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Mediator-author Diane J. Levin is hosting Blawg Review #43    

today at her Online Guide to Mediation weblog.  And, honestly, I would

have told you about BR #43, even if Diane hadn’t mentioned Your Editor

and this weblog (favorably) a bunch of times.  [Thanks, Diane, I’m glad

my Mother was able to lobby successfully on behalf of her youngest child.

 Emoticon implied.]  What did I lawrn from the blawgy folk?

 

Diane struggled to find a theme for this week’s Blawg Review, and

ended up waxing dramatic on the interplay between William Shake-

spear and the law (plus, the world of lawyer weblogs):

Why not Shakespeare?

Shakespeare and the law alike embody the power of language–

the poetry and nuance of the written and spoken word. Both stand

as enduring institutions, yet are fluid enough to lend themselves to

reinterpretation. Shakespeare and law are theatre–captivating audi-

ences with tales of comedy, tragedy, crime, justice, betrayal, ambition,

 villainy, and love. Both exert profound influence, igniting public passion

and imagination.

“shakespearePlays”

Moreover, law and justice emerge often as themes and metaphors

throughout Shakespeare’s work. For further reading, click] . . . As

I mulled this idea over, it suddenly dawned on me that we law bloggers

even have our very own Bard (true, David Giacalone pens haiku, not

Elizabethan sonnets, but, hey, allow me some poetic license here).
That clinched it for me (especially the serendipitous discovery that

David had been a mediator like I am).

Therefore, I welcome you to the Shakespearean edition of Blawg Review.

Sounded really good to me, too.  You’ll probably enjoy it also, as

Diane mixes lines from Shakespeare with descriptions (and links) to some of the

best law-oriented weblogging of the past week, and more — such as our 2003

essay on the profession’s response to Shakespeare’s “kill all the lawyers” line. 

 

 

I always like to discover one good new-to-me weblog at BR‘s weekly carnival,

and Blawg Review #43 did not let me down. After checking out Dan Hull‘s

What About Clients?, I know I will be returning regularly.  Given my feelings

about lawyer branding, I’m looking forward to seeing Dan’s perspectives, and

plan to enjoy the series that began with “Law Firm Logos are Goofy, Useless,

and a Waste of Time and Money.” (see our Brand LEX)  I wonder what Dan

thinks about Pape & Chandler’s Pit Bull Logo. 

 

                                                                                            

 

If you come here often, you know that procrastination is an important part

of my personal, professional, and poetic work ethic. So, I was also quite

pleased to find a pointer at BR #43 to David Maister’s recent posting 

Done at Last! Thoughts on Procrastination — at least until I saw he was

trying to cure people of procrastination.  Nonetheless, you might know

someone who needs it.  For myself, despite having a big deadline tonight,

I think I’ll reread Jacob A. Stein’s column in the January Washington Lawyer 

“E=procrastination=mc2.”  Even if you’re not trying to put off something

unpleasant, I recommend heading over to Blawg Review #43.

 

community theater –

the audience

is nervous

 

 

 

 

writer’s block

I try drawing

a woman

 

  John Stevenson Upstate Dim Sum