{"id":3634,"date":"2005-02-23T13:33:25","date_gmt":"2005-02-23T17:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/02\/23\/dull-pencil\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:57","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:57","slug":"dull-pencil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/02\/23\/dull-pencil\/","title":{"rendered":"dull pencil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3317'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">the longest night &#8212;<BR>the waterfall&#8217;s sound<BR>smothered by ice<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Verdana\">haiku notebook<BR>this spring&#8217;s seed order<BR>on the last page<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><IMG height=\"40\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/erasing.gif\" width=\"60\" border=\"0\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;<EM>&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>dull pencil<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the staff meeting<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; goes on and on<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/07\/01#a1715\"><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\">DeVar Dahl<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"1\">&#8220;<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"1\">the longest night<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"1\">&#8221;&nbsp;&amp; &#8220;haiku notebook&#8221;&nbsp; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/216.239.63.104\/search?q=cache:Z65SNKwtIgsJ:www.worldhaikureview.org\/3-1\/whccontests_nydkshortlist.shtml+%22DeVar+Dahl%22++%2Bhaiku&amp;hl=en&amp;start=11\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"1\">WHC Double Kukai Contest<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"1\"> (20 Shortlist) 2002\/2003<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"1\">&#8220;dull pencil&#8221; from <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/nr3.html\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"1\"><STRONG>New Resonance 3: Emerging Voices<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>&nbsp; <\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV align=\"left\"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><EM>by <\/EM><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><STRONG><EM>dagosan<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>:&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT><EM>&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">middle finger<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">papercut<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">middle finger<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">afraid to look<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">under the bed &#8212;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">dust dinosaurs sleep<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">[Feb. 23, 2005]<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><EM>potluck<\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=\"+0\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM><IMG height=\"15\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinyRedCheck.gif\" width=\"18\" border=\"0\">&nbsp;<\/EM>There&#8217;s an interesting <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.myshingle.com\/my_shingle\/2005\/02\/if_we_cant_beat.html#comments\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">conversation at My Shingle<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"> &#8212; Carolyn is &#8220;never more <\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">mortified&#8221; <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">than when she sees &#8220;lawyers trying to shut down legal document preparation <\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">services.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">(see <EM>Chicago Sun <FONT color=\"black\">Times<\/FONT><\/EM><FONT color=\"black\"> <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/output\/herman\/cst-fin-law21.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"black\">article<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT color=\"black\">)&nbsp;Lawyers<\/FONT> need to understand that clients&nbsp;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.halt.org\/reform_projects\/freedom_of_legal_information\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>deserve<\/EM> low-cost options<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">. <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Some consumers must choose the lowest price,&nbsp;others will knowingly take the risk of lesser services, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">while others choose&nbsp;full-service or discount lawyers.&nbsp; If the client really comes first we, can&#8217;t deny them <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">options &#8212; indeed, we should help create the options and inform clients about them.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; Bravo to <A href=\"http:\/\/www.morangottlieb.com\/\">Steve Gottleib and Andrea Moran<\/A> for their ongoing <EM>pro bono<\/EM> work helping <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/hattipsmallflip.gif\" alt=\"hat tip small flip\" \/>&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">the homeless to access the justice system.&nbsp; <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">(Poughkeepsie <FONT color=\"black\">Journal <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/tuesday\/columnists\/stories\/co022205s1.shtml\"><FONT color=\"black\">article<\/FONT><\/A><FONT color=\"black\">,<\/FONT> &#8220;Law firm steers <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">needy through legal system, for free,&#8221; Feb. 22, 2005)&nbsp; <FONT color=\"black\">Bob <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.legaline.com\/2005\/02\/law-firm-helps-needy-for-free.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\">Ambrogi is absolutely correct<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT color=\"black\">: &#8220;<\/FONT> it <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">reflects <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">poorly on the legal profession as a whole that their efforts are seen as extraordinary. <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">It would be <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">great if &#8216;lawyers help needy&#8217; were as commonplace as &#8216;dog bites man.'&#8221;<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>Real<\/EM> lawyers do real <EM>pro bono<\/EM> and work to directly help clients expand self-help options<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">and access to courts.&nbsp; <FONT color=\"black\">None of <\/FONT><FONT color=\"black\">those<\/FONT><FONT color=\"black\"> promotional-trickle-down&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/kevin.lexblog.com\/thoughts-and-happenings-633-lawyers-moral-obligation-to-blog-why-not.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"black\">rationalizations<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT color=\"black\"> for<\/FONT> me.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/bulldozerSN.gif\" alt=\"bulldozerSN\" \/>&nbsp; I&#8217;ve been pleased to see how much coverage the <A href=\"http:\/\/supct.law.cornell.edu\/supct\/cert\/04-108.html\"><EM>Kelo<\/EM> eminent domain<\/A> case has been getting<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">this week <A href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;q=Kelo&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;scoring=d\">in every media<\/A>.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve read, seen, and heard (but not podded) accounts that did a good job <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">presenting the issues in a way easily understood by nonlawyers &#8212; and in a way likely to have average<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Americans talking constitutional law over coffee.&nbsp; Publicly useful.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; If you&#8217;re following the Florida Bar&#8217;s bullheaded crusade against 800 PIT BULL (see <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/02\/05#a3208\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\">pit-bully pulpit<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">), <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">y<SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">ou can find Pape &amp; Chandler&#8217;s Answer Brief <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.floridasupremecourt.org\/clerk\/briefs\/2004\/1-200\/04-41_ans.pdf\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">here<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">.<\/FONT> <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the longest night &#8212;the waterfall&#8217;s soundsmothered by ice &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; haiku notebookthis spring&#8217;s seed orderon the last page &nbsp; 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