Voice’s cool features is that it allows a user on a computer to send a text message (free of charge to the sender) to a cell phone. Presently when I’m out of the office, I have Ruth … Read more